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Popular musician, Augustine Kelechi, aka Tekno was arrested Tuesday by elements of the Lagos State Police command, ostensibly for breaching public decency by displaying half-naked girls in traffic, the police spokesman, deputy superintendent of police, Bala Elkana, said.    “The command has arrested Tekno and the two girls for conveying half naked girls at the […]

The Federal Government has rescheduled its 2-day induction retreat and swearing-in program for Ministers-designate from August 15-16; to August 19-20, beginning 9:00 am daily.    In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja, Babatunde Lawal, the Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Affairs Office, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, also said the swearing-in […]

The federal government has said it will set up a committee in the coming weeks to review the revenue sharing formula for federal, states and local governments due to the current economic realities.   The Chairman, Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Mr Elias Mbam, disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, shortly […]

The Democracy Vanguard of Nigerians in the Diaspora (DVND) yesterday took President Muhammadu Buhari to the international criminal court (ICC) over his alleged inaction to curtail the atrocities and killings by marauding Fulani herdsmen in the country.   In a petition dated July 17, 2019, titled: Acts of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity in Nigeria, […]

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that with the executive order signed by President Muhammadu Buhari, no Nigerian will now get international passport without the national identity card. The NIMC Director in Ekiti State, Gbenga Ifayefunmi, disclosed that there are 22 collection points in the state, urging residents to avail themselves of the […]

An Abuja Federal High Court will, on Thursday, rule in the application filed by the Department of State Service (DSS), seeking an order to detain Omoyele Sowore, the African Action Congress (AAC)’s presidential candidate in the 2019 elections, for 90 days pending the conclusion of its investigation.   In an ex-parte order with number: FHC/ABJ/CS/915/19, […]

Olam International through its subsidiary, Crown Flour, has submitted a revised offer of N120 billion to acquire the issued shares of Dangote Flourmill Plc (DFM). Last April, Olam made a N130 billion bid.   The directors of DFM, according to a statement by the company secretary, Aisha Ladi Isa, received the adjusted bid on August […]

The Kaduna State High Court Monday granted leave to the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibrahim El Zakzaky, and his wife Zeenat to travel out of the country for medical treatment.   El-Zakzaky’s lawyer Femi Falana had filed a suit seeking his client’s release from detention since 2015 to treat his […]

The Nigerian Police Force Monday said the #RevolutionNow protesters were dispersed in Lagos because they didn’t get permission from the police before staging the protest. “The gathering is unlawful, an unlawful gathering is meant to be dispersed,” the Area Commander, Area C, ACP Tijani Fatai said on Monday. “There is not going to be any […]

Over a month after taking leave of absence from pulpit duties after he was accused of rape by Busola Dakolo, a celebrity photographer and wife of singer Timi Dakolo, the embattled senior pastor of the Common Wealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo has returned to the pulpit. Busola had accused Fatoyinbo of raping […]

The Federal Government at the weekend urged states to make land available for the controversial RUGA settlement, even as it said N2.258 billion was allocated for the initiative in the 2019 budget. Disclosing the FG’s position when he hosted Akwa Ibom State indigenes from Abuja Law School, Sen. Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant on National […]

The Coalition of Kogi Indigenes, a group of concerned persons from Kogi state, has called on the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to revisit its decision to conduct indirect primaries for the Kogi Governorship election, warning that the party will lose if the leadership insists on foisting the incumbent governor Yahaya Bello as a candidate. […]