Month: August 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved replacements for heads of Federal Government agencies that were recently appointed as ministers. A statement by the president’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Tuesday, said Sen. Basheer Garba Mohammed was appointed Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons Mohammed replaces Sadiya Umar Farouk, a…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has said its investigation so far revealed that “RevolutionNow” was smokescreen for the actual intention of Omoyele Sowore, the candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the last presidential election and his allies “to topple the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.” The DSS said it engaged…

Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has given reasons why his members would not retreat in attacking Igbo leaders in foreign countries. He blamed the death of over 600 of his members through ‘Operation Python Dance’ on the leaders who he said allowed the desecration of Igbo tradition and culture following the…

The Police have arrested suspected kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Wadume who was named in the clash between the police and soldiers two weeks ago in Taraba State. Mr Wadume was arrested in the Hotoro area of Kano State by Inspector General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team. He is presently being held at the Force Headquarters in…

The absence of a Senator, Elisha Abbo, who allegedly assaulted a nursing mother, was on Tuesday stalled in a Zuba Chief Magistrates’ Court, in Abuja. At the resumed hearing, the police prosecution counsel, Mr James Idachaba, told the court that the defendant was not in court Idachaba told the court that he was ready to…

Ahead of its final address before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, the Supreme Court has struck out an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last presidential election, Atiku Abubakar. The apex court struck out the appeal filed against a ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). The…

Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has challenged the seizure of $40m worth of jewelries from her premises by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In an affidavit filed on her behalf by her counsel, Prof Awa Kalu (SAN), Diezani, who is currently in the United Kingdom, alleged that the EFCC violated her…

National Association of Ilaje Students (NAIS) has honoured the leading gubernatorial Aspirant of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Banji Okunomo, with ”Award of Honour” for his contributions to Education in Ondo State. Okunomo was awarded on Saturday alongside other awardees by the Students at Ondo State College of Health Technology, during their Regional Conference in…

Femi Falana (SAN) on Monday said the government of President Muhammadu Buhari knows those causing unrest in the country and should go after them. He spoke at the Coalition for Revolution’s (CORE) working consultative assembly themed “Democracy, state repression and the state of insecurity in Nigeria,” held at the Lagos Centre, Oregun. The event which…

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered that a driver, Sulaimon AjigbotAllah, 42, who allegedly defiled his nine-year-old daughter, be remanded in prison, pending legal advice. Chief Magistrate O.O Adisa, who did not take the plea of AjigbotAllah, ordered that he be remanded in Agodi prison. Adisa ordered the police to send a copy…

Two Federal Permanent Secretaries and three Directors of Finance have joined the list of those questioned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with the ongoing probe of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita over an alleged N3billion contract scam. Another suspect in the Office…