Month: April 2016

Corrupt elements, incompetent aides, saboteurs join forces to hinder Buhari — Bashir Tofa.

•‘No evidence I lost June 12, 1993 election to Abiola’  •Asks FG not to give impression Saraki is being punished  •His life in ‘retirement’  •Says Ganduje and Kwankwaso haven’t disclosed cause of figh Remember Alhaji Bashir Tofa? He was the man who contested the June 12, 1993 presidential election against the late Chief MKO Abiola. […]

Read More Corrupt elements, incompetent aides, saboteurs join forces to hinder Buhari — Bashir Tofa.

President Buhari to begin corruption probe from 1999.

 Former presidents, Goodluck jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo President Buhari has extended the investigation of corrupt practices beyond Jonathan’s administration. – There are indications that administration before Jonathan began the scheme of adding non-exiting projects to budget. – The minister of justice says there is a compilation of agencies that have allowed these corrupt practices to […]

Read More President Buhari to begin corruption probe from 1999.

Newt Gingrich Says It’s Time For Republicans To Unite Behind Trump.

Republican voters should unify in support of Donald Trump because he is almost certain to become the party’s presidential nominee, Newt Gingrich argued in a guest editorial the Washington Times published Wednesday. “Every analysis of the next few weeks indicates Trump’s margin will widen and he will move steadily closer to 1,237,” the former speaker […]

Read More Newt Gingrich Says It’s Time For Republicans To Unite Behind Trump.

BREAKING: APC Chieftains At War With Buhari Over Board Appointments.

.  Chieftains and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are upbeat about the reluctance of President Muhammadu Buhari to make appointments into federal parastatals as well as Government Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs).   Few days to the first anniversary of the administration, the APC bigwigs are displeased that Buhari is yet to overhaul […]

Read More BREAKING: APC Chieftains At War With Buhari Over Board Appointments.

Customers in the United States Begin to Receive Deliveries of the long awaited HondaJet.

Customers in the United States have Begun to Receive Deliveries of the HondaJet  The HondaJet can transport five passengers up to 1,360 miles without refueling, at cruise speeds of up to 483 mph.   Honda Aircraft Company has been working on the HondaJet for more than 20 years and now has started deliveries of the […]

Read More Customers in the United States Begin to Receive Deliveries of the long awaited HondaJet.

Food for thought.

Mr. George Akinola wrote:  “When the Fulani exploded on the geographic space later christened Nigeria, in 1804, they did not negotiate power with the Hausas, they seized it from them on the battlefield. 1804 to 1810 When the same Fulani appeared in Ilorin in 1823, purportedly to assist Afonja, the Are-ona-kakanfo of Oyo and the […]

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President Buhari ‘concerned’ about states’ inability to pay salaries despite bailout.

President Muhammadu Buhari said Thursday in Abuja that it was a matter of great concern to him that nearly two-thirds of states of the federation are still having difficulties with salary payments despite the bail-out funds provided to them by the federal government. Speaking at a meeting with members of the Nigeria Governors Forum at […]

Read More President Buhari ‘concerned’ about states’ inability to pay salaries despite bailout.

When did corruption in Nigeria begin?.

In the words of a colonial government report of 1947, “The African’s background and outlook on public morality is very different from the present day Briton.  “The African in the public service seeks to further his own financial interest.”  The colonial report concluded that only public opinion could deal with corruption. The problem was that […]

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The National Grazing Reserve Bill And Islamization Of Nigeria: Matters Arising – By Arthur Agwuncha Nwankwo.

In 56 years, Nigeria has consolidated a dubious political culture that emphasizes the primacy of sectional interest over and above the national interest. Recently, the media (print and electronic, including social media) have been awash with outcries on the proposed `National Grazing Reserve Establishment and Development Commission Bill (SB. 60)’, which the 8th Senate has […]

Read More The National Grazing Reserve Bill And Islamization Of Nigeria: Matters Arising – By Arthur Agwuncha Nwankwo.

Buhari’s economic policies “opaque, archaic” – Oby Ezekwesili

President Muhammadu Buhari’s current economic policies are similar to those he promulgated during the military regime he led in the 1980s, a former Minister of Education and social critic, Oby Ezekwesili, has said. Mrs. Ezekwesili said Mr. Buhari’s “archaic” and “opaque” economic principles are not only encouraging massive corruption and abuse of power, but also […]

Read More Buhari’s economic policies “opaque, archaic” – Oby Ezekwesili

Koffi Annan: African Countries and leaders Must Stop Begging for Everything From Foreigners.

 It was a moment of truth telling and reality check at the just-concluded 5th Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa when former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan insisted that African countries must stop begging, cap-in-hand, for assistance from foreigners to address challenges confronting the continent. Annan, who gave the keynote address at this […]

Read More Koffi Annan: African Countries and leaders Must Stop Begging for Everything From Foreigners.

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE IGBO IMPROVEMENT UNION (OGANIRU NDI-IGBO) ON THE GRUESOME ATTACK ON UKPABI-NIMBO IN UZO-UWANI LGA OF ENUGU STATE.

The Igbo Improvement Union (Oganiru Ndi-Igbo) a socio-political and cultural organization of Igbo speaking people in Abia, Anambra, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo and Rivers States of Nigeria yesterday met with Igwe John Ikemefuna Akor, Agaba Idu XXIV of Ukpabi-Nimbo Community in Uzo-Uwani LGA of Enugu State. Addressing the press after the closed door meeting the […]

Read More COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE IGBO IMPROVEMENT UNION (OGANIRU NDI-IGBO) ON THE GRUESOME ATTACK ON UKPABI-NIMBO IN UZO-UWANI LGA OF ENUGU STATE.

Investors fret as N100bn foreign investment withdrawal deadline expires today.

Apprehension heightened in the equities market yesterday as the deadline for withdrawal of Morgan Stanley Capital International, MSCI, foreign investment index from the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, expires today. The US-based provider of equity, fixed income, and hedge fund stock market indexes, announced earlier in the month that it was considering yanking off Nigeria from […]

Read More Investors fret as N100bn foreign investment withdrawal deadline expires today.

Gov. Ugwuanyi’s Press Conference on the recent attack on the people of Nimbo Community in Uzo Uwani L.G.A by Suspected Fulani herdsmen. Friday April 29, 2016 

My Dear People of Enugu State, Four days ago on Monday April 25, 2016 many of our brothers and sisters in Nimbo in Uzo Uwani Local Government Area of the state were murdered in cold blood by suspected Fulani herdsmen who have been grazing their cattle in that area for a while now. May their […]

Read More Gov. Ugwuanyi’s Press Conference on the recent attack on the people of Nimbo Community in Uzo Uwani L.G.A by Suspected Fulani herdsmen. Friday April 29, 2016 

FG re-arraigns Saraki on new charges.

The Federal Government on Thursday re-arraigned Senate President Bukola Saraki on amended three charges of alleged false asset declaration before the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Saraki pleaded not guilty to the charges. In the fresh charge, the Federal Government accused Saraki of abusing his office while serving as Governor of Kwara State between Oct.2016 and […]

Read More FG re-arraigns Saraki on new charges.

DON’T BELIEVE THE LIE: THERE IS NO WAR AGAINST CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA (2). By Femi Aribisala.

In its one-year in office, the government has not established a single institution or passed any legislation necessary to fight corruption. The much-ballyhooed Whistle-blower Act is still blowing in the wind.  In Buhari’s first coming, he bamboozled Nigerians with a so-called War against Indiscipline. This entailed treating Nigerians, young and old, like primary school children. […]

Read More DON’T BELIEVE THE LIE: THERE IS NO WAR AGAINST CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA (2). By Femi Aribisala.

DON’T BELIEVE THE LIE: THERE IS NO WAR AGAINST CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA – By Femi Aribisala.

What we have is a government attempt to decimate the opposition and create a de facto one-party state under the guise of fighting against corruption. I was invited to a Roundtable on Corruption by the Law Faculty of the University of Lagos, only to discover that some “Buharideens” had highjacked the occasion and were inclined […]

Read More DON’T BELIEVE THE LIE: THERE IS NO WAR AGAINST CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA – By Femi Aribisala.

Pastoralism or Terrorism?: The Killing Culture of the Neo-Nomadic, By Wole Soyinka.

I have not heard an order given that any cattle herder caught with sophisticated firearms be instantly disarmed, arrested, placed on trial, and his cattle confiscated… Let me repeat, and of course I only ask to be corrected if wrong: I have yet to encounter a terse, rigorous, soldierly and uncompromising language from this leadership, […]

Read More Pastoralism or Terrorism?: The Killing Culture of the Neo-Nomadic, By Wole Soyinka.

Fulani Herdsmen vs. Ndigbo: What next after all the media noise?. – By Emeka Madukwesi.

About eight months ago, some Igbo social media and political activists invited me inbox to discuss the way forward for Ndigbo. I will copy and paste my contributions to that meeting: “I have personally moved on from nice guy to “say it as it is” in my analysis of Nigerian issues. What I will never […]

Read More Fulani Herdsmen vs. Ndigbo: What next after all the media noise?. – By Emeka Madukwesi.

Nigerian Army Warns That Fulani Herdsmen Attacks Could Assume The Menace of Boko Haram.

 The Head, Defence Headquarters Committee on Persistent Clashes between Herdsmen and Farmers, Maj. Gen. Edward Nze, has said attacks on some communities could assume the menace of the Boko Haram dimension if not checked. Nze, who paid a courtesy call on the acting Governor of Benue State, Benson Abounu, at the Benue Peoples House on […]

Read More Nigerian Army Warns That Fulani Herdsmen Attacks Could Assume The Menace of Boko Haram.

NIGERIANS MUST SAY NO TO SERVING SENATORS AND MINISTERS DRAWING PENSIONS AS EX-GOVERNORS!!!.

A news report has disclosed that there are about 21 senators currently receiving pensions from government as ex-governors and deputy governors. The current senators who once served as governors are Bukola Saraki of Kwara, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano, Kabiru Gaya of Kano, Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom, Theodore Orji of Abia, Abdullahi Adamu of […]

Read More NIGERIANS MUST SAY NO TO SERVING SENATORS AND MINISTERS DRAWING PENSIONS AS EX-GOVERNORS!!!.

Protesters storm N’Assembly over delayed Imo North senatorial rerun.

Protesters, under the aegis of Okigwe Zonal Development Association, Abuja (OZDA), yesterday staged a demonstration at the National Assembly, over the delay in conducting Imo North Senatorial rerun polls. His Royal Highness, Eze O.J. C. Anyanwu, of Ehime in Mbano Local Council area, led the protesters, dominated by elderly people from the affected areas. OZDA […]

Read More Protesters storm N’Assembly over delayed Imo North senatorial rerun.

UPDATED: Buhari breaks silence on killings by ‘herdsmen’, orders IGP to apprehend culprits.

  President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the inspector-general of police (IGP) and security agencies to stop the killings by suspected herdsmen across the country. The president, who broke silence on the carnage by herdsmen in Enugu state, said that the development has become a priority in the agenda of his administration. “Following continuing reports of […]

Read More UPDATED: Buhari breaks silence on killings by ‘herdsmen’, orders IGP to apprehend culprits.

“We will write this for all to read. Anyone, soldier or not that kills the Fulani takes a loan repayable one day no matter how long it takes.”  Nasir Ahmad El Rufai 7:51pm – 15 Jul 2012 This chilling video sent out by the militia arm of the Fulani herdsmen currently terrorising Nigeria claims that […]

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The Top of the Pyramid: The Rothschilds, the Vatican and the British Crown Rule the World.

There are two operant Crowns in England, one being Queen Elizabeth II. Although extremely wealthy, the Queen functions largely in a ceremonial capacity and serves to deflect attention away from the other Crown, who issues her marching orders through their control of the English Parliament. This other Crown is comprised of a committee of 12 […]

Read More The Top of the Pyramid: The Rothschilds, the Vatican and the British Crown Rule the World.

They are not Fulani Herdsmen, It is Planned Ethnic Cleansing, Wake up.

There’s something bigger than those cows on your highways and forests! Never have we had as many cowards in the Nigerian media and “civil rights movement” as we do today!!! No more voice of influence! Gone are the Ganis, the Dele Giwas … only the federal appointment-seeking, Facebook and  Twitter handle warriors remain. Cowards! The […]

Read More They are not Fulani Herdsmen, It is Planned Ethnic Cleansing, Wake up.

710 Nigerians killed by Fulani herdsmen in 10 months —Igbo Youth Movement.

The Igbo Youths Movement, IYM, has lamented that Fulani herdsmen have killed 710 other Nigerians excluding the 48 Agatu people in Benue State in the last 10 months without the Federal Government addressing the issue. IYM made this known while reacting to the Monday’s killing of about 40 indigenes of Nimbo in Uzo Uwani Local […]

Read More 710 Nigerians killed by Fulani herdsmen in 10 months —Igbo Youth Movement.

No protest can force any senator out of office – Senate leader Senator Ali Ndume.

The leader of the Senate, Mohammed Ali-Ndume, said on Tuesday that no amount of protest would force any legislator to resign. Mr. Ndume was reacting to a protest by the “Occupy National Assembly” group, calling for the resignation of the president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki. Mr. Ndume said there is a democratic process of […]

Read More No protest can force any senator out of office – Senate leader Senator Ali Ndume.

From world 26th largest economy, 3rd fastest growing and Africa’s no. 1 economy, Nigeria drops out of Top 15 in Africa.

Having enjoyed blissful growth over the past decade, Nigeria was one of the fastest growing economies in the world, but it is not one of the 15 fastest growing economies in Africa for 2016. In 2014 and early 2015, Nigeria was named the third fastest growing economy in the world by CNNMoney, with China and […]

Read More From world 26th largest economy, 3rd fastest growing and Africa’s no. 1 economy, Nigeria drops out of Top 15 in Africa.

Opinion: The code of conduct tribunal and a timeline of inconsistencies – by Bamikole Omishore

Potter Stewart, a renown associate justice of the United States Supreme Court who played a significant role in the interpretation of Civil Rights laws, coined the basic phrase: “Fairness is what justice really is”. This phrase, conceived to propel the notion of every individual’s equitable right under the law, demonstrates that an unbiased legal system, […]

Read More Opinion: The code of conduct tribunal and a timeline of inconsistencies – by Bamikole Omishore

Goodluck Jonathan: I Completed 1.336MT Silos To Store Food For Emergencies. – Sep 4, 2014.

“I have completed 20 new Silo Complexes spread across the country to store Millions of Metric tonnes of Rice, Millet, Bean, Maize, Cassava, Sorghum. These Strategic Reserve have a total storage capacity of 1.336 million metric tons (MT) will protect my people against any level of food shortage or used to stabilize prices.   “Strategic […]

Read More Goodluck Jonathan: I Completed 1.336MT Silos To Store Food For Emergencies. – Sep 4, 2014.

CCT Chairman Cannot Be Cleared By EFCC Of Bribery Scam – Saraki’s lawyer.

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki has rejected the clearance issued by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, exonerating him of complicity in the alleged N10m bribery scam. Saraki is being prosecuted before the Danladi Umar-led tribunal on 13 counts of false asset declaration. The […]

Read More CCT Chairman Cannot Be Cleared By EFCC Of Bribery Scam – Saraki’s lawyer.

Political quagmire imminent at the senate as 10 APC senators pledge votes for Ekweremadu. we’re watching developments at the senate – APC.

Ten senators who are members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have concluded a deal with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to support its candidate for the Senate Presidency if Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki is forced to resign at the end of his on-going Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) trial, Daily Trust on […]

Read More Political quagmire imminent at the senate as 10 APC senators pledge votes for Ekweremadu. we’re watching developments at the senate – APC.

EZEIFE TO NORTHERN ELDERS: BUHARI CREATING BIAFRA

FORMER Anambra State governor, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife has described the recent letter to President Muhammadu Buhari by the northern elders wherein they claimed “short changed” in capital budgetary allocations as “unnecessary”, and arising from their “studied” notice of the dominance of the three zones of the North, especially the North west in budgetary allocations. He […]

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Presidency moves against emergency billionaires ..says holders of public office must account for their wealth.

Presidency moves against emergency billionaires ..says holders of public office must account for their wealth   Serving and former public office holders will henceforth be made to account for their wealth, Vice President Yemi Osibajo (SAN), has said. He stated this at a town hall meeting convened by the United Action for Change, UAC in […]

Read More Presidency moves against emergency billionaires ..says holders of public office must account for their wealth.

FG Makes Big Progress Towards Ending Fuel Supply And Distribution Problem.

…….As 46 km Escravos-Warri-Kaduna Pipeline is Recommissioned The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has today recommissioned the Escravos-Warri-Kaduna pipeline stressing that both Warri and Kaduna refineries are now receiving crude simultaneously for the first time in many years. The Group General […]

Read More FG Makes Big Progress Towards Ending Fuel Supply And Distribution Problem.

How states squandered FG bailout funds.

MOST of the 23 states that got bail out cash from the federal government for the settlement of arrears of workers’ salaries and emoluments, diverted the funds for other purposes, thereby defeating the purpose of the government’s effort to provide succour for the workers.  A comprehensive analysis carried out by the Independent Corrupt Practices and […]

Read More How states squandered FG bailout funds.

For elections to be credible, leaders must value process more than product-Jonathan.

Former Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, at the mayor’s office in Newark, New Jersey, yesterday spoke to Friends of Africa coalition on the theme of strengthening democracy and elections and also touched on some of the legacies of his administration.  Speaking to the elite group, former President Jonathan said that real democracy will continue to […]

Read More For elections to be credible, leaders must value process more than product-Jonathan.

Yerima Says: If Saraki Finally Resigns PDP Will Produce Next Senate President.

    A former member of the House of Representatives, now lecturer in a university, Dr. Haruna Yerima has warned that a Senate taken over by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will spell doom for the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, pointing out that the opposition party only needs three senators to become the majority in […]

Read More Yerima Says: If Saraki Finally Resigns PDP Will Produce Next Senate President.

Foreign Direct Investments: Actions Speak Louder than Words, By Nonso Obikili.

   Take the story of Argentina. Background: The country has had many economic troubles in the recent past, including stagnant growth, rising inflation, and exchange rate troubles. It became a pariah state of international capital markets after defaulting twice on its sovereign debt. It sought to finance government spending through money printing. And so on. […]

Read More Foreign Direct Investments: Actions Speak Louder than Words, By Nonso Obikili.

N2.5bn fraud: EFCC arrests Jonathan’s campaign director, Nenadi Usman.

   THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the Director of Finance of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, Senator Nenadi Usman, for allegedly receiving N2.5bn from the Central Bank of Nigeria. A top official of the EFCC, who confided in The PUNCH, said the former minister was arrested on Thursday in Abuja. All funds […]

Read More N2.5bn fraud: EFCC arrests Jonathan’s campaign director, Nenadi Usman.

Fuel scarcity: Depots dry up.

   There are uncertainties about the availability of petrol, as most depots are without stock, while marketers have reportedly not been importing due to scarcity of foreign exchange.  According to a major marketer, who chose to remain anonymous, “we cannot be talking about stock level because there is no stock at all. No depot has […]

Read More Fuel scarcity: Depots dry up.

Satellite images expose how Nigerian Army attempted to cover up Shi’ites massacre — Amnesty International.

   Officials of the Nigerian Army made concerted efforts to cover up the mass slaughter of over 350 Nigerian citizens, including women and children, between December 12-14, 2015, in Zaria, Amnesty International has said. In a newly-released report about the killing, which involved members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, Amnesty International said it […]

Read More Satellite images expose how Nigerian Army attempted to cover up Shi’ites massacre — Amnesty International.

Sweeping corruption under the carpet. Timipre Sylva cornered all the 5 slots given to Bayelsa by PMB.

   Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, said the crisis rocking the Bayelsa chapter of the party was being resolved.Reports reveal that the two factions of the party in Bayelsa met at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday to resolve their differences. It is recalled  that the Chairman of the party in the […]

Read More Sweeping corruption under the carpet. Timipre Sylva cornered all the 5 slots given to Bayelsa by PMB.

How Buhari’s Economic Policy Is A Petri Dish For Corruption. by Walter Lamberson | New York Times.

   The collapsed price of oil is putting pressure on oil exporters around the world, from Canada to Kuwait. But perhaps no country is less prepared to survive prices at about $30 a barrel than Nigeria, which until a few years ago relied heavily on petroleum exports for its revenue. While countries like Saudi Arabia […]

Read More How Buhari’s Economic Policy Is A Petri Dish For Corruption. by Walter Lamberson | New York Times.

Northern elders kidnapped Chibok school girls to embarrass Jonathan – Group

   As Nigerian army continues to comb Borno forests in search of the female students abducted recently by Boko Haram sect, a group on Monday accused some northern elders of being the brain behind the incident. The group, under the umbrella of United Alliance, in a statement by its northern co-ordinator, Bashir Ado, accused some […]

Read More Northern elders kidnapped Chibok school girls to embarrass Jonathan – Group

The National Grazing Reserve Bill: The Greatest Evil Of All, By Femi Fani-Kayode.

   When you create a conflict which has its roots in religion, ethnicity, land rights, the attempt to marginalise, dominate, subjugate and conquer others and the quest for liberation and freedom from slavery and bondage all mixed into one, you are toying with a conflagration that will not only be simply horrendous and that will […]

Read More The National Grazing Reserve Bill: The Greatest Evil Of All, By Femi Fani-Kayode.

WISE UP! BUHARI IS THE PROBLEM.

  Let’s face it, Buhari is a modern high powered almajiri. He flies around begging for loans, getting none! But he does not understand that he is the problem.  Buhari flew to China, cap in hand to beg for a $2 billion dollar loan. He did not get it. Instead the Chinese bamboozled him with a $6billion […]

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EFCC sends ‘clearance letter’ to CCT, absolves chairman Umar of N10m bribe allegation.

   The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) says its chairman, Danladi Umar, has been cleared of a N10m-bribe allegation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ibrahim Alhassan, spokesman of the tribunal, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. He said that the EFCC sent a letter to the tribunal on Wednesday clearing the […]

Read More EFCC sends ‘clearance letter’ to CCT, absolves chairman Umar of N10m bribe allegation.

Fashola cannot handle three ministries. Separate them for better efficiency, expert tells Buhari.

   A housing expert, Mr Festus Adebayo, has urged the Federal Government to demerge the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing for effective administration and development. According to Adebayo, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, the merger of the three ministries will not augur well for the […]

Read More Fashola cannot handle three ministries. Separate them for better efficiency, expert tells Buhari.

ICPC confirms diversion of bailout fund by deceptive state governor.

   The Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, Mr. Ekpo Nta, has disclosed that the commission was investigating a state governor for alleged diversion of bailout funds meant for the payment of workers’ salaries.He spoke when he hosted students of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS in Abuja. Nta said: “Last […]

Read More ICPC confirms diversion of bailout fund by deceptive state governor.