The Project Manager of a Chinese civil engineering and construction company, Etim Abak, on Monday told the Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory that former President Olusegun Obasanjo awarded the Abuja Rail Project in 2007 without an engineering design or a Memorandum of Understanding. The Minister of FCT and current governor of Kaduna State,
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has justified the disruption of a gay wedding last Saturday at a hotel in Jiwa Community of Abuja, King’s Land Hotel. The FCT Police Command spokesperson, Assistant Superintendent of Police Anjuguri Manzah, said the command received an intelligence report and swiftly moved to the venue of the event to stop the
Members of the Senate met separately at various caucus levels on Monday to discuss the fate of Senate President Bukola Saraki, who is to resume his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal over alleged false declaration of assets. It was gathered that the lawmakers discussed the issues peculiar to their interest, especially the likely
The former Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Omert jailed 19 Months for Corruption. He was Prime Minister between 2006 to 2009. In the light of the above, I don’t see why past Nigeria leaders who are suspected of corruption should not be investigated and tried in the court of law. If they are found guilty
President Muhammadu Buhari has begun a short vacation, his office announced Friday. The president will be on break from his official functions February 5 to February 10, 2016. During his absence, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will perform the functions of the president, a statement signed by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, said. “In compliance with Section
There was apprehension at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, February 4 following the admittance of new exhibits from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by Justice E. Chukwu in the ongoing N29 billion fraud case against the former governor of Adamawa state, Murtala Nyako, his son Senator Abdul-Aziz Nyako, Abubakar Aliyu and
The acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Uche Secondus has described the Wednesday, February 3 supreme court rulings affirming the elections of Governors Udom Emmanuel and Okezie Ikpeazu of Akwa-Ibiom and Abia states respectively as the return of hope and trust of the citizenry in the judiciary. Secondus who said this
The Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has said that his victory at the Supreme Court affirming him as the winner of the April 23, 2015 governorship election has finally freed the state from what he called ill-advised distractions represented by the petition of the Accord Party. The governor dedicated the chain of victory
Ayodele Fayose, the governor of Ekiti state, has reacted to the legal victory of Governor Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom state and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, Daily Post reports. In a statement made on Thursday, February 4, in Ado-Ekiti, by his chief press secretary, Idowu Adelusi, Fayose described the judgment of the Supreme Court on
For the first time since his trial began, Olisa Metuh, the national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) walked into the court room without the presence of prisons officials and handcuffs. Metuh arrived the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja this morning, for the continuation of his ongoing trial, Daily Post reports. The