Mohammed Bello-Koko, acting managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), reportedly owns properties in the United Kingdom which he acquired by secretly running offshore businesses in the British Virgin Islands. This was revealed in the Pandora Papers project led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), and which Premium Times is a part …
Family Kicks As Accountant-General, Idris Secretly Marries 16-year-old Girl As Fourth Wife
Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris. The family members of a 16-year-old Kano State girl, identified simply as Hussain, have kicked against her marriage to the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris. The family accused Idris of luring the teenager with millions of naira. It was gathered that the Accountant-General tied the knot with …
Insurgency, secessionism and banditry threaten Nigeria
Africa’s biggest nation faces its biggest test since its civil war 50 years ago Less than six decades ago, as Nigeria was nearing independence, even those who were soon to govern Africa’s largest country had their doubts about whether it would hold together. British colonists had drawn a border around land that was home to …
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Cambridge college to return looted cockerel statue to Nigeria By Sam Russell
Jesus College set up a Legacy of Slavery Working Party to explore the ‘historical, legal and moral status’ of its ownership of the Benin Bronze. The bronze cockerel statue was taken by British colonial forces in 1897 before it was given to Jesus College, which is now returning it (Chris Loades/PA) / PA Media Cambridge college is …
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Large Lies of Lying Lai Mohammed By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D.
In a recent TV interview, Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed said he had never lied. That’s a lie, Lai’s latest lie. “I have always asked anybody to come out and say Alhaji Lai Mohammed, this is what you said at this point and we found it to be a lie and nobody so far …
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Centre for Nigeria Progress 