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The Department of State Security (DSS) said yesterday that former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd); leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, opted to be remanded in DSS custody because their detention facilities and conditions were better compared to Kuje prison. […]

As the tenure of Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, and the Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler, come to an end, their fate hang in the balance with President Muhammadu Buhari weighing his options on the leadership of the two prime agencies. Although there is lack of […]

Senator Kames Manager, the fifth-term senator representing Delta south senatorial district and one of the longest serving senators in the national assembly has strongly discounted speculations that he was awarded a jaw-dropping 300 contracts by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC); 120 of which have already been fully paid, whereas the contracts have not been […]

Justice Othman Musa of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Bwari Area of Abuja, on Thursday dismissed the rape suit against Senior Pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Biodun Fatoyinbo. Busola, wife of music artiste, Timi Dakolo, had dragged the pastor before the Abuja High Court, seeking justice and […]

Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) have threatened to boycott the rerun ordered by the Court of Appeal to determine the actual winner of the Akwa Ibom Northwest senatorial district between Akpabio and incumbent, Senator Chris Ekpenyong of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The appellate court […]

The Progressives Governors Forum has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman Adams Oshiomhole to convene a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting to address the party’s challenges or resign his position. The ultimatum came after a Federal High Court in Yenagoa; Bayelsa State ruled that the APC has no candidate for the Saturday governorship election […]

The Federal Government has faulted the proposed legislation in the National Assembly seeking death penalty for persons found guilty of hate speech, suggesting that the bill is dead on arrival in the Senate and explaining that a law already exists that deals with hate speech. Specifically, the bill entitled “The National Commission for the Prohibition […]

The Supreme Court has fixed friday for delivery of reasons for its judgment that dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the 2019 general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, against the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the contest. The apex court had in a […]

“The 36 State Governors intend to demand that “theirstates’ share andthose of the local governments from the Federation account” revenue accruals bedistributed in the selfsame currency collected. That intentionis borne out ofdissatisfaction with net Federation Account (FA) oil exportproceeds madeavailable for distribution among beneficiaries, after theunilateral deductionsby NNPC of amounts to offset self-styled petrol priceunder-recovery. […]

“God has been so kind, the only way I can show my gratitude to Him is to use my resources to support those who are underprivileged. This I intend to do for the rest of my life. In a world full of conflicts, diseases, calamities and inequality, we all need to show the milk of […]

Now, my introduction to Professor Tam David-West was on this wise: I was brought up by a very strict, educationist father, who would not allow his seven children travel during holidays, particularly the long vacation at the end of the session. He had his own way of keeping us busy.   My town, Ipetumodu, in […]