The Federal High court, Abuja Friday fixed July 22 for definite hearing on N8.1 billion suit filed by Maj. General AbdulRauf Tijjani (rtd) against Lagos State Government. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date following the confirmation that parties involved in the suit have filed and exchanged necessary court processes to join issues with each other. […]
The founder and CEO of Gokada Fahim Saleh died of multiple stabs, New York medical examiner said on Thursday His death has been ruled homicide. The medical examiner said he died as a result of with stab wounds in his neck and torso. New York Police Department said Saleh’s corpse was found limbless and headless […]
Nobel Peace Prize Winner and former Liberian president, Ellen Johnson, will be part of a line-up of prestigious panellists and speakers at the seventh annual Hogan Lovells Africa Forum. The event, to be held on Monday, will delve deep into business-critical dialogues surrounding Africa’s growth and sustainability. Head of Hogan Lovells Africa Practice Andrew Skipper […]
A GOVERNORSHIP aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Mr. Jimi Odimayo, on Thursday slammed Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, who has been named as chairman of the Governorship Primary Election Committee. Twelve aspirants have been cleared to contest at the primary election scheduled for Monday. Odimayo, who is backed by Senator […]
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council for the Edo Governorship Election has rejected the request by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to transfer a court case in the Federal High Court from the Benin Division to the Abuja jurisdiction. Speaking in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the Publicity Secretary of the PDP National Campaign Council, […]
EDO State Media Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Godwin Obaseki administration of emptying the treasury by sponsoring nefarious political activities, fake protests and campaigns of calumny. It said the government was chasing shadows, while neglecting important governance issues, especially the management of flood and protection of lives and property. […]
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday spoke on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) N40 billion probe, which has sparked a row between the National Assembly and the agency’s Interim Management Committee (IMC). The President ordered a “speedy” and “coordinated investigation” of the activities of the NDDC management. He said there should be a better coordination […]
KOGI State Governor Yahaya Bello has been appointed by the Caretaker/Extra-ordinary National Convention Planning Committee (CEONCPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to head a nine-man Ondo State Governorship Primary Election Committee slated for Monday. The party also approved Emperor Chris Baywood Ibe to head a nine-man Primary Election Appeal Committee. A statement on Thursday […]
Imo State government on Thursday said former Governor Emeka Ihedioha intended to return to the office to avoid being probe for his administration’s alleged misdeeds. A whistleblower, Obodozie Ihezue, had alleged in a May 8 petition to the House of Assembly that over N78.4 billion spent in seven months by the Ihedioha administration cannot be […]
GOVERNORS of Southsouth states on Thursday declared support for the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari. The states’ chief executives under the auspices of the Southsouth Governors’ Forum, however, decried the festering crisis rocking the interventionist agency. They hoped the audit would put the NDDC on […]