A CHIEF Magistrates’ Court sitting in the Sabo area of Yaba, Lagos has granted bail to a leader of the Igbo community, the Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, Fredrick Nwajagu, aged 67. Nwajagu was docked before the court for allegedly threatening to bring the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to the state. Chief Magistrate Peter Nwaka granted the defendant bail in the sum of N1m with 4 sureties, all of whom must be resident in Lagos. The court also ordered that one of the sureties must own a property in Lagos which must be registered with the land bureau…
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday said it had secured the final forfeiture of 324 properties recovered for the Kano State Pension Fund Trustees. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja gave the order of final forfeiture while ruling on a motion by the EFCC, seeking the final forfeiture of the properties which are “reasonably suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities of Kano State Pension Fund Trustees”. The EFCC Director, Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, revealed this in official correspondence obtained by our correspondent on Wednesday. He noted that the properties comprise 168 homes situated…
AHEAD of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly in June, some “180 members-elect” from opposition parties have formed a coalition to elect the next Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. The parties are — the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Social Democratic Party (SDP), Labour Party (LP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Young People Party (YPP). In a communique issued after their meeting held at Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja on May 2, 2023, the “minority caucus” vowed to end eight-year “misrule” of…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari will join other world leaders for the coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort of the United Kingdom, respectively. Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina made this known in a statement on Wednesday. Adesina said the President will depart for London, United Kingdom on Wednesday for the coronation slated for Saturday, May 6. “Ahead of the coronation, the Commonwealth Secretariat will take advantage of the gathering of leaders in London to host a Commonwealth Summit for Presidents and Heads of Government of Commonwealth countries on Friday, May…
THE suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, is in police custody, Channels Television can confirm. The police arrested the embattled REC in Abuja on Tuesday, Force spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi said in a statement. Adejobi said, “Barrister Ari, who was arrested by the Police Election Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation Team in Abuja on Tuesday 2nd May 2023, is currently in Police custody and is being grilled to ascertain the motives and motivations behind his alleged improper actions during the supplementary elections in Adamawa State. “In addition, other officials and individuals culpable in the saga are being interrogated…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Abike Dabiri-Erewa for a second term as the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM). The notice of her reappointment was contained in a letter written by the President to the Senate requesting the Upper Chamber to confirm her reappointment. In November 2018, the President first named Dabiri-Erewa as NIDCOM chair. She was the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora before the appointment. Dabiri-Erewa was also a member of the House of Representatives representing Ikorodu Federal Constituency in Lagos from 2003-2015. While she was at the House of Representatives, Dabiri-Erewa…
PRESIDENT Buhari has described Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as a reliable deputy and a phenomenal human being. The president showered the praises on Mr Osinbajo at the virtual launch of OSINBAJO STRIDES: Defining Moments of An Innovative Leader, a book in honour of the Vice President on Monday. President Buhari, who is also the father of the day at the launch of the book said Osinbajo is a man who goes about with his duties with maximum commitment and dedication and no complaints whatsoever. According to the president, who was represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation…
ONE of the buses conveying stranded Nigerians from Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, to Port Sudan where they will move into Saudi Arabia caught fire in the early hours of Monday. Twenty-six buses conveying the stranded Nigerians left Al Razi around 12am on Monday for Port Sudan. “One of the buses conveying some 50 Nigerian students from Sudan with a tag number (Katsina 1) heading to Port Sudan as part of the second batch of FGN evacuation got damaged due to excessive heat from one of the vehicle’s tyres. “Dr Hashim Idris Na’Allah, the chairman of the Nigerian Elders’ Forum in…
THE Organised Labour on Monday demanded the review of retirement age for all public servants from 60 to 65 years and from 35 years to 40 years of service. The Organised Labour made the demand during this year’s Workers’ Day Celebration with the theme, ‘Workers’ Rights and Socioeconomic Justice’. Past and present leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) as well as those of other affiliate unions converged on the Eagle Square Abuja in commemoration of the 2023 May Day Celebration. This year’s May Day celebration will be the last to be held under…
THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has dismissed reports that it is considering the withdrawal of the redesigned N200, N500 and N1,000 notes from circulation. In a statement on Sunday, the apex bank’s Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Isa AbduMumimas described the reports as “unfounded speculation”, noting that there is no plan to phase out the three newly redesigned bank notes. “The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been drawn to a fake news item circulating in the media, particularly in the social media space, suggesting that the Bank is contemplating the withdrawal of the recently redesigned…
AHEAD of the inauguration of a new President on May 29, 2023, Nigeria’s Boeing 737 Presidential jet has been flown out of the country for comprehensive maintenance, this newspaper gathered. Villa sources told our correspondent that NAF 001, which has served President Muhammadu Buhari, in the past eight years was taken out of the country over the weekend. Although the location is not known, past maintenance on the aircraft had been carried out by its manufacturer, Boeing, in the United States of America. Boeing’s military aircraft division builds modified 737 planes at its manufacturing facilities in Everett and Renton, Washington…
PRESIDENT-ELECT, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has gotten Lt. Col Nurudeen Alowonle Yusuf as his Aide De Camp (ADC). Lt. Col. Yusuf hails from Kwara state. Tinubu is expected to be inaugurated as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on May 29, 2023. He was declared the winner of the 2023 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday asserted that while the All Progressives Congress (APC) worked hard to retain power in the 2023 elections, the combined opposition was a victim of overconfidence. According to a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, Buhari spoke at the State House when he received the Progressives Governors’ Forum led by the Chairman, Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State. “They were already telling their foreign backers that they would defeat the APC. Our Party blended confidence with caution, we worked hard and won. Now, their over confidence is creating more problems for the opposition than anyone else.…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has arrived the Nigerian Army Trooping and Presentation of Colours parade 2023, News Point Nigeria reports. Buhari, who arrived Eagle Square, venue of the parade, at about 10:18am was accompanied by his Chief of Staff, Prof Ibrahim Gambari. The retired army general was dressed with the ceremonial military uniform and he’s currently reviewing over 1,000 officers who are standby on the parade. This newspaper reports that the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor; the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, and the Inspector-General of Police Usman Baba are in attendance. Chief of Air Staff, Air…
THE Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, yesterday said contractors handling the Kano-Zaria and Zaria-Kaduna roads, and the Second Niger Bridge projects would hand them over in the next two days, which date is May 15. He also told newsmen after the Federal Executive Council meeting that the 116km Lagos-Ibadan Expressway with toll gates would be handed over on April 30. He said N1.398bn was approved to revise the contract for the completion of Phase 2 of Uto Bridge, 2.6km stretch in Ikenke, Delta State from N4.435bn to N5.835bn. “The Loko-Oweto Bridge is also completed, so also is the…
THE Police Service Commission (PSC) has dismissed three Assistant Superintendents of Police and demoted five others. The Commission also approved the punishment of severe reprimand to an Assistant Commissioner of Police, a Chief Superintendent of Police, four Superintendents, two Deputy Superintendents and 12 Assistant Superintendents. This was disclosed in a statement by the commission’s spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, on Wednesday. He said these were high points of the 20th Plenary Meeting of the Commission held on Wednesday at the Corporate Headquarters of the Commission in Abuja and presided over by the commission’s Chairman and former Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase.…
THE Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, who disclosed this on Wednesday, said these buses are expected to cost the government $1.2 million. At a media briefing after the Federal Executive Council Meeting, Onyeama stated that the government will evacuate citizens in days amid the 72-hour ceasefire in Sudan. According to him, the government has concluded talks with the Sudanese government and they are on same page. He said during the evacuation, priority will not be accorded any diplomat, adding that the government will also prioritise women and children. Affirming that no Nigerian life has been lost so far, the…
THE President-Elect, Senator Bola Tinubu has met with the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu at the Defence House in Abuja. In attendance at the meeting which was held behind closed doors are the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan; the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege; APC National Publicity Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore and former Secretary of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Hon James Faleke. At the end of the meeting, the APC National Chairman said the meeting is a routine exercise. He declined to disclose issues discussed at the meeting. The meeting…
NIGERIA has lost an opportunity to produce and sell about 65,700,000 barrels of oil in the last one year due to issues bothering on pipeline vandalism and the resultant oil theft. This translates to about N2.3tn loss in oil revenue if the prevailing exchange rate and average oil price are used. The Chairman of Shell Companies in Nigeria, Dr Osagie Okubor, said at the just concluded Nigerian International Energy Summit held in Abuja, said the 180, 000 barrels per day Trans Niger Pipeline had remained shut for more than one year- March 2022 to March 2023. The loss from March…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja for Accra on Tuesday, April 25 to attend the 3rd Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Gulf of Guinea Commission. According to a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, on Monday, the President is scheduled to participate and deliver remarks at the high-level discussion on strategies for strengthening peace and security in the fight against maritime-related crimes in the region. As the immediate past Chair of the Assembly, the President had championed collective efforts by Member States of the region, the Economic Community of Central African States…