A HIGH Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Apo, Abuja has convicted former member of House of Representatives from Kano State, Farouk Lawan for receiving $500,000 bribe from a businessman, Femi Otedola. Justice Angella Otaluka convicted Lawan on…
THE Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, June 21, 2021 arraigned one Alhaji Kyari Mohammed before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a two-count charge bordering on criminal…
AN anti-corruption group, Citizens Awareness Against Corruption and Social Vices Initiative, CAACASVI, has petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged maladministration in the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA. The petition, dated June 21, was signed by the Executive Director of the…
THE Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Wednesday 16 June, 2021 reiterated the Commission`s readiness to implement the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, which it signed with the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria to run…
THE House of Representatives on Tuesday asked questions about the whereabouts of the $44 million the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) recovered from the Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA) in 2017. But the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA)…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday opened the 157 kilometre-Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge Railway Line for full commercial operations. He described the project as another milestone to revitalise the rail infrastructure and improve socio-economic activities. The president called for stakeholder engagement on…
THE Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has resolved to suspend its over two-month-old nationwide strike, effective from Monday. The decision to call off the strike was taken at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of JUSUN, which held in…
SENATE President Ahmad Lawan, on Monday, said the 2020 budget of the Federal Government has implemented 100 percent. Lawan said the feat was made possible by the efforts of the 9th National Assembly that resulted in the normalization of the…
THE Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has faulted the position of the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, on President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to issue an executive order on legislative and judicial autonomy. The group said in a statement signed by…
THE major reason for the communal crisis in Edo State, particularly across the seven local government areas of Edo South is land grabbing. Despite the ban on Community Development Association (CAD), some youths who still hide under the aegis of…
