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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, yesterday said with the renewed zeal shown by Nigerian troops battling Boko Haram and the Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP) in the North-east, as well as the menace of the terrorists and their criminalities may end in just a matter of days. In a letter […]

A Federal High Court in Kano, yesterday, set aside an interim investigation report of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), which recommended the suspension of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi 11 from office, pending an investigation into alleged corruption, embezzlement and misappropriation against the monarch in the administration of the Kano […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Thursday approached the Supreme Court with a fresh application asking the apex court to reverse its judgment that voided the victory of its candidate, Mr. David Lyon, in the last governorship election in Bayelsa State. The APC, in the application filed on its behalf by its team of lawyers led […]

The Federal Government has appealed to the United States to rescind its decision on immigrant visa ban on Nigerians due to the age-long ties between the two nations. Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, made the call yesterday while receiving the American Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, and her team in Abuja. “The Government of Nigeria […]

The Rivers State Government has condemned attacks on former Governor of the state, Dr. Peter Odili and his family following the Supreme Court judgment that nullified the election of Mr. David Lyon as winner of the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa State. Odili’s wife, Justice Mary Odili, headed a five-man panel of the Supreme […]

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Wednesday ordered the release of the International Passport of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (Rtd). Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf gave the order while delivering ruling in an application brought by Dasuki, seeking the release of his passport for the purpose of renewal […]

Contrary to claims by critics that President Muhammadu Buhari lacks power under the law to extend the tenure of service chiefs, the president is at liberty to delay the retirement of any military chief whose services are still needed. The Revised Armed Forces of Nigeria’s Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service 2017 (HTACOS), a copy […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Abuja named Prof. Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei as the Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).   Poindei replaces Joy Nunieh, who until her removal Wednesday; headed the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the commission in acting capacity.   A statement by the Special Adviser to the President […]

The Bayelsa All Progressives Congress (APC) Youths Vanguard for Real Change has said the party leadership led by national chairman Adams Oshiomhole, is to blame for foisting a candidate with forged credentials on the state chapter of the party; causing the party to lose an election it won on the ballot box at the Supreme […]

For the second consecutive day, a group of protesters besieged the national secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) demanding the resignation of the National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole; blaming him for the recent loss of Bayelsa State to the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The protesters vowed to sustain the protest with a […]

Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from deregistering 31 political parties. Justice Chikere, in her ruling, said having failed to counter the application by the applicants, the affected political parties had the legal right which must be protected. The News Agency of Nigeria […]

The bungling contraption that the Muhammadu Buhari presidency has become symbolized by the fierce battle for supremacy between the National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Babagana Monguno (Rtd), and the President’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, over the nation’s security; got another ignominious public advertisement on Tuesday after the Secretary to the Government of the Federation […]