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The Federal Government may have ruled out the possibility of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), hiring a foreign coach for the Super Eagles. Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung, made this known after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. He stated that the current economy was not favourable and added that it was […]

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir David Lawal has said that the forgery trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu was not a trial for the Senate or the National Assembly as a body.  Lawal further stated that a case of forgery is usually preferred against […]

The FCT High Court presided over by Justice Valentine Ashi , Wednesday nullified the 2014 PDP Constitution Amendment upon which appointed Ali Modu Sheriff as PDP National Chairman. Details Later

A suit filed by a former Minister of Aviation Mr. Femi Fani-Kay‎ode, seeking an order releasing him from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has on Wednesday been dismissed by the  Federal High Court  in Apo, Abuja. Mr Fani-Kayode, the spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Campaign Organisation‎ for the […]

The Rivers State government through the Attorney General of the state and Commissioner of Justice, Mr Emma Aguma has dismissed reports that an official of the state illegally withdrew the sum of N11bn. Justice, Mr Emma Aguma revealed this while reacting to a report, which claimed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) […]

Former President of Nigeria, Chief Mathew Olusegun Obasanjo, has been appointed the new Chairman of the Council of World ex-Presidents. Obasanjo thus becomes the first African to occupy that position. The former Nigerian president was appointed at the 32nd annual plenary meeting of world ex-presidents, which took place in Newport, United Kingdom recently. He took […]

A group of  Nigerian Civil Rights Activists, on Tuesday, demanded the immediate sack of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen. Tukur Buratai, over his alleged ownership of choice properties in Dubai,  the commercial nerve centre of the United Arab Emirate. Speaking in Abuja, the Convener of the  CNCRA, Mr. Ifeanyi Odili who is also […]

Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff, the factional national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has appointed Dr. Cairo Ojougboh the party’s former Vice Chairman (South-South) as the faction’s Deputy National Chairman. The appointment came shortly after another set of “chairmen” of state chapters of PDP endorsed Sheriff as the party’s “authentic” National Chairman. Ojougboh was one of the […]Read More

The Senate has issued a fresh summon to the Attorney – General of the Federation/ Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami. The Summon was issued on Tuesday through the senate committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters. Malami was being invited by the senate for instituting a forgery case against the presiding officers of […]

The Federal Government has ordered that the hitherto shut National Economic Reconstruction Fund (NERFUND) be re-opened almost one week after it was closed down. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, gave the directive to re-open the office on Tuesday.  According to a statement issued by the Director of information in the ministry, Mr Salisu […]

The Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Zenith Bank plc to show cause why an Order Exparte to defreeze Governor Ayodele Fayose’s accounts, filed yesterday to the court by the governor’s legal team, should not be granted. The judge gave Monday July 4 for the anti-graft agency and Zenith bank Plc to […]Read More

Chief Government Ekpemupolo also known as Tompolo, a former militant leader has sent a plea to President Muhammadu Buhari to return his symbol of authority as the chief priest of Egbesu Shrine, Oporoza, Gbaramatu Kingdom, which the military took from his traditional temple weeks ago. He also said he was looking forward to a time […]