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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 …

  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 Ondo state House of Assembly Speaker, Bamidele Oloyelogun and Deputy Speaker, Iroju Ogundeji has been impeached. Both were impeached by 18 lawmakers on Friday over gross misconduct. Recall that the deputy speaker Ogundeji was impeached and subsequently reinstated early this year following the intervention of the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu. …

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday turned down a request by the Federal Government to issue a warrant for the arrest of the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property had, on behalf of the Federal Government, urged the …

Organised Labour on Wednesday reacted to the position of the Presidency and the Federal Government that President Muhammadu Buhari was yet to accede to the proposal of a N30,000 National Minimum Wage for Nigerian workers. Labour’s position is coming against the backdrop of the information from the Presidency and the …

Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, the immediate past governor of Delta State and the All Progressives Congress (APC) Delta South senatorial candidate in the 2019 elections, has appointed his former political adviser, Mr. Charles Mallam-Obi as the director-general of his senatorial campaign. According to a statement signed by Dr. Uduaghan’s Special …

  The Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has instituted a legal action against the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris over the “ransacking” of his house in Jos, Plateau State with court warrant. The governor, who filed his case before justice Musa Kurya of the Jos Federal High Court, …