d An Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama, on Wednesday, granted bail to Ahmed Idris, former Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, and two others over an alleged N109 billion fraud. Other defendants in the matter also granted bail, are: Godfrey Olusegun Akindele, Mohammed Kudu Usman and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited. The court, in a ruling that was delivered ... Read More »
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El-Rufai Threatens To Sack Kaduna Lecturers Involved In ASUU Strike
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has threatened to sack all the Kaduna State University (KASU) who are currently observing the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)… Governor Nasir El-Rufai has threatened to sack all the Kaduna State University (KASU) who are currently observing the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. ASUU has been on strike since February over the failure of ... Read More »
Many injured as unknown gunmen attack Owo, 2nd time in 7 weeks –— Only three persons injured – Police
D Barely seven weeks after terrorists attack worshippers at Owo, in Ondo state, some unknown gunmen, have again attacked the ancient town. Many people were said to have been injured in the attack which took place Wednesday evening, at Folahami Junction, where a construction company called Craneburg Construction Company was located. Eyewitness reports had it that the gunmen opened fire ... Read More »
Inihebe Effiong’s Commital To Prison Without Trial Is Illegal, An Abuse of Judicial Authority: *He Must Be Released Immediately -Kayode Ajulo
The news of the committal to Prison of Inihebe Effiong, an human rights lawyer rudely welcomed me to London as I switch on my phone after the 6 tiring hours flight. By the information received he was sentenced over accusation of some sorts of contempt but without trial whatsoever! Whereas, sentencing without trial is definitely not permissible under our jurisprudence, ... Read More »
Lasaa MD responds to Lagos PDP Allegations
SMEAR CAMPAIGNS WILL NOT DETER US FROM PERFORMING OUR REGULATORY ROLE Our attention has been drawn to the wild allegations made by the People’s Democratic Party Governorship Candidate in Lagos, Mr. Olajide Adediran, during an Arise TV interview. He accused the Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA) of removing his campaign posters and instructing outdoor advertising agencies from not ... Read More »
Hon Gbajabianila Apologise over Harvard university post
The Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has apologised to Nigerians on the Harvard pictures posted on his Facebook yesterday. Below is his apology message…… Yesterday I posted a picture of myself at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, undergoing a course. That post was not sensitive to the present feelings of fellow citizens, especially parents and ... Read More »
Why CBN Supported Reddington to Set-Up Duchess Hospital – Emefiele
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has said that the Duchess International Hospital, Ikeja, owned by the Reddington Hospital Group which successfully carried out leg surgery on Vice President Osinbajo recently is an exemplary model of Federal Government intervention through the CBN, in providing world class health facility in Nigeria to discourage medical tourism abroad by ... Read More »
Senators seek Buhari’s sacking, walk out on Lawan
Some senators walked out on the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday, after he allegedly refused the Minority Leader, Senator Philip Aduda, to allow them to lead the motion on the impeachment of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Aduda and some other senators of the Peoples Democratic Party then walked out of the plenary. It was learnt that ... Read More »
NiDCOM’s BOSS COMMISERATES WITH FAMILIES OF MURDERED NIGERIANS IN CANADA
Hon. (Dr) Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has commiserated with families of two Nigerians who were brutally murdered in a nite club in Canada. While nothing that the police authorities in Canada have began to look into circumstances surrounding the the callous deaths of the two young Nigerians, with the hope of bringing the culprits to book, ... Read More »
Pinnick says Nigeria may co-host 2025 AFCON
Nigeria may host Africa’s continental football showpiece twenty-five years after it hosted that which it lost to Cameroon in the final. Nigeria and Ghana co-hosted the African Cup of Nations in year 2000 where two stadia – one in Lagos and another in Kano, were used in Nigeria. Ghana also presented two. President of Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick said ... Read More »