Former acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus will get the sum of N10 million from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The money is compensation granted the PDP chieftain by the court for his unlawful arrest and detention by the anti-money laundering agency. Justice James Tsoho of a Federal High…
Former governor of Niger State, Abdulkadir Kure, has been apprehended by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Kure was picked by the anti-graft agency on Wednesday for allegedly receiving a N600m contract from a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki. Punch said an impeccable source disclosed to it that Kure has since been…
Special Adviser on Media to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Yusuph Olaniyonu, has insisted that his boss will not bow to pressure to resign from office. Olaniyonu informed Premium Times in a text message on Friday that only the court can remove Saraki and that is when he is found guilty of allegations levelled against…
What could have caused several loss of lives on Friday, April 8, 2016, was averted by gallant men of the Nigerian military fighting insurgents in Borno State. News reaching us confirms that troops intercepted suicide bombers in the early hours of Friday, thereby averting another bloodbath. It was gathered that at about 4am, soldiers of…
Former president of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Smart Adeyemi, has called it quit with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC. Adeyemi contested the Kogi West Senatorial District election in 2015 under the PDP and lost to candidate of the APC, Dino Melaye. He had been in the Senate…
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Late Nigerian singer, Muyiwa Osinuga, better known as Nomoreloss, was buried today, Friday, April 8, 2016, at the Ikoyi Cemetery, Lagos amid tears. The ceremony was attended by several stars in the showbiz industry in Nigeria, including one of his closest friends, Ruggedman, who was also at the event held in his honour on Thursday…
Amaju Pinnick has been removed by a court judgment as president of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF. A ruling by a Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State, on Friday, April 8, 2016, nullified the elections that brought Pinnick as president as well as other board members of the Federation. The ruling came following…
President Muhammadu Buhari was on Friday, April 8, 2016, not present at the emergency Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Reason for his absence was not disclosed to State House correspondents. Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, took his place and presided over the meeting. It was learnt that details…
Authorities of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Akoka, have closed the institution following a protest by students over poor electricity and water supplies. The school ordered students to vacate their hostels latest on Friday morning and urged parents to recall their wards home. On Thursday, April 7, 2016, students of the school expressed their grievances…