The Media Office of the Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has described as false, unfounded and baseless, insinuations being circulated online by someone described as a contractor who had alleged that the state committed intellectual property theft against him in respect of the newly inaugurated Park Management Systems, PMS. A statement signed by […]

Oyo State governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, declared that his administration has been deepening the war against corruption in the state. The governor, who stated this during the commissioning of the Oyo State branch office of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), maintained that upon the realization that his government’s […]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday, dismissed an application filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state, and its governorship candidate, David Lyon, to review its judgment, which sacked Lyon and his deputy, Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo. ChannelsTV reports Justice Amina Augie, who read the judgment, as holding that the application lacked merit and the […]

The operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences  (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) has issued a 7-day ‘Removal Notice’ to owners/occupants of illegal structures/Shanties, mechanic workshops, containarised kiosks and commercial bus garages around public schools at Mile 2, Badagry Expressway, Lagos. Chairman of the Agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, who disclosed this at a gathering of […]

A prosecution witness, Mr Babatunde Edu, has narrated before an Ikeja Special Offences Court how Lagos State University (LASU) apprehended its student, Afeez Ogunbowale, accused of raping two women in niqab. A niqab is an islamic garment which covers the body leaving the eyes uncovered. Edu is a security officer of LASU. He testified at […]

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has hailed an Abuja Federal High Court verdict sentencing the former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Mr Olisa Metuh to seven years imprisonment for laundering the sum of N400m. This was contained in a press release issued by the Centre and signed by […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Olisa Metuh, to seven years in prison. Justice Okon Abang handed down the sentence on Tuesday in his judgement on seven counts of money laundering and criminal diversion of funds to the tune of N400 […]

Contrary to widespread report, the Nigeria Police Force said its officer who pushed Remo Stars Football Club captain, Kazeem Tiamiyu, to death on Saturday was not an officer of the Special Anti-robbery Squad, SARS. Tiamiyu Ogun State Police Commissioner (CP) Kenneth Ebrimson made this known while giving an update on the violent protest that was […]

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has expressed shock over the inability of the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris to account for over N28b remitted  to the Federation Account by the Nigeria Customs Service in 2015. This was contained in a press release issued by the Coordinator For Research and Documentation Mr […]

Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasiru El-rufai says his political party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, should choose its presidential candidate from southern Nigeria for equity and fairness. El-rufai, who had previously canvassed for the jettisoning of zoning, was quoted in multiple news reports justifying why the presidency should return to the south at the end […]