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Loyalists of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji were filled with despondency on Friday, after Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, Lagos adjourned ruling on the “No case submission” of the speaker at the last sitting. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had closed its […]

Out of 109 lawyers who applied for the award of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) only 17 got awarded with the title by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) on Friday in Abuja. Announcing the award, Sunday Olorundahunsi,  Secretary and Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, said that the committee found the awardees worthy for […]

Out of 109 lawyers who applied for the award of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) only 17 got awarded with the title by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) on Friday in Abuja. Announcing the award, Sunday Olorundahunsi,  Secretary and Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, said that the committee found the awardees worthy for […]

The seven-man panel investigating the Adamawa House of Assembly allegations of gross misconduct against Governor Murtala Nyako and his Deputy, Bala Ngilari, has commenced sitting in Yola on Friday. The venue of the sitting is the Federal Secretariat conference room. Speaking to journalists at the venue of the sitting before commencement of the sitting on […]

There would be further significant improvements on the successes achieved in the 2011 general elections during the forthcoming general elections in 2015, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promised. Professor Attahiru Jega, the INEC chairman gave the assurance on Friday while speaking at the International Seminar on Political Advertising, Perception Building and Voter Education […]

Okpara-Inland, Ethiope East Local Government, Delta State hosted hundreds of friends, fans and colleagues of Irikefe “Kefee” Don-Momoh nee Obareki, the late Pop-Gospel singer on Friday when the remains of the much loved artiste was interred. Kefee’s funeral rites began with a candlelight procession and service of songs on Thursday night at Oba Akezua Cultural […]

The People’s Democratic Party ( PDP) on Thursday described the Wednesday statement by the All Progressives Congress (APC) accusing President Goodluck Jonathan of impunity and failure as a desperate effusion of noise, fury and falsehood saying these are the unmasked trademark of the Nigerian equivalent of the ancient “Athenian thirty tyrants” who would not mind […]

The All Progressive Congress (APC) has hired Burson-Marsteller, a London based Public Relations and Public Affairs firm for an annual fee of $1.2 Million, approximately N200 Million. This is coming only a few weeks after the party dished out strong criticism against the Federal Government for allegedly hiring a foreign Public Relations firm. Political analysts […]

…Says There Is No Missing Fund The Senate on Thursday rejected the recommendation of its Committee on Finance, which advised the Federal Government to remove the subsidy on petroleum products because of the alleged misapplication of the billions of dollars voted annually for it. They also confirmed that there was no $49.8bn missing in the […]

The Yoruba delegates from the South-West at the ongoing 2014 Confab have dissociated themselves from the report of Consensus Group on resolving the impasse on derivation issue. The delegation made its stand known in a statement signed by Secretary South-West Delegation Dr. Kunle Olajide. According to Olajide, the Yoruba delegates, arising from the caucus meeting, […]

There was confusion at the Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta on Thursday as Isaac Akogun, a prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the state’s former Governor Gbenga Daniel told the court that a file containing records of properties allocated to the former governor had gone missing. Akogun, a deputy director with the […]

The United Nations (UN) has announced that it has taken up a new strategy that would help Nigeria in combating terrorism that is fast tearing the country apart. The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit, made the announcement at the opening of the 45th ordinary session of […]