Human rights advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, says it has secured the leave of court to apply for a mandamus order to compel...
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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday frown on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over an alleged sloppy handling of the trial of a former...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Wednesday said the leaking roof in a part of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, was due to...
June 28, 2017 PRESS STATEMENT 2017 BUDGET DEBACLE At this stage, there is no denying the reality that the Nigerian ruling class remains in a commitment...
The Health and Managed Care Association of Nigeria on Tuesday urged the Presidency and the National Assembly to set up a high-powered committee to investigate...
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Tuesday, faulted the claim that a Federal High Court in Abuja had, last year, affirmed the power of the National...
The leader of the Boko Haram terrorist sect, Abubakar Shekau, has said the sect was responsible for the attack on a military/police convoy and the abduction of...
THE Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has warned the Federal Government against the full concession of the nation’s refineries. The...
As the battle for the recall of the representative of Kogi-West senatorial district, Senator Dino Melaye, rages, prominent Okun indigenes have thrown their...
The Lagos State Government has asked public servants in the state to remove any hindrance in service delivery. The state Head of Service, Mrs. Olabowale...
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Monday hit back at members of the National Assembly, as he argued that the lawmakers had “stark...
The Supreme Court has warned political parties to always comply with the provisions of the laws of the land and their own rules while nominating candidates for...
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State says his administration will prioritise power, environment and transport sectors in the next two years. Ambode...
The Federal Government is seeking a loan of $5bn from the World Bank Group to boost power availability in Nigeria, investigation has shown. The World Bank had...
The Nigeria Customs Service generated a total sum of N239.4bn in the first three months of this year, figures obtained from the Federal Ministry of Finance...
The Controller, Oyo/Osun Area Command, Nigeria Customs Service, Udo-Aka Emmanuel, has said that 15 vehicles were impounded from smugglers in Saki, Oyo State...
The Federal Government is targeting to raise additional revenue of $1bn through a new tax awareness scheme known as Voluntary Asset and Income Declaration...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission says it has frozen the bank accounts of some members of High Chief Gbadamosi Eletu...
The Supreme Court on Friday sacked the Senator representing Taraba North Senatorial District, Garba Umar, and the lawmaker representing Vandeikya/Konshisha...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday dismissed a suit seeking the removal of Mr. Aminu Tambuwal as governor of Sokoto State. Justice Gabriel...
The Department of State Services said it had uncovered a sinister plan by suspected terrorists to stage series of coordinated attacks using explosives in...
Some members of the Senate are spoiling for a fresh battle with the Presidency over the decision by the Federal Government to appeal against the judgment of...
Senator Dino Melaye on Friday sued the Independent National Electoral Commission, seeking an order restraining the electoral body from conducting any...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday arraigned a serving judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa, for alleged unlawful...
Prominent groups and economic experts have criticised the National Assembly for reducing the budgetary allocations for projects such as the Lagos-Ibadan...
June 23, 2017 PRESS RELEASE The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL and 19 other Civil Society Organizations have made good their...
The Federal House of Representatives has expressed worry about the low level of compliance of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, and other public...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday rejected an application seeking an order dismissing the $1.6bn fraud charges instituted against Jide Omokore, an...
he Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Thursday ordered the remand of an American national, Marco Ramirez, in Kirikiri prison for allegedly defrauding three...
A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan has ordered that a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Jumoke Akinjide, and a chieftain of the Peoples...
June 22, 201 One would have expected the National Assembly to be happy as a result of the decision of the Acting President to approach the Supreme Court on...
FORMER local government chairmen and commissioners in Rivers State during the administration of Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, have faulted a statement credited to...
Youths in Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency of Ondo State have begun to mobilise the people of the constituency to start the process of recalling the...
The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria have said the hardship and woes in the country should be blamed on the ruling political...
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has formally notified Senator Dino Melaye of the demand by the people of his constituency to recall him...
Some Civil Society Organisations on Wednesday kicked against the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill just passed by the Senate, saying it failed to adequately...
In a landmark ruling delivered on June 9, 2017 validating Section 306 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 and section 40 of the Economic and...
The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has said that more than N200bn was allocated to the education sector in the 2016 and 2017 budgets. He said the...
A Professor of Sociology at the University of Lagos, Lai Olurode, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to seriously consider the adoption of...
The United Nations Refugee Agency on Wednesday raised the alarm over the growing number of Internally Displaced Persons in the North-East, saying the...