The Inspector-General of Police has entered a 3-count criminal charge against a former Governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. In the charge marked CR/993/2020, Ohakim, who was governor of Imo state from 2007 to 2011, was accused of giving false information against one Chinyere […]
The factional Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Hon Frank Okiye and six other members of House of Assembly all formally defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democrats Party (PDP) during plenary. Speaker Okiye and others took the step on Tuesday less than a month after the September 19 […]
The 36 states and the federal capital territory generated ₦612.87 as internally generated revenue (IGR) between January and June 2020, the nation’s statistics bureau has said. This figure dipped by 11.7 per cent from the ₦693.9 billion generated by the states during the same period in 2019. The NBS said this in its internally generated […]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the trial of Ramon Abbas, the Nigerian Instagram celebrity facing wire fraud charges in the U.S., has been moved to 2021. According to the chambers orders of Judge Otis Wright released September 23, the jury trial will continue by 9:00 a.m. on May 4, 2021. Across the globe, the respiratory […]
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kano State has confirmed nine persons killed and three others injured in a ghastly motor accident on Kano-Zaria Road. The Corps commander, Zubairu Mato, confirmed the incident in a statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Kano on Tuesday. Mr Mato disclosed that the accident […]
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu says the forthcoming October 10 governorship election will be the last election he will contest in Ondo State . Akeredolu, who is seeking reelection on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, stated this on Tuesday in Akure , the state capital, while signing a peace accord alongside the candidates of other […]
Zamfara government says it has started its gold reserve to reduce dependence on federal allocations. The state Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Rabiu Garba, told journalists in Gusau on Tuesday that, although, there was a federal government ban on mining activities in the country, “the state government was able to purchase the commodity from licensed miners. […]
Proceedings in the N 2. 2bn fraud trial of a former governor of Ekiti State , Mr Ayodele Fayose , and a firm , Spotless Investment Limited , was stalled on Tuesday with a request for an adjournment by the prosecuting counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Rotimi Jacobs ( SAN) . […]
The Northern Elders Forum has advised Nigerians not to be tired of demanding the restructuring of the country from the present government . The Forum said the Nigerian state has failed , especially in the management of security , hence the need to revisit the way the country is structured to provide security for citizens. […]
The West African regional bloc ECOWAS announced Tuesday that it was ending sanctions imposed against Mali after a military coup in August, saying it wished to back the return to civilian rule . In a statement , the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) said “ heads of state and government have […]
