IGP Summons CP, DPO as Police Kill Ex-Minister Nenadi Usman’s Daughter in Abuja
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the arrest of four of his men who allegedly shot dead the daughter of former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman, in Abuja on Saturday night. Reports say 31-year-old Anita Akapson was shot dead at Katampe Extension area of Abuja. Police authorities have also summoned […]
Kukah Justifies Presence at OBJ-Atiku Meeting, Says I Went to Witness Reconciliation, Not to Endorse – Kukah
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Dr Matthew Hassan Kukah, has said that his meeting with Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar was to serve as a witness to the peaceful reconciliation of a prolonged dispute between the two leaders. Reacting to concerns by members of the public over his presence […]
Shittu Goes to Court, Sues APC over NYSC Certificate
Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has sued the All Progressives Congress (APC) for disqualifying him as a governorship aspirant in Oyo State on account of not presenting the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme discharge certificate. He claimed it was wrong for APC to disqualify him from the governorship primary election for not presenting the […]
2019: Amosun Looses Former Campaign DG to Dapo Abiodun
Former Director-General of the Governor Ibikunle Amosun Campaign Organisation in the 2015 elections, Chief Bode Mustapha, has urged all members of the All Progressives Congress in Ogun State to support the party’s candidate, Prince Dapo Abiodun, in the governorship election in 2019. Mustapha made the appeal at the residence of Abiodun in Iperu, Ogun State, […]
No Cause for Alarm; I will Submit Myself to EFCC – Fayose
Governor, Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has declared that he will submit himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for questioning immediately after leaving office. He also stressed that he won’t escape from the commission. The outgoing governor, who shortly after a farewell service in Ado Ekiti, claimed to be on his way […]
Fayose Weeps Again! ‘Painfully’ Leaves Ekiti Govt House
It was a shocking picture of a once vibrant and tough talking governor now reduced to jelly at the Ekiti State Government House on Sunday as outgoing Governor Ayo Fayose wept profusely while vacating the state’s number-one seat. Fayose shed tears shortly after attending a thanksgiving service to mark the end of his tenure held […]
Nigeria’s 100-Year-Old Death-Row Inmate Seeking pardon
Death-row inmate, Celestine Egbunuche has been dubbed Nigeria’s “oldest prisoner” amid a campaign calling for his release. He is 100 years old and has spent 18 years in jail after being found guilty of organising a murder. Small and slightly hunched over, he looks wistfully into space as he sits on a tightly packed bench […]
FG Wields Big Stick, Bans 50 Persons on Watch-list from Foreign Trips
The Federal Government has placed no fewer than 50 high profile persons directly affected by Executive Order 6 (EO6) on watch-list and restricted them from leaving the country pending the determination of their cases. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development in a statement in […]
Court Reinstates Sacked Unity Bank Executive Director
The National Industrial Court in Ikoyi, Lagos has declared Mrs Arese Alonge a subsisting Executive Director of Unity bank and ordered the bank to pay all entitlements and benefits pertaining to her office. In a judgment on Monday, Justice J. D Peters held that Unity Bank had not followed the mandatory provisions of Sections 262 […]
Buhari Wields Power to Seize Properties Linked To Corruption – Court
The Federal High Court, Abuja has held that President Muhammadu Buhari’s Executive Order 6 is in line with the 1999 Constitution. The judge, Ijeoma Ojukwu, made the pronouncement while delivering judgment in a suit filed by two lawyers; Ikenga Ugochinyere and Kenneth Udeze, challenging the legitimacy of the order. Mrs Ojukwu held that it was […]
