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The National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Professor Wale Oladipo, has refuted reports that he received money from the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col Sambo Dasuki,(rtd). In a statement to journalists at the PDP National Secretariat in Abuja, Oladipo also denied seeking soft landing with the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo by promising […]

Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday held that the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation should prosecute 16 suspects accused of fraud at the Consolidated Discount House Limited. There was a disagreement between lawyers representing the AGF and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on who should […]

As the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the December 2015 killings in Zaria, Kaduna state continues to sit, the Arewa Youth Intellectual Forum, AYIF, has raised an alarm over plots to politicize the investigation ahead of the 2019 general elections. The group said there are plans by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, to pitch […]

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), said on Monday that the agency would strengthen partnership between Nigeria and the Republic of Korea to enhance the maritime industry. The Head, Public Relations Department in NIMASA, Hajia Lami Tumaka, said this in a statement in Lagos. The statement said that the Director-General of NIMASA, Dr […]

President Buhari promised Nigerians change, eleven months into office, the people have seen a change, but not the one they had hoped for. Things have gone from bad to worse. Nigerians now live with no fuel, no light, no water, no money and no security. Though President Buhari was elected to govern Nigeria, a country in […]

The Lagos Government on Monday said it would not hesitate to seal the properties of residents who default in paying their Land Use Charge (LUC), just as it warned that it may explore the option of prosecuting defaulters according to the Law. Addressing journalists at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa Secretariat, Commissioner for […]

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig-Gen. Sule Kazaure on Monday morning took over as the 17th DG of the scheme, promising to prioritise welfare of corps members and the staff. Kazaure, who was speaking at the handing over ceremony in Abuja acknowledged that the tasks ahead are huge, but with […]

The New Nigeria Group, a Civil Society Organisation has called on the federal government to sack the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) chairman, Danladi Yakubu Umar over allegations of corruption levelled against him while maintaining that a ”wounded personality cannot be fair in his rulings.” Also, the group alleged that senior colleagues of the CCT […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government is working hard to bring the culture and tourism sectors into the mainstream of the nation’s economy. The Minister, who stated this in Lagos at a meeting with Arts, Culture and Tourism Correspondents, said the sectors are among those that have […]

Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State has closed down the Government House Clinic and redeployed its medical personnel to public hospitals in the state.  This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Samuel Aruwan, the Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity and released on Sunday.  According to the statement, the drugs […]

The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja has ordered a day-to-day hearing on the 13-count criminal charge pending against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki. Justice Danladi Umar who made the order shortly before he stood down the matter for hearing by 12noon today, based the decision on provisions of sections 376 and […]

A huge political tremor has hit the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State with the State Governor, Yahaya Bello, and the party firing verbal missiles at each other.   The party said it had been trying to condone the governor, but that its patience has gone overboard. The governor now throws caution to the […]