A Kano State High Court presided by Justice Usman Na’Abba on Monday vacated the order he earlier gave suspending Dr Abdullahi Ganduje as a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC). The applicants Haladu Gwanjo and Laminu Sani Barguma, who claimed to be the Chairman and Secretary respectively...
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Hearing on the appeal instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against an interim order of the Kogi State High Court restraining it from arresting former Kogi governor Yahaya Bello, suffered a setback on Monday as the Court of Appeal failed to sit. The Kogi High...
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Kayode Egbetokunformer , has advised the Federal Government to merge the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) with the police for effectiveness. Egbetokun said this at the National Dialogue on State Policing, organised...
Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Monday fixed May 15 for ruling on former former minister of power and steel, Olu Agunloye ‘s preliminary objection. Agunloye is challenging the power of the economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to prosecute him regarding...
Two Boko Haram Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) experts, Abubakar Mohammed and Bana Modu, have surrendered to the troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force ( MNJTF) in Borno. Lt. Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, the Chief Military Public Information Officer – Ndjamena, said this in a statement in Maiduguri on...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Iormem Alia has revealed that the state deserves thirteen percent derivation fund given the mineral resources available in the state Governor Alia disclosed this on Monday while addressing Benue diaspora community on a zoom meeting organised by the...
The Provost of College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS) in Ilorin, Dr Sa’ad Hadi, has said the institution has no hand in Saturday’s death of 33 cows. Hadi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that they knew nothing about the predicament of the cows which...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, said on Monday that the Federal Government would consider the possibility of reviewing and pegging the minimum entry age into tertiary institutions in the country to 18 years. The Minister who gave the hint while monitoring the ongoing...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given political parties the go ahead to start campaigning in public from Wednesday 24th April 2024 and end at midnight on Thursday 19th September 2024 ahead of the Edo state governorship election scheduled to hold...
The Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, to unfailingly appear before it on Tuesday. The governor is to appear to give some explanations on the role of the apex bank in the...
National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu has called for more integrated security strategies that combine military, economic and regional cooperation efforts to tackle the menace of terrorism in Africa. Ribadu said this at the High-Level African Counter-Terrorism Meeting with the theme ‘Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Institution Building...
The Speaker of House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, on Monday urged stakeholders to provide a framework that would dispel the fear of abuse of state police by governors. The speaker said this at a critical national dialogue on state policing, with the theme: “Pathways to Peace: Reimagining...
Gunmen have killed a professor of law at Babcock University, Ilishan, Ogun, Yinka Olomojobi, and abducted two others in the Iperu area of the state. Olomojobi was shot dead on Friday for allegedly refusing to be taken away by the suspected gunmen. While he was shot dead, two...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has resumed the prosecution of all Boko Haram detainees in Kainji. The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, disclosed this at the 2-day High-level African Counter-terrorism Summit in Abuja According to him, Nigeria is also gathering intelligence on the activities of Boko Haram...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Kano State chapter, has urged the public to ignore the purported suspension of the national chairman of the party, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje. The secretary of the party in the state, Alhaji Zakari Sarina, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in...
By NGUHER KENDRA ITYOACHIMIN From Bournemouth Easter, also called Resurrection Sunday is a Christian holiday commemorating the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his crucifixion and burial by the Romans. Christians who observe Easter...
A retired military officer, Mr Thomas Olawaye, on Monday prayed a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan to grant his request for divorce to his wife of 52 years, Victoria on grounds that she was ill-tempered. Olawaye, the father of five, told the court that in spite...
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Monday appreciated President Bola Tinubu for allowing enabling environment for the peaceful conduct of the Saturday’s governorship primary in the state. Aiyedatiwa stated this in his acceptance speech after he emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Nov. 16...
A financial expert, Mr Okechukwu Unegbu, has urged the Federal Government to dissipate more effort in arresting and prosecuting politicians accused of looting the treasury. Unegbu, a past president of the Chattered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency...
Amidst protest over the conduct of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election in Ondo State, Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa was early on Monday morning declared winner. The Chairman of the party’s Primary Election Committee for Ondo State and Governor of Kogi, Usman Ododo said that Aiyedatiwa having satisfied...