A Federal High Court, Lagos, will on October 9 hear an application to compel the government to release information on assets it recovered from the former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Force, Mr Abdulrasheed Maina. Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo fixed the date while delivering ruling in an ex parte application for an order of mandamus […]

THE leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Friday threw its weight behind Vice President Yemi Osinbajo over the N90 billion allegations levelled against him by a former spokesman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Timi Frank. National President of CAN, Rev. Supo Ayokunle, and its members yesterday visited Vice President (VP) Yemi […]

FOURTEEN of the candidates whose names were submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the November 16 governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states were on Friday disqualified by the commission. The electoral umpire said their nominations were invalid. Nineteen other parties willingly withdrew from the polls, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information […]

The Kano State Police Command, on Friday, quizzed three chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over the alleged assault meted, on the Minister of Communications, Dr Ali Isa Pantami, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), by supporters, believed to be Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwso’s loyalists. Pantami, who was in Kano for a […]

THE Federal Government has approved a N600 billion assurance facility for the power sector until June next year. The amount, which is contained in the 2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP), is as a result of the failure of the Power Sector Recovery Programme (PSRP). The document added that additionally, an […]

There were indications last night that the federal government was contemplating reporting Justice Taiwo Taiwo, to the National Judicial Council (NJC) on account of his decision to grant bail to the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoyele Sowore. Justice Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja admitted Sowore to bail on Tuesday and dismissed […]

Flood has displaced over 5,000 families in Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State. It destroyed property worth millions of naira. Mostly affected are communities close to the River Niger and Analo River, which overflowed their banks, submerging houses, schools and farmlands. Residents were forced to vacate their homes. Some of the victims raised wooden […]

Educated youths under the auspices of the Bayelsa Forward Movement (BFM) have declared support for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 16 governorship elections, Douye Diri. BFM Coordinator Alfred Kemepado, and other leaders of the group, also promised to work against the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has expressed optimism that the entire arbitration decisions and judgment debt of N9.6 billion against Nigeria by a UK court over a botched gas contract would be set aside. The Minister stated this in London while reacting to Thursday’s ruling by a UK commercial court staying […]

Authorities of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) in Zaria, Kaduna State have fired 15 lecturers over offences involving sexual harassment, negligence of duty and corruption in the institution. It was gathered that the lecturers were from different departments and faculties in the institution. A source, who prefers anonymity, said: “It is true that the Ahmadu […]