‘347 Shiites Killed By Nigerian Troops Given Secret Mass Burial’
The Kaduna State Government on Monday announced that 347 persons were killed during the December 12 Shiite/Nigerian Army clash in Zaria. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Balarabe Lawal, disclosed this in a government submission at the ongoing Public…
CSO Wants Buhari To Stop Osun LG Funds, Petition EFCC, Others
A group in Osun State, the Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEOS) has urged the Federal Government to henceforth stop releasing state’s Local Government funds to the through Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola. The group also petitioned President Muhammadu…
More Trouble As Court Orders EFCC To Pay N5m Fine Over Rights Violation
Few days after a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday awarded N10 bn as damages in favour of the former Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, over his arrest by the Economic and Financial…
Dasuki Floors FG at ECOWAS Court Over Arrest, Unlawful Detention
The former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Muhammed Sambo Dasuki (Rtd) has won the first leg of his court action challenging his alleged unlawful arrest and detention without trial since December last year by the federal government at the Economic…
Alleged NIMASA Fraud: Tompolo Challenges Constitutionality of His Trial
The former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo a.k.a Tompolo has instituted a suit before a Lagos Federal High Court, seeking an interpretation and nullification of certain sections of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, (ACJA) 2015, which he claimed…
Four FCT Area Council Elections Inconclusive – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared four Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council elections held last Saturday inconclusive after declaring the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmanship candidate for Bwari Area Council the winner of the council poll….
DSS Lied Against IPOB Over Killing of Five Northerners – Igbo Groups Say
South-East based groups, the Igbo Women Assembly, IWA, and the Igbo Youth Movement, IYM, Sunday, described as falsehood allegation by the Department of State Services, DSS, over the killing of five Northerners. The DSS had alleged that the five Northerners…
Okwy Nwodo, Emeka Worgu, Others Defect to APC
A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo; former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr Emeka Worgu and former House of Representatives Speaker, Agunwa Anakwe, yesterday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu….
PDP Senator Joins APC
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lost Senator Smart Adeyemi, a key player to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi state. Adeyemi’s defection to the ruling party was confirmed in a statement issued by the governor of Kogi,…
Ambode Govt. Launches Online Access to State Laws
The Governor Akinwunmi Ambode-led Lagos State Government has announced the launch of an online platform where lawyers, investors and the general public can have access to all the laws of the state. This was disclosed by the State’s Attorney General…
BREAKING: PDP Declared Winner of Ife Assembly Rerun Election
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Ife Central House of Assembly legislative re-run poll, Dipo Eluwole has won the election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared  him winner of the election. The Returning Officer of INEC, Francis Oladimeji, announced the result…
