Following the Code of Conduct Tribunal's insistence that Saraki's trial must go on despite his appeal at the Supreme Court, the Senate President's legal team staged a walk out at the resumed hearing of the case in Abuja this Thursday.
Ahmed Magaji, counsel to the defendant had urged the tribunal to suspend hearing on the matter pending the determination of Saraki's appeal at the Supreme Court.
However, tribunal Chairman Justice Danladi Umar ruled that the trial should continue. Saraki had two days earlier, approached the Supreme Court to stop...
Thursday, 5 November 2015
Spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Col Sani Usman told newsmen on Wednesday that troops have destroyed five more camps used by Boko Haram to unleash terror on the people. The camps were located in Marte local government area of Borno State.
Usman said that during the operation, troops killed two terrorists and recovered twelve motorcycles and some arms and ammunitions.
In a statement which he issued to the press on the operation, Col Sani Usman said ;
“In efforts to continually dominate, recover territories and clear all Nigerian territory...
Wednesday, 4 November 2015
The confessions of a Fidelity Bank Accounts Officer have revealed how former Pension Reform Task Team Chairman, Abdulrasheed Maina who is wanted by the Economic and Financial CrimesCommission (EFCC) for the alleged pension fraud used five accounts to perpetrate a N2b pension fraud in the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation.
Accounts Officer Toyin Meseke reportedly told the EFCC that apart from the five proxy accounts, Maina also operated a safe deposit box with the bank.
THE NATION reports that EFCC operatives have...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared that 21,947 personnel will be deployed for the governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States.
While the election in Kogi State is billed for November 21, Bayelsa State will have hers on
December 5.
INEC has penciled down 12,120 personnel for the Kogi State election while 9827 will be deployed to Bayelsa State....
The Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Col Hameed Ali has voiced his optimism that the N944b target given the Service by the Federal Government for the year 2015 will be met.
Col Ali spoke to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday during his familiarization tour of some government agencies which included, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), National Copyright Commission, National Environmental Standards and Regulation Enforcement Agency (NESREA) and Nigeria Prisons Service.
His words ;
“The fact is that we are behind what we are supposed...
Owing to prevailing economic realities, Nigeria cannot afford a large cabinet at the moment, says President Muhammadu Buhari.
Buhari said this while receiving the screened and approved list of Ministers-designate from Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday.
He said that although the Constitution demands a minister from each of the 36 states, the nation's lean resources could not afford to pay them.
“The Constitution said there must be one member of the cabinet from all the states but the Constitution...
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday berated the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for its untidy prosecution of the fraud and money laundering case against former Head of Service, Steve Oronsaye and others.
The EFCC had added 11 counts to the original 24 counts and also brought in additional defendants and witnesses.
The prosecution had added new defendants who had not been served with the fresh charges, namely, Global Services Limited, Cluster Logistic Limited, Kangolo Dynamic Cleaning Limited, Crew Investment...
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