Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has urged the National Assembly to enact a law to fix a time frame for the determination of corruption cases. Magu, who received members of the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes led by its Chairman, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, explained that such…
Outcome of the April 11, 2015, governorship poll has been nullified by an Appeal Court sitting in Abuja. In a judgment delivered by Justice Adefunke Okojie, the appellate court held that the Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal erred when it voided election results from only 18 Local Government Areas of the state. Consequently,…
An Islamic group has tampered with the official website of the Lagos State government, http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/. The website was hacked on Friday and a message left for both the Federal Government of Nigeria and other states. The group accused them of being terrorists, including the USA, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar. The group posted on…
Former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, has been granted bail by an Abuja High Court. Dasuki was granted bail alongside four others standing trial for alleged money laundering and criminal breach of trust. The others are former director of finance at the office of the NSA, Shuaibu Salisu; a former Group General Manager of…
The impeachment of the former deputy governor of Enugu State, Sunday Onyeabuchi, has been declared illegal. Onyeabuchi was removed from office after the State House of Assembly found him guilty of gross misconduct and running a poultry at the Government House. He was impeached by majority of the House. But in a ruling by Justice…
Overtime, there have been harsh comments directed at sultry actress, Ini Edo, over her supposedly weight loss and gain. At a point, she seemed to have added more pounds and later, critics took on her when he posted on the internet pictures that showed she had lost weight. But addressing the issue, the Akwa Ibom-born…
The chief cameraman of the Boko Haram insurgents group has been apprehended by the Nigerian troops fighting the terrorists. The gallant officers of 28 Task Force Brigade arrested the Boko Haram suspect, Abdullahi Abubakar Sadiq, who is on number 58 on the list of 100 suspected Boko Haram terrorists wanted list. It was gathered that…
A new president has been elected to lead the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, for one year and he is Mohammed Al Sada. He succeeds Nigeria’s Ibe Kachikwu, who is the minister of state for petroleum. Kachikwu took charged of the position replacing Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. On Wednesday, Kachikwu…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has informed its agents and members that the Bayelsa State governorship election held on Saturday, December 5, 2015, has not been cancelled contrary to reports claiming such. The country’s main opposition party, via its verified Twitter handle on Saturday evening, urged its members to disregard text messages flying about that…
A former Presidential candidate and National Chairman of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN, Ganiyu Galadima has been abducted by some gunmen at Osaro in Kogi State. Galadima was kidnapped on Friday on his way to Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, to attend the burial of his elder brother. According to reports, his abductors…