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…
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,…
Fayose Tackles Buhari Over Planned VAT Increment
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday criticised President Muhammadu Buhari, over the planned increase of the Value Added Tax, VAT, by five per cent. The governor, who was reacting to comments attributed to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in…
Dangote Builds $1Bn Cement Plant in Edo
The Dangote Group on Sunday started constructing a one billion dollars cement factory in Okpella, Edo State, to expand its cement production in Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the six million metric tonnes per annum (mmtpa) Okpella…
APC’s Dikko Wins Bwari Area Council Election
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council chairmanship election, Musa Dikko, has been declared winner of the Bwari Area Council after Saturday’s council elections in the FCT. He defeated his closet rival,…
Court Orders EFCC To Pay PDP Chieftain, Uche Secondus N10bn Damages Over Arrest, Detention
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 Crimes Commission (EFCC)….
Murder: Ibinabo Gets Bail After Conviction
The embattled ex-beauty queen, Ibinabo Fiberesima, was on Wednesday, breath sign of temporary relief as the Lagos Division of Court of Appeal, granted her bail pending the determination of her case at the Supreme Court over five years imprisonment slammed…
FCT Area Council Elections Live Updates
At the Bwari Area Council office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Federal Capital Territory, ahead of today’s area council elections, electoral materials were said to have been distributed to varies wards. Card Readers Early rreports…
INEC Set For Abuja Area Council Elections Saturday as Police Restricts Movement
Nigeria ‘s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it was set for area council elections in the country’ s capital, Abuja, having put all necessary logistics in place for the elections. Ahead of the polls, the electoral body held a…
