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The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, on Thursday, indefinitely adjourned the hearing on the leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). A three-man panel of Justices of the appellate court led by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa suspended hearing on the matter to await the outcome of a related case pending before the Port […]

Nigerian Senate on Thursday rejected  the confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) as requested by President Mohammadu Buhari. The Senate said Ibrahim Magu`s rejection was based on  Security reported provided DG SSS.  Sen. Sabi  Abdullahi, Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, made this known while briefing […]Read More

1.Global Vision Ltd., owned by Buhari’s SGF, Babachir Lawal was indicted by the Senate for benefiting from inflated and phantom contracts – or ones not executed at all – awarded by the Presidential Initiative for the North East, PINE. 2.Global Vision Ltd., owned by Buhari’s SGF, Babachir Lawal got over N200 million contract to clear […]

The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, will on Monday give a breakdown of the highlights of the 2017 Budget estimates presented on Wednesday to the National Assembly by President Mohammadu Buhari. Those expected at the briefing, which will be held at the Banquet Hall of the State House in Abuja, […]

The Presidency has promised to pay the money owed protesting members of the Super Falcons by the Nigerian Football Federation(NFF) on Friday, December 16th. This promise made the protesting Super Falcons return calmly to their Agura Hotel, Abuja base. Members of the female football national team had on Wednesday morning stormed the National Assembly protesting […]

President Muhammudu Buhari  on Wednesday presented a budget proposal of 7.298 trillion naira for the 2017 fiscal year. The Budget, which is christened the Budget of Recovery and Growth, has an increase of 20.4% over the 2016 figure. Addressing a joint session of the National Assembly , President Buhari , said, “the 2017 budget is […]

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Ibrahim Mustapha Magu has reiterated his commitment to tackle corruption in a more direct way in order to rid the country of the menace. He also stressed that in the current administration’s bid to exterminate corruption to the extinct level, it was clear given the […]

Properties worth millions of Naira have been burnt to ashes at the  Cable Point Quarters, popularly called “Cable Point Market” in Asaba, Delta State. The fire outbreak which occurred on Monday was suspected to have been caused by an electrical fault. Eyewitnesses said the fire which completely destroyed the entrance to the building, started around […]

Federal High Court in Ado Ekiti has ordered that Governor Ayodele Fayose’s accounts in Zenith Bank be defrozen with immediate effect. The accounts were frozen by the EFCC in June, this year. However, in his landmark judgment today, Justice Taiwo Taiwo described the EFCC action as illegal, wrongful, unlawful and unconstitutional. The judge said the […]

An Abuja  High Court on Tuesday granted bail, in money pledge, to a judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Adeniyi Ademola and his wife, Olabowale, who is the Head of Service of Lagos State. The two were granted bail regarding their trial on charges bordering on receiving of gratification, among others. Justice Jude Okeke […]

Senator Ben Murray Bruce of Bayelsa State has announced that he would fight President Muhammadu Buhari come 2019. For the moment though, he’ll fold his hands, he says. He made the submission while speaking in an interview with Peace Hyde, a British Ghanaian TV personality. The senator said, “Buhari is the president today; he is […]