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Barring any cover-up by the Nigerian Prisons Authorities, some top officials of the organization may end up in jail for raping and aiding in the rape a male inmate in Kuje prison. Festus Keyamo, attorney of the rape victim cum terror suspect, Charles Okah, has decried the sodomisation of his client by officials of the […]

FAAN refusal to remit N15m “Pay As You Earn Tax.” to Edo state government has caused a shutdown of all business activities at the Benin Airport . www.www.aso.rocks search engine learnt that Edo State Internal Revenue Services, Tuesday sealed up the administrative offices, while the entry and exit gates were under keys and lock. Thus, […]

Fraudsters have hacked into the email account of the Nigerian Army, and have begun using it to solicit funds from unsuspecting Nigerians, including journalists. “It has come to the notice of the Directorate that some fraudsters are using our official e-mail to circulate messages seeking for financial assistance from the public. This Directorate wishes to […]

National Judicial Council (NJC) on Monday wielded the stick, ordering Acting Chief Judge of Abia State, Justice Shadrack O.E. Nwanosike to proceed on compulsory retirement for falsifying his age. Several other judges are also on their way out of the bench for non-performance, the NJC said.  In a statement signed by Soji Oye, Ag director, […]

The decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister Reverend Chris Okotie’s Fresh Democratic Party (FDP) has been voided by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Delivering the judgement, Justice Gabriel Kolawole held that INEC acted unconstitutionally by exercising its powers to deregister the party without offering fair hearing to the party, […]

President Goodluck Jonathan hasn’t yet decided if he will run for the 2015 presidential election or not, the Presidency said on Monday. Reacting during a radio programme, Factfile on Raypower, to allegations that the president’s 2015 ambition has been heating up the polity, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati […]

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur will continue to retain his office despite dissent from five northern governors because President Goodluck Jonathan cannot unilaterally remove him, Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak said on Sunday.  In a meeting on Saturday with the president, Governor of Adamawa State, […]

Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) says the All Progressives Congress (APC) has met all the requirements to consummate its merger, hence the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has no defensible reason not to approve its registration.  In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party expressed optimism that despite […]

Detained Majority Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd is still languishing in Police detention since Tuesday when he honoured an invitation by the Police Headquarters in Abuja to explain his role in the crisis rocking the state’s Assembly. Lloyd was reportedly blindfolded by the Police on Friday after arriving at the […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday denied accusations by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the commission has been frustrating its quest for formal registration.  According to INEC spokesman, Mr. Kayode Idowu, APC’s allegations against the commission are “baseless and false,” as INEC has been in constant touch with APC in the form […]

The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) met on Friday night in an attempted peace deal brokered by Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim. However, it ended in deadlock. According to Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam who was a mediator between both parties, meetings […]

After considering the recommendations of its committee that investigated the Rivers House of Assembly crisis and adopting all of them, the Senate has resolved to assume the responsibilities of the tempestuous state Assembly in accordance with Section 11 of the nation’s constitution. The decision of the Senate complements that of the Federal House of Representatives, which […]