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On August 1, 2016, after decades of deadlock, the Buhari administration took a major step towards kick-starting and revitalizing the steel sector as it signed a renegotiated concession agreement with Global Steel Holdings Ltd (GSHL) for the Nigerian Iron Ore Mining Company (NIOMCO), Itakpe. By the new agreement, the Ajaokuta Steel Complex reverted to the […]

The Supreme Court yesterday excoriated two lawyers of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) and Wole Olanipekun (SAN), for daring to file an application for a review of its February 13, 2020 judgment that nullified the victory of the party’s candidate in the governorship election in Bayelsa State. It described the application […]

All over the world, where the common law is being practiced, it is standard for the apex court to review its own judgments. In Nigeria, there are a few occasions where the Supreme Court has been asked to review its decision in Nigeria and on those occasions, a couple of them were successful. But the […]

Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisah Metuh, and his firm, Destra Investments Limited, have been sentenced to seven years in prison. This was after he was found guilty of count one, two and three of the seven-count charge levelled against them by the Federal Government. Justice Okon Abang of […]

The United States government has justified its opposition to plans by the Buhari administration to hand over $106 million of looted funds by the late former military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha to the current governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, saying such an action will be an unconscionable validation and reward for graft and impunity. […]

The Director General of Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF), Dr. Salihu Lukman, has sounded the alarm over what he said was the perceived intolerance of the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole; which he warned, may scuttle the efforts of the Chief Bisi Akande-led National Reconciliation Committee, which the party set […]

Amid widespread public apprehension that President Muhammadu Buhari has abdicated his official responsibilities and outsourced power to his chief of staff, Abba Kyari who has illegally running the country as de facto president, stakeholders are seeking the intervention of the National Assembly to summon Kyari and National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj-General Babagana Monguno (rtd) – […]

The Supreme Court has scheduled hearing for Wednesday, February 26, in the application by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking among others, a review of its February 13, 2020 judgment disqualifying the party’s candidate in the last governorship election in Bayelsa State, David Lyon.    It was gathered that the Registrar of the apex court […]

The Yoruba World Congress (YWC) has urged the six Southwest states to recruit only their kith and kin in each local government into “Amotekun” to defend and protect their respective areas. “Amotekun is an exclusive Yoruba instrument of collective self-defence,” the Convener of YWC Prof. Banji Akintoye, said in the statement, arguing that such a […]

Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has broken his silence to deny ever presenting a forged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) exemption certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to aid his qualification to contest the Senate and governorship elections, explaining that he would not have even contemplated such action because his academic documents […]

The United States government has warned the Muhammadu Buhari administration that plans by the federal government to hand over $100 million the American authorities say was stolen by the late Gen. Sani Abacha, to Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, will adversely affect relations between Washington and Abuja; including hampering future cooperation between the two […]

Faced with forfeiture actions against a host of his assets initiated by the Obasanjo government, in conjunction with the government of the United States, Abubakar Bagudu, who is the current Kebbi State Governor, entered into a settlement deal with the federal government in 2003. Under the terms of that accord, which was approved by a […]