Month: August 2019

The Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out an application for an interim injunction seeking to restrain President Muhammadu Buhari from swearing in his ministers. The applicant Musa Baba-Panya is a lawyer and an indigene of Karu in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). He had earlier approached the court to stop President Buhari from…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the attack on Senator Ike Ekweremadu by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). In a statement on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, the party described the attack on the immediate past Deputy Senate President and serving lawmaker as an assault on decency.…

President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the military to be more ruthless in dealing with bandits and thus restore peace to the country The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN reports that he gave the order in Katsina on Saturday while urging them “not to spare bandits’’. A statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and…

A Federal High Court in Abuja, has granted permission to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to freeze various sums of money in bank accounts traced to the immediate past governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari. Justice Taiwo Taiwo, gave the permission on Friday, when he ruled on an ex-parte…

They claimed reports tendered by a statistician to fault the wrong computation of results in 11 states was not challanged by Buhari  The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate in the 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have filed their final written addresses in which they explained how they were allegedly robbed of victory in…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, in Daura, Katsina State, said Nigeria must reduce dependence on medical treatment abroad. He, however, assured that the efforts by the Federal Government will be redoubled to improve health facilities, equipment and services in the country. Daily Post reports that the President spoke at the commissioning ceremony of Nigerian Air Force…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is investigating the Head of Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita. The Head of Civil Service is being quizzed by the anti graft agency over alleged N3bn contract scam. Sources told Channels Television that she is also being investigated over alleged abuse of duty tour allowance, money laundering and alleged theft…

After the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky alerted the world that he, and his wife, Zeenat, were being treated as criminals on their arrival in India Tuesday evening, the Federal Government, in a statement signed by Mrs Grace Isu Gekpe, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Culture in…

President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, Mr Okoi Obono-Obla. This was confirmed via the official twitter handle of the Presidency. According to the Presidency, the suspension is to be in effect until the conclusion of ongoing investigations by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission…