Former Minister of Petroleum Diezani Alison-Madueke has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to order the EFCC to retrieve her seized assets or property, either natural or corporate. She claims the EFCC sold her property without following due process, violating her right to fair hearing. Diezani, in[Read More…]
The Senate has passed a vote of confidence in the leadership of its President, Senator Godswill Akpabio. This followed the adoption of a motion sponsored by the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti), at plenary on Thursday. The motion was seconded by Deputy Minority Leader, Olalere Oyewumi (PDP-Osun). In his[Read More…]
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated the newly constructed barracks in Abuja to accommodate officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army to address the shortage of accommodation. The barracks named “Bola Ahmed Tinubu Barracks”, Asokoro Abuja, comprise 16 Major Generals’ Quarters, 34 Brigadier Generals Quarters, 60 Major[Read More…]
The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has ratified the death sentence on Dr Ramon Adedoyin for the murder of Timothy Adegoke, an ex-Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. The late Adegoke had lodged at Adedoyin’s Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile-Ife,[Read More…]
Beatrice Ekweremadu has been released from prison in the United Kingdom and is now back in Nigeria. She and her husband, former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, were jailed last year over an attempt to harvest the organ of a young Nigerian boy to fix[Read More…]
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has raised the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), amid rising global crude oil prices. In a statement released on Friday, the refinery announced that the new bulk purchase rate for customers buying between 2 million and 4.99 million litres is now N955 per[Read More…]
The Lagos State Government has announced a 15-month traffic diversion for the construction of the new transport interchange terminal at the Mile Two area of the state. The state commissioner for transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, said in a statement on Sunday that the diversion would enable the integration of[Read More…]
Tinubu Appoints Mohammed, Ajayi New DGs for NIA, DSS President Bola Tinubu has appointed new Directors-General for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Services (DSS). Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, announced this in a statement on Monday. He said, Tinubu[Read More…]
The federal government has authorized the termination of employees in both the public and private sectors who possess counterfeit degree certificates acquired from the Republics of Benin and Togo. During a press conference held in Abuja on Friday to mark his first anniversary in office, Minister of Education Tahir[Read More…]
Tinubu unveils CNG buses in Abuja President Bola Tinubu has launched 30 hybrid-powered Compressed Natural Gas buses donated by Depots and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria at the State House in Abuja. Speaking during the inauguration of the CNG buses on Monday, Tinubu emphasised the urgent need[Read More…]
