Court Orders El-Zakzaky’s Wife to Remain in Prison Indefinitely
A Kaduna State High Court presided over by Justice Gideon Kurada on Monday adjourned indefinitely the trial of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiite, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zinat. NAN reports that El-Zakzaky and wife are standing trial over allegations of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly, and disruption […]
Buhari Receives N30,000 Minimum Wage Implementation Report
President Muhamamdu Buhari On Monday Received The Report Of The Technical Advisory Committee On The Implementation Of The New National Minimum Wage At The Presidential Villa, Abuja. President Buhari had on January 9 inaugurated the advisory committee chaired by an economist and financial expert, Bismarck Rewane, where he reiterated his commitment to an upward review […]
Falana to Drag Buhari to Court Over Oil Blocks Allocation
Foremost human right activist and legal luminary Femi Falana, is poised to drag the Federal Government and President Muhammadu Buhari to court if this administration goes ahead to allocate oil blocks to private individuals and corporate bodies. The fire brand social crusader in a personal letter to President Buhari said such allocations are a gross […]
APC will not Share Power with Anybody -Oshiomhole
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Monday, declared that his party will not share power with any party. The chairman made this declaration during the inaugural meeting the party’s topmost echelon with its newly elected members of the House of Representatives in Abuja. He said, unlike the dying dispensation […]
Ecobank Wins CBN/NIBSS Award for Data Integrity
Ecobank Nigeria over the weekend carted away the “Electronic Data Rendition Compliance and Integrity” Award at the 2019 edition of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Electronic Payment Incentive Scheme (EPIS) Efficiency Awards. The CBN EPIS Efficiency Awards is organized to celebrate financial institutions, merchants and other stakeholders at the forefront of driving electronic payment in Nigeria. […]
Group Lobbies Tinubu to Support Hon. Odebunmi for Speaker
Ahead of the inauguration of the Ninth National Assembly, Southwest Youth Ambassador has called on the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and national leadership of the party to consider Segun Odebunmi for House of Representatives’ speaker. According to the press release made available to the press signed by the […]
Lagos Top Chief, Fatai Olumegbon Dies at 59
Prominent Lagos White Cap Chief, Fatai Abiodun Olumegbon is dead. A lawyer by training, Olumegbon was the head of Idejo Chieftaincy class, one of the most prominent Lagos White Cap chiefs and King Maker He reportedly died on Sunday evening after a brief illness. He was aged 59. An impeccable source disclosed that Olumegbon had […]
BREAKING: Appeal Court Dismisses APC Gov Primaries, Assembly Elections in Zamfara
The electoral fortune of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, suffered a setback today as the Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto State, led by Justice Tom Yakubu, has set aside the judgement of a Zamfara High Court on the All Progressives Congress primary election that produced the party’s candidates for the governorship, National and […]
Weaponising Religion in Yoruba Politics, By Simon Kolawole
In case you missed it, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), an advocacy group, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint Muslim ministers from five south-west states when he constitutes his cabinet for his second term. Why? The group says because five of the south-west governors would be Christians, that is the way to go — […]
My Victory Humbles Me, Says Lalong
Gov Simon Lalong of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who retained his office after Saturday’s supplementary polls, is seeking the support of Plateau people to deliver the dividends of democracy to them. The governor was declared the winner of the polls by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday in Jos, said the support […]
