Appeal Court revises Dasuki’s bail conditions
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, on Friday, revised the conditions attached to the bail earlier granted to former National Security Adviser (NSA) Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd.). This…
PDP seeks travel ban on INEC Chiefs, Police High Command over Bayelsa, Kogi Guber Polls
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday called on the international community to impose a travel ban on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and…
Onyema, CEO of Air Peace indicted for bank fraud and money laundering
Allen Ifechukwu Athan Onyema, the Chairman, CEO, and founder of Air Peace, a Nigerian airline, has been charged with bank fraud and money laundering for moving more than $20 million…
Lessons from the Kogi and Bayelsa Elections
The results of the Saturday November 16 2019 off-season polls in Kogi and Bayelsa States, as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission have, as expected, been mired in controversy.…
Buhari shields Oshiomhole from irate APC Governors as NEC meeting opens
Despite obvious ambush by state governors elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) against the party’s national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, today’s meeting of the National Executive Committee…
Governors back 7.5% VAT increase as Senate Okays Finance Bill
State governors yesterday expressed support for the Finance Bill, which seeks to increase Value Added Tax (VAT) from five per cent to 7.5 per cent. Rising from their monthly meeting…
Court invalidates Kano Emirates created by Gov. Ganduje; sack Emirs
In what observers have described was a slap on the face of Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, a Kano State High Court yesterday nullified the creation of four additional…
ECOWAS Parliament urges Nigeria to reopen borders
The ECOWAS Parliament yesterday renewed its call on the Nigerian government to reopen its borders, stating that the development was hampering the implementation of the free movement of persons and…
$6.9bn P&ID Debt: Court refuses to adjourn trial of Britons as FG moves to quash contract
The Federal High Court, Abuja presided at, by Justice Okon Abang, yesterday, overruled the British national, James Nolan, on his application for adjournment over inability of his counsel to prepare…
Buhari’s disastrous policies cost oil, gas sector $163 billion
Nigeria’s state-dominated oil industry is declining, afflicted by systemic corruption, starved for international investment, and hard hit by declining oil prices. When President Muhammadu Buhari signed a measure to change…