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The Secretary to the Government of Federation, SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha, said yesterday that the tough decisions President Muhammadu Buhari will take during his second term will be in the interest of Nigeria. He spoke in an interview with newsmen in Yola, against the backdrop of President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent statement that his second term would be tough. Buhari won a second term of office when he defeated his main opposition candidate, Atiku Abubakar, of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the rescheduled February 23 Presidential election. The SGF described the President as a good man who had the trust…

As an aftermath of the Presidential/National Assembly elections held eight February 23, the Police have arrested 323 persons for engaging in electoral offences and other sundry crimes across the country. Two officers were killed, with some others either injured or assaulted while carrying out their constitutional duties during the elections, according to the Police. Speaking at the post-presidential/National Assembly elections evaluation meeting with strategic police managers at the Force Headquarters in Abuja on Monday, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, said he had directed the Special Electoral Offences Team of the Force to undertake detailed and conclusive investigations into…

Following a plea bargain okayed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the Federal High Court in Abuja, Monday terminated further hearing on the money laundering charge against former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, retd, who was murdered on December 19, 2018. However, the court, in a consent judgment delivered by trial Justice Okon Abang, convicted Badeh’s company, Iyalikam Nigeria Limited, which was charged as the 2nd defendant in the case. The conviction followed admittance of guilt by the firm which had initially indicated its intention to file its defence to EFCC’s amended 14-count charge…

Days after the arrest of the son-in-law to the defeated presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, stated that he was arrested for laundering 150 million Euros. The commission, while admitting for the first time that its operatives arrested Alhaji Babalele Abdullahi, who is also the Finance Director of Atiku’s group of companies, did not specify how the huge sum was laundered or where it originated and terminated. This came on a day Atiku Abubakar decried what he described as persecution of his close associates and family by the administration of President…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, said weekend it will not rescind its decision on the use of biometrics in the conduct of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. In the board’s weekly bulletin issued on Sunday in Lagos, the bulletin stressed the importance of biometrics in the conduct of the board’s examination. It noted that the Biometrics Verification Machine, BVM, was introduced by the board in an attempt to get rid of the numerous forms of examination malpractice. The bulletin said the BVM was a security mechanism used for the authentication of candidates’ identity as it provided access…

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in the 19 Northern states has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to run an inclusive government this time. Buhari was re-elected in the February 23 election, defeating Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who had since rejected the outcome of the election. In a letter to the President, dated March 1, 2019, the Northern CAN said Buhari’s victory at the poll was evidence of his uprightness and transparency in governance. The statement, signed by Yakubu Pam, chairman of the association, reads: “Run an inclusive government as you promised under the…

Immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, retd., has laughed off speculations on his death during an encounter with a former trusted aide allowed by the Department of State Services, DSS. The visit to the incarcerated erstwhile National Security Adviser was allowed by the DSS penultimate Saturday to douse speculations in social media and among concerned stakeholders that Dasuki died in DSS custody. The interaction between Yushau Shuaib and Dasuki who worked for the latter while  he was NSA took place at the headquarters of the DSS in Abuja, Mr. Shuaib said in a statement made available to Vanguard. Shuaib was escorted on…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the application of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, seeking the final forfeiture of N732.85 million to the federal government. The forfeiture includes a plot of land situated at Katsina Road by Ogbomosho Road, Kaduna North Local Government, worth N190 million, all believed to be proceeds of unlawful activities. The EFCC was able to secure the final forfeiture, following the usage of non-conviction based forfeiture proceedings. The forfeited sum of N732.85 million was allegedly stolen from the Presidential Amnesty Programme Office by 17 respondents to the suit. The 17 respondents to…

In a fresh attack, suspected herdsmen reportedly killed more than16 persons in Agagbe community in Gwer West local government area of Benue State. Commander of the joint military operation in the state code named, Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, Major-General Adeyemi Yekini, who confirmed the attack, said seven corpses had so far been recovered by his troops from the besieged community. Yekini said he received report from the Sub-Sector Commander of OPWS in Gwer West local government area, Flying Officer Mohammed Abubakar that at about 4:30 p.m on Saturday, some of his reliable sources from Agagbe informed him that some men…

President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Monday, March 4, pay a thank-you visit to Akwa Ibom State. The visit will be the second since the President assumed office on May 29, 2015, having visited the state on Friday, December 28, last year for the flag-off re-election campaign christened Next Level in the South-South Region. Buhari, the All Progressives Congress, APC candidate won after polling 15,191,847 votes to defeat his closest rival, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, who scored 11,262,978 with a margin of 3,928,869  votes during the February 23 Presidential/National Assembly elections. In Akwa Ibom, President Buhari, however,…