REPS TO PROBE USAID’S ALLEGED FUNDING OF BOKO HARAM
The House of Representatives has set up an ad hoc committee to investigate allegations made by U.S. Congressman Scott Perry that the United States Agency...
IGP DECORATES 3 NEWLY PROMOTED AIGs, 16 CPs
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, on Thursday, decorated 19 senior police officers with their new ranks at the Goodluck Jonathan International Peacekeeping...
TEARS, GRIEF AS OBASANJO’S EX-ADC, MAJ-GEN JEMITOLA, LAID TO REST IN ABUJA
The remains of Major General Chris Jemitola (Rtd.), former Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, were laid to rest on Thursday at the National...
FUBARA GIVEN 7-DAY ULTIMATUM TO EVICT AMAEWHULE, 26 OTHERS FROM ASSEMBLY QUARTERS
Initiative for Transparent Strategy and Good Leadership, ITSGL, has handed the governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminialayi Fubara, a 7 Day ultimatum to evict the...
JUNE 12 ELECTION: IBB’S REMARKS NOT NEW – OLU FALAE
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Olu Falae, on Thursday, said there was nothing new in former Military President, General Ibrahim...
FG TERMINATES OYO-OGBOMOSO ROAD CONTRACT AWARDED TO RCC
The Federal Government has terminated the 98km Oyo-Ogbomoso Road contract awarded to Reynolds Construction Company (RCC). The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, disclosed this on...
SENATE ERUPTS IN CHAOS OVER SEAT ARRANGEMENT
Tensions flared during plenary on Monday as a dispute over seating arrangements led to a heated exchange between Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and the senate leadership....
JUNE 12: WE ACTED IN ‘EXTREME NATIONAL INTEREST’ – IBB
Former military president Ibrahim Babangida says the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election was for “national interest”. IBB, as he is fondly called,...
$225.8M DEBT: COURT ADJOURNS PROCEEDINGS IN FBN AGAINST GENERAL HYDROCARBONS
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned to March 25 when it will consider the application seeking to adjourn sine die (indefinitely) the...
USIFO ATAGA: COURT REJECTS SECOND & THIRD DEFENDANT’S NO-CASE-SUBMISSION IN ONGOING MURDER CHARGE AGAINST CHIDINMA
A Lagos state high court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Thursday, rejected a no-case-submission filed by the second defendant, Adedapo Quadri and the...