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Ex-Abia State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Don Ubani, says local governments in the state have been hijacked. Speaking on ‘The Morning Brief’, a programme on Channels Television monitored Newsman on Wednesday, Ubani said local governments’ funds do not get to the councils. The former commissioner was speaking on issues concerning governance in Abia State. […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday arraigned Kavlak Onal, an Austrian national, for allegedly failing to declare $800,575 and €651,505 at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. Onal appeared before Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on a two-count charge. The first count alleged that Onal, on December […]
The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has described President Bola Tinubu as a major player in the protracted political battle between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara. According to CUPP, Rivers State is not falling apart by happenstance as it is being consciously […]
The political landscape in Rivers State took another turn on Thursday when members of the state’s House of Assembly began impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu. They are accusing them of gross misconduct. During plenary presided over by the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule, the […]
Activist Aisha Yesufu has been appointed as deputy chairperson of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, membership revalidation committee. The national chairman of the party, Senator David Mark, while inaugurating the 20-member committee on Wednesday, described the exercise as a major step toward repositioning the ADC for growth, unity, stronger cohesion and improved electoral competitiveness nationwide […]
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Emeka Bekee has said that Governor Siminalyi Fubara will certainly run for second term as governor under the APC. Bekee made this known on Wednesday while fielding questions on Arise Television’s Morning Show programme. The statement comes amid power rivalry between the FCT Minister Nyesom […]
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has admitted former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, to bail in the sum of N500m pending his trial in the money laundering offences brought against him by the federal government. Malami is to produce two sureties who […]
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and two others, bail in the sum of ₦500 million with two sureties. The sureties, according to the Judge must have landed property in Asokoro, Maitama , Gwarinpa. He added that they must […]
Deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro arrived at a New York court on Monday, just days after being seized in Caracas in a shock US military operation that paved the path for Washington’s plans to control the oil-rich country. Maduro, 63, faces narcotrafficking charges along with his wife, Cilia Flores. The pair were forcibly taken out […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to grant bail to the Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu, and other defendants facing allegations of financing terrorism involving about $9.7 million. Justice Emeka Nwite said the charges were serious and posed a threat to national security and public safety. He ruled that releasing the […]
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