A prior presidential panel, which investigated the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, indicted him, a report published by the News Agency of Nigeria has alleged. The report, according to NAN, noted that the embattled EFCC boss had been unable to account for the interest generated from N550bn cash recovered from…
By Our Reporter The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu has been invited before a panel probing the activities of the agency. The panel is said to be sitting at the Banquet Hall wing of the Presidential Villa. Magu was stopped in traffic while moving out of the Wuse…
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state has ordered the reinstatement of four out of seven lecturers demoted by the management of the Federal University, Otuoke, in Ogbia local council area of the state and awarded N20 million fine to the school as damages to affected lecturers.The University management had in…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit by three members of the All Progresives Congress (APC) accusing Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State of certificate forgery Justice Anwuli Chikere on Monday struck out the suit after counsel to the applicants, Kingsley Idahosa moved the application for discontinuance of the suit.The judge…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike says he is not nursing the ambition of running for the office of the President of Nigeria.Governor Wike made the clarification on Sunday in a television program monitored in Port Harcourt.The governor said speculations linking him to presidential ambition are distractions.“Right now, I am focusing on delivering the dividends of…
The Niger Delta Basin Development Authority, NDBDA, says that it has acquired 84 hactres of land for farming as part of it’s food security to cushion the effect of post COVID-19 pandemic in it’s catchment areas.It said the measure is part of the Authority’s food security and job creation to cushion the harsh effect of…
President Muhammadu Buhari has backed Chief Victor Giadom as Acting National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed this following enquiries from State House reporters.Shehu said: “The President has received very convincing advice on the position of the law as far as…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said all political parties must conduct their primaries for the Edo State governorship election and submit a list of candidates within the next 10 days.Chairman of the Commission, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu gave the deadline in a speech he delivered at the second virtual meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Wednesday rose in defence of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar who earlier in the week took a swipe at the federal government for the nation’s debt stock since the assumption of President Muhammadu Buhari five years ago. The party noted that Atiku’s comments were already public knowledge that the country’s…
LET US CALL A SPADE, A SPADE! OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, GCFRPresident and Commander-in-Chief, Federal Republic of NigeriaBy Chief (Dr.) E. K. Clark, OFR, CON Mr. President, LET US CALL A SPADE, A SPADE! Let me, begin by, expressing earnest gratitude and appreciation to Mr. President, for congratulating me, both on my 92nd and 93rd Birthday anniversaries. I…
