The Federal Executive Council cabinet has approved the sum of N27 billion for the rehabilitation of a 27 kilometre road linking Ondo and Edo States, South-West Nigeria. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed revealed this to State House Correspondents at the end of the cabinet meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari. He said: “The…
The Federal Government has declared Monday October 3, 2022, as public holiday to mark the nation’s 62nd Independence Anniversary Celebration. In a statement signed by the permanent Secretary ministry of interior Shuaib Belgore, the Minister Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulates all Nigerians on this year’s celebration and…
A Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu has ordered the All Progressives Congress (APC) to submit the name of Bashir Shariff Machina as the authentic candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District after affirming the 28th May 2022 primary election conducted by the party. Justice Fadimatu Murtala, in a judgement delivered today in Damaturu, also nullified…
A Federal High court sitting in Birnin -Kebbi, Kebbi State, has nullified the election of Senator Adamu Aliero as the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate for Kebbi Central Senatorial Zone in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to substitute Aliero’s name with Haruna Saidu, as the substantive PDP…
The Nigerian Senate has passed a bill to increase the number of Justices of the Court of Appeal from 90 to 110. The Bill which amended the Court of Appeal Act, 2013, was sponsored by Sen. Chukwuka Utazi (PDP-Enugu). The passage of the Bill followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Tuesday nullified the Governorship Primary conducted by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the State. Justice O.O Oguntoyinbo in his judgement ordered the party to conduct another primaries within the next 14 days. The court also barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from…
The Nigerian Presidency has responded to claims by the Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu that vigilantes in Katsina state were allowed to purchase automatic weapons and bear arms. In a statement by Garba Shehu, media aide to the president, he stated that no state had been authorized to procure automatic weapons for their security outfits….
The Nigerian Bar Association Conference Incident Investigation Committee (NBA-CIIC) has commenced an investigation into the incident that happened on 23rd August, 2022, during the distribution of conference materials at the just concluded Annual General Conference. The committee is thereby calling on members with useful and helpful information as regards the incident. Read full details below;…
The National Industrial Court (NIC) in Abuja has struck out the suit filed by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to compel the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government to call off the ongoing strike. It could be recalled that last Monday the students union led by one Umar Farouk…
A special assistant to the governor of Ogun State, Abidemi Rufai has been sentenced to five years in prison for pandemic fraud. In May 2021, Mr. Rufai pleaded guilty before the U.S. District Court in Tacoma, on charges bordering on wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. He was alleged to have defrauded employees of the…