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Nigerian Senate on Tuesday, demanded for the identity of Lawyer who collected $4 million as payment for professional fee for the management of Excess Crude Account (ECA). The Chairman of Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Adeola Olamilekan requested for the identity of the Lawyer during an interactive session with Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), […]
Continue ReadingConsulate General of Nigeria in New York has suspended emergency passport services due to shortage of old booklets. In a notice dated March 6, 2020, the consulate said only applicants on appointment would be attended to in the time being. “The Consulate General will resume attending to all and sundry when the passport booklet supply […]
Continue ReadingA 13-year-old boy allegedly stabbed his elder brother to death while they were engaged in an argument. Ebikari Andrew, 13, stabbed Tarikebina Andrew, 20, to death at Jehovah Witness Road, off Goodnews Street in Azikoro, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The brothers were at a friend’s house at about 9.00pm on Saturday, March 7, when Tarikebina noticed […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says the ongoing trial of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, is being frustrated by witnesses from the SGF’s office. According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Lawal is facing trial alongside six others in an alleged N544million grass-cutting scandal in an FCT […]
Continue ReadingThe Kaduna State Government has announced the appointment of Muhammadu Sanusi II into the board of KADIPA, its investment promotion agency. Governor Malam Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State made this known in a press statement posted on his verified Facebook page on Tuesday. The statement was signed by Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication, […]
Continue ReadingA National Youth Service Corps member has died in Nigeria hours after complaining of stomach pain. Idemudia Jude, a Batch C Stream A Corps member serving in Sokoto state, complained of stomach ache on Monday night, March 9. He was rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after. The deceased was a Food […]
Continue ReadingAn Ibadan-based barber, Abdulahi Olabamiji, yesterday told a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, that his wife, Yetunde, was wayward and he had caught her making love with men on eight different occasions. Olabamiji, a resident of the Ojo area, Ibadan, said this in his counter argument while testifying before Chief Ademola Odunade, the […]
Continue ReadingMr. Abubakar Mahmoud SAN, counsel to the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has declared that Sanusi will challenge his dethronement and banishment in court. At a press briefing on Tuesday in Abuja, Mr. Abubakar Mahmoud SAN stated this. Mahmoud SAN said the restriction of the Emir’s movement and his dethronement were unlawful and […]
Continue ReadingManaging Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Usman, has debunked rumors that she had an affair with the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, and that the affair led to her appointment as NPA DG. Usman who was the Chief of staff to Governor El-Rufai from 2015 to 2016, shut down the rumor […]
Continue ReadingThis is the very touching moment the Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi II was escorted out of the palace yesterday as Kano state Government dethroned him. One can see how his people, the commoners still revere him even after he had been dethroned. The commoners were running on foot after his official SUV in spite […]
Continue ReadingFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to the news of the dethronement of former CBN governor, Muhammad Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano. In a personal letter signed by him, the former president said the dethronement is bad because it is underserved and a good thing because the former monarch has ”paid the price.” See […]
Continue ReadingMembers of the family of Olayemi Adetola-Odekoya have been thrown into mourning following her death as a result of a misunderstanding between her and one of her tenants, Saheed Lateef, at their place of residence on Apata Street in the Palmgrove area of Shomolu, Lagos State. Punch gathered that Olayemi’s tenants had complained to her about […]
Continue ReadingA non-profit organisation, ‘Concerned Nigerians Movement,’ has urged the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to direct security agencies to respect the fundamental human rights of the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. The request was contained in a letter addressed to the president on Tuesday and signed by the convener of the group, Deji Adeyanju. The […]
Continue ReadingBritish-Nigerian boxer, Anthony Joshua delivered an emotional speech as he addressed the British Royal Family at the Commonwealth Day 2020 service. The heavyweight world champion, 30, who spent part of his childhood in Nigeria began his speech by introducing himself before stating how proud he is to be a Nigerian. Joshua said: “My name is Anthony […]
Continue ReadingThe Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL), has written a letter to the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) offering in whatever way including provision of documents in the prosecution of the director general of SEC and another. Read the letter below: “9th March, 2020 Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye Plot 802, Constitution Avenue Central Business District […]
Continue ReadingThe Kano state Government, on Monday, finally dethroned Muhammad Sanusi ll as the Emir of Kano. Secretary to the state government (SSG), Alhaji Usman Alhaji in a Press Statement on Monday, said Ganduje approved the immediate removal/dethronement of the Emir of Kano. The statement reads: “The Kano state executive council under the chairmanship of his […]
Continue ReadingFounder and Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has again thrown vitriol at the administration of Muhammadu Buhari and the President himself. While delivering Sunday sermon during the second service at his church in Ota, Ogun state, Oyedepo hit out at the Buhari’s government accusing it […]
Continue ReadingInternational oil benchmark, Brent crude, which stood at $45.72 per barrel on Sunday, has slumped to $33 per barrel. Oil prices suffered an historic collapse overnight after Saudi Arabia shocked the market by launching a price war against onetime ally Russia. Brent, against which Nigeria’s crude is priced, fell by $11.62 to $33.45 as of […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has approved the appointment of Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero as the 15th Emir of Kano in the ruling Fulani dynasty. This came barely three hours after the dethronement of Emir Muhammad Sanusi II. Until his new appointment, Aminu Ado Bayero was the Emir of Bichi. The Secretary to […]
Continue ReadingKano State Government led by Abdullahi Ganduje has announced the removal of the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II. Director General, Media and Communications, Kano State Government, Salihu Yakasai, posted this on his official Twitter handle, @Dawisu, on Monday. “The Kano State Executive Council has unanimously approved the dethronement of the Emir of Kamo, Mallam […]
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