Police in Abuja have been accused of attempting to shield a woman of evading justice over the death of a motorcycle rider on April 5, 2016. In a press statement issued by the Bikers Community in Abuja, they called on the attention of “all media houses, well-meaning Nigerians and the international community to the series…
Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, taken the Federal Government to a Federal High Court in Abuja, asking for N3 billion as compensation for his alleged unlawful detention. Counsel to Zakzaky, Festus Okoye, disclosed in a press conference on Wednesday in Kaduna that apart from the money, his client went…
The Group Executive Director Upstream of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Bello Rabiu, says about $1.8 billion is used every three months to bring Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly called petrol, into the country. Rabiu made this disclosure on Wednesday while speaking with State House Correspondents in Abuja. The NNPC top shot explained that…
Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the Chairmanship election held in Gwagwalada Area Council, FCT, Mustapha Adamu, has been declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The result was announced on Wednesday by the electoral umpire after the poll was held under peaceful atmosphere. Declaring Adamu winner of the election,…
Road marshals have been directed to be prepared for the enforcement of the speed limit device in the country. This order was given by Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, when he visited men and officers of the Kaduna Sector Command on Wednesday. Oyeyemi noted that the Federal High Court…
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has maintained that Nigeria will meet up with the June 2017 deadline date for switch over from analogue broadcasting to digital. Mohammed made this known on Wednesday in Abuja when he met with members of the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria, BON. According to him, it would be disastrous…
The Presidency has reacted to an article published on April 12, 2016, in The Telegraph (London) paper, by one Con Coughlin (identified as ‘Defence Editor’), and titled, ‘Nigeria using UK aid to persecute president’s political foes rather to fight Boko Haram.’ In a statement issued on Wednesday by the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu…
Five former staff of the Finance and Accounts department, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, UMTH, have been dragged before Justice M. T. Salihu of the Federal High Court, Maiduguri, Borno State, on charges bordering on conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence. They were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on April 7,…
The trial of the former Head of Service and Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Financial Action Task Force, PCFATF, Steven Oronsaye, continued on Wednesday April 13, 2016 before Justice O. O. Goodluck of the FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja. Oronsaye is being prosecuted on a 2-count charge of abuse of office and…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, AGF, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for its war against corruption in the country. Malami made this commendation during his visit to the headquarters of the EFCC in Abuja on Wednesday. He said the Commission has been very…