Ibrahim Magu By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, declined to declare the continued stay of Mr Ibrahim Magu as the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, as illegal and unconstitutional. However, the court, in a judgement delivered by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, said it was a…

Sen. Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos in a landmark judgment has ordered the Federal Government to “recover pensions collected by former governors now serving as ministers and members of the National Assembly, and directed the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr. Abubakar…

Two brothers, Kingsley Nwegwu and Joakin Nwegwu both managing directors of ACJEC Global Services Ltd were on Monday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Enugu Zonal office. The Nwegw brothers were convicted by Justice M.L. Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Awka, Anambra State before whom they were charged with 50 counts…

Smart Adeyemi By Henry Umoru THE Senate on Wednesday swore in Senator Smart Adeyemi, All Progressives Congress, APC, Kogi West who was declared a winner in last Saturday 30th November rerun election. The swearing-in of Adeyemi was a sequel to the judgment of Court of Appeal that called for a rerun of the election in…

Australia will face Lionel Messi and Argentina in next year’s Copa America after being drawn alongside the tournament co-hosts on Tuesday. The Socceroos, one of two guest teams invited to the South American football championship, will also face Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay and Chile in Group A. In Group B, Asian champions Qatar, the other guest…

Tiger Woods Tiger Woods Ernie Els on Wednesday said Tiger Woods has lost some of his aura but the skipper of the International team will not be under-estimating his superstar counterpart at the Presidents Cup next week. Woods is captaining and playing for the United States at the biennial matchplay showdown at Royal Melbourne, and…

One in every 45 people in the world – a record 168 million – will need humanitarian assistance in 2020, according to a United Nations report released on Wednesday. The number of people on the brink of survival has grown by 22 million over the past year due to violent and protracted conflicts, climate change-related…

Edward Onoja By Edward Onoja The 2019 Kogi State Gubernatorial Elections have come and gone. We thank the Almighty God and our good people on the reelection of Governor Yahaya Bello for the second term in office, with me as his Deputy. Throughout the campaigns, His Excellency premised his request for a second term on…

*say mobile app advances Nigeria’s quest for transparency in the extractive industry By Levinus Nwabughiogu Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Mr. Waziri Adio and civil society organizations have lauded the unveiling of RemTrack, a mobile application for tracking transparency and accountability issues in the oil and gas sector. RemTrack is…

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki The Edo State Joint Account and Allocation Committee (JAAC) has declared N3.15 billion as the total allocation accrued to the 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state for the month of October and shared in November. Addressing journalists at the end of the JAAC meeting presided over by…