Reports

Access Bank Plc has announced the sale of some London properties belonging to Erastus Akingbola a former managing director of the defunct Intercontinental Bank Plc. The move was in a bid to recover a debt of N164bn from him. The bank said a sum of £11m has so far been recovered from selling Akingbola’s properties […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has kick-started the screening of the five aspirants currently running for its platform’s presidential ticket in the 2015 general elections. Sam Nda-Isaiah, publisher of Leadership Newspapers was the first aspirant to appear before the nine-man committee headed by former Abia State Governor, Dr. Ogbonaya Onu on Tuesday. Ahaji Atiku Abubakar, Governors […]

Even though there are speculations that the reason former Minister of State for Works under President Goodluck Jonathan, Chris Ogiemwonyi, is leaving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) is for him to have it easy contesting for the governorship election in Edo State in 2016 when Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s successor […]

An aspirant for the governorship position in Lagos State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nurudeen Balogun, has gone before the state High Court sitting in Ikeja, asking the court to declare Jimi Agbaje, another aspirant for the same position on the party’s platform as not qualified to either become the party’s […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned 15 suspected oil thieves before Justice Mohammed Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Warri, Delta State, for alleged illegal dealing in petroleum products. The accused persons are Henry Obioso, Messel Oruan, Obaila Zion, Precious Billy, Bassey Samuel, Anthony Archibong, Captain Olufemi Osagay, Erefoluwa Benjamin, Frank Eke, […]

Prominent lawyer and rights activist, Barrister Festus Keyamo, has hit at the Nigeria Police, saying men of the force acted like madmen at the National Assembly last Thursday. Keyamo, in a statement released on Monday evening, also berated the Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, for seeing himself as a demigod adding that since the lawmakers […]

The Lagos State Government on Sunday evening cautioned residents to be wary of fraudsters who now create fake Facebook accounts of the Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, to extort money from unsuspecting people. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Mr. Hakeem Bello, the State Government reiterated that the Governor […]

Festus Keyamo has challenged the leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and threatened to take them to court if nothing is done to address its recent purported move to deprive the Governor of Adamawa state Bala James Nggilari from contesting in the gubernatorial election in the sate come 2015. In a letter dated Monday […]

Apparently frustrated by the inability of the Nigerian troop to stem the growing insurgency in the country, Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has asked Nigerians, especially those in the Boko Haram affected states of the federation, to defend themselves against the terrorists. Making a remark at the weekly recitation of the Holy Quran for […]

What could further tear the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State apart ahead of the 2015 general elections in the country has begun as some members of the party have sued former Minister of State for Defence and aspirant for the governorship election, Musiliu Obanikoro for forgery. The members are asking an Ikeja High […]

Former Vice President and Founder, American University of Nigeria (AUN), Atiku Abubakar, has urged the Federal Government not to renege on its responsibility of providing qualitative and affordable education to its teeming citizenry, in order to give the country a comparative advantage among the comity of nations. Speaking over the weekend at the grand finale […]

The total number of Nigerians who are now displaced with some camped as refugees as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency has risen to 650,000, according to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The party said the country has witnessed thousands of deaths and 221,000 square kilometres of its territory captured by sect according to […]