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  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has urged Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos to dismiss the application filed by Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, seeking to vacate the interim forfeiture order in respect of 14 properties and the sum of N400 …

Stakeholders in the sector have told Nigerians to be ready to pay as much as N750 per litre of fuel at filling stations, as the federal government prepares to completely deregulate the downstream sector of the Nigerian oil and gas industry in the coming months. This was the highpoint of …

Yakubu Mahmood The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has budgeted over N3bn to defend the results of the February 25 presidential and national assembly election and the March 18 governorship and state assembly polls. This is as up to 100 candidates who lost in the elections have filed petitions at …

Omotutu Bamidele Omotutu Bamidele, a 55-year-old fake official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), has confessed that his team makes an average of N1 million while posing as officials of the agency. The suspect, who was arrested at the weekend by operatives of LASTMA in Ikoyi, Lagos, confessed …

Agbakoba, a former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, has expressed his lack of confidence in the system. Olisa Agbakoba, a senior lawyer and former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has expressed skepticism about the judiciary’s capacity to administer impartial justice as politicians and their parties turn to …

Atiku also lauded British envoy, Ben Llewellyn-Jones for naming Fani-Kayode among those making inciting comments. Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) nominee for president, complimented the British ambassador Ben Llewellyn-Jones for identifying Femi Fani-Kayode, the director of new media for the Bola Tinubu Campaign Organization, as one of those making inciting remarks. The …

Fani-Kayode and Llewellyn-Jones Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has attacked Deputy High Commissioner of the UK to Nigeria, Ben Llewellyn-Jones for threatening him with visa ban over his hard comments on social media. Llewellyn-Jones, had in an interview with Nigeria Info FM, said tweets by Fani-Kayode were uncalled for, saying …

The Convener of Free Nigeria Movement, Dr Moses Paul, reportedly escaped a stabbing attack on Sunday in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory. It was gathered that tragedy was averted by security guards when members of the group converged for its Occupy INEC (Independent National Electoral Commission) protest at the Unity …

Lagos Deputy Governor, Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, has called for continuous prayers for those in positions of authority in the country to enable them to succeed. Hamzat made the appeal at the Annual Public Ramadan Lecture of the Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has cancelled manual confirmation or stamping of certificates for all candidates who have taken the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) from 1999 till date. This is because of the new WAEC Digital Certificate Platform, which the council launched late last year. The …