Justice Olasumbo Goodluck of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has discharged a former Head of Service of Federation, Steve Oronsaye, of the seven-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and diversion of N190 million preferred Read more
The House of Representatives yesterday summoned the embattled Director General of National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayo Oke, to clarify his role in the $43 million (N13 billion) warehoused in an apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos. The summon also extends to the Read more
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB) said it has deployed all necessary machinery for the successful conduct of the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) holding from May 13-20, 2017. The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede while briefing Read more
An explosion at a fireworks warehouse killed 14 people, all but three of them children, in a poor Mexican village as it celebrated a religious festival. The blast struck Monday night in San Isidro, a remote farming village of some Read more
Rights activist and constitutional lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome yesterday argued that the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to embark on a medical vacation was in line with the dictates of the rule of law. Ozekhome, a senior advocate of Nigeria Read more
The House of Representatives yesterday passed into law “A bill for an act to amend the Nigerian LNG (Fiscal incentive, Guarantees and Assurances) to make its statutory contribution to the NDDC fund and for other matters connected therewith.” The bill Read more
A Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to bring the detained Chief Executive Officer of Capital Oil and Gas, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah to court on May 12. The order followed an ex-parte application Read more
National Assembly may pass N7.441 trillion Appropriation Bill tomorrow The Senate yesterday said it would begin clause-by-clause consideration of the 2017 Appropriation Bill and may pass it tomorrow. This decision followed the submission of the report on the budget bill Read more
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, this morning instructed that the Federal Executive Council meeting be moved from 11am to 10am. The meeting had always taken place at 11am when President Buhari presided. Last Sunday, Presidnet Buhari traveled to the UK for Read more
Following a successful pilot, full implementation of the Light-Up Kwara (LUK), an innovative solar-powered streetlight project of the Kwara State government, will commence in June. This was disclosed on Tuesday in statement by the Kwara State Public Private Partnership Read more