archiveJune 7, 2019

  say we’re in possession of documents against him A civil rights movement under the aegis Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates (COPA) on Thursday said it was in possession of all documents and evidences which established a clear case of fraudulent dishonesty and abuse of trust against a...

  Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court on Friday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue Rochas Okorocha, a Certificate of Return. The Court ruled that the decision to deprive Okorocha of the certificate was a “lawless decision.” Abang held that only the returning officer of...

The Justice Inyang Ekwo-led Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has, Friday, nullified the suspension of operating license of Daar Communications PLC, operator of AIT and Ray Power. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Thursday suspended the operating license of the Daar Communications PLC, operator of AIT and Ray Power...

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Friday, June 7, re-elected Rt Hon Mudashiru Obasa as the speaker of the Assembly. Obasa, who represents Agege constituency 1 at the Assembly, was nominated for the position by the lawmaker representing Lagos Mainland constituency 2, Hon Moshood Oshun. The nomination was seconded...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Friday said FCT recorded the highest number of road crashes in March, with 118 crashes involving 733 persons with 29 fatalities and 295 injuries. Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal, said this in the FRSC’s Road Traffic Crash Report he signed for the month...

  The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said the country recorded trade volume of 8.24 trillion in first quarter, 2019. The NBS said this in “Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics’’ for first quarter, 2019 posted on its website. The bureau said the figure (N8.24 trillion) was 2.50 per cent higher...

The Youth Wing of the Kwara South Forum has kicked against the ministerial reappointment of the immediate past minister for Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. The group in a statement in Ilorin, the state capital, yesterday challenged Mohammed to name his achievements for the area since his four years...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have expressed their readiness to pay the N30,000 minimum wage recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa, disclosed while speaking with newsmen at the end of the forum’s meeting which ended...

  Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Thursday queried Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II and gave him 24 hours to respond to allegations of misappropriation. The latest action followed the June 5, 2019 restriction of Sanusi’s sallah activities to the palace. Ganduje’s restriction order brought to a sudden...

Details of NBC accusations PDP presidential candidate in the last general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Thursday condemned the closure of AIT and Ray Power FM, two of the country’s largest private broadcasters. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) suspended the broadcast licences for both AIT and Ray Power FM on Thursday...