Edo Assembly directs council chairmen to handover April 21
Benin – The Edo House of Assembly on Monday directed 17 council chairmen in the state to hand over the affairs of their councils to their respective heads of Local Government administration, latest...
View ArticleCCT, CCB Acts amendment: Lawyers threaten to sue Senate …as CSOs want Senate...
Lagos – Some lawyers in Lagos on Monday threatened to sue the Senate on the ongoing moves to amend the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act 2004. The lawyers said embarking on such an amendment at...
View ArticleFRSC insists it has statutory powers to arrest traffic offenders, impound...
Abuja – The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Monday insisted that it had the statutory powers to arrest traffic offenders and impound vehicles used to commit traffic offences. The Public...
View ArticleECOWAS court to deliver judgement on 9 cases against Nigeria, Others
ABUJA – The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice is set to deliver judgments in nine of the pending cases before it in the external session of the court in Abidjan. A statement by the court made...
View ArticleWe are ready to reveal power sector problem – Union
LAGOS – The Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) yesteray said it was ready to reveal the challenges facing the Power sector in Nigeria and how to solve them. Mr. Chris...
View ArticleEFCC arraigns Ekpemupolo in absentia, others over N47 billion fraud
Lagos – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday arraigned in absentia, a former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo) before a Federal High Court,...
View Article`Operation Shirin Harbin’ will be used to clear criminal gangs from Alkaleri...
Bauchi – The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, said the Army’s training and simulation exercise titled `Operation Shirin Harbin’, would also help in clearing criminal hideouts in the...
View ArticleNormalcy returns to Kareto after dawn attack by Boko Haram insurgents – Military
Bauchi, – The Nigerian Army says calm has returned to the northern Borno town of Kareto after the early Monday morning attack by Boko Haram insurgents. The Army Spokesman, Col. Sani Usman, disclosed...
View ArticleMy trial will not disturb Senate proceedings – Saraki
Abuja – The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said that his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal will not interrupt Senate proceedings, a statement said in Abuja on Monday. The...
View ArticleOPEC will achieve consensus on freezing of crude oil supply – kachikwu
Abuja – Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu has expressed hope that Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will achieve consensus on crude oil production freeze. This is...
View ArticleSaraki used different bank drafts to buy properties in Lagos – EFCC Witness
Abuja – An EFCC witness, Michael Wetkas, on Monday, told the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) that Senate President Bukola Saraki used different bank drafts to buy properties in Ikoyi, Lagos. Saraki is...
View ArticleDrop move to amend CCB, CCT Act, cleric tells Senate
Ibadan – A cleric, Bishop Francis Wale-Oke, has urged the Senate to drop the ongoing process of amending the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Act. He made the call at a...
View ArticleExperts commend FG on yuan agreement
Lagos – A major development in the money market last week was the signing of yuan swap agreement between the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). The...
View ArticleBadeh: EFCC’s witness admits making conflicting statements
Abuja – Retired Air Commodore Salisu Yushau, testifying in the trial of the case of the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, at a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday admitted making...
View ArticleSynagogue building collapse: Lagos court remands 2 engineers in prison
Ikeja – The two engineers, who constructed the collapsed seven-storey guest house of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), were on Tuesday remanded at Kirikiri Maximum Prisons, Lagos. An Ikeja...
View ArticleTribunal dismisses Saraki’s application for 1 week adjournment
Abuja – The Code of Conduct Tribunal on Tuesday dismissed an application by the President of the Senate Bukola Saraki for one week adjournment to enable him to study a document tendered by the...
View ArticleUkhomunyio: We Are Peacefull Progressing As A People – Alhaji Chief Moshood...
Alhaji Chief Moshood Okpo Aliu, Village Head of Asumue, Imioko, Ukhomunyio, is the chairman of Ukhomunyio Council of Village Heads. Trained in Etsako District Council School now Eveva primary school...
View Article`To curb corruption, civil servants must be well paid’ – Stakeholders
Abuja – Some stakeholders on Tuesday in Abuja said for corruption to be totally eradicated from Nigeria, civil servants must be well paid for services they rendered. The view is contained in a...
View ArticleDeclaring anticipated assets is criminal – CCB
Awka – The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), on Wednesday says it is criminal for public officers to declare anticipated assets. Mr Daniel Okafor, the CCB Director in Anambra, made the declaration in an...
View ArticleSaraki’s CCT trial: Senate lacks authority to summon Justice Umar, says SERAP
Lagos – Outraged by Senate’s invitation to Justice Danladi Umar to appear before it, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), an NGO, says the Upper Chamber does not have such...
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