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Embattled former Acting Governor of Adamawa State Umaru Fintiri, has been remanded in kuje Prison over five counts of money laundering charges, involving about N1.9bn preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The order was given at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday by Justice Ahmed Mohammed after Fintiri pleaded […]

Justice Adeniyi Ademola  of the ‎Federal High Court in Abuja has instructed an erstwhile Governor of Imo State, Mr. Ikedi Ohakim, to open his defence to challenge the charges of money laundering initiated against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Justice Ademola made this order in a ruling on Thursday after dismissing the […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday struck out a suit challenging the authenticity of President Muhammadu Buhari’s academic credentials. Justice Adeniyi Ademola in his ruling said based on “Section 50(2) of the Federal High Court civil procedure rules, the matter is hereby struck out.” The ruling followed an earlier motion filed by […]

Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, of Delta State has cried out  that due to the continuous  attacks on oil and gas facilities in the Niger Delta it has become increasingly difficult  for the state to pay workers’ salaries. He added that the vandalisation has impacted negatively on the fortunes of the state. The governor stated this on Thursday […]Read More

Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the Peoples Democratic Party’s PDP, candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State  has challenged the administration of Governor Adams Oshiomhole to explain what it did with the N30 billion he borrowed for the Benin Water Storm Project, which he said has been abandoned by the government. Ize-Iyamu threw the challenge […]

The spokesman for Dana Air Mr. Kingsley Ezenwa has on Wednesday said the airline will recommence scheduled flight operations from Lagos to the Sam Mbakwe International Airport, Owerri, effective 11th July 2016. Mr  Ezenwa, said that the addition of Owerri brings the current route network coverage of the airline to five destinations. The destinations include: Lagos, […]

One of Africa’s finest novelist, poet and dramatist Captain Elechi Amadi died Wednesday at the Good Heart hospital in Port Harcourt at the age of 82. A member of the family , Bar Wabueze Amadi, confirmed the death, saying he passed on at about 3: 45pm at the hospital. The late captain Elechi Amadi was […]

Following the nullification of the 2014 PDP constitution‎ amendment upon which factional Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff was appointed as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman, the National Caretaker Committee of the party led by Ahmed Makarfi has expressed satisfaction. The committee advised Sheriff to retrace his steps and join hands with others to move the PDP […]

Chairman of the independent National Electoral Commission Prof.  Mahmood Yakubu, has announced that his commission would fix dates for ‎suspended rerun elections in Rivers, Imo, Kogi and Kano States on Thursday. Chairman said that the commission was consulting with those he described as important stakeholder, including leaders of political parties and security agencies, in the […]

Former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu, has been granted bail by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. Amosu was granted bail in the sum of N500 million‎. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned him before the court on a 26-count charge of looting about N50 billion. The former Air Chief was arraigned […]Read More

Mr. Ayuba Wabba,  president of the Nigerian Labour Congress, said on Wednesday in Abuja that the Congress has withdrawn the strike notice it served on six commercial banks over the mass sacking of workers and redundancy in the banking sector on 15th June 2016. Wabba, stated this during a joint press briefing with the Director-General […]

The Ekiti State House of Assembly members on Wednesday held their plenary session on a major roundabout in Okesa Ado Ekiti to protest what they said was a witch-hunt against Governor Ayodele Fayose by the Federal Government.    They conducted their legislative session under a canopy while the area was sealed off by a detachment […]