Ibrahim Ahmadu, Author at Freedom Online

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday directed the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to act with...

INEC queries 202 staff members over election malpractices

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued 202 queries to its staff members in connection with election malpractices. Prof....

Six Kogi Assembly PDP legislators defect to APC

Six members of the Kogi State House of Assembly, elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have...

EFCC helps FG to save N4.5bn monthly from ghost workers, says Magu

Presidency awaits Senate’s decision on Magu, says Femi Adesina

The Presidency says it is yet to receive the National Assembly’s final decision on the confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as...

UTME: JAMB clarifies position, says awaiting results candidates can apply

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) in Abuja on Thursday said candidates awaiting results are eligible to register and...

Police arrest officer who crushed widow to death in Aba

Father, son die inside well in Sokoto

A middle-aged man, Malam Umar, and his teenage son, Abubakar, died inside a well they were digging at Gidan-Filani village,...

Ex-GMD of NNPC Yakubu: Money in my Kaduna residence not received from Bola Shagaya, Omokore, Aluko

$9.7m gift: Court remands Yakubu in Kuje Prison, rules on bail application March 21

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday ordered the remand of Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum...

Senators to Customs C-G Ali: Get out! Your car, aircraft have official logo of Customs but you scorn uniform

Senators, on Thursday, turned back the Comptroller-General (C-G) of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), for not appearing...

Mining: Local operators to benefit from intervention fund, says Fayemi

Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has said that the ministry would commit part of the N30...

Troops kill four terrorists, recover arms in Borno

Troops have killed four terrorists at Borno State College of Business Studies (BOCCOS) on Bama-Ngurosoye road. Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, the...

Judge orders removal of bullet in defendant’s leg

Justice Halilu Yusuf of the FCT High Court, Jabi has ordered the Nigerian Prisons to plan for surgery to extract...

Helicopters can now use Abuja airport, says Aviation Minister

Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, says Helicopters are now free to fly in and out of the...

Bauchi Governor’s aide resigns over `unfriendly working environment’

The Special Adviser to Bauchi State Governor on Investment, Alhaji Samaila Sanusi, said on Wednesday that he had resigned his...

Customs: Duties on cars, others to be reduced

Dealers call on National Assembly to reduce duty tariff on ‘tokunbo’ vehicles

Mr Ajibola Adedoyin, the National President, Association of Motor Dealers of Nigeria (AMDON), has called on the National Assembly to...

Man arraigned for beating mother-in-law, injuring her

Court to rule on Ademola’s no-case submission April 5

Justice Jude Okeke of an FCT High Court will rule on the no-case submission moved by Justice Adeniyi Ademola and...

Dickson, Babangida in closed-door meeting

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Seriake Dickson, and former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, met behind closed doors...

Osinbajo urges Senate to approve $500m Euro bond

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, urged the Senate to approve $500 million Euro Bond to fund the 2016 Budget...

NCC: Telecom consumers spent $6.6bn in 2016

Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says Nigerian telecom consumers spent a whopping 6.6 billion...

FG approves Nigeria Industrial Council