By Song Daniel, Norther Region Editor After many months of allegations and counter allegations over the padding of the current year’s budget, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Tuesday, began a holistic investigation into the matter. To set the ball rolling into probe, which is likely to lead to the falling and rising of some […]

Detained Publisher of the blog, Abusidiqu.com, Mr. Abubakar Sidiq Usman, who was released on Tuesday, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has vowed that he will continue to speak out, adding that his voice will never be silenced.

Two Chinese nationals kidnapped by gunmen near in Abuja, last weekend have been released, police said Tuesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday pledged to reinvigorate ties after their first meeting since Ankara shot down a Russian warplane last November.

Controversial blogger, Mr. Abubakar Sidiq Usman, detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, over alleged cyber-stalking, was on Tuesday, released by the anti-graft agency.

No fewer than 54 students from various tertiary institutions in Benue have denounced their membership of cult groups. The students denounced membership of different cult groups during an interactive session between heads of tertiary institutions in the state and the Coordinator of Campus Cult Eradication Foundation, an NGO.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to “immediately and unconditionally release blogger Abubakar Usman who is detained simply for exercising his constitutional and internationally recognised right to freedom of expression.”

Former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for Lagos state in the 2015 election, Mr Jimi Agbaje has promised that he will lead the party back to winning ways if elected chairman of the party at the Portharcourt Convention.

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday warned that any building used as hideouts by kidnappers, vandals and other criminal elements in any part of the State would henceforth be confiscated and taken over by government.

Abuja – The Vice Chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, Professor Abdalla Adamu, on Tuesday, urged the National Universities Commission, NUC, to prevail on Council of Legal Education, CLE to admit the law graduates of NOUN into Nigeria Law Schools.