A witness, Godwin Ukude, arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Tusday, narrated before the Delta State Judicial Panel of Inquiry into Police Brutality and Ex-judicial Killings, the sequence of events leading to the disappearance of Counsellor Ikporo arrested in August 2019. Counsellor Ikporo was last seen on August 2019 after he was allegedly arrested […]

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced plans to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007) Act in the state. He made the announcement on Tuesday while presenting the government’s budget proposal for the 2021 fiscal year to members of the Lagos State House of Assembly in Alausa, Ikeja. The law provides […]

Outgoing American President Donald Trump faces a series of criminal indictments after leaving office on 20 January 2021. CNN legal analyst Elie Honig, a former former federal prosecutor said this in an interview with the network. He suggested that Trump may pardon himself and family members before leaving office. “He’s got potential exposure from the […]

Not even death could exculpate the late Chairman of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Mr. Franklin Matthew from the ongoing investigation into several allegations of malfeasance culminating in the alleged embezzlement of N118milion from the coffers of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) chapter of the union. This is also as […]

…Dragged To Court Mr. Salisu Zuru, the Chairman-elect of National Assembly Legislative Aides’ Forum has been dragged to Court by Mr. Joshua Okah, who is Senior Legislative Aide to a member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Ben Igbakpa, for allegedly receiving double salaries while he holds two public offices. It was alleged that Zuru […]

The Senate on Sunday denied a statement credited to Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola that the National Assembly should be held responsible for the poor conditions of Federal roads in Benue State. Fashola was quoted to have made the claim when retired Generals and ‘other leaders of thought’ from Benue South Senatorial […]

The Auditor General of the Federation AuGF), Mr. Anthony Anyine, has queried the Foreign Affairs Ministry over N248 million alleged extra budgetary spending at the Nigerian Embassy in Berlin, Germany. He accused the embassy officials of expending the said sum in 2014 without recourse to the National Assembly. In its response to the query, the […]

A deputy director in the Sokoto State Civil Service, Mr. Aminu Abdullahi Mega, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the Sokoto State High court for defrauding the state government of N2.6 million. This is coming as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Sokoto Zonal Office re-arraigned Meng Wei Kun and Xui Kuoi, before […]

Some senators say they have uncovered 20 proposed electricity projects in Lau local government area, the LGA of Mamman Saleh, minister of power. The senate committee on power condemned the proposed projects during the 2021 budget proposal of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA). The lawmakers also accused the minister of uneven distribution of projects under […]