Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate) to the President, Ita Enang President Muhammadu Buhari has assented an extradition law consistent with extant protocols.His Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, stated yesterday in Abuja that his principal also signed into law the 2018 budget of …

 A floating fuel filling station belonging to Nigeria’s state oil firm Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) sits idle on a river in the oil rich southeastern Delta state, Nigeria June 18, 2017. Picture taken June 18, 2017. REUTERS/Tife Owolabi Inhabitants of some communities ravaged by flood recently in the Niger …

A federal High Court in Lagos yesterday dismissed an application filed by Senator Ayo Ademola Adeseun and Chief Olanrewaju Otiti, seeking transfer of the criminal charge against them to Ibadan, Oyo State capital. The duo (Adeseun and Olanrewaju) are standing trial on alleged N650 million fraud alongside a former Minister …

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power, Louis Edozien (right); Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works and Housing, Mohammed Bukar, during a news conference on the third year progress report of the ministry in Abuja …yesterday. After three years as Minister of Works, …

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State. Photo/ NAN The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to begin an investigation into bribery allegations against Kano State Governor Umar Ganduje.Videos online purport to show the governor taking bribes on …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo • Backs fiscal federalism, state police Segun James Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has again accused former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s administration of plunging the country into debt. He equally accused the previous administration of grand corruption and impunity. Osinbajo has also stated that he is an advocate …

Emmanuel Otaru The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State, Hope Uzodinma was arrested at Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja on Sunday, over a breach of contract. Chairman of the special presidential investigation panel for recovery of public property panel, Okoi Obono-Obla confirmed this yesterday. According …

  Governor Simon Lalong • Loss of lives won’t go in vain, Lalong assures victims Seriki Adinoyi in Jos No fewer than 1,801 persons have been confirmed dead and 50,212 others displaced in recent attacks in Plateau State. The Committee on Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), set up by …

Olusegun Obasanjo Femi Ogbonnikan in Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday came hard on state governors who were opposed to local government autonomy, accusing them of stealing the councils’ funds. The former president stated this while playing host to members of a Non-Governmental Organisation, Friends of Democracy, at his residence …

The attention of Diamond Bank Plc (“the Bank”) has been drawn to the rumor in the media stating that the Bank is purportedly in discussions with Access Bank Plc to acquire the Bank. We wish to state categorically that the Bank is not in discussions with any financial institution at …