Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has again accused the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, of demanding $2 million bribe from him. Matawalle has been in a rift with Bawa after he disclosed that the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Oluwatoyin Madein as a substantive Accountant-General of the Federation (SGF). The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, made this known via a statement issued on Friday,...
The National Youth Service Corps says the discharge certificate being paraded by Enugu State Governor-elect, Peter Mbah, was not issued by the NYSC. The Director General of the NYSC, Brig.- Gen. YD Ahmed, said this in an interview with Arise...
No fewer than four fuel attendants were, on Friday, May 19, arraigned before a Magistrate’ Court sitting in Yaba over alleged conspiracy and theft of N17 million at a filling station in Ikeja, Lagos State. The defendants - Stephen Enemi,...
An Abuja High Court, on Friday, May 19, granted an order of stay execution on the suspension of the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, and others. Others are the party’s National Organising Secretary, Clement Ojukwu, and...
The Labour Party (LP) has faulted the court judgement annulling the elections of the party’s candidates into various political offices across the country. The Labour Party, while describing the judgement as inconsequential and laughable said the Federal High Court sitting...
The Federal High Court sitting in Kano has declared that it lacks the jurisdiction to make an order for the issuance of Certificate of Return to Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti, and other candidates of the Labour Party...
The Presidential Election Petition Court has adjourned pre-hearing in the petitions filed by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election until Saturday, May 20. The five-member panel, led...
The Federal High Court sitting in Kano has nullified the candidature of the candidates of the Labour Party (LP) in Abia and Kano states. The presiding judge, Justice Mohammed Yunusa, in a ruling on Friday, May 19, declared that the...
The founder of one of the commercial banks in the country, First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Subomi Balogun, has died. It was gathered that Balogun died in the early hours of Friday, May 19, in London, the United Kingdom. Details later... The...