…Says admission into the varsity must be strictly on merit Imo State Governor , Hope Uzodinma, has sacked the Vice -Chancellor of Imo State University, Owerri , Prof Adaobi Obasi. Uzodinma’ s Chief Press Secretary , Oguwike Nwachuku , in a statement , said the decision to sack Obasi was reached at an Executive Council […]

Chairman of the Kwara State Commission on Assets Recovery, retired Justice Olabanji Orilonishe, yesterday said several of the government properties sold by the past administrations were undervalued and sold at giveaway prices. He lamented that deliberate policies were made to “enrich some individuals and siphon money out of the state.” Orilonishe, who spoke while presenting […]

Bauchi State Governor , Bala Mohammed, has said he is under pressure to probe former administrations particularly his predecessor, Mohammed Abubakar . He also stated that former governors in the state will be buried politically because of the legacies he will leave behind at the end of his administration. He stated these in his speech […]

The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the seven-year jail sentence handed down to Olisa Metuh, former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, The Cable reports. In its ruling on Thursday, the court held that Okon Abang, judge of a federal high court in Abuja, exhibited bias in the case of the former […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to sign the Federal Audit Bill , two years after it was presented to him for assent, The Punch reports. According The Punch, the bill, which was passed by the eighth National Assembly , aims to give legal backing to the Auditor -General of the Federation for effective auditing of […]

The Senate Public Account Committee has sustained a query which indicted a senior civil servant in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources of awarding N 145m meant for the media campaign on the Petroleum Industrial Bill to himself. The official was expected to award the contract to competent and technically experienced companies. The query is contained […]

The Senate has unravelled how the Ministry of Petroleum Resources allegedly spent N14.5 million for the supply of Schneider Biros, N46 million for the Ministry’s letter headed papers, and N56 million for the supply of tonners. The Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo South led Senate Committee on Public Accounts is raising the […]

A Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday remanded two lawyers, Sarah Ajibola and John Demide, in Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) custody, following their arraignment for allegedly rigging the August 2018 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) national elections. Justice Chuka Obiozor ordered that they remain with the anti-graft agency for seven days in order to […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has described the claim that its investigators pressured former bankers for a bribe of N96 million for their release on bail as untrue. The bankers are standing trial for allegedly defrauding the Central Bank of Nigeria in the mutilated currency scam. The EFCC, in a statement, said three […]

Akwa Ibom state governor Udom Emmanuel has debunked speculations that the state government was seizing local government funds. He spoke during the swearing-in of the newly elected Local Government Chairmen and Vice Chairmen for the 31 Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom state at the Banquet Hall, Government House Complex, Uyo. He explained that the […]