APC Asks Court to Reverse Appointment of Caretaker Chairmen for Enugu Councils
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has approached the Enugu State High Court seeking for an order setting aside the recent appointment of caretaker committees to run the affairs of the 17 local government areas of Enugu state by Governor Ifeanyi…
Tunji Braithwaite: How Obasanjo, Babangida Made Corruption Attractive
Second Republic politician, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite has averred that the duo of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida, made corruption attractive to state governors in the country. Braithwaite explained that the policies and actions of the two former Nigerian presidents…
Military Warns N-Delta Militants Over Planned Sabotage
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has vowed to crush individuals or group planning acts of sabotage in the Niger Delta region of the country. A statement signed by the Military spokesman, Rabe Abubakar, the military authorities observed that “the attention of…
29bn Fraud: Court Admits Exhibits Against Nyako, Others
The trial of a former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, his son, Senator Abdul-Aziz Nyako, Abubakar Aliyu and Zulkifikk Abba, who are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 37-count charge bordering on criminal…
Libel: Court Orders Blogger Seun Oloketuyi’s Arrest
Justice Jude Kanyoh Dagat of a Lagos Federal High Court, on Thursday, ordered that a warrant of arrest be issued against an online publisher, Segun Oloketuyi, for failure to appear before the court to answer a libel suit instituted against…
Biafra: You’re Biased, IPOB Accuses Judge Over Kanu’s Bail Denial
The directorate of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused Justice John Tsoho of the Abuja Federal High Court 3 of bias for ruling that their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will not be granted bail based on reasons that Kanu…
Udom, Ikpeazu Were Duly Elected Governors, Says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on wednesday night upheld the outcome of the April 11, 2015, governorship elections that brought Governors Udom Emmanuel and Okezie Ikpeazu of Akwa Ibom and Abia states respectively to power. While declaring Udom as Governor, the Supreme…
Ugwuanyi Intervens into Umode, Oruku 6-yr Communal Clash
Respite may have come for the warring Umode and Oruku communities in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, following Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s intervention the six years long conflagration, that had claimed lives and properties worth millions of Naira….
Nigerian Customs: HOW THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF KARU STORE ALLEGEDLY AUCTIONS OUT AND DUPED UNSUSPECTING NIGERIANS
The Hamid Ali led Nigeria Customs Service is truly out to uproot the perennial corruption that has bedevilled the Nigeria Customs Service from the echelons to the lowest cadre staff. Â It is no news that Customs Officers during previous regimes…
Murder: Court Remands NURTW Chairman
Written By Paul Ladi, Lagos An Ebute-metta Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, has ordered the remand of the chairman of Meran branch of National Union of Road Transport Worker, NURTW, Mr. Wasiu Onibudo, 62, in prisons custody over alleged offences of…
Another Oil Pipeline Bombed by Niger Delta Militants
There was an explosion at a major pipeline in the Niger Delta region during the week. This attack came a few days after an attack on oil and gas pipelines in the Gbaramatu kingdom Delta state. The latest attack occurred…
