The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, lashed out at lawyers and journalists in Nigeria, positing that they connive with criminals to pervert justice and frustrate war against corruption. Delivering a speech at a rally organised by a coalition of civil society groups, in Abuja, Mr. Magu said lawyers […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is a dictator and has dared the president to arrest him.Speaking during an interview on the Osasu Show which was broadcast on AIT, Mr. Fayose said; “They say he (Buhari) is coming after me, I am ready.” Fayose who is a critic of President Buhari, […]
Continue ReadingNigeria Customs Service (NCS), (Tin-Can Island Command of the NCS) has intercepted a 40 ft. container with 980 rounds of 9mm type live ammunition and a pistol imported into the country from the U.S. The spokesman of the Tin-Can Island Command, Chris Osunkwo, made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. As revealed […]
Continue ReadingGuaranty Trust Bank plc has announced the expiration and final tender results of the any and all cash tender offer (the “Tender Offer” or “Offer”) with respect to the U.S.$500,000,000 7.50 per cent. Notes due 2016 (the “Securities”), which Securities were issued by its wholly owned subsidiary – GTB Finance B.V. (the “Offeror”) – and […]
Continue ReadingFormer governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, has been named the new chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party. The PDP is Nigeria’s biggest opposition party, and was only defeated in May 2015 after holding power for 16 years. Mr. Sherrif, who is replacing Ahmadu Mu’azu, the former chairman who resigned shortly after the polls, […]
Continue ReadingThe continued detention of former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki by the Department of State Security Service (DSS), in spite of a court order that admitted him to bail since last year has again stalled his trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Dasuki who is being accused of unlawful possession of firearm […]
Continue ReadingFormer national security adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki was today, produced in court by the federal government, in compliance an order of the federal high court, Abuja. It was on January 20, that Justice Adeniyi Ademola ordered the federal government to produce Dasuki before the court on February 16. Justice Ademola gave the order after Dasuki […]
Continue ReadingAt the resumed trial of Gabriel Suswan, a former governor of Benue State and his Commissioner of Finance, Okolobia Okpanachi, on Monday, February 15, 2016, with a prosecution witness, Brijid Shiedie, managing director and chief executive officer, Benue Investment and Property Company Limited, telling Justice A. R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court Abuja, how […]
Continue ReadingIn what is already looking like a busy week for President Muhammadu Buhari, he approved the appointment of Abike Dabiri-Erewa, as Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora. Ms. Dabiri-Erewa is a former member of the House of Representatives. She was chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Media and Publicity from 2003 […]
Continue ReadingThe Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, while reconstituting the Governing Ccouncils of 12 federal universities, announced the appointment of Najatu Muhammed as the chairperson of the Governing Council of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State. In a shocking development, Najatu Muhammed rejected her appointment both via a letter to the Minister of Education and an […]
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