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The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lifted the suspension it slammed on Ondo State Governor, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu SAN; former governors of Ogun and Imo States, Senators Ibikunle Amosun and Rochas Okorocha; former Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr. Osita Okechukwu, and former Minister of Niger Delta […]

As the battle for political supremacy between Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, escalates, indicators have emerged that the ruling party might end up with a parallel governorship primary early next year. The division between Governor Obaseki and Oshiomhole widened beyond measure last Friday, after […]

Eleven days after the National Assembly passed the N10.594 trillion 2020 budget, President Muhammadu Buhari will today sign the 2020 Appropriation Bill into law. The N10.59 trillion budget, which will be signed by the president at 3.30p.m., is N264 billion higher than the N10.33 trillion estimates presented by the president in October. It is made […]Read More

The Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday ruled that the disputed Soku oil fields located in Akuku-Toru LGA belong to Rivers and not Bayelsa State. Accordingly, Justice Inyang Ekwo ordered transfer of ownership from Bayelsa State to Rivers State and directed Bayelsa State to refund the 13% derivation it has received over the years from the […]

The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), yesterday decried the level of illicit financial flows, noting that Nigeria has lost over $400 billion to some foreign tax havens. The funds, according to the AGF were either stolen or expatriated by corrupt leaders and their foreign accomplices, including multinational companies. Malami’s […]

The Office of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN), has ordered the State Security Service to hands off the prosecution of Omoyele Sowore in the charge of treasonable felony against him at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The move according to the AGF is to demonstrate government’s […]

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has faulted the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, for advocating a constitution amendment to include more Shari’a content in the country’s school curriculum, describing the call as ill-timed, provocative and unacceptable.   Muhammad on Wednesday had advocated the amendment of the constitution to accommodate some of […]

The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, on Friday said that Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo was not ready for the amicable resolution of the crisis rocking the party in the state. Oshiomhole made this known while briefing newsmen in Benin shortly after receiving Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu in his residence in […]

  Apparently responding to public outrage against the invasion, by the Department of State Services (DSS), of the court of Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu at Federal High Court, Lagos last Friday, the federal government has instituted an enquiry into the incident. The Office of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar […]

The planned Mega Rally by persons purporting to represent the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, turned out a big flop as the Nigeria Police Force and the state government cancelled the event due to security concerns.     Youths in the state had staged protests across major roads in Benin metropolis on Thursday, […]

Four men of Nigerian origin have been named in an $18 million fraud case in the United States, the Department of Justice said in a statement, adding that the fraud was carried out in more than 100 transactions. The men – Oladayo Oladoku, Farouk Kukoyi, Baldwin Osuji and Henry Ogbuokiri – were among a 15-man […]

Despite the frantic intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari, about 10 0f the 17 All Progressives Congress (APC) governors have returned to the trenches in a renewed determined effort to oust the party’s national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, zeroing in on the former Zamfara governor, Abdulaziz Yari, as his replacement, www.www.aso.rocks search engine has learnt from […]