Former President, Goodlkuck Jonathan on Friday challenged the governor of Borno state, Ibrahim Shettima to come clean on the abduction of the Chibok Girls, after he was quoted recently as saying Jonathan thought he was behind the abduction. The former President made the call in a statement released to newsmen in Abuja by his Spokesperson, Ikechukwu Eze.

The Governor of Cross River state, Prof. Ben Ayade on Thursday presented the 2018 appropriation bill to the State House of Assembly. Gov. Ayade who christened the budget `Budget of Kinetic Crystallization’ disclosed that the state proposed one trillion, three hundred and fifty billion, two hundred and twenty million, one hundred and fifty six thousand, two hundred and twenty five naira, thirty kobo (N1, 350, 220, 156, 225. 30).

National Assembly Condemns Libyan Slave Trade, Demands Action

The National Assembly has condemned the modern day slavery in Libya and called the executive to find a solution to the issue and the menace of migration.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Abubakar Magaji on Thursday admitted being responsible for the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina, the embattled Chairman of the defunct Presidential Task Force on Pension Reform and apologized for his action. 

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Services (NIS), Mohammed Babandede has debunked widespread reports that the embattled Chairman of the Presidential Task Funds on Pension Reform, Abdulrasheed Maina ttravelled out of the country after being declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). Babandede stated this on Thursday when he appeared before a House of Representatives panel investigating the circumstances surrounding the reinstatement of Maina into the Civil Service.

Embattled former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Mr Abdulrasheed Maina, has finally broken silence on the allegations of corruption levelled against him. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Channels Television which aired on Monday, Mr Maina insisted that he was innocent of the allegations preferred against him.