Nigeria Says It Has Recovered $9.1 Billion In Stolen Money And Assets

President Muhammadu Buhari, elected last year largely on his vow to fight corruption, has vowed to recover “mind-boggling” sums of money stolen from the oil sector.

 
ABUJA, June 4 (Reuters) - Nigeria’s government has recovered $9.1 billion in stolen money and assets, its information and culture minister said on Saturday, as its corruption crackdown continues against the backdrop of the country’s worst economic crisis in years.

Why Ijaw nation was absent at Ogoni Clean-up flag off – INC

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo flanked by ( l-r) minister of state for environment, minister of environment; Hajia Amina Mohammed; Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike and Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha at the launch of the clean-up of Ogoniland and other oil impacted communities in the Niger/Delta

 

The Ijaw National Congress, INC, has said that the Ijaw nation was absent at the flag off of clean up of oil spill in Ogoniland of Rivers state because of the challenges faced by Ijaw communities who were caught in the web of the bombing of oil assets and killing of security forces by the militants in Niger Delta waterways.

Ogoniland Clean-up: Monarch, MOSOP, KAGOTE Laud President Buhari

 

The people of Ogoni in Rivers on Friday thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for the launch of the clean-up of their environment and other oil impacted communities in the Niger Delta.

President Buhari is ill

President Muhammadu Buhari is ill and is being treated at the presidential villa, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report.
The president has an infection in his left ear, otherwise called Meniere Disease, a challenge which has drastically reduced his outings in the last one week.

Ogoni clean-up: We’ve fulfilled our promise, FG says

 
The Federal Government on Thursday declared that it has fulfilled its campaign promise with respect to the clean-up of Ogoniland in Rivers State.

According to the government, President Muhammadu Buhari had during his campaign period promised to commence the clean-up of the Niger Delta, beginning from Ogoniland once sworn into office.

FG Launches Ogoni Clean-Up Exercise

 The federal government has formerly launched the clean-up of oil spills in Ogoni land, Rivers State, Nigeria, as recommended in the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report.

Buhari cancels trip to Rivers for Ogoni cleanup

 

The planned trip of President Muhammadu Buhari to Rivers State to launch the cleanup of Ogoni land, polluted by years of oil exploration and production, has been cancelled.
Multiple sources at the presidential villa told PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday that the president had not left the State House for the trip.

Wike appoints Yobo as SSA on sports development

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has appointed a former Super Eagles captain, Joseph Yobo, as his Senior Special Assistant on Sports Development.

Virginity Trade: Woman convinced teenage schoolgirls to sell their virginity for money (photos)

A Cambodian court has ordered the temporary imprisonment of a Mamasan who convinced schoolgirls to sell their virginity. According to Kampuchea Thmey Daily News, the judge of municipal court temporary imprisoned a 32-year-old woman who was accused of convincing young schoolgirls to sell their virginity. The trade normally took place at the hotel.

Graphic photos: Man and his wife burnt to death at their home in Benue

In the early hours of Saturday May 28th, unknown gunmen raided the house of a man named Joseph Msen Akosu and killed him with his wife after which they were burnt beyond recognition.