Former Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has finally honoured invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to his media office, which announced the development in a statement on Wednesday, the decision was made after consultations with his family, legal team and political allies. In April, the EFCC had declared Bello wanted…
Three oil marketers, AYM Shafa Limited, A. A. Rano Limited, and Matrix Petroleum Services Limited, have asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a suit filed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals. The marketers, in a joint counter affidavit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1324/2024, and dated November 5, 2024, a response to an originating summon filed…
An 18-year-old boy identified as Oghenetejiri Kosini, allegedly def!led his landlady’s 2-year-old daughter in Delta State. It was gathered that the incident happened in Okpe Local Government Area of the state on December 12, 2024. Human rights activist, Comrade Israel Joe, who disclosed this in a Facebook post on Monday, January 6, 2024, called out…
Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru has reinstated 81 government officials previously suspended for failing to attend a state function deemed “important” by the administration. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the governor’s spokesperson, Monday Uzor. The suspension, announced on 28 July 2025, affected 87 government officials, including 25 commissioners, 14 senior…
A Chief Magistrate Court in Sokoto State, on Friday, remanded Shafi’u Umar-Tureta in correctional centre custody for allegedly circulating falsehood against Sokoto State Governor, Ahmad Aliyu and his wife through a social media platform. Tureta was the Special Assistant to former Governor Aminu Tambuwal and was charged with circulating injurious falsehood and engraving matter known…
President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, said lawmakers were not elected to engage in confrontation with the Executive but to foster policies that promote national development. The Senate President spoke in an upcoming feature documentary to mark two years of the Bola Tinubu administration. Akpabio, reflecting on the importance of cooperation between the National…
A prominent human rights organisation, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ), has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to commence the immediate criminal prosecution of former Osun State Governor, Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, over alleged diversion of over ₦600 billion in Local Government funds during his eight-year tenure. Aregbesola, who governed…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has issued a sharp rebuke of the Bola Tinubu administration, accusing it of celebrating false economic successes while implementing policies that “monetize hardship” and further impoverish Nigerians. In a statement by National Publicity Secretary Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party directly challenged the government’s claims of record revenue growth, improved exchange…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says 3,907 weapons did not go missing from its armoury during the tenure of Kayode Egbetokun, the inspector-general of police (IGP). On Tuesday, the senate committee on public accounts queried the NPF over the missing firearms. The disappearance of the ammunitions was contained in a 2019 report issued by the…
President Donald Trump dramatically stepped up his rhetoric against Iran’s supreme leader Tuesday, saying on social media that the United States knows where Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is located but will not kill him “for now.” In another post, Trump also appeared to demand Iran’s “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” as he fueled questions about whether the United States…
