Embattled governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, says he has become the headache of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, noting that not even threats to his life will make him to stop speaking his mind.He alleged that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is “acting a movie scripted by President Buhari just to silence him”. […]
Continue ReadingSpeaking on Wednesday while addressing State House Staff who gathered at the forecourt of the presidential Villa, Abuja to formally welcome him back from his vacation from London, President Muhammadu Buhari, gave highlight of the journey so far and noted that agriculture which used to be the mainstay of the country was the only alternative […]
Continue ReadingThe Students for Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) an NGO, has signed an MoU with the Federal Government to deliver Entrepreneurship and Community Service Education in Primary and Secondary schools across the country.This is contained in a statement signed by Ms. Chinenye Udeh, the Programme Manager of the organisation, and made available to the News […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Ibrahim Kpotun Idris as acting inspector-general of police. Mr Idris succeeds Solomon Arase, who retired on Tuesday after clocking the mandatory age of 60 years. The acting IG has served in various commands and formations in the police, working in the mobile force for 17 years as […]
Continue ReadingThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, June 20, 2016 presented it first witness (PW1), Robert Mathew against one Dada Olatunji, a former Assistant Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Fire Service who is being tried for offences bordering on employment scam before Justice M. M. Kolo of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Wuse […]
Continue ReadingBy Okoi Obono Obla It is laughable and ridiculous for the Senate to take the position that the intended arraignment of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Deputy Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, former Clerk of the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasuwa and Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly, Bernard Efeturi before the Court today for forgery initiated […]
Continue ReadingThe arraignment of Senate President Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu, his deputy, before an Abuja high court for alleged forgery, has been slated for June 27. Yusuf Haliru, justice of the high court, on Tuesday, ordered that both Saraki and Ekweremadu be served court notice through substituted means. The summons will now be pasted on […]
Continue ReadingA former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on domestic affairs, Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, and Iwejuo Joseph Nna (alias Taiwo A. Ebenezer and Olugbenga Isaiah) were Tuesday admitted to bail by Justice M.B. Idris of the Federal High Court, Lagos. The accused persons had pleaded not guilty to 23 counts of concealment and retention of proceeds of […]
Continue ReadingVice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that laws should not be made to restrict the freedom of worship in the country.Osinbajo said this in a keynote address at the “First National Judicial Roundtable on The Intersection between Law and Religion’’ at the National Judicial Institute, Abuja on Monday. The vice president insisted that in a […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Ayo Fayose has reacted angrily to the restriction placed on his account, calling out President Muhammadu Buhari, his wife and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC).Fayose wondered why the anti-graft agency had not gone after Kayode Fayemi, his predecessor, who is now the minister of solid minerals. He also alleged that the wife […]
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