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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed  Agudosi Chika Maryann from the service of the Commission for absenteeism. The dismissal is in line with INEC Staff and Condition of Service, the commission said on Tuesday.  The Commission has also sanctioned three others for offences bordering on misconduct, while it has re-instated 20 who were […]

…As Ekiti Assembly petitions Natl Assembly, Amnesty Intl, others The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof Ben Angwe has said that the commission will investigate the travel restriction allegedly placed on the Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose and one other governor from the South South by the Federal Government. Prof […]

The All Progressives Congress,(APC) Delta State chapter witnessed a major boost  on Tuesday as major front line politicians and opposition leaders in the state officially joined the party. The defectors include former governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Chief Great Ogboru and one time speaker of the state House of Assembly, Engr. Victor Ochei. The party officially […]Read More

The immediate past Governor of Kogi state, Idris Wada on Tuesday failed in his bid to remove his successor, Governor Yahaya Bello, from office. Wada, who was the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 21st November  governorship election in the state, had filed a petition before the Kogi State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, demanding […]

An Abuja Federal High Court on Tuesday remanded a cousin of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Azibaola Robert at the Kuje prison. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Azibaola alongside his wife Stella before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba on a seven-count charge bordering on money laundering and fraud. EFCC alleged that the couple […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Secretariat has been handed over to the Senator Makarfi- led Caretaker Committee to run the affairs of the party till a national convention is held to elect principal officers This was done by the board of trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The former Governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi, […]

Nigeria’s former President Goodluck  Ebele Jonathan this morning confirmed that he is being investigated for corruption  by the incumbent administration. Mr. Jonathan revealed this in an interview with Bloomberg TV, London. Asked if he was aware that he is being investigated, Jonathan said “Of course, obviously we would be investigated and I am being investigated. Yes, […]Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed his National Security Adviser, Retired Gen. Babagana Monguno, to head the team that will dialogue with the angry Niger Delta militants. The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu broke the news to journalists in Abuja Monday. According to him, he is a member of the team which also […]

The Speaker of Lagos House, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, Monday  announced the appointment of Mr. Sanni Azeez as the acting Clerk of the House. This followed the pre-retirement leave embarked upon by the immediate past Clerk of the House, Mr. Olusegun Abiru, who would be retiring in August, 2016, when he would clock the mandatory retirement […]

The show of power between the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and Senator Shehu Sani took a different turn  on Monday as the human rights activist turned politician vowed to hold the governor personally responsible for any harm on him. He also described his as an angry man and an affliction to Kaduna […]

The recent medical vacation embarked upon by President Muhammadu Buhari has irked some members of the Nigerian medical community. Mr. Osahon Enabulele, Vice President of Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA) and former President of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA)   in a statement issued on Monday said, Buhari’s trip negates the Federal Government’s earlier declaration of its resolve […]

The former National Security Adviser, Colonel Mohammed Sambo Dasuki has asked an Abuja High Court to consolidate the two criminal charges bordering on alleged corruption and breach of trust brought against him by the Federal Government in the course of his official duties. Dasuki who had been granted bails in three different high courts where […]