…Investigation into Multi-Billion Naira Investments Launched The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested former Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, for alleged misappropriation of public funds totalling N1.3 trillion from the 13 per cent oil derivation fund. The arrest happened on Monday, 4 November 2024. Okowa, who served as the vice-presidential candidate to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar under the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 general elections, was detained at the EFCC’s...

A frontline aspirant of the Labour Party, for the 2025 Anambra State governorship election has stepped up his bid for the ticket of Labour Party, with payment of the party’s local government offices in Anambra State. Since the end of the 2023 General Election, Labour Party has been left floating and despite its many gains in Anambra State where its Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi comes from, the party has no real presence. As part...

Sir Paul Chukwuma, the leading All Progressives Congress – APC aspirant for the 2025 Anambra State Governorship Election, has supported the Anambra State APC across the 21 local government areas and 326 state wards to secure party offices. According to the Director General of Sir Paul Chukwuma’s Campaign Council Hon. Ifeanyi Ibezi, this gesture is part of the efforts to reposition the party at the grassroots and give it impetus to compete favourably. With party offices...

President Bola Tinubu on Monday said his administration has reduced the debt servicing burden of the nation from 97 percent to 65 percent in the last 17 months. The President stated this while swearing in seven new ministers at the Presidential Villa Abuja were recently appointed into his cabinet, said he is focused on ending the reign of undue profiteering and smuggling of our common resources. Tinubu, told the ministers that they should be ready...

The former governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, has expressed strong views regarding financial prosperity linked to prayer, stating that individuals claiming to receive credit alerts solely through prayer should be investigated for potential theft. In an interview on the Honest Bunch podcast, a clip of which was released on Sunday, Mr Obi underscored the importance of diligence and productivity, emphasising that divine blessings are reserved for those who actively work. “God can bless...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has suggested solutions to some of the economic challenges in the country as a result of the implementation of the policies of President Bola Tinubu’s led government. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections also charged the president to lead by example. Atiku, who had in a release he titled: “What We Would Have Done Differently” urged the president to borrow from one...

The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI), a policy think- tank group has said that President Bola Tinubu is steering Nigeria away from Venezuela-like tragedy. The group noted that Nigerians have gotten to the junction of their economic comeuppance where they must pay for decades of abuse and wrongdoing, stressing that contrary to suggestions in a section of the media, the economic reforms of the President Bola Tinubu administration are based on a clear plan...