The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has withdrawn the suit he filed against the Independent National Electoral Commission and the Attorney-General of the Federation over his presidential ambition. Emefiele, through his counsel, Sylvanus Maliki, told Justice Ahmed Mohammed that a notice of discontinuance had been filed and served on the defendants…
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said the loss of cases in the courts on technical grounds cast a slur on the integrity of the judiciary and questioned its commitment to the fight against corruption. This, he said was an issue generating concern among Nigerians. Speaking in the same vein, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial…
Ahead of the 2023 presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, met with Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State and a former Cross River Governor, Donald Duke. Wike said he led the PDP leaders to inform and seek the support of the former…
President Muhammadu Buhari has re-echoed his government’s resolve to restore peace to every part of the country. Buhari said this on Monday during the 58th anniversary of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) held at the NAF base in Kano. “This government would not rest until peace and security are fully restored to our nation,” he…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.11 per cent in the first quarter of 2022. This is according to the NBS Nigerian Gross Domestic Product Report Q1 2022 released in Abuja on Monday. According to the report, Nigeria’s GDP grew by 3.11 per cent year-on-year in real…
In an effort to protect Nigerians who provide information to security agencies during an investigation and prosecution of offences, the Federal Government has made a provision that allows Nigerians to be kept in foreign countries under witness protection. Similarly, there is a provision that allows foreigners to be kept in Nigeria under witness protection. This…
The Federal Government has appointed Anamekwe Chukwunyere Nwabuoku to oversee the Office Accountant-General of the Federation. This followed an ongoing investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, for alleged N80 billion fraud. The appointment was announced in a letter dated May 20, 2022, and signed…
The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has cleared three presidential gladiators for the race for NBA President. However, some aspirants for the positions of NBA First Vice President and NBA Second Vice President among others are among casualties who fell under the ECNBA disqualification hammer. Among those cleared to participate in the…
A Lagos High Court Sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square of Lagos Island on Friday sentenced to death by hanging, a Danish man, Peter Nielsen, accused of killing his Nigerian wife Zainab and his three-and-a-half-year-old daughter. In a judgment that lasted over five hours, Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile found Nielsen guilty of two counts of murder…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday said he is “mad” about Nigeria and he has no apology for being passionate about Africa’s most populous nation. He stated this while playing host to presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Muhammed Hayatudeen, at his presidential library home in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Obasanjo said…