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It all seemed a joke when, in 2008, foremost lawyer and human rights activist, Festus Keyamo filed a lawsuit naming the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Attorney General of the Federation and all service chiefs as defendants. In a most controversial ruling on the case, Justice Adamu Bello of the Federal High […]

We must state unequivocally that we have no illusion about the present order. We do not think that the present system can solve the fundamental crisis in the nation or bring succour to our people. The impoverishment of millions of our country men and women, the wanton abuse of rights, the unmitigated corruption, alienation, internal […]

Current security demands in the country are so high that the Military has never been this stressed since the Civil War of 1967 to 1970, National Security Adviser (NSA), Mohammed Sambo Dasuki has revealed. Speaking at a session on National Civil-Military Dialogue in Abuja, Dasuki lamented that terrorism and other security challenges have forced the […]

Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu (V) has been removed as the grand patriarch of Efik Kingdom by a judgement of the Appeal Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State. Justice Obgojor Ogar of the High Court in Calabar had earlier nullified and voided his selection, ruling that the process of his emergence […]

Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan has relieved Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Bernard Okumagba of his office. Okumagba will be replaced by Commissioner for Economic Planning, Mr. Ken Okpara. “Mr. Ken Okpara, Commissioner for Economic Planning, has been reassigned to the Ministry of Finance to replace Mr. Bernard Okumagba who has been dropped from the […]

A former Divisional Police Officer, Segun Fabunmi, who was dismissed from the Police Force for killing a Lagos resident during the fuel subsidy protest of January 2012, has been granted bail in the sum of N250 million by a Lagos High Court. Fabunmi, the former Chief Superintendent of Police who allegedly shot and killed 27-year-old […]

The Board of Directors of Access Bank Plc has approved the appointment of Mr. Herbert Wigwe to succeed Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede as the new Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the bank while the current occupier of the office, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhede prepares to leave. Aig-Imoukhuede, 46, will retire this year after more than 11 years with […]

Governor of Bauchi State, Mallam Isa Yuguda on Wednesday revealed that his return to the Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) was masterminded by “elders.” And on returning, he has also revealed that he would only recognise Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang as Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). “As elders, who I respect […]

It was a shameful drama on the floor of the Senate chamber this morning as senators exchanged blows  over a heated debate on the State of the Nation Bill, which was earlier passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives and to which President Goodluck Jonathan refused assent. The bill was to make it […]

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has revealed that the country returned to the capital market after two years of absence and that it sold $1bn bond with ease. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala made the disclosure on Wednesday in Abuja while briefing newsmen about the recently concluded road show in […]

The Action Congress of Nigeria ((ACN) has slammed the Presidency for its alleged attempt to usurp the role of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by describing the re-run election to the Imo House of Assembly in Oguta as inconclusive. In a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, […]

National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nasir Issa-Fagee has explained the specific reasons for which the union embarked on its current industrial action. According to Fagee, the Federal Government has not only been insincere in its dealings with the union over matters of critical importance to the education sector, it has […]