Politics

The Chief Judge of Ondo State, Justice Oluwatoyin Akeredolu, has rejected a request letter to set up a probe panel from the state’s House of Assembly against the deputy governor, Agboola Ajayi, over allegations of gross misconduct, Newsextra24 can confirm. Speaker of the Ondo Assembly, Bamidele Oleyelogun, had on Thursday …

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the revised 2020 budget of N10.8 trillion in a short ceremony at the presidential villa, Abuja. The signing was done on Friday, July 10 2020. Speaking at the event inside the Council Chambers, he said the budget had to be revised because of the effect …

The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), says the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the suspension of the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. Malami said this in a statement by his Spokesman, Umar Gwandu, on Friday. He subsequently appointed the EFCC …

Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state, says operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) went to his guest house in error in 2017 but did not conduct any search of the property. In a press statement issued on Thursday evening in reaction to media reports that Ibrahim Magu, …

A former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, has paid a visit to the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja ahead of the National Convention of the party. Sherrif arrived the secretariat at about 4:00pm on Thursday but declined to speak to journalists on his mission …

No fewer than nine chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State are lobbying to replace Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi, who is facing impeachment charges before the House of Assembly. The gladiators, who are core members of Team Aketi, the political structure of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), are …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday restated his administration’s commitment to the continued provision of adequate security of lives and properties of Lagosians, saying it remains a major priority of his government. The Governor stated this at the State House, Marina when he received 16 security operations vehicles …

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the allegations of financial recklessness and misappropriation of funds levelled against the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) are unacceptable hence the decision by the Senate to investigate the activities of the Commission. Lawan stated this in …

The possible replacement of the suspended acting chairman of the anti-graft chairman, Ibrahim Magu, has continued to elicit debate in the polity. Mr Magu was suspended on Tuesday, following an ongoing presidential panel set up to probe allegations of stealing of recovered funds levelled by the Attorney-General of the Federation, …

The presidential panel investigating graft allegations against embattled acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has given him two days to consult his lawyers. The panel reportedly granted Magu the opportunity “when his responses to the allegations were incoherent,” a security source told Newsextra24 yesterday. …