The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has grilled a former governor of Zamfara State , Abdulaziz Yari over alleged illegal financial dealings. Yari was interrogated by EFCC operatives in Lagos on Wednesday, it was learnt . The Federal High Court , Abuja , had on January 26, 2021, ordered the final forfeiture of funds belonging […]
A group under the auspices of Ebira Youth Congress (EYC) has insisted that Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has all it takes to contest and win the highest political office in the country. EYC President – General, Obiyo Aliyu, stated this in Lokoja at a press conference, said the youthful governor posses leadership, passion, […]
COVAX, the global alliance against COVID-19, has donated a total of 16,008,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria. In a distribution forecast published on Wednesday, the coalition said the AstraZaneca/Oxford vaccine doses will cover the first half of 2021. A total of 336 million doses were announced to be donated to over 120 countries. COVAX, […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it has no plan to field former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2023 as its presidential standard-bearer as it is being speculated. There were reports last week that some Northern APC governors who visited Jonathan last week assured him of plan to give him the party’s ticket in 2023. […]
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, has condemned the “unlawful eviction” of herders across the country, stating that every citizen reserves the right to choose where to reside. His comments comes amid calls for herders to leave some parts of the country, over concerns related to insecurity. “On behalf of the Government of Kaduna State, I […]
Another batch of stranded Nigerians has returned to the country from Saudi Arabia. A social media post by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) states that the batch which had a total of 425 citizens arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Wednesday, February 3. This is the third batch of Nigerians […]
The federal executive council (FEC) has approved the sum of N37.47 billion for various projects to be executed under the ministries of aviation, transportation, trade and investment. Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, disclosed this at the end of the weekly FEC meeting held on Wednesday at the Presidential villa, Abuja. Breakdown of the […]
Some armed men suspected to be herdsmen have reportedly kidnapped a farmer, Solomon Akinmeji, and killed a member of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Daniel Adejuyigbe in Iju, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. While Akinmeji was kidnapped on his farm at Okeji farm settlement last Saturday, Adejuyigbe who was part of the […]
An Abuja based lawyer, Maxwell Okpara, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop Mohammed Adamu from parading himself as the Inspector General of Police. The lawyer has also asked the court to restrain Adamu from exercising any form of command over officers of the Nigeria Police Force. Okpara, who also joined President […]
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has told the Fulani community in the Southern part of the country to return to the North if they are forcefully ejected from the communities they reside in. The Elders also called on the northern governors to be ready to receive the Fulani community who would return as a result […]
