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…Explosion occurs near court before ruling The Federal High court in Rivers State has on Thursday, dismissed the 22 local government council chairmen in the state.  The local government chairmen were fired because their election contravened a court order which had earlier been issued restraining it, Justice Lambo Akanbi, the prciding judge said. Lambo also […]

On Wednesday, the Senate ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN to urgently go after some companies to recover the over N30 billion of waivers given by the Federal Government channeled towards the importation of rice. CBN also urged the apex bank to ensure that all agencies of government remit money into the Federation account. […]

Justice Mohammed Yinusa of the Federal High Court, Lagos on Tuesday convicted four companies associated with former governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani and ordered that their properties be forfeited to the Federal Government.  The four companies are Rainbownet Nigeria Limited, Cosmos FM, Capital City Automobile Nigeria Limited and Renaissance University Teaching Hospital. The companies had […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Ali Gambo Abdullahi, a staff of Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Abuja, before Justice C. N Orji of the FCT High Court sitting in Apo on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy, bribery and abuse of office. Abdullahi’s arrest and subsequent arraignment followed a petition from […]

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday presided over the State Security Council meeting with an assurance that progress is being made to round up the remaining members of the Ikorodu armed robbery gang still on the run. The new State Police Commissioner, Mr Fatai Owoseni, who spoke to Government House Correspondents shortly […]

Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufa’i has removed all local government treasurers and Directors of Personnel Management (DPM) in the local government councils in the state, saying they would be re-assigned to other areas. El-Rufai’s action is believed to be as a result of with his anger over the high rate of ghost workers in […]

Embattled Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Monday, declared that he would not be intimidated over allegations linking him to alleged forgery in the Senate. The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, had invited Ekweremadu for questioning in what the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) described as persecution. On Monday, a team of the Nigeria Police […]

Senate President Bukola Saraki on Monday raised the alarm that Nigeria was seriously slipping into danger as corruption in the country is taking a dangerous dimension. Saraki said that corruption ha eaten so deep into the system that it has now become very difficult for the three tiers of government-the Federal, State and the Local […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday made a weighty allegation against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) declaring that the latter is targeting Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President and member of the PDP, Ike Ekweremadu, for assassination. At a press conference organised by the PDP at its national headquarters in Abuja, its spokesman, Olisa Metuh, […]

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A suicide bomber on Sunday attacked a Redeemed Christian Church of God parish in the Jigawa area of Potiskum, Yobe State, killing the pastor and five others including a woman and her two children. They all died on the spot along with the suicide bomber, except another female member of the church who sustained serious […]

The Nigeria Football Federation late Saturday announced that it had wielded the big stick against Super Eagles Head coach, Stephen Keshi, by terminating his appointment. In a statement by the NFF Executive Committee, the decision was made having thoroughly reviewed the reports of the NFF Disciplinary Committee and NFF Technical and Development Committee, as well […]