The outgoing Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Adamu Abdul-Kafarati, has rejected the request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for a change of judge in the fundamental rights cases filed by the immediate-past Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and a former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha. The …

A former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Timi Alaibe; have joined the November governorship race on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. Alaibe is aspiring to be the PDP candidate for Bayelsa State. Alaibe spoke to journalists after collecting his nomination and expression of interest forms …

The governorship candidate of the Allied People’s Movement in the 2019 election in Ogun State, Adekunle Akinlade, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission of awarding unlawful votes to Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress. Akinlade stated this on Thursday while appearing as a “star witness” before the election …

Despite analysts’ predictions that the performance of the nation’s stock market would begin picking up in the second half of the year, investors have recorded losses totalling N291bn in the four days since the second half of the year began. The market, which opened the new half at a value …

Group Call On Buhari To Intervene & Stop Premium Steel Ltd From Selling Off Steel Company. A group known as The Emerging Delta (TED) has called on President Buhari to call to order Premium Steel & Mines Limited from what they termed “outright sales of the assets and properties” of …

The Church of Nigeria, Diocese of Ogbaru Diocese, Anglican Communion, has called on the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government of President Muhammadu Buhari to implement, without further delay, the reports and recommendations of the 2014 National Conference. The Church of Nigeria also called on the Federal Government to consider …

Senator Adedayo Adeyeye (Ekiti South) has been appointed chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs. By the appointment, he becomes the spokesman of the Ninth Senate. Five other Senators were also appointed members of the committee by Senate President, Ahmed Lawan.

Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka joined the raging cattle settlements dispute, describing the policy as a keg of gunpowder. The planned Ruga (settlements) is the Federal Government’s antidote to the bloody herders/farmers clashes, which have taken many lives, setting Nigeria on edge. Even before its execution, the policy has sparked …

The Nigeria Police Force, Ebonyi Command, said that no fewer than 1,679 applicants were shortlisted to take part in the ongoing screening/recruitment exercise into the Constable cadre of the Force. Loveth Odah, Police Public Relations Officer, Ebonyi Command, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria …

Hundreds of protesters have called for the prosecution of Senator Elisha Abbo and his police orderlies. The call came following a video that went viral where the newly elected senator under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was seen assaulting a female at a sex toy shop in Abuja. …