The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, has fixed next Friday, March 18, 2016, to hear argument of the motion on jurisdiction of the tribunal to try Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on a charge of alleged false asset declaration slammed on him by the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, in September 2015. Saraki was in court…
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Budget Padding: 180 Officials Redeployed
President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly redeployed top budget officials to other parastatals that have no connection with their former office. Vanguard reports that this is connection with the padding of the 2016 budget, which brought embarrassment to the government. About 184 officials were said to be affected by the reshuffling. The reputable publication quoted a…
FG Commissions Police Dog Breeding Centre
The Fedearal Government, on Thursday, March 10, 2016, commissioned the veterinary complex and state-of-the-art dog breeding centre at Deidei in Abuja. The commissioning was performed by the Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau. The dog breeding centre is for the Nigeria Police and it is hoped to be used to fight crime in the…
Tinubu’s Daughter Attacks Buhari, APC
Daughter of National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, on Thursday expressed her frustration over what she called the non-inclusion of market women in the government of President Muhammadu Buhari Folasade, who is the Iyaloja General of Nigeria, led a protest of market women to the National Secretariat of…
Saraki’s CCT Trial Begins Today
Trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, for alleged false declaration of asset will commence today, Friday, March 11, 2016. The trial was initially fixed for Thursday, March 10, 2016, but Saraki’s new lead counsel, Kanu Agabi (SAN) wrote the tribunal for a change of date for a…
Court Grants Badeh N2b Bail
Former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Vice Marshal Alex Badeh, has had his bail application granted by the court. The former military officer was granted bail on Thursday by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The court, presided over by Justice Okon Abang, granted Badeh bail in the sum of N2 billion. Badeh was…
Dakuku Appointed NIMASA Boss
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the last governorship election in Rivers State in 2015, Peterside Adol Dakuku, has been appointed as Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA. Dakuku was appointed on Thursday by the Federal Government to take charge of the agency. A statement signed by the…
FRSC To Prosecute Late Ocholi's Driver
Driver of late Minister of State for Labour, James Ocholi, Taiwo James Elegbede, will be taken to court on allegation of overspeeding and driving without a license, the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has hinted. Presenting the accident’s Road Traffic Crash Investigation Interim Report to the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting at the Presidential Villa,…
Alleged Perjury: Aluko Loses Bid To Stop Arrest
Former Secretary of the Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Temitope Aluko, has lost his attempt to halt his arrest to answer allegation of perjury against him. In February 2016, Aluko confessed on a live television that the 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State, which produced Ayodele Fayose as winner, was rigged.…
FG Tracks More 11,000 Ghost Workers
The Federal Government has disclosed that it is investigating additional 11,000 ghost workers on its payroll. This is after about 23,000 ghost workers were recently discovered on the payroll of the federal civil service. Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, said on Wednesday that, “We are using computer techniques to identify those who we need to…