HEAD of the Civil Service of the Federation Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita is medically fit to undergo further interrogation as investigators deepen their probe into a N3 billion contract fraud. Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have screened her phone chat and call logs following evidence obtained from her suspected collaborators. She was […]

MOVES by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the February 23 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to have access to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) server ended on Tuesday at the Supreme Court. It was a double loss for the opposition party and its candidate as the apex court rejected the […]

Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from seizing or interfering with the assets and properties belonging to former Zamfara State Governor Abdulazeez Yari. Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in a ruling on Monday, in an ex-parte motion for […]

Activist lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) yesterday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration knows those causing unrest in the country and should go after them. Falana spoke at the Coalition for Revolution’s (CORE’s) working consultative assembly, with the theme: Democracy, State Repression and The State of Insecurity in Nigeria, at the Lagos Centre, Oregun, Ikeja. The event, […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State has filled vacancies created by the suspension of three members. The party had last week suspended Aliyu Bakari (Vice Chairman Adamawa Central), Saidu Naira (State Financial Secretary) and Babangida Talasai (party chairman of Mayo-Belwa) allegedly for trying to withdraw a petition which the APC filed against the […]

Why board is yet to enforce law on fabrication strictly  The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Wabote yesterday disclosed that he was to meet with the management of the Bank of Industry (BOI) yesterday (Monday) to have an update on the state of the fund and take its next decision. […]

… Says FIRS exceeded target   The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) has replied to his query and insisted that the Service’s tax collection exercise actually surpassed past efforts. Mr. Tunde Fowler in his reply to the Presidency’s query said the Service exceed its target in non oil tax collection by […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have pledged to work together to run pipeline vandals and oil thieves out of business in the country. A press release yesterday by the Corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, said the two organisations made […]

About four  villagers were killed on Monday in fresh banditry attacks in tsayu village of Jibiya Local Government Area of Katsina state A press release which was signed by the Spokesman of Katsina State Police Command, Mr Gezawa, and made available to newsmen, said the DPO Jibiya reported that at about the early hours of […]

Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday locked scores of civil servants outside the main gate of the old secretariat in Ilorin, the state capital for late coming. The governor told the civil servants that late coming to work is unhelpful for government business in the 21st century. Many of the affected workers were still […]