The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday re-arraigned former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr Olu Agunloye before a Federal Capital Territory(FCT) , high court Apo. He was re-arriagned on allegations bordering on award of contract for construction of 3,960MW Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Station in Taraba. The anti-graft agency re-arraigned him on an…
No fewer than four persons lost their lives during a building demolition exercise at Rimin Zakara village in Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State. The incident occurred at about 10:00 pm on Sunday, when government officials accompanied by security operatives stormed the area for building demolition. According to eyewitness account, Ishaq Mohammad, the demolition…
A State High Court in Lokoja on Monday sacked the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Alhaji Tijani Ahmed-Anaje. Justice Umar Salisu, gave the order in a judgment he delivered in Lokoja with a charge to Ahmed-Anaje not to parade himself as the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland. NAN reports that Daudu Adeku-Ojiah, Hussain Yusuf and Abdulrahaam Suberu had in…
European Union (EU) foreign Policy Chief, Kaja Kallas, has called for closer ties with the United Kingdom. Kallas, in an address to EU ambassadors in Brussels on Monday, stressed that cooperation on defence was the next logical step in relations with the former EU member. EU leaders would hold talks with British Prime Minister Keir…
Interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa would meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara on Tuesday on his second official trip abroad since taking power. The Turkish communications directorate announced this on Monday. The meeting would be held on Tuesday afternoon, the presidential palace in Ankara said. Sources in the Syrian transitional government have confirmed…
Afghan police have busted seven-member gangs of thieves in recent operations in the capital of Kabul, the Ministry of Interior Affairs said in a statement on Monday. The arrested members were involved in criminal activities, including armed robbery and theft in parts of the Kabul city. The statement said, adding that the arrested men had…
A policeman was killed in a gunshot by unidentified militants in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday morning, official sources said. The incident happened at about 9:20a.m. Local time (GMT 0420) in the Khyber district where the policeman, who was on duty as part of a polio vaccination campaign, was targeted. The sources from…
The leader of Germany’s Free Democrats (FDP) is set to propose that his party formally rule out any future coalition with the Greens, citing irreconcilable differences from their previous time in government. Reflecting on the challenges within the collapsed governing coalition, as well as the events of the past week, Christian Lindner told the Kölner…
A former member of the House of Representatives from Sokoto State, Dr Balarabe Shehu-Kakale, says the Federal Government is fully committed to the reduction of the high number of out-of-school children in Nigeria. Shehu-Kakale in a statement on Monday in Kaduna, said there were approximately 10.5 million children in Nigeria who are not in school,…
An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, , Salawu Gana on Monday, told an Abuja High Court that the contract awards for vehicles purchased by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) passed due process of procurement laws. Gana, who testified as the 10th witness (PW 10) admitted that quotations for supply of the vehicles…
