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In a surprise move, the Minister of Special Duties, Senator George Akume has appealed the judgment of the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal against his petition challenging the emergence of Emmanuel Orker-Jev as Senator representing Benue North West.   In the petition filed on September 24 at the Court of Appeal, […]

The General Overseer, Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, yesterday reiterated that he would succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in office, saying that was what he saw and said about one year, seven months ago, adding that the situation had not changed. Addressing the media yesterday, Bakare said it was the moral responsibility of the government […]

The Federal High Court Abuja has fixed Oct. 7 to hear an application by former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh alleging misrepresentation of facts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC).   At the resumed hearing on Monday, counsel to Metuh, Mr Abel Oziokor, informed the court that […]

At long last, the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has submitted its report of investigation over the allegations of disobedience to party directives in the elections of the minority principal officers in the House of Representatives to the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.   The report […]

Hundreds of boys and men have been rescued from a building in northern Nigeria where they had been beaten, starved, sexually assaulted and chained, police said Friday. Visible marks on their bodies showed that some had been tortured, police spokesman Yakubu Sabo in Kaduna State told The Associated Press, as shocked authorities tried to track […]

Former Minister of State for Niger-Delta Affairs, Festus Keyamo has attributed the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari redeploying him from the Ministry of Niger Delta to the Ministry of Labor and Employment to his versatility.   Keyamo, a senior advocate of Nigeria, while reacting to the development, wrote on Twitter, “On the move again: Two […]

The anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Thursday said it arrested and arraigned a thirty-six-year-old Joesph Oyediran, one of the wanted suspects by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI).   Oyediran was arraigned before Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on a five-count charge bordering on internet fraud […]

The federal government has said that it will not be able to meet the demands of the workers’ union on the percentage for the consequential adjustment of the N30,000 new minimum wage due dwindling economy.   The government said it will appoint a new team to represent it in the committee negotiating the minimum wage […]

A Federal High Court, Abuja, Thursday threatened to send the director of the Department of State Security (DSS) Yusuf Bichi to prison for refusing to release Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore despite a court order.   “Take notice, that unless you obey the direction…to release the applicant in suit FHC/ABJ/CS/915/2019, forthwith you will be guilty […]

A UK court on Thursday ordered the Nigerian government to pay $200 million pending its appeal against the $9.6 billion awarded to a tiny offshore firm involved in a failed gas deal. The high-stakes dispute pits Process and Industrial Developments Ltd (P&ID); a British Virgin Islands-registered company founded by two Irish business partners against the […]

An Abuja High Court presided over by Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, on Wednesday granted bail in the sum of N10 million to Mrs. Grace Taiga, a former Director of Legal Services in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources who was charged with complicity in the controversial Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) contract. Mrs. Taiga is standing trial […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the 2020-2022 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategic Paper (FSP) to the Senate.   This is coming barely 24 hours after the Senate at an executive session resolved to await the MTEF/FSP from the Executive. Senate President Ahmad Lawan at the resumption of plenary on Wednesday read the […]