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The Special Task Force (STF) on Friday announced that it killed 20 of the gunmen who on Thursday launched an attack on some communities in Langtang South Local Government Area of Plateau State, killing 28 residents. Speaking in Jos, Plateau State, STF spokesman, Capt. Salisu Mustapha said the gunmen killed 28 persons in Magama, Bongong […]

Just a day after the Federal House of Representatives turned down a proposal to amend the 2013 budget sent in March, the Presidency has made a second attempt amend the budget. The lower chamber, in rejecting the last amendment attempt, insisted on full implementation of the 2013 budget passed into law in December 2012. Titled […]

The travails being witnessed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and their members in Ogun State may not end soon as the party Thursday announced the suspension of the immediate past Governor of the State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel. The party said ex-Governor Daniel was suspended over alleged anti-party activities. The suspension was ratified by his […]

Seventy-five suspects have been prosecuted between 2011 and 2013 in connection with terrorism cases involving the Boko Haram Islamist sect, the Federal Government said on Thursday. Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Adoke, who made the disclosure at the 2013 Ministerial Platform in Abuja, said that 16 of the cases had […]

The mini convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) initially scheduled for July 20 has been postponed until further notice. According to a statement by the party on Thursday, the postponement was necessitated by the upcoming Ramadan fast. Just before the postponement, the Ogun State chapter of the party petitioned the party’s hierarchy, opposing the organisation of an […]

Justice Kudirat M.O. Kekere-Ekun has been confirmed as a Justice of the Supreme Court. The Nigerian Senate made the confirmation on Wednesday after considering the report of the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Legal Matters on the screening of the justice. Before her unanimous confirmation, Senator Olufemi Lanlehin (Oyo South) described Kekere-Ekun as a hard […]

The Federal House of Representatives has rejected President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposal for the amendment of the 2013 Budget. Rejecting the budget amendment proposal after the presentation of a report on it at the plenary session, the legislators described the fiscal document as bad. Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business Hon. Sam Tsokwa led the […]

Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi has shifted the meeting of the forum earlier scheduled to hold today out of respect for the Office of President Goodluck Jonathan. The NGF had scheduled a meeting for 8pm tonight but then postponed it after it was discovered a presidential […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has written to the National Assembly to convey his unwillingness to assent the State-of-the-Nation Address Bill passed by the National Assembly on March 13, 2012. In a letter dated 10th June 2013 and addressed to Senate President, David Mark, Jonathan described the proposed law as a duplication of Section 67 of the […]

Deputy National Security Advisor, Ben Rhodes on Tuesday revealed that Nigeria’s insecurity crisis might have contributed to President Barack Obama decision to exclude the country from his latest visit to Africa. In a joint briefing with Senior Director for African Affairs, Grant Harris and Senior Director for Development and Democracy, Gayle Smith on President Obama’s […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos today disqualified Mr. Vitalis Ahaotu from prosecuting onetime Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode in the money laundering trial against him. Ahaotu, a counsel in the firm of Festus Keyamo and Co., was prosecuting the case on behalf of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). But Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia […]

Two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) literally fell over each other in court on Tuesday, with each claiming the rights to defend factional Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang. In court for a suit filed by Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola seeking the court’s invalidation […]