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The Ekiti House of Assembly on Wednesday lifted the suspension placed on its former Speaker, Mr. Kola Oluwawole. Other members reinstated at Wednesday’s plenary presided over by the Speaker, Adeniran Alagbada, included former Deputy Speaker, Mr. Segun Adewumi; Mr. Abiola Jeje (Ido/Osi 11), Mr. Adesina Animasaun (Ekiti West 11); and Mr. Dare Pelemo (Ekiti East […]
Continue ReadingDefence Headquarters (DHQ) yesterday restated the loyalty of the Armed Forces to the 1999 Constitution as amended and President Muhammadu Buhari, dissociating the military from the circulation of a document, calling for the overthrow of the democratically elected government of the president. In a statement by the Deputy Director of Defence Information, Navy Captain Muhammed […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, on Wednesday, fixed May 22 for hearing on an application by the Peoples Democratic Party and its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, seeking the withdrawal of tribunal Chairman, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, from the panel. Justice Bulkachuwa fixed the date shortly after counsel to Atiku and the PDP announced that they had […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and President Muhammadu Buhari met on Tuesday, 14th May, for the first time since the 2019 general elections when Saraki lost his return to Senate bid. According to the official Twitter handle of the presidency, Buhari hosted him and the leadership of the National Assembly to the breaking of […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and other agencies involved in the probe of Senate President Bukola Saraki over corruption allegations. Saraki on Friday filed two separate fundamental rights enforcement suits before the court to challenge the decision of the EFCC to seize his houses. Ruling […]
Continue ReadingThe United States mission to Nigeria has announced the indefinite suspension of interview waivers for visa renewals, otherwise known as the “Dropbox” process. The embassy said visa applications will “no longer be accepted by DHL in Nigeria.” It said all applicants in Nigeria seeking a non-immigrant visa to the United States must apply online, and […]
Continue ReadingNobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has paid a poignant tribute to the heroine Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, during an event at the prestigious Georgetown University in Washington, United States. The teenager was kidnapped on February 19, 2018 alongside her schoolmates from their Government Science College at Dapchi, Yobe State. Likening Leah to the late South […]
Continue ReadingThe National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African Action Congress (AAC) has suspended Omoyele Sowore as the National Chairman of the party. The decision was made known this morning Monday May 13, at the party’s NEC meeting in Abuja. The party says Sowore was suspended for alleged financial misappropriation, anti-party activities and failure to convene […]
Continue ReadingAccess to Justice, a judicial advocacy group, has described the Court of Appeal’s decision to deliver its ruling after the winding up of the Code of Conduct Tribunal’s (CCT) trial of the embattled former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, as unfortunate. The group, in a statement at the weekend by its Executive Director, […]
Continue ReadingThe fresh investigation against the Emir of Kano, HRM Muhammadu Sanusi II, by the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission as well as the bid to appoint 4 new first class emirs by the state assembly kick-started almost simultaneously last week. A source in the commission, who craved for anonymity, yesterday informed newsmen that […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nollywood actress, Nse Ikpe-Etim has disclosed that she won’t be able to have a child for the rest of her life because she has no womb (uterus). Speaking at an event tagged “Conversation With Nse” in Lekki, the actress told her audience that three years ago, she was diagnosed with Adenomyosis, a condition whereby […]
Continue ReadingSouth African President, Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected as President of the country after election results were announced. Ramaphosa replaced Jacob Zuma as President when the latter resigned in 2018. He has since brought back reforms to the political setting of the country, despite the populace’s declined trust in the African National Congress (ANC). […]
Continue ReadingEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized some houses belonging to Senate President, Bukola Saraki, according to Sunday Punch. The houses, which are located at 15a, 15b and 17 MacDonald Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, are said to belong to Saraki. However, the EFCC was said to be unsure of which of the properties that actually belong […]
Continue ReadingDead body water, according to a mortuary attendant in Ghana, is being purchased by some pastors in the country for as much as N500,000. In a report by Yen Gh, the female mortuary worker was seen in a video while speaking in an interview with Accra-based Atinka FM, where she narrated how the water was in high […]
Continue ReadingA former member of the House of Representatives from Benue State, Simeon Mbakorkaa Tarka, has died, He passed on at the age of 65. Simeon Tarka, who was the first son of Chief Joseph Sarwuan Tarka, Benue’s foremost nationalist and a two-time Minister, passed on yesterday in the house of Emmanuel Manger, a Commissioner in […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, has explained why the Federal Government is investing in the building of prisons across the country. The Minister spoke at the commissioning of some projects and newly acquired vehicles at the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) headquarters in Abuja on Friday. According to Dambazau, most of the existing prisons in […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government has admonished the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to stop dragging the presidency into their current sponsored media smear campaign against the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa. Presidential aide, Garba Shehu, said this in a statement released on Saturday. He said reports claiming that an agency of the government, the […]
Continue ReadingThe Olugbo of Ugbo, Oba Frederick Obateru Akinruntan, blows hot and writes The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi and others berating their actions and speeches concerning the Igbo ownership of Ife. In his letter written by his Personal secretary, Otunba Adeyemi, he states as shown below: Your Imperial and Royal Majesties Illustrious Sons and […]
Continue ReadingFormer CEO of the defunct Oceanic Bank, Mrs. Cecilia Ibru, says she was persecuted by Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), because he thought she intended taking his job. In an interview with Saturday Punch, Mrs. Ibru said, Sanusi, the present Emir of Kano, also ordered for the withdrawal […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Friday, abruptly stopped the evidence being given by its 13th witness in the fraud trial of former Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State, saying that it appeared the witness was trying to be hostile. The EFCC witness, Mr Adewale Aladegbola, who introduced himself as a former driver of […]
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