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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday assented to the National Minimum Wage Bill. The law takes immediate effect. Following the presidential assent, the bill has now become an Act of the National Assembly with effect from yesterday, and thus put to rest several months of controversy trailing the proposal. Briefing State House Correspondents after he met […]

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has convicted the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, for false declaration of assets and banned him from holding public office for 10 years. The Tribunal presided over by Justice Danladi Umar and two others, declared that Onnoghen falsely declared his asset by hiding five accounts […]

Ahead of his planned dissolution of his entire cabinet next month, President Muhammadu Buhari has asked for a comprehensive “status reports on policies, programmes and projects” from ministers on their ministries, departments and agencies. Buhari gave the order Wednesday as the countdown begins for the end of his first term on May 28, 2019. The […]

The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property yesterday said it had recovered the sum of $20 million from one of the commercial banks in the country. The money is said to be part of the $232 million unremitted to the Treasury Single Account (TSA) by an unnamed agency. The panel’s Head, […]

An Abuja High Court on Wednesday ordered the arrest of the immediate-past attorney-general of the federation, Mohammed Adoke, a former minister of petroleum resources, Dan Etete, and four others, who were implicated in the Malabu Oil scandal. The warrant was issued by Justice D.Z. Senchi of Jabi Federal High Court, to the Economic and Financial […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has in principle, formally adopted the incumbent House majority leader, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila as its candidate for the position of House Speaker in the 9th National Assembly. APC spokesman, Lanre Issa-Onilu, who posted this information on the party’s website on Tuesday night, also revealed that the Deputy Speaker position has […]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the recently conducted general elections, Atiku Abubakar, and his party yesterday insisted that the final results, as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), were those transmitted online to INEC’s website (www.inecnigeria.org). In a reply dated April 15 and filed the same day at […]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has insisted that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) stored election results in a server and has said he will call Microsoft, IBM and Oracle experts to testify that he defeated President Muhammadu Buhari by over 1.6 million votes. Atiku gave the server name […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it re-arrested Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia after she was discharged by a Lagos State High Court on criminal charges, in order to prefer a fresh criminal charge against her. Ajumogobia stood trial on corruption charges with a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Godwin Obla. The anti-graft agency said […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Zonal and State Youth Leaders Forum, on Tuesday demanded immediate zoning of all the leadership positions for the ninth National Assembly, even as it called for the convening of the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party. The zonal youth leaders who are also members of NEC expressed concern […]

There was mild drama at the premises of an Ikeja High Court as officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) apprehended Justice Rita Ofili Ajumogobia, a former judge of the Federal High Court, even after the corruption charges proffered against her by the anti-graft agency were struck out. About 10 EFCC officials apprehended […]

The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday rejected the motion on notice seeking to stop Access Bank Plc from taking over a property owned by the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Chief Don Etiebet, known as Etiebet’s Place in Ikeja, Lagos. The property, located on Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, is in the name of his […]