Author: Olabanji Ayoola

Global anti-corruption group, Transparency International, has advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to take the petition against All Progressives Congress leader, Senator Bola Tinubu, seriously. Speaking on Monday, the Head, Transparency International Nigeria and Executive Director of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, Auwal Musa, popularly known as Rafsanjani, said the EFCC must prove […]

The legal team of Sahara Reporters publisher, Mr Omoyele Sowore, has rejected a possible offer by President, Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman, to stand surety for the detained activist. Suleman had in a tweet on Monday expressed concerns that though Sowore had hurt many people in the past — including Suleman himself — he […]

Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court on Monday again, ordered the police to maintain status quo in respect of the interim order issued against the recruitment of 10, 000 officers. The Police Service Commission (PSC) had taken the Nigeria Police Force to court over the recruitment of 10,000 constable. On October 23, Justice […]

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna has nullified the election of the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Alhassan Doguwa, and ordered fresh election into Tudunwada/Doguwa Federal constituency, Kano state seat. Doguwa’s declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as the winner of the February 23rd election into constituency seat was […]

Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has appointed a Nigerian, Uduak-Joe Ntuk, as the State Oil and Gas Supervisor, responsible for managing the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR). DOGGR uses science and sound engineering practices to regulate the drilling, operation and permanent closure of energy resource wells. The division prioritises protecting the public […]

The Presidency said President Muhammad Buhari’s frequent trips abroad is not for “sightseeing” but a benefit to the country’s economy. “The President’s trips are not sightseeing trips, they are justified by outcomes,” Buhari’s spokesman Garba Shehu said on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. “In each of the trips, we try to let Nigerians know what the […]

Various security checkpoints mounted by the army and police on the dilapidated old Enugu/Onitsha expressway are compounding the woes of travelers who spend several hours on the Ugwuoba/Enugu axis and Amansea/Anambra borders to other parts of the country. According to checks, commuters now spend two to three hours on the Oji River/Ugwuoba and Amansea/Anambra borders, […]