Crime Facts

FG records N1.14trn deficit in 90 days

• Salaries, debt service, others take 73 percent of revenue The fiscal operations of the Federal Government in the fourth quarter of 2019, showed an estimated deficit of N1.14 trillion, compared with the proportionate quarterly budget deficit of N479.62 billion. The government had estimated an expenditure profile of N2.59 trillion for the fourth quarter of […]

No reason to be afraid of audits, if you are clean – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday told public officers who had done the right thing not to be scared of being audited by the government or its agency. The President said this while addressing the Conference of Auditors-General in Nigeria where he was conferred an award for transparency and accountability in the management of the country’s […]

Nigeria: $42bn oil revenue lost to pipeline attacks

The constant attacks on critical national assets, especially petroleum product pipelines appears to have defied all solutions, posing a national security threat capable of bringing the nation’s economy to its knees with over $41.94 billion loss in 10 years. According to the Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI), the $41.94 billion loss in 10 years […]

Lassa Fever: Stop eating rats, Minister warns Nigerians

…As outbreak records 29 deaths in 11 states Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, the Minister of Environment has advises Nigerians to stop eating rats for now as 29 deaths have been recorded due to recent Lassa Fever outbreak in the country. Abubakar gave the advice, while briefing newsmen about the Lassa Fever outbreak in the country on […]

Maryam Sanda: Husband killer to die by hanging – Court

An FCT High Court on Monday sentenced Maryam Sanda, the woman who  stabbed her husband to death, Bilyaminu, son of a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Haliru Bello, to death by hanging. Delivering judgment, Justice Yusuf Halilu, convicted her on circumstantial evidence. The killing was premeditated, the police said. The police […]