A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan has ordered that a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Jumoke Akinjide, and a chieftain of the Peoples...
Archive - June 2017
June 22, 201 One would have expected the National Assembly to be happy as a result of the decision of the Acting President to approach the Supreme Court on...
FORMER local government chairmen and commissioners in Rivers State during the administration of Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, have faulted a statement credited to...
Youths in Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency of Ondo State have begun to mobilise the people of the constituency to start the process of recalling the...
The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria have said the hardship and woes in the country should be blamed on the ruling political...
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has formally notified Senator Dino Melaye of the demand by the people of his constituency to recall him...
Some Civil Society Organisations on Wednesday kicked against the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill just passed by the Senate, saying it failed to adequately...
In a landmark ruling delivered on June 9, 2017 validating Section 306 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 and section 40 of the Economic and...
The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has said that more than N200bn was allocated to the education sector in the 2016 and 2017 budgets. He said the...
A Professor of Sociology at the University of Lagos, Lai Olurode, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to seriously consider the adoption of...
The United Nations Refugee Agency on Wednesday raised the alarm over the growing number of Internally Displaced Persons in the North-East, saying the...
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, on Wednesday debunked insinuations that he was not committed to the anti...
The Independent National Electoral Commission has received signatures from the electorate in Kogi West Senatorial District, asking for the recall of Senator...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will on Thursday (today) arraign a former Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Jumoke Akinjide...
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, pleaded on Wednesday that his alleged N4.9bn fraud case should be transferred from Lagos to Abuja. The...
The House of Representatives is already using the report of the 2014 National Conference as a guide for the ongoing amendment of the 1999 Constitution, The...
The Director of Administration at the Police Service Commission, Emmanuel Ibe, who was arrested over an alleged N600m fraud by the Economic and Financial...
The Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly, Alhaji Kabiru Rurum, on Tuesday denied media reports alleging that he received N100m bribe to suspend the probe of...
The acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday said the present administration was mindful of some legitimate concerns being raised by some Nigerians across...
The Court of Appeal, Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday dismissed a motion filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking to stop Ekiti State Governor...
An operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Abubakar Madaki, told a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, how Bank Verification Number...
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, filed 11 grounds notice of appeal against the June 14, 2017 judgment of the Code of Conduct Tribunal which acquitted Senate...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned a retired Navy Captain, Jerry Ogbonna, before a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja for allegedly...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the Director of Administration at the Police Service Commission, Emmanuel Ibe, for an alleged N600m...
A former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Mr Abdulmumin Jibrin, has thrown his weight behind acting President Yemi Osinbajo in...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, and two other top officials, on Monday, said they had no knowledge of any invitation by the...
An Abuja-based businessman, Mr. Nkem Ahidjo, narrated on Monday how over N6bn was allegedly diverted out of the funds allocated by the administration of former...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered a former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, and two of his former aides, to be remanded in Kuje...
The Federal Government is set to release the first tranche of capital release of N350bn to its Ministries, Departments and Agencies for implementation of the...
Former Plateau Governor, Joshua Dariye, on Monday begged an FCT High Court in Gudu to adjourn his trial over alleged N1.1bn scam on medical grounds. Dariye...
The trial of a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Olisa Metuh, which has been on suspension for about six months is to...
One of the judges recently recalled from suspension by the National Judicial Council will be charged this week with offences bordering on receiving...
Finally, the 2017 budget is ready for implementation after the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, signed it into law. As a fiscal and policy framework for...
A Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Igbosere has ordered that the lawmaker representing Edu /Moro/Patigi constituency of Kwara State at the House of...
The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Sunday said for corruption to be completely eradicated in the country, the fight against the menace must start from...
The acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Sunday, promised that the Federal Government would apply justice in addressing the growing agitations from all parts of...
The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and...
The House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), on Sunday, clashed over the...
Two Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Mr. Yusuf Ali and Mr. Kemi Pinheiro, and a former Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Ilorin branch, Prof. Wahab Egbewole...
Candidates for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board/Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination writing the 2017 Computer Based Test at the Global...