The Federal Government on Monday, arraigned Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan at the Federal High Court, Abuja over alleged cyber bullying and defamation of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and former Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello. The suspended senator was docked on a six-count charge bordering on making inciting statements in public and on television amounting to…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Momday, fixed Oct. 6, to hear a suit by former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke, challenging forfeiture of her assets to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the forfeiture suit was brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) When the…
France has expressed its support to the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, while condemning the alleged threats against him from Iran. The French Foreign Ministry said this on Monday in a statement. On Sunday, Iran’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Amir Saeid Iravani, said that Tehran posed no threat to…
An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness on Monday told an Abuja High Court that a petition written by a coalition of aviation employees led to the investigation of the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, and others. The EFCC charged Sirika charged alongside his daughter, son-in-law and a company, Al Buraq Global Investment…
President Bola Tinubu says the leadership quality of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, is taking governance closer to the residents of the territory. Tinubu stated this in Abuja on Monday while inaugurating the newly-constructed access roads in Giri district, executed by the Wike-led FCT Administration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), has expressed its profound appreciation to President Bola Tinubu, for the recent signing of the tax reform bills and the commission`s bill. Dr Muhammed Shehu, Chairman of the commission said this in Abuja on Monday, in his commendation message to the President, on the bills. Shehu said…
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) SOROH, under the Central Naval Command, has handed over one suspect to the Department of State Services (DSS) over alleged illegal possession of HK General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG). The suspect was also allegedly found with a significant quantity of ammunition. The Commander of NNS SOROH, Commodore Omobamidele Akinbami, disclosed…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered a gun and other materials from 74 suspected internet fraudsters arrested in Abuja. Its Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. ”Items recovered from them include 86 phones, one rifle pistol and three motorcycles,” he said. According to him, the suspects…
A constitutional lawyer, Joshua Ijaodola, has urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to nullify the Acts enabling the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) as being unconstitutional. Ijaodola, in two fresh suits, argued that the acts violated Section 214 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended)…
Children in the Bwari Area Council, FCT, on Monday, called on government at all levels to improve access to social amenities and infrastructure for the development of the community. Some of the children, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that it was paramount for the country’s leaders to remember the immediate…
