archiveFebruary 14, 2019

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) said its attention has been drawn to a report in the Daily Trust Newspaper of Friday, 8th February, 2019 which alleged a hasty liquidation of Fortis Micro-Finance Bank (MFB). NDIC in a press statement by its Head, Communications & Public Affairs, Mohammed Kudu Ibrahim...

The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has declared Friday, February 15 a public holiday to enable citizens travel to places they registered for the elections and vote. Umahi made the declaration while addressing newsmen in Abakaliki, noting that the directive was in conformity with the powers vested on him as...

Foremost lawyer, Mike Ozekhome has listed nine reasons why the bench warrant issued against suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN) Walter Onnoghen by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) is a ‘Trivialization of the judicial process’. In a statement on Wednesday titled ‘THE CCT’S BENCH WARRANT FOR THE CJN ONNOGHEN’S ...

Campaigns for the presidential and National Assembly elections end today, February 14, 2019, under the provisions of the Electoral Act. The two major presidential candidates, President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have been able to visit the...

Ahead of Saturday’s presidential election, Nigerians residing in South Africa have vowed to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The Nigerians under the umbrella of Southgerians, said they and other Nigerians across the globe are returning home to vote for Atiku on Saturday. Director of...

The United Kingdom (UK) on Wednesday reiterated its warning to Nigerian politicians against violence during the February 16, presidential and National Assembly elections as well as the March 2, governorship and states houses of assembly polls. The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms Catriona Laing, who gave the warning, insisted...

The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Wednesday, asked the Appeal Court in Abuja to stop his arrest. Onnoghen, who faulted the Code of Conduct Tribunal’s decision to arrest him, based his argument on 11 grounds. The suspended CJN said his decision to be absent from the...