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The Nigerian Army has commenced the trial of the former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division, Sokoto, Maj.-Gen. Hakeem Otiki, over alleged stolen N400 million by some soldiers under his command. Inaugurating the General Court Martial on Tuesday in Abuja, Army Chief of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, said the trial was in line with the […]

As the House of Representatives reconvenes after a six-week annual recess, Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, has assured Nigerians that the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) will be reintroduced and passed by the 9th legislatures.   Gbajabiamila, who gave the assurance Tuesday in his speech at the resumption of the plenary also urged ad-hoc committees setup at […]

South African authorities have granted landing permit to Air Peace Flight B777 to enable it to evacuate some 320 Nigerians escaping from xenophobia in that country, Nigeria’s Consul- General in Johannesburg, Godwin Adama, confirmed in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday.   Adama spoke against the background of a […]

A meeting of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) and the Federal Government deadlocked again yesterday, as they failed to agree over relativity and consequential adjustment for the implementation of the new minimum wage.   JNPSNC general secretary of the Trade Union Side, Alade Lawal, told reporters yesterday that organized labor would decide […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted an eight-member Economic Advisory Council (EAC) to replace the current Economic Management Team (EMT).   A statement Monday by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), said the newly constituted council, chaired by Prof. Doyin Salami, will report directly to the President.   Other members of the […]

The federal government on Monday revealed that Ogun and Imo States had the highest number of returnees who were evacuated from South Africa last week. It added that of the 187 already in the country according to States, Ogun had the highest number with 30 followed by Imo with 28. The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora […]

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have decided to team up with the party’s presidential candidate in the last general election, Atiku Abubakar, to get the Supreme Court to upturn the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), which rejected his petition to be declared winner of the Feb 23 presidential poll. The tribunal last […]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has apologized to the Federal Republic of Nigeria over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in South Africa. The apology was tendered to President Muhammadu Buhari in the State House, Abuja by the two special envoys Ramaphosa dispatched to Abuja on Monday.   “We met a short while ago with […]

After a lull, the two factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, led by the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi and his erstwhile ally, Senator Magnus Abe, are back in their trenches for yet another protracted war over planned congresses. The fresh crisis stems from the inauguration of a five-man caretaker committee […]

The Federal Government has commenced an investigation into bank accounts belonging to Senate President Ahmed Lawan, Speaker of the House of Reps Femi Gbajabiamila and other principal officers of the National Assembly.   The probe conducted by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) would also investigate accounts owned by Nigeria judges including the Chief Justice […]

Former minister of foreign affairs Professor Bolaji Akinyemi Sunday called on the Nigerian Government to drag South Africa to the International Criminal Court of Justice over the xenophobic attacks that claimed lives and property of some Nigerians.   Akinyemi, in a statement said the South African government failed to protect Nigerians and made statements unbecoming […]

A major diplomatic rumpus between Nigeria and South Africa might be in the offing after South Africa frustrated plans to repatriate Nigerians that were fleeing xenophobic attacks. An Air Peace Boeing 777 left Nigeria and arrived at OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, to airlift the first of the two batches of 317 returnees prepared by […]