Influential Panamanian businessman Nidal Waked, has been arrested in Bogota on suspicion of money-laundering, local media reported on Friday.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in continuation of its investigations into the N23 billion laundered by the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison Madueke during the 2015 General Elections through Fidelity Bank plc, has so far unravelled how a total of N5,097,064,000 was disbursed and received by representatives from seven states in the Northwest zone of the country.

IN a statement bearing the title “NERDC and the 9 Year Basic Education Curriculum”, published in The Guardian Newspaper of Tuesday, April 26, 2016, the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) responded to what it described as “certain insinuations and misinformation” regarding the Religion and National Values Curriculum.

The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, to immediately re-seal the Kogi State House of Assembly pending the resolution of its crisis.

The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it had released the sum of N1.6 billion as part of its equity contribution to the Lekki Free Zone Development Company (LFDC).

The U.S. administration is seeking to approve a sale of as many as 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to Nigeria to aid its battle against the extremist group Boko Haram, U.S. officials said.

Nigerians have been expressing varied views and opinions on their plight during the recent fuel scarcity.

NIGERIA is possibly the country with the greatest appellations and accolades in the world. Nigeria is called the giant of Africa, the world’s most populous Black nation, the nation with the highest number of malaria victims , etc. What about Nigerians? Some people have their own way of describing certain other persons. One of the most recent ones I have heard is the expression that ‘Nigerians are docile’! I think this is highly debatable, not to say annoyingly nauseating.

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, has condemned yesterday’s killing of a butcher allegedly by a soldier, in the Aba area of the state.

Australian police have charged a 21-year-old woman with fraud after she allegedly spent US$3.4 million that her bank mistakenly gave her, with much of the money reportedly lavished on handbags.