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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has picked up a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke ( SAN) upon arrival from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Adoke is being probed alongside others over $1.06billion Malabu Oil Block ( OPL 245) deal. The ex-AGF was arrested in Abu Dhabi on […]

The Senator representing Imo North Senatorial District, Benjamin Uwajumogu, is dead. Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha confirmed the death of Uwajumogu to reporters at the Senate on Wednesday. He was said to have slumped in the toilet while taking his bath and rushed to a private hospital in Apo, Abuja where he […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has administered oath of office on nine federal permanent secretaries, including the wife of Chris Ngige, minister of labour. The permanent secretaries were sworn in in two batches of five and four before the commencement of the federal executive council (FEC) meeting at the presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. The nine permanent […]

The Federal High Court in Warri, Delta State, has awarded N50m damages against the Nigerian Army for the murder of Ajayi Oladele, who was said to have died as a result of a spinal cord injury he sustained when he was arrested and beaten by some soldiers in Warri in 2017. Oladele was said to […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to explain why the #RevolutionNow protests convener, Omoyele Sowore, was still being detained despite the bail granted by the court. Justice Inyang Ekwo made […]

A former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, who was on December 5 convicted of N7.1bn fraud and sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment, has urged the court to grant him a post-conviction bail. Kalu, who has since been taken to the prison after conviction, said in an application on Tuesday that he is battling serious […]

The wife of Zimbabwe’s vice president was remanded in custody on Monday after appearing in court to face charges of fraud, money-laundering and attempted murder of her husband. Marry Mubaiwa, 38, who is the wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, 63, was arrested by Zimbabwe’s anti-graft commission on Saturday. She was initially detained on suspicion […]

The 35-year-old marriage between Mr. Michael Longe and his wife, Margaret, has been dissolved by an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court sitting in Ikole-Ekiti, Nigeria. ‎The President of the court, Mrs Yemisi Ojo, who dissolved the marriage yesterday, based the grounds on desertion, lack of affection and that the differences between the couples were irreconcilable. Mrs. Ojo […]

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has asked Nigerians to chide the National Assembly if it behaves as an appendage of the executive arm of government. He said this while responding to questions from some journalists in Abuja on Monday. Mr Lawan asked Nigerians to judge the lawmakers by their actions. “I will like to appeal…judge […]

The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi has divorced his Jamaican wife, Ms Chanel Chin, over irreconcilable differences. The monarch, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary Mr Alli Ibraheem, urged members of the public not to treat his ex-wife as a queen any longer. The Oluwo wished the former wife well in […]

Sources familiar with the continued incarceration of Omoyele Sowore have told Premium Times the Nigerian activist was questioned earlier last week over purported ties to Boko Haram and other outlawed groups. Terrorism allegations were the focus of a grilling session conducted with Mr Sowore by State Security Service operatives on November 12, two sources familiar […]

Kassim Afegbua, spokesman of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), has dispelled a rumour of the death of the former military ruler. Babangida, who clocked 78 in August, ruled the country from August 27, 1985 to August 26, 1993. A rumour about the demise of Babangida rippled on social media after an online news platform reported that […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday began marking for seizure properties belonging to the former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu. According to a statement issued by the agency’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, the action came following an order by a Lagos Division of the Federal High Court to wound up assets belonging to Mr […]

Former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi-Okogie, has said Nigeria is gradually returning to the era of military dictatorship where there is disobedience to the rule of law. Okogie, a former Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, decried the frequent disobedience to court orders by the current regime led by the President, Major […]

The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has written to the State Security Service (SSS, also called DSS) to forward the case file of Omoyele Sowore to his office. Mr Malami’s directive was contained in a statement sent by his spokesperson, Umar Gwandu. Mr Gwandu said the request for the transfer of the case […]

A high court in Adamawa has ordered the arrest of Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources, for allegedly giving a bribe of N362 million to INEC officials to influence the outcome of the 2015 presidential election. Nathan Musa, the judge, gave this order on Thursday while delivering judgement against Ibrahim Umar and Sahabo Hamman, two staff […]

The Senate has asked the federal government to initiate a sustainable unemployment fund for the payment of living stipends to unemployed Nigerians until such persons secure employment. Currently, the millions of unemployed Nigerians do not get any kind of benefits from the government. The federal government has, however, initiated programmes like the N-Power to reduce […]