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A battery of lawyers appeared at the Ilorin Senior Magistrates Court in support of a  37-year-old primary school teacher,  charged with defaming Senate President Bukola Saraki on Facebook. Biodun Baba, a teacher at LGEA School, Olorunlana in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara, had  been reportedly sacked by the Kwara state government for the alleged offence. He […]Read More

The House of Representatives on Thursday commenced consideration of report of the special ad hoc Committee on the review of the 1999 constitution amidst rowdiness.The amendment bill containing 32 alterations was laid before the House by the Chairman of the Ad hoc committee, Rep. Yussuff Lasun on July 20.The House however, was thrown into a […]

A civil rights organisation United Global Resolve for Peace (UGRFP) on Wednesday asked the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), to call emergency Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting and set up a medical committee to review President Muhammadu Buharis state of health. The National Secreatry of the organisation, Pelumi Olajengbesi, said at a briefing on state of […]

The Nigeria Army said that it has rescued staff of the Nigerian National Petrol Corporation (NNPC). Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman, Director Army Public Relations, said, “Yesterday Tuesday 25th July 2017, at about 3.00pm, suspected Boko Haram terrorists ambushed the escort and team of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) staff returning from oil exploration at Barno […]

The Nigeria Police Force, Wednesday, removed  and replaced all officers and men on duty along the Kidnappers ridden Abuja-Kaduna Highway and replaced them with new ones. A statement by CSP Jimoh Moshood, said, the move  is to ensure total success of operations Absolute Sanity currently ongoing on Abuja-Kaduna Highway aimed at routing out gangs of […]

www.www.aso.rocks search engine understands that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC)  has recovered a total of N328.9bn from nine major oil marketers in one year. Mr Wilson Uwujaren, spokesman of the commission, in a statement on Wednesday, said the marketers as Conoil Plc, Total Plc, OVH Energy Plc, Oando Plc, Forte Oil and Gas Plc, […]Read More

 

…say Fulani, cows now first class citizens in Nigeria …declare August 1 national day of mourning  A coalition of young lawyers in Taraba state on Tuesday alleged that the Federal Government and Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), the organisation of Fulani herdsmen, were displaying “double standards” with human lives. The group said that recent developments in the […]Read More

Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, on Tuesday evening continued consultations on the draft 2018 – 2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) with a session with the leadership and heads of relevant committees of the National Assembly. The meeting which is in keeping with the determination of the Executive to carry […]

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) Meeting held on Wednesday 19th July, 2017 in Abuja, ended on a high note as the cabinet meeting presided by Ag. President Yemi Osinbajo, approved the National Petroleum Policy. Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, the Honorable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel […]

Chairman Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption Professor Itse Sagay SAN has advocated “stiff punishment for counsel, particularly Senior Advocates, who have turned obstruction and frustration of proceedings on high-profile corruption cases into an art.” Sagay said such punishment for SANs must include denial of right of appearance in such high profile and grand corruption cases. Sagay said […]

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris NPM, mni, has assured Nigerians that the Nigeria Police Force is ever ready and more determined to make sure that all those who engaged in vicious crime such as kidnappings, armed robbery and other criminal activities do not escape justice. Sequel to the Inspector General of […]