“Hatchet job conceived by politicians and implemented by an irresponsible EFCC under the leadership of Abdulrasheed Bawa“ The Kogi State Government has given a 48-hour ultimatum to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to apologise and retract the statement that it has returned N19.3 billion bail-out funds allegedly “hidden” …
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What was your reaction when you heard about the invasion of the residence of Supreme Court’s Justice Mary Odili few days ago? I was greatly disturbed because it seems that there is a pattern with this APC government of trying to intimidate the judiciary by carrying out midnight raids on …
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Indications emerged on Sunday that governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are frantically fighting to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from assenting to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 following their opposition to direct primaries method embedded in the Bill. The APC governors, under the …
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Senator Jibril Walid, a second republic Senator and Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT), People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has expressed confidence that the determination of the party to find solutions to the ongoing insecurity in the country will make many Nigerians abandon the All Progressives Congress (APC). Fielding questions at the …
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Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu on Sunday held a closed door meeting with former governor of Borno state, Ali Modu-Sheriff, AbN TV reports. Modu-Sheriff had paid Sen. Kalu, representing Abia North a visit at his Abuja home where the meeting took place. Unlike his earlier …
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As the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, enters a crucial stage, the umbrella body is seeking to recruit a top legal luminary to replace the current legal team that has been representing the breakaway agitator. Although IPoB has not discarded its current …
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EUROPE IN CRISIS: Italian police clash with anti-lockdown protesters as violent street battles rage in Austria and Netherlands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj933sGoRCo Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Milan and Rome to protest against the Green pass certificates, the vaccine passports required at the country’s restaurants, cinemas, theaters, stadiums, clubs, or gyms. About four thousand …
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Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), a Christian religious organisation, has said that some separatists agitating for secession were wasting their time, assuring that “Nigeria will remain one united nation.” BCS, founded by Olumba Olumba Obu in Calabar in 1956, said this when its Bishop of Lagos, Jude Uwaezuoke, visited …
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The Lagos State Government, on Sunday, canceled its annual end-of-year ‘Greater Lagos Fiesta’ over fears of COVID-19 fourth wave, Newspremises gathered. The authorities cited the counsel from health authorities to suspend all activities scheduled for Yuletide. In early November, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced the December 1st to 31st event, themed …
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Nearly a month after Sudan’s top general ousted the prime minister, they signed a breakthrough deal Sunday to reverse the military takeover that had sparked international condemnation and mass protests. Anger still flared on the streets, however, where thousands rallied again and clashed with police, shouting “No to military power” …
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