THE long-awaited return of Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume to the floor of the Senate and collection of salaries and allowances that are his due following a court judgment last week which declared his six months suspension from the Senate illegal on Monday suffered a setback with the filing of a Notice of Appeal at the
THE Secretary to the Government of the federation (SGF),Boss Mustapha, on Monday visited Alex Ekwueme, former vice-president, at a London hospital. Ekwueme, who has been ill for about two weeks, was flown to the UK for medical treatment on Sunday. President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the treatment after he was briefed about the elder statesman’s
General Constantino Chiwenga, Zimbabwe’s army chief, has warned President Robert Mugabe and ruling Zanu-PF party after the sacking of vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa, The Guardian reports. “The current purging, which is clearly targeting members of the party with a liberation background, must stop forthwith,” Chiwenga told a media conference on Monday attended by about 90 senior
The Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Jabi, Abuja, on Monday sentenced two former top officials in the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation to 105 years imprisonment for contract fraud and abuse of office. The two men- Mohammed Dogonyaro Audu (also known as Abdullahi Dogonyaro Mohammed) and Yahaya Ayodeji, were arrested
The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has criticised referee Eric Otogo-Castane of Gabon for awarding a late controversial penalty to Algeria in Friday’s 1-1 draw against Nigeria in the last game of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The Super Eagles were forced to a draw when Yacine Brahaimi converted a late penalty which
There were rumours of bomb scare at the Anambra headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, following alleged discovery of a substance which looked like an improvised explosive device (IED). A source who pleaded anonymity that the device was detected by men of the anti-bomb squad of the Nigeria Police Force who combed the
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo as the “boss of bosses”, saying any politician who ignores the elder statesman does so at his own peril. Jonathan said this while speaking with Dele Momodu, publisher of Ovation Magazine, on the 2019 election. The immediate past president said the chances of former Vice-President Atiku
A North Korean soldier was shot and injured by his own side Monday while defecting to South Korea at the border truce village of Panmunjom, the South’s military said. The soldier, thought to be low ranking, was shot in the shoulder and elbow and was picked up bleeding on the South side of a portion
The Nigerian Guild of Editors has expressed worry over the threat by the Niger Delta Avengers to resume attacks on oil facilities in the oil-rich Niger Delta region, calling on the Avengers to drop the threat and embrace dialogue in resolving their grievances. Arising from its standing committee meeting held in Katsina, the guild specifically
Former Vice President, Alex Ekwueme, has been flown abroad for medical treatment. The ailing Second Republic Vice President was brought to the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu at about 7:26am on Sunday in a National Orthopedic Hospital Enugu, SUV ambulance. He was driven straight into the tarmac, where he was transfered into a waiting air