The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has spoken on how he was brutally beaten wgile in police custody after his release from the Imo State Police custody on Wednesday. In a video seen, Ajaero had a bloodshot face in the right eye while heading to the Federal Medical Center in Owerri…
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has been arrested in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Ajaero was picked up from the NLC State Council Secretariat by heavily armed policemen in Owerri and taken to an unknown destination. The Head of Media at the NLC Headquarters, Benson Upah, allegedly stated this via…
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday, October 31 2023, confirmed the nomination of Zacchaeus Adedeji as the chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Adedeji was confirmed following a majority decision by senators after he was screened during a plenary session in Abuja. While speaking before his confirmation, Adedeji promised to improve the data mining…
The chambers of the Rivers State House of Assembly has been set ablaze by suspected political thugs in the state. This is following a move by the house to commence an impeachment process on the Leader of the House, Hon. Edison Ehie, and the state Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara today. The fire bombers had carried…
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, is currently being detained in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Emefiele, who is currently being interrogated at the National Headquarters of the anti-graft agency, Jabi, Abuja, was picked up by EFCC operatives Thursday night, less than an hour after he regained…
Musa Aliyu has been confirmed today as the substantive chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission by the Senate. His confirmation followed a screening exercise on Thursday at the plenary. The screening, which started around 11:50 am after the leader, Bamidele Opeyemi, raised a point order to suspend relevant senate rules…
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, welcomed the Supreme Court’s verdict, which upheld his electoral victory at the February 25 Presidential Election. He also sought the buy-in of Nigerians, promising to exceed expectations in terms of service delivery in the remaining years of his administration. His speech: The court has done justice to all issues put…
The Supreme Court has dismissed the application by Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to admit fresh evidence in his appeal against President Bola Tinubu for lack of jurisdiction. The apex court said Atiku’s petition was a friendly joke. It insisted that the petition could not be granted. Atiku had…
Alhaji Shettima Yerima, the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum’s National Leader, remarked that the Bola Tinubu who once championed pro-democracy causes no longer holds the reins of power at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. Yerima pointed out that those, like himself, who were once pro-democracy activists alongside the president in the struggle to establish…
The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso, today, sacked Oba Ghandi Olaoye as the new Soun of Ogbomoso. The court ordered the Oyo State Government to conduct a fresh selection process for the next Soun. This was followed by a suit filed by one of the contestants, Kabir Laoye. Laoye had argued in his…
