The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to immediately recall the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Ambassador to Benin Republic, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd), to face investigations and clear his name over alleged connection with the N1.8bn recovered in a property in Abuja by the Independent Corrupt Practices […]
CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi(APC, Delta North) has vowed to immediately challenge the Court of Appeal judgment at the Supreme Court. In a statement made available to Vanguard in Abuja by his media unit, Nwaoboshi said they are confident that the Supreme Court will subject the judgment to critical […]
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, Friday, convicted and sentenced Senator Peter Nwaoboshi(Delta North), to seven years imprisonment and ordered that his two companies, Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd, be wound up in line with the provisions of Section 22 of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act 2021. The court’s […]
The House of Representatives has set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the petroleum products subsidy regime under President Muhammadu Buhari. The lawmakers asked the committee to carry out the probe from 2017 to 2021. This followed the adoption of the motion by Rep Sergius Ose Ogun. Ogun, in his motion, expressed worries that […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has vowed to go after landlords who rent their houses to internet fraudsters better known as ‘Yahoo Boys’. The Commission made this known ahead of its next edition of its public conversation series tagged, “#EFCCConnect,” which has been slated for 6pm on Wednesday. The topic, “Give your […]
Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, has denied having a home in Wuse, Abuja, contrary to reports that his home was raided by the operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC. Buratai in a statement signed by his Legal Advisor, OSUAGWU Ugochukwu ESQ, described the reports […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has recovered N170 million cash, $220,965, G-Wagon and other items from a military contractor in Abuja. Azuka Ogugua, spokesperson of the commission, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. Ogugua said acting on intelligence, the commission raided a residence in Wuse 2, Abuja, where […]
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, has opened up on why he nominated only eight judges for a workshop in London. Tanko in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Ahuraka Isah, noted that the court nominated only eight people for the workshop so as to allow for smooth operations in the court […]
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Muhammad, has replied the judges who accused him of corruption. Daily Trust had reported how 14 judges wrote a protest memo to Muhammad, whom they claimed had been depriving them of their entitlements. The justices said their annual foreign training, meant to enhance capacity building for the country’s judicial […]
There was a mini rowdiness at Ward 10 Unit 9, Ilupeju along Ikere -Ado Expressway in Ikere Ekiti, in Ikere Local Government Area of Ekiti State as some officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps allegedly stormed the polling unit and took away a huge sum of money from some politicians in […]
