The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba, yesterday, sought the dismissal of a suit seeking to compel him to initiate a perjury case against the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Bola Tinubu. The IGP, in a counter-affidavit filed against the suit instituted by the Incorporated Trustees of Centre for … [Read more…]
The Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation has blamed the dwindling value of the naira and scary security situation in the country on the ineptitude of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Director of Strategic Communication of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Momodu, who stated this at a media briefing, in Abuja, yesterday, said the … [Read more…]
The shortage of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol appears to have defied all official solutions as motorists continued to contend with the effects of supply shortfall. This was even as oil marketers, including major oil marketers have discarded the official and approved ex- depot price of N148 per litre as set by the … [Read more…]
Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has asked the public to disregard the manifesto of his party currently in circulation. Obi who issued the clarification via his official Twitter handle, yesterday, clarified that the manifesto currently in circulation was a draft version that got into the public domain. The LP standard bearer and … [Read more…]
THE Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will meet with the business and the organised private sector leaders in Lagos today. The meeting with the business leaders and captains of industry will hold at the Eko Hotel and Suites from 12noon. It will afford the economic players and thought leaders … [Read more…]
The Federal Government yesterday sought global support for its Energy Transition Plan, ETA, estimated to cost about $1.9 trillion in the next 60 years. The plan, which requires an investment of $10 billion annually to fund projects in mini-grids and renewable energy sectors, also aims at de-carbonising Nigeria’s hydrocarbons. Speaking at the opening ceremony of … [Read more…]
Leadership of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Fulani Socio-cultural Association, has listed conditions and measures that government and communities must take to restore lasting peace, unity and tolerance among farmers and herders in various troubled communities across the country. The conditions were contained in a communique released at the end of the expanded National Executive Council … [Read more…]
Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has given the nod to his legal team to appeal against the ruling of the Court of Appeal staying the execution of the judgment that quashed the terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal government. Justice Haruna Tsanami had in his ruling last … [Read more…]
At least13 passengers have been burnt to death in a fatal accident which happened near the Four-Corners Enugu at about 9pm on Sunday night. The ill fated 14-seater bus said to be traveling from Imo State to Adamawa reportedly ran into a trailer before going up in flames. All the passengers except one, were said … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to leave for London, United Kingdom, UK, on Monday for medical check up. The disclosure was made by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, via a tweet on his verified personal handle @FemiAdesina earlier in the day. Chief Adesina, who also issued a press statement … [Read more…]
Presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar; All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu; Labour Party, Peter Obi; New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP),Rabiu Kwankwaso and others have been tasked to demonstrate leadership by directing their campaign councils and political parties to regularly and widely publish the sources of their campaign funding. This was … [Read more…]
Another professional association of lawyers different from the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), the Law Society of Nigeria (LSN) led by Mr. Kunle Ogunba, SAN, has emerged. This was contained in a statement yesterday by the National Publicity Secretary of the LSN, Mr Douglas Ogbankwa. The legal practitioners in Nigeria had been hitherto regulated solely under … [Read more…]