Ex-Gov Lamido, Sons Remanded In Prison
A Federal High Court, sitting in Kano, has ordered that former governor of the Jigawa State, Sule Lamido and his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, be remanded in Kano Prison till September 28 when application for their bail will be…
Ex-Imo Gov Ikedi Ohakim Gets N270m Bail
Embattled former governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, was Thursday, granted bail by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja in the sum of N270m as the court ruled on Ohakim’s bail application. Justice Ademola Adeniyi, the presiding judge, also…
Corruption: Two Former Governors Remanded In Custody, Another To Be Arraigned By EFCC
Three past Nigerian governors are currently in cutody over corruption charges. Former Governor of Jigawa, Alhaji Sule Lamido, is set to face corruption charges against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Escorted by EFCC operatives, he arrived Kano…
APC Crisis: You’ve Broken Bridge Linking You With South-West, Tinubu Tells Tambuwal
A month after the position of the Speaker of the House of Representatives was decided, the unofficial position of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on what transpired in the hallowed chamber has…
The New York Stock Exchange Suddenly Suspends Trading
The New York Stock Exchange has unexpectedly shut down trading in all of its listed stocks late Wednesday morning, TheStreetReporters.com has gathered. The New York Times reports that the exchange did not immediately give an explanation for what caused the…
Bomb Explosion Rocks Zaria, 20 Feared Dead
TheStreetReporters.com has has gathered that a bomb explosion has been carried out by suspected Boko Haram insurgents has just gone off in Sabon Gari area of Zaria, Kaduna State with about 20 persons feared dead. The blast reportedly went off…
Buhari Orders Additional N713.7b Bailout For States
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an additional financial intervention for states as part of a three- pronged relief package that will help make the states liquid in order to pay wages, local newspapers reported on Monday. The additional bailout figure…
Jos Explosions: 44 Dead, 47 Injured, NEMA Confirms
Zonal Coordinator, North-Central, of the National Emergency Management Agency, Mohammed Abdulsalam, has confirmed that no fewer that 44 persons lost their lives in Sunday night’s bomb attacks that rocked Jos, the Plateau State capital. He also told newsmen on Monday…
182 Boko Haram Suspects Regain Freedom in Borno by Military
TheStreetReporters.com has gathered that no fewer than 182 Boko Haram suspects regained their freedom on Monday. The Nigerian military freed the suspects detained for alleged link with the terrorist group in Borno State, the army authority said. The Chief of…
FG, Sates Share 391b From Excess Crude Account
The federal government and the 36 states have agreed to share $1.7billion of the $2billion balance in the Excess Crude Account. After the amount, which is about N391billion,is shared, there will be just about $.3billion remaining in the account which…
Gunmen Storm Jos School, Kill 2, Injure Another
At least two students were killed by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen when they stormed a school in Barakin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. The suspected Fulani gunmen, according to SUNDAY PUNCH, attacked Dalo Memorial High School…