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The United Nations (UN) Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon has condemned last Sunday’s killing of 30 civilians in Mandarari Community multiple suicide attacks in Borno. Konduga is 38 kilometres east of Maiduguri, the state capital and had been attacked ...
Read More »EFCC re-arraigns ex-minister Wakil, four others over N450 million fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned a former Minister of State for Power, Muhammad Wakil and four others before Justice J.K. Dagad of the Federal High Court, Maiduguri for fraud. Wakil is standing trial alongside Garba Abacha, ...
Read More »Only NJC recommendation can remove CJ, court tells Bello, Kogi assembly
A Kogi High Court sitting in Koton-Karfe has ruled that the executive and legislature could not remove the state Chief Judge, Justice Nasir Ajanah, without recourse to the National Judicial Council (NJC). It also declared that Chief Registrar of the ...
Read More »Governor Masari’s alleged age discrepancy stuns Katsina guber election tribunal
The Katsina State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal was bemused following the petitioner Yakubu Lado’s declaration that Governor Aminu Bello Masari’s documents suggested that he (Masari) and his father were born the same year. Lado questioned the governor’s qualification to contest ...
Read More »CCB, SERAP disagree over Buhari’s, public officials’ assets declaration
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has refused to disclose details of President Muhammadu Buhari’s assets since it constitutes invasion of his privacy. It responded to Freedom of Information (FoI) request by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), seeking ...
Read More »Kwara governor AbdulRazaq suspends local councils for six months
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has suspended the executive and legislative committees of the 16 Local Government Areas of the state in line with an earlier recommendation of the House of Assembly. The suspension was pursuant to a resolution of ...
Read More »Nigeria’s oil output hits 2.3mbpd as NNPC attracts $14 billion investments
Stability in the Niger Delta region and other factors have pushed Nigeria’s crude oil production to 2.3 million barrel per day (bpd) from last year’s 2.1 million bpd figure, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has disclosed. Speaking during a ...
Read More »Sabotage, low morale, others behind fresh setbacks in anti-terrorism war, says Buratai
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has attributed the latest round of operational setbacks in the Nigerian Army fight against the Boko Haram sect to sabotage, low morale and lack of commitment on the part of officers. According ...
Read More »No next FEC talks with Buhari, APC governors insist as party loyalists seek 30 per cent appointment slots
The Progressive Governors Forum has clarified that it never discussed the composition of the next Federal Executive Council during its closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja. The All Progressives Congress (APC) state chief executives are expected ...
Read More »Lawan laments funding difficulties, U.S. groups seek credible party politics, free polls
President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan has lamented inadequate resources for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to effectively carry out its mandate. Lawan stated this when the European Union Elections Observers Mission in Nigeria, led by Ambassador Keitec Karlsen ...
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