The Supreme Court on Friday refused to make any pronouncement on the suit seeking the sacking of the Amaju Pinnick-led executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation. Rather, the apex court, in a judgment delivered on Friday, sent the case back to the Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State, where it was commenced in September 2014, and ordered ... Read More »
Last friday the United States Government released a damning human rights report on Nigeria, saying “grave violations of human rights” continued to increase in 2017 while officials who perpetrated them were never prosecuted by the Federal Government of President Muhammadu Buhari. It also said, inter alia, that Nigeria is suffering from “ethnic, religious and regional violence”. This is the bitter ... Read More »
Hon.Micheal Adeyemo. Speaker Oyo state House of Assembly is dead. He died at a hospital in Jericho Ibadan today Details of what led to his sudden death is still sketchy as at the time of filling this report but our correspondent in Ibadan Comfort Olumide confirmed the incident. Read More »
The Lagos State division of the Federal High Court on Friday granted bail on self-recognizance to the Senator representing Delta North in the National Assembly, Peter Nwaoboshi. The senator was charged with an alleged fraud of N322m. The presiding justice, Mohammed Idris, however, instructed him to get two sureties who will each sign a bail bond of N50m within 72 ... Read More »
Makurdi – Suspected herdsmen early Thursday, allegedly invaded the Africa Church, Mbamondo Ukemberagya Logo local government area of Benue state killing seven persons who were taking refuge in the church after being displaced by the raging herdsmen crisis in the area. The attack came despite the outcry and condemnation that trailed the killing of two Catholic Priests and 17 worshippers ... Read More »
Former minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has faulted Senator Dino Melaye’s theatrics that eventually landed him in a hospital. Fani-Kayode Melaye had jumped down from a moving police vehicle in an attempt to escape being allegedly taken to Lokoja, Kogi state capital and sustained injuries in the process. I’ve been denied food, access to my lawyers, family members; cries Dino Melaye Reacting ... Read More »
An FCT High Court on Thursday ordered Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to pay five million compensation to a former Minister of FCT, Malam Bala Mohammed, for infringing on his liberty. Mohammed, a minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the Goodluck Jonathan Administration, was in the custody of EFCC from October 24, 2016, to November 29, 2016, when the ... Read More »
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress has asked a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff, who has expressed his desire to join the ruling party in Abuja, to do so at his ward. Sheriff was scheduled to storm the national headquarters of the party in Abuja by noon on Thursday with his supporters, ... Read More »
The umbrella body of the Okun speaking people of Kogi, the Okun Development Association (ODA) has appealed to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to ensure peaceful resolution of the political impasse between the lawmaker representing Kogi West, Senator Dino Melaye and forces within and outside the state. The President General of the association, Femi Mokikan gave the charge in a ... Read More »
In a piece on leadership contributed for Forbes magazine in August last year, Victor Lipman wrote: “A leader’s words always matter. Tone matters. Fact matters. Nuance matters. Discipline matters. With extreme power comes extreme responsibility.” It is within that context that we should situate the unfortunate gaffe in London last week by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Commonwealth Business Forum ... Read More »
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