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…as gov presents scorecard   Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the 18 Local Government Areas of Edo State, have unanimously adopted Governor Godwin Obaseki, as the party’s flagbearer for the 2020 gubernatorial election in the state.   The leaders adopted the governor during an enlarged meeting with the governor at Government House […]

The Edo State Government has said that the attack on Governor Godwin Obaseki, the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, and other notable guests, at the Iyamho country home of the former governor of the state and National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole was premeditated and executed with the active […]

There was mild drama in the Senate on Tuesday, during screening of three nominees as Resident Electoral Commissioners( RECs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), with one of the nominees claiming membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The nominee, Muideen Olamilekan from Osun State, not only owned up to being a card […]

The alleged misunderstanding between the Senate and the Clerk of the National Assembly seems to have deepened as the leadership of the Senate is allegedly preparing a no confidence vote on NASS Clerk, Mohammed Ataba Sani Omolori, www.www.aso.rocks search engine learnt yesterday. The decision followed the alleged crisis of mutual distrust between the leadership of […]

A Nigerian court on Tuesday dropped a high-profile corruption case against football federation president Amaju Pinnick and four top officials after the authorities withdrew the charges. The football bosses had been facing a raft of accusations including over the alleged theft of $8.4 million (7.6 million euros) paid by FIFA for Nigeria’s participation at the […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Tuesday ordered the suspension of the Nigerian Army’s operation positive identification campaign, with Justice Rilwan Aikawa ordering parties to the suit to maintain status quo ante pending the determination of the suit filed by Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana. The Chief Of Army Staff (COAS), […]

Despite repeated claims by the Buhari administration that it has recorded “unprecedented level of successes” in the fight against corruption by securing number of convictions, including very high profile personalities, the federal government Tuesday admitted that in spite of the ongoing efforts to fight corruption, there were indications that graft was still prevalent in the […]

A Federal High Court in Umuahia, Abia State has issued a mareva injunction aka global freezing order, directing the attachment of monies due to the Federal Government (FG) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to satisfy $285.1million (N103.5 bn) judgement debt in favor of a firm, Interstella Communications Ltd. The court held that such […]

A coalition of media and civil society group will on Thursday, November 7, hold a colloquium to address the shrinking media and civic space in Nigeria and attack on journalists, media organizations and civic activists. The event holds at NECA House, Ikeja, Lagos, at 4:00p.m. Coming barely a week after the International Day to End […]

With the 2019 presidential election all but done and dusted, the last may not have been heard of the face-off between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Cabal in the Presidency, who are united in their bid to frustrate the Veep ahead of 2023 presidential election. The cabal has also designed a sinister plot to […]

The presidency yesterday reeled out several records of wrongdoing allegedly committed by the suspended Chairman of Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Okoi Obono-Obla, saying the embattled fugitive ex-chairman violated the mandate of the panel and engaged in all manners of abuses, conduct and actions which exposed the government to […]

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday urged the police and the Police Service Commission (PSC) to respect his order directing them to maintain status quo in the interim. The PSC is before the court challenging the recruitment of 10,000 police constables by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). Justice Ekwo reiterated […]