Ahead of preparation for the trial of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, detectives from the United Kingdom have stormed Nigeria for what appeared a final lap of investigation. The detectives, who met with the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for additional fact-finding,Continue Reading
Access to Justice (A2Justice) on Friday has described as worrisome the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari for appointment on new Supreme Court justices. Joseph Otteh, the Convener, in a statement, recalled how Buhari asked the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, to initiate the process of appointing five newContinue Reading
Chuks Ibegbu, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has asked the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, to shelve any ambition he is nursing for 2023 presidential election. Ibegbu, who made the group’s position known, in an interview withContinue Reading
Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has stressed the need for a collaborative approach by citizens to tackle security challenges. The cooperation of all stakeholders, including security agencies, traditional rulers, community and religious leaders and citizens, is urgently needed to overcome the hydra-headed situations, the governor said yesterday. He added thatContinue Reading
The Governing Council of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), said it has suspended implementation of the new tariffs which came into effect on 1st June, 2019. The move, NAFDAC said is to douse tension and assuage the yearnings of stakeholders in the pharmaceutical, food andContinue Reading
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has said that an all-encompassing strategy is being developed to reduce Boko Haram attacks in the state. The governor stated this in an interview with newsmen in Damboa after he visited the town and surrounding communities to assess security in the general area. Zulum,Continue Reading
Busola Dakolo, a celebrity photographer and wife of Timi Dakolo, has accused Biodun Fatoyinbo, senior pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) of raping her as a teenager. In an interview with Chude Jideonwo of YNaija, she said the incident happened when she was 16 and out of secondary school.Continue Reading
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday urged youths to take up leadership positions. Speaking while receiving members of the National Youth Council of Nigeria at his penthouse in the premises of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta, he said: “Don’t let anybody tell you that you are too young,Continue Reading
Senator Rochas Okorocha has given the Imo State government seven days to substantiate allegations that his wife and family members made away with 67 vehicles belonging to the state. Okorocha challenged the government to publish the particulars and list of the vehicles, as well as the N50 billion allegedly divertedContinue Reading
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, on Thursday, alleged that monumental corruption was going on in the executive arm of government under President Muhammadu Buhari. Secondus made his position known in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja by his media aide, Ike Abonyi. HeContinue Reading
