The ongoing war of attrition between the Presidency and the Senate got messier on Thursday. Read More…

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting list of candidates for the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo from other leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) except form the Ali Modu Sheriff-led National Working Committee (NWC). Read More…

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday met behind closed-doors with the nation’s security chiefs. Read More…

Benue State Governor, Mr. Samuel Ortom, on Thursday lauded the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for arresting and investigating the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr. Terkimbir Ikyange, and three principal officers of the assembly. Read More…

The escapees, Maxwell Ajukwu and Solomon Amodu, were standing trial for murder, but managed to escape by scaling the fence enclosing the prison. At the time of publication, the two remain at large. Read More…

Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello’s trip to Saudi Arabia for a lesser hajj on Wednesday evening was aborted at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, as his travel visa had expired. Read More…

Fiery Enugu-based Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, Thursday, cried out, alleging that mischief makers were bent on rail-roading the cordial relationship that exists between him and President Muhammadu Buhari. Read More…

We want to confirm that since then, we have been in talks with the Ministry of Justice, the EFCC and other necessary bodies on how to refund the money and resolve the issue. Read More…

The Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, on Thursday, walked out the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, on Prosecution,  Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla, who was in the upper chamber to represent the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami. Read More…

A legal practitioner, Mr. Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe, has filed a notice at the Federal High Court in Abuja to discontinue the suit he instituted seeking the disqualification of President Muhammadu Buhari for lack of certificate. Read More…

The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the death of a policeman who killed a motorcyclist on Tuesday in Nsukka while trying to shoot into the air to scare away people. Read More…

Renowned author, Elechi Amadi, is dead. Read More…

Ekiti State lawmakers yesterday caused a stir in Ado-Ekiti by holding plenary on a major highway to support embattled Governor Ayo Fayose. Fayose is being investigated for alleged money laundering by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Read More…

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ALL hell was let loose in Maryland, Lagos, yesterday when a hawker was crushed by a truck. Read More…

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Apo, Abuja, has said the detention of former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was in order. Read More…

suspected armed robbers have shot dead a final year undergraduate student of Bayelsa State-owned Niger Delta University, Amasoma. Read More…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice has adjourned sine die (indefinitely) judgment in the case of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) against the Federal Government in which he challenged his unlawful detention by government since December 2015 in the custody of the Department of the State Security Service (DSS). Read More…

The Spiritual Head of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, Olumba Olumba-Obu, on Wednesday denied  giving his sister, Mrs. Helen Udoh,   power of attorney to take over the administration of the church. Read More…

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has described as worrisome, a deliberate ploy to politicise the judiciary for the purpose of hearing a bail application of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who was charged for murder during the March 19, 2016 rerun elections in the state. Read More…

President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the arrest of a key member of the panel investigating the mismanagement of public funds meant for the war against Boko Haram after receiving damning reports that he was involved in alleged money laundering and illegal possession of firearms, reliable security and presidency sources have told PREMIUM TIMES. Read More…

The Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti, has summoned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Zenith Bank Plc to show why an order exparte to unfreeze Governor Ayodele Fayose’s accounts now before it should not be granted. Read More…

The Rivers State House of Assembly yesterday passed into law two controversial tax bills, the Rivers State Taxes and Miscellaneous Bill, 2016, and the Hotel Occupancy and Restaurant Consumption Bill, 2016. Read More…