A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday struck out a suit challenging President Muhammadu Buhari's academic credentials.
The presiding judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola struck out the suit consequent upon a notice of discontinuance filed by the plaintiff, Mr Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaiwe.
At the resumption of hearing on the matter on Thursday, Mr Chikordi Okeorji, counsel to the plaintiff informed the court that his client had filed a notice of...
Thursday, 30 June 2016
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai has disclosed that some military officers and members of the political class are behind recent rumours of an impending coup d'etat in the country.
The Army Chief warned against military misadventure in democracy, adding that investigations were on to unmask the faces behind the rumours.
“We are much better under democracy. Military misadventure in democracy should not repeat itself.
“We see it as an...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a no case submission filed by the immediate past governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim in a money laundering suit instituted against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
In his no case submission, Ohakim had argued that the evidence aduced by the prosecution to prove its case disclosed no prima facie case against him.
However, Justice Adeniyi Ademola on Thursday ruled...
The Federal Government has declared Tuesday and Wednesday next week as public holidays to enable Muslims mark the Eid-el-fitri celebration.
A statement released in Abuja on Thursday by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Bassey Akpanyung said that the Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd) admonished the Muslim faithful to allow the spiritual benefits of
Ramadan, which include love, peace and justice to permeate their...
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees, BoT of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Senator Walid Jubrin has confirmed the death of the Secretary of the party's BoT, Chief Ojo Maduekwe.
Jubrin while confirming the development in Abuja on Thursday, said that the sudden death of Maduekwe was shocking.
He explained that he had been expecting the former Nigerian Ambassador to the United States of America to return from his trip to that country so that...
A message purportedly written by detained former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode has been making the rounds lately.
The message alleges plans by the present administration to persecute Christians including Apostle Johnson Suleiman of the Omega Fire Ministries International.
Fani-Kayode has denied authoring the message through his Special Assistant on Media, Jude Ndukwe.
Read the message below.
''God willing am in custody of EFCC. But...
Embattled ex-Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has denied authoring a message purportedly meant for Christians and Apostle Johnson Suleiman of the Omega Fire Ministry.
A statement issued on Thursday by Fani-Kayode's Special Assistant on Media, Jude Ndukwe said that the so-called message was part of a systematic plan by his "traducers and detractors to continue to discredit and malign his person and character, and cause disaffection among his...
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Until his arrest on the orders of President Muhammadu Buhari, Mohammed Umar was a key figure in the panel investigating the arms procurement fraud that happened during the last administration.
According to a Premium Times report, Umar was arrested at his home in Abuja over his involvement with a blackmailing and extortion cartel.
The Director-General of the Department of State Services, DSS , Lawal Daura had reportedly tabled reports of blackmail...
Not long after returning from his medical trip to Germany, former military President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida hosted officials of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA at hilltop mansion in Minna, Niger State.
The team used the visit to felicitate with Babangida on his recovery from illness and also intimate him of their activities in the state.
See photos.
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Biodun Fatoyinbo, the Senior Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, COZA, Abuja has just received a rare gift from his church congregation.
Fatoyinbo was spotted with the elegant Porsche 911 4S at the church premises.
It is believed that this is the first time a pastor would be receiving such an expensive gift from the congregation in Nigeria.
See photos of Fatoyinbo with the car.
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Tuesday, 28 June 2016
The government of Qatar has made a donation of food items worth N6.5m to Internally Displaced Persons in Borno State.
Presenting the donation at the Borno State Government House, Maiduguri, on Tuesday, the Director of Qatar Charity, Sheikh Mohammed Ajur, said that it was meant to complement “humanitarian assistance and intervention” of the United Nations and other donor agencies to feed the IDPs.
The food items comprised of 1,500 litres of...
ROn Sunday, President Muhammadu Buhari hosted judges to a breaking of fast dinner at the State House, Abuja.
Rights Africa has said that the President's dinner with judges was a violation of judicial ethics.
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1 of the biggest litigants in our crts is @NGRPresident . Judges doing Iftar with litigant violates judicial ethics pic.twitter.com/R8rp8GlQgn.
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Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and ex-Minister of Finance Mrs Esther Nenadi Usman at a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday.
The duo along with Danjuma Yusuf were remanded in prison custody pending the consideration of their application for bail on July 1, 2016.
They are standing trial over N4.6b fraud allegation.
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Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai has attributed rumors of the purchase of two Dubai property by him and his two wives to defeated Boko Haram terrorists now operating on the cyber space.
He assured that under his leadership, the Nigerian Army would defeat the cyber terrorists just as they did their counterparts on land.
He disclosed that the Army was already developing its cyber warriors to checkmate the activities of internet and social...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday sacked Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State from office.
Mr Samson Ogah of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP had instituted a case at the court accusing Ikpeazu of filing false information to the party in his tax clearance certificate prior to the governorship primaries in 2014.
In his ruling, Abang ordered Ikpeazu to vacate office with immediate effect. He also ordered the Independent National Electoral...
Monday, 27 June 2016
Following Friday's jailbreak at Kuje medium security prison, the Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdurahaman Dambazau has ordered immediate security beef up at all the prisons across the country.
Dambazau gave the directive in Abuja on Monday during an on-the-spot assessment of Kuje prison where two kidnap and murder suspects escaped from on Friday.
He decried some lapses at the facility which he said he had earlier complained about.
“ The last time...
The presidency has responded to a claim made by Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Monday that there is a government within the government of President Buhari that is after him.
In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adeshina, the presidency dismissed Saraki's allegation as not being worthy of the paper it was written on.
"President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, claims there is...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday hosted the Global Chief Executive Officer of Unilever Executives, Paul Polman and the Chairman, Unilever Nigeria Plc, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe at the State House, Abuja.
Polman expressed Unilever's determination to build profitable and sustainable businesses in Nigeria.
“We have concluded plans to expand our business base in the country, albeit the prevailing economic challenges. We are a proud Nigerian...
Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has said that the forgery charges against him and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu represent another phase in the persecution of the leadership of the Senate.
Saraki had on Monday appeared before a Federal High Court in Abuja alongside his deputy Ike Ekweremadu, former clerk of the National Assembly, Alhaji Salisu Abubakar Maikasuwa and his deputy, Mr. Benedict Efeturi.
“It is farcical to allege that a criminal...
The Acting Inspector-General Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris on Monday announced the appointment of DCP Don Awunah as the Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO.
Awunah takes over from the first ever female Police Force PRO, ACP Olabisi Kolawole.
Kolawole who personally informed the media of the change of guard thanked them for their support and urged them to extend same to the new spokesman.
Awunah called on the media to support the police in discharging...
On Monday evening, President Muhammadu Buhari broke the day's fast with a select group of Nigeria's wealthiest business people.
Among the privileged group were the Chairman Oando Oil Plc, Mr. Wale Tinubu; President Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote; Chairman Zenith Bank Plc., Mr. Jim Ovia and the President Elumelu Foundation, Mr. Tony Elumelu, Chairman Forte Oil Plc., Mr. Femi Otedola and Africa's Richest Woman, Mrs Folorunso Alakija.
Photos...
Following investigation into the illegal diversion of public funds to the tune of N21,467,674,707.43, the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized 29 properties from three former Air Force chiefs.
They are the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu; former NAF Chief of Accounts and Budgeting, Air Vice Marshal Jacob Adigun (retd.) and former Director of Finance and Budget, Air Commodore Olugbenga Gbadebo (retd.).
The...
The decomposing body of the former Head of Theatre Arts Department, College Of Education, Oju, Benue State, Mr Godwin Abuul has been found floating on Katsina-Ala River.
Abuul was allegedly murdered by his wife and her siblings two weeks ago over his philandering activities.
The police reportedly got their breakthrough in the investigation when they nabbed a suspect in possession of a cloth believed to have been worn by the victim on the day he...
Sunday, 26 June 2016
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu has expressed the determination of the anti-graft agency to go after banks found to be aiding and abetting treasury looting.
Alert, the in-house magazine of EFCC reports that Magu warned that banks could no longer afford to be used by corrupt public servants and fraudsters to launder their loot.
“We are not only going after the personnel of banks, we are also going...
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has announced that it will soon acquire 10 super mesh training aircraft from the Pakistani Air Force.
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar disclosed this on Saturday at the graduation ceremony of Student Pilot Course, SPC 41B in Kaduna.
He said that the aircraft when acquired would be inducted into the 301 Flying Training School, Kaduna.
Abubakar said that Pakistani pilots are expected in the country...
The Nigeria Prisons Service, NPS has confirmed that two inmates escaped from Kuje Prison during a jailbreak at the facility on Friday.
The Public Relations Officer of the NPS, Mr Francis Enobore told newsmen that the incident had nothing to do with the detained leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND.
He said that the Comptroller-General of service has already ordered an investigation into the incident, adding that...
Saturday, 25 June 2016
The Federal Government has urged the Aso Rock Kings who will be representing Nigeria at the World Handball Youth Championship to play with maturity and integrity.
A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adeshina said that the competition will hold from June 28th to July 4th.
25 June 2016 | STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
DEFEND WORLD HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE WITH INTEGRITY, FG URGES STATE HOUSE TEAM
The...
The Operation Pulo Shield in the Niger Delta has been scrapped and immediately replaced with Operation Delta Safe.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Defence Headquarters in Abuja on Saturday.
"The OPERATION PULO SHIELD in Niger Delta has been scrapped with immediate effect and replaced with OPERATION DELTA SAFE. This is in line with the Defence Headquarters initiative to restructure the Joint Task Force for better service delivery,...
JOINT STATEMENT BY THE NIGERIAN ARMY AND THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE IN BORNO STATE OVER A CONTAINED FRACAS BETWEEN A POLICEMAN AND A SOLDIER AT THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ON THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2016
In the morning hours of today, Thursday, June 23, 2016, there was an unfortunate fracas between a soldier and a policeman around the office of the Deputy Governor over a disagreement which led to the unfortunate shooting of a policeman on his foot. The...
SAHARA REPORTERS AND CAMPAIGN OF CALUMNY AGAINST THE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF.
The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to another round of campaign of calumny against the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai and his family by some unscrupulous elements as contained in Sahara Reporters story titled “Revealed: Buhari's Chief Of Army Staff, General Buratai, Wives Own Dubai Property”, alleging that Nigeria’s Chief of Army...
The Nigeria Prisons Service, NPS has confirmed that some inmates attempted to escape from Kuje Prison on Friday night.
The Public Relations Officer of the NPS, Mr Francis Enobore who spoke with Punch could however not confirm how many inmates escaped if any.
Enobore said that the incident had nothing to do with the detained leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Mr Francis Okah.
“Yes there was an incident yesterday,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed the decision of British Prime Minister, David Cameron to resign over the decision of Britons to exit the European Union.
Buhari spoke in Abuja on Friday through a press release signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu.
Read the press release below.
24 June 2016 | STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
BREXIT: PRESIDENT BUHARI PRAISES CAMERON’S STATESMANSHIP, COURAGE
President Muhammadu...
Friday, 24 June 2016
The Confederation of African Football, CAF has conducted the draws for the Africa Zone of the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Nigeria is drawn in Group B alongside Cameroon, Algeria and Zambia.
See how the teams are grouped.
Group A: Tunisia - Libya - RDC - Guinea
Group B: Zambia - Cameroon - Algeria - Nigeria
Group C: Gabon - Mali - Cote d'Ivoire - Morocco
Group D: Senegal - South Africa - Burkina Faso...
The Federal High Court last Friday granted an injunction for the Assets Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON to take over the premises of Silverbird firms in Abuja, Lagos and Portharcourt.
Justice C.M.A. Olatoregun had on June 17, 2016, granted an interim injunction against Silverbird Productions Limited, Silverbird Showtime Limited, Silverbird Galleria Limited and Ben Murray-Bruce, Guy Murray-Bruce, Roy Murray-Bruce and Jonathan Murray-Bruce based...
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