Author: Olabanji Ayoola

Nigeria’s former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar says there is no cause for alarm over the Supreme Court’s ruling dismissing his claims to inspect the INEC server. Atiku, who addressed a news conference through his lead counsel, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, […]

Some lawyers said on Tuesday that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) tried to implicate former Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, with some foreign currency. Officials of the anti-graft agency had on Tuesday raided the Epe and Victoria Island homes of the former governor in continuation of investigation of an alleged fraud said […]

The Nigerian Bar Association in Rivers State has threatened to withdraw its members from the courts over the increasing rate of assassinations and abduction of some of its members in the state. It noted that the frequency of the incidents was taking a toll on the legal profession, hence should be curtailed immediately. The Association […]

Former Lagos Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has urged his supporters to remain calm and law-abiding as there was no cause for alarm. Ambode, in a statement by his media aide, Mr. Habib Aruna, spoke on the backdrop of a search by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on his Epe Country home and Parkview Ikoyi […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday said its operatives did not raid the residence of the former governor of Lagos State Akinwunmi Ambode in Epe. The Commission said, “whatever” it was doing was within its constitutional right and part of the investigations of former governors. The denial contradicts what the EFCC spokesman said […]

• ‘Investigation diversionary’ In recent times, there have been an upswing in the calls by various interests groups and organisations urging the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to revisit and probe the $16 billion power project initiated under former President Olusegun Obasanjo, whose administration left office 12 years ago. But the development has got many Nigerians […]

Rev. Fr Paul Ofu, of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu killed by unidentified Gunmen, has been buried. Until his death, Ofu 49, who hailed from Okpatu in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu, was the Parish Priest of St. James Greater Parish Ugbawka. In his homily at the burial mass held at the Holy Ghost […]

Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi is yet to appoint commissioners more than two months after his swearing in for a second term. He is holding consultations with stakeholders on the modalities for the appointments. According to a source, “the governor does not want to make mistake in his appointments and wants to carry the people […]

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday swore in his commissioners and special advisers at an event held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium in Alausa, Ikeja. This followed the confirmation on Monday, of 35 persons as members of Sanwo-Olu’s cabinet. Three persons were not confirmed. Following are the cabinet members’ names their portfolios and […]