The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State and former Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has refuted the claim that he is under probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over an alleged N4bn fraud. Fayemi, in a statement on Friday by the Head of the Fayemi Media Office, Abuja, Mallam Ahmad Sajoh, said during his visit to the EFCC, “no such allegation was raised during his conversation” with officials of the anti-graft agency. The statement, however, noted that all Fayemi did during the conversation with the officials of the EFCC in Ilorin, Kwara State, was…
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A Federal High Court in Abuja told former Governor of Rivers, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has the right to suspend or expel him if the action is done in accordance with the law. Justice James Omotosho stated this in a judgement he delivered on a suit filed by Wike prior to the 2023 general elections to seek a court order to stop the PDP from taking action against him without a fair hearing. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the ex-governor had sued the PDP, its National Working Committee (NWC), and its National…
The Chief Whip of Adamawa State House of Assembly, Haruna jilantikiri has dropped his personal car for bicycle in protest against hike in fuel price. Jilantikiri, who represents Madagali Constituency at the Assembly, opted for use of his bicycle to run his daily activities. The price of petrol was hiked considerably by oil marketers shortly after President Bola Tinubu declared end to fuel subsidy regime. The Adamawa Assembly chief whip who spoke to newsmen while riding on his bicycle on Thursday, lamented that Nigerians do not have the money for the new petrol price regime.
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) Jigawa State Command, has rescued a 25-year-old woman locked in a room for many years by her father. Spokesperson of the corps in the state, CSC Adamu Shehu, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, said operatives also arrested the father and stepmother of the victim. He said the development followed a complaint lodged at the NSCDC State Command Headquarters by a human rights activist that a young woman named Ummi, was locked up in a room within the house for several years without being allowed to come…
Bola Tinubu has appointed the incumbent speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila as his Chief of Staff. This was confirmed to newsmen by Olanrenwaju Smart Wasiu, the chief of staff to Gbajabiamila. Smart stated that Gbajabiamila was appointed by the president after several hours of meetings and consultations. The decision to pick Gbajabiamila was said to have been made by the president after evaluating all possible candidates aspiring for the post among his loyalists. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila who was yet to receive his certificate of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would have to forgo his…
The Offa Descendants’ Union, ODU, under the able leadership of Alhaji Muideen Olaniyi Azeez-Salako, has felicitated Governor AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman on his victory as Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, describing his election as NGF Chairman, as ample testimony to the national phenomenal he has attained in the last couple of years. The felicitation was contained in a congratulatory message by the union’s National Social Secretary and acting NPRO, Idowu Muhydeen Oladipo. “The union equally congratulates the governor for the recognition and conferment of the national award of Commander of the Order of the Niger, (CON), on him by former President…
The Presidential Election Petitions Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, admitted a total of 337 exhibits tendered by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the emergence of President Bola Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. At the resumed hearing in the matter, the PDP and Atiku, through their legal team, led by Chief Chris Uche (SAN), informed the court that the documents in evidence were in respect of 33 states of the federation, with the exclusion of Kaduna, Kano, Katsina and Lagos states. Among other documents that Atiku tendered before the court…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria , Femi Falana today dragged the Federal Government before the National Industrial Court over discriminatory, unfair and illegal treatment of members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Joined in the suit as Defendants are Minister of Labour and Employment; Attorney-General of the Federation; and Accountant-General of the Federation. In the suit marked NICN/ABJ/152/2023 and filed on behalf ASUU, Falana is asking the court to determine “Whether having paid the salaries of members of the Joint Staff Union, National Association of Resident Doctors and lecturers in the Medical Facilities/Medical and Dental Academic of the Nnamdi…
Nigerian civil servants under the employment of the Federal Government will experience a delay in the payment of May 2023 salaries. It was gathered that this was because Ministries, Departments and Agencies were yet to get debit approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria. Earlier, some civil servants in separate interviews with our correspondent noted that their salaries for May 2023 have not been paid. In a memo addressed to workers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, the authority noted that the delay in the payment of workers was peculiar to all workers including the military and para-military. The…
A former Metropolitan Police constable, Jade Ebanks, 29, on Wednesday, appeared before District Judge Briony Clarke of the Westminster Magistrates’ Court for raping a woman five times in London. Ebanks is charged with five counts of rape against a yet-to-be-identified woman, an act he allegedly carried out two years before he joined the force. The suspect, who resigned in April 2023, allegedly carried out the act three times in Greenford, Ealing, and twice in Uxbridge, Hillingdon between March 13, 2018, and August 1, 2020. Ebanks joined the Metropolitan Police in June 2021 and was placed on patrol in Brent. He…