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The Federal High Court, Abuja has reduced the previous bail condition of Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore. The court had granted Sowore a N100m bail among other conditions for his release. But Sowore’s lawyer Femi Falana pleaded for a variation of the bail conditions. The court, however, reduced from the bail charges initial N100 million […]

The President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmed Lawan, on Monday, said it was share misrepresentation of fact to say that newsmen were not allowed to cover the budget defence sessions going on at the National Assembly. Lawan, in a statement by his Spokesperson, Mr Ola Awoniyi, was reacting to report published in some dailies recently […]

The fresh Kogi West Senatorial election involving Sen Dino Melaye of the PDP and Sen Smart Adeyemi of the APC will hold on Nov. 16, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).INEC, in a statement signed Festus Okoye, Chairman of its Information and Voter Committee, said that the senate election would hold simultaneously with […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday afternoon departed Abuja for Sochi, Russia, ahead of the Russia-Africa Summit. “In Russia, he will meet with President Putin, and also attend an African Business Forum, which will bring together African and Russian business leaders,” Nigeria Presidency said in a tweet. The event will be held from October 23 to 25 […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) have urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate the Senate, police and ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) for alleged job racketeering in their institutions.SERAP wants the […]

The anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Monday arraigned two British nationals, James Richard Nolan and Adam Quinn (at large), before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja for their alleged complicity in the controversial $9.6bn arbitrary award to Process and Industrial Development Limited by a United Kingdom commercial court. […]

The National Assembly Joint Committees on Marine Transport have uncovered non-existing projects to the tune of over N4 billion appropriated for by the National Inland Waterways Agency (NIWA) between 2017 and 2019 fiscal years. These projects included acquisition of vessels, barges and procurement of dredgers and other related equipment for which over N4 billion was […]

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) yesterday accused governors of the Niger Delta region of plotting to hijack the commission and takeover control, saying the probe of the commission announced by President Muhammadu Buhari is not about corruption because there was more to the meeting than meets the eye. “You remember that the governors who […]

The House of Representatives caucus of the People Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Tanko, against subverting the integrity of the judiciary on the selection of Supreme Court Justices ahead of the hearing of the presidential election appeal panel. This was disclosed in a statement jointly signed by the […]

The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has requested the Federal High Court, Lagos, to declare as unconstitutional and, therefore, void the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act. The bureau, in a response to a suit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), seeking an order to compel the CCB to release public officials’ asset […]

As the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) commence the defence of their 2020 budget, the various committees of the Senate Thursday barred the media from covering the proceedings. The committees’ decision was conveyed to news men by the Senate Committee Chairman on Media and Publicity, Senator Dayo Adeyeye, who said that sensitive issues cannot be […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as “repressive the decision of the Federal Government to impose a N5000 fee for renewal of the national identity cards.” In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said that the “very idea of ID card fee by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is […]