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…says You misconceived the case before, PDP tells judge  Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has filed an appeal against Monday’s judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja which removed him from ‎office as governor over alleged falsification of tax receipts. The Governor, in a notice of appeal filed by Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, raised five […]Read More

No fewer than 254 workers, whose salaries have been stopped since February 2016, have dragged the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria sitting in Bayelsa State. The workers, who are teachers of primary and demonstration schools of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Ignatius Ajuru University of […]

Following the  instruction to stop the conduct of the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu‎, the management of the University of Benin, Edo State, has announced the suspension of its Post-UTME. This was announced by Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, in the state’s education ministry, Mr. Ben Mem Goong. […]

Enlightened Workers’ Forum (EWF) in Ekiti State, have accused labour leaders in the state of betraying them by agreeing to a one month pay out of the six months owed them by the state government. The striking workers stated that the union leaders’ decision to convince the government to pay at least three months is […]

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has raised the alarm over the alleged action of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to keep him in custody for “five years without trial.” The Director of Publicity for the 2015 Presidential campaign of Goodluck Jonathan had recently alleged that an operative of the anti-graft agency, Kabiru […]

Former member of the Delta Waterways Security Committee, (DWSC) Warri, Delta State and ex-Itsekiri warlord, Comrade Omolubi Newuwumi, popularly called the ‘Gentle General,’ has frowned at the federal government’s plans to dialogue with militants in the oil rich Niger Delta region. Commenting on the plan to negotiate with the Niger Delta Avengers the ex-warlord said […]

The Inspector-General Police (IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris on Monday appointed DCP Don Awunah to replace acting ACP Olabisi Kolawole  as Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO). The outgoing spokesperson and first female FPRO, who disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja on Monday said the appointment was in line with the Force’s tradition. Kolawole expressed appreciation to […]

Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa forest now disguise as vigilantes or hunters to evade easy detection. Rabe Abubakar, defence spokesman, gave this warning in a statement on Monday. He said that the insurgents were adopting this strategy to evade easy detection. “The terrorists, after been smoked out of Sambisa forest, in their desperation to wreak […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has arrested two men, who allegedly aided Governor Ayo Fayose to launder part of the cash taken from the Office of the former National Security Officer. EFCC said Abiodun Agbele, one of the men it arrested, was caught in Lagos while trying to manipulate vital documents […]

Following the commencement of trial on the forgery case in which the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and others constituting the leadership of the senate were joined as defendants, the Senate president has lashed out at the President Muhammadu Buhari led executive arm of Nigeria’s government accusing it of “relentless persecution of the leadership of the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria is paying dearly for incompetence in managing high revenue that accrued from oil, particularly over the past decade, and for allowing the decay of critical infrastructure. Speaking at the State House, Abuja, Monday, while receiving the Chief Global CEO of Unilever, Mr Paul Polman, the President said his administration is […]

Students should start early to have an entrepreneurial mind-set; that way, they open up other options for gainful employment when they are ready to join the job market, says Tony Elumelu, Chairman Heirs Holdings, UBA Plc and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF). In an inspiring speech, which he gave to students at the […]