Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that the empowerment Scheme where perpetrators are offering  Nigerians N65,000, using his name,  is a scam. Paul Ibe,  Media Adviser to Atiku, in a  press statement on Sunday noted that it has come to their notice that a group claiming to be “Travelling Abroad Opportunities” has been advertising a so-called “Atiku Grant by FG” on social media, on link https://www.facebook.com/share/p/gZmjSkZtfPm9uBA1/ The statement reads, “The purported empowerment scheme is promising...

Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), the South-South apex socio-political organisation has urged the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike to intervene in the land crisis involving the land allocated to Late Col. Paul Ogbebor (Rtd) in the FCT. In a press statement on Friday signed by its National Spokesman, Chief Dr. Obiuwevbi Ominimini, PANDEF expressed concern over the news of the revocation of the land allocated to Late Col. Paul Ogbebor Rtd, who it...

The Federal High Court, Abuja has on Friday, granted the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, bail in the sum of N500 million with two sureties in like sum. This was after the former governor had pleaded not guilty to the 19-count charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Recall that Bello is facing an alleged money laundering trial to the tune of N80bn but pleaded not guilty to...