The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay has decried the inaction on the part of the Presidency in deciding the fate of the suspended Secretary to the Federal Government (SGF), Babachir Lawal, and Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ayo Oke.

NNPC Corruption Allegation: Kachikwu Keeps Mum After Meeting PMB

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu on Friday met with the President, Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) refuted claims of allegations by the wife of the country’s former president that it had conducted a “witch-hunt” against her, Reuters said. Patience Jonathan, whose husband Goodluck Jonathan was the president of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015, accused the head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of an “orchestrated plan” to tarnish her reputation and that of her husband.

The Nigerian Army on Saturday said its troops had killed two Boko Haram insurgents at Mayanti village of Bama Local Government Council of Borno State. Lt. Col. Kingsley Samuel, the Deputy Director Army Public Rations, 7 Division, said in Maiguri the troops had ambushed a group of insurgents while trying to cross into the Sambisa Forest.

President Muhammadu Buhari has presented Mrs Aishah Ahmad to the Senate for confirmation as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). She is to replace a former deputy governor, who retired early this year. The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.

The Police arraigned two persons before a Magistrate court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, for supplying false information to the Monitoring Team of the Inspector-General Of Police. The defendants, Francis Babatunde and John James both pleaded guilty to a two-Count charge of conspiring to cause harm to the younger brother of the Bayelsa State Governor, Moses Oruaze Dickson for alleging that he was in possession of fire arms.