MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas DETAILS have emerged about how the controversial Director General of the alleged ghost agency, Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), Prince Adeniyi Mathew Adeyemi, once lived in the Palace of the Alaafin of Oyo during the reign of the late monarch, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III. Investigations conducted by one of the federal […] Read more

MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The National Vice Chairman (South-West) of the Labour Party, Abayomi Arabambi, has demanded a public retraction, apology and N50 billion in damages from Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), over an alleged defamatory statement made during an interview on a podcast. The demand was conveyed in a letter issued […] Read more

MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas By Myke Uzendu, Abuja The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has called for the immediate removal of the Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, over allegations linking him to an alleged corruption scandal involving a purported non-existent government agency and the alleged sale of public appointments. Recall that […] Read more

MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas President Bola Tinubu’s Special Investigator on the Central Bank of Nigeria, Jim Obazee, on Friday told the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, that the late former President Muhammadu Buhari ought to have faced trial over the alleged $6.2m fraud involving the apex bank. Obazee, who testified as a prosecution […] Read more

MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA— PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has said as part of the reform of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, corps members would now be deployed to security-challenged states, guided by risk assessment. He also reiterated that the scheme would be led by a civilian director-general and not military personnel as it […] Read more

MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas …Says police charged Self-styled DG with forgery The Presidency on Wednesday dismissed renewed claims by Adeyemi Adeniyi Matthew that he was appointed to head a presidential agency, insisting he is an impostor who allegedly forged official documents to present himself as Director-General of a non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, also described as the […] Read more

MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Minister of Works David Umahi has challenged former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi to a debate on road infrastructure, saying that taking a picture of a bad portion of a road for campaign purposes is in bad taste. Umahi threw the challenge during the commissioning of the Akwanga–Jos–Bauchi–Gombe–Borno superhighway on Wednesday in […] Read more

MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Former Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, will remain in the custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for an initial period of 14 days following his arrest over an alleged certificate forgery case. POLITICS NIGERIA learned that the anti-graft agency secured a court-approved remand warrant […] Read more

MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas ABUJA — Former Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, was on Wednesday arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, shortly after arriving from Enugu aboard a chartered flight. Authoritative airport sources confirmed the arrest, stating that Nnaji is expected to be handed over to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other […] Read more