Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is expected to touch down in Lagos any moment from now as he is to kick-off the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan rail line. Osinbajo, who inaugurated Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) in the morning of Tuesday, March 7, 2017 is expected
Oil giants Oando and Sahara Energy are believed to appear on a list of companies involved in alleged illegal diversion of $1 billion fuel diversion scandal. The executive is suspected of forging documents and colluding with third parties to divert products, according to insider sources. “if products are taken away to unauthorized locations, it is […]
The Nigerian Senate has blocked the Nigeria Customs Service from going ahead with the proposed plan to collect duties on all vehicles in the country, including old ones. The Senate resolved that the Customs should drop the move until its Comptroller-General Hameed Ali has appeared before the lawmakers to explain the idea behind the collection […]
The only member of the Labour Party in the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (Delta Central), has announced his defection from the party to the majority All Progressives Congress. Senator Omo-Agege made the announcement on the floor of the plenary on Tuesday. He based his decision on the internal crisis rocking the Labour Party as reason […]
President Muhammadu Buhari’s return to Nigeria was put off late last night because his doctors would not certify him healthy enough to return home despite strong pressure from members of his inner circle. Presidency sources said the desperation to have him back was so much that the cabal sent to London on Friday the biggest jet in the […]
Staff members of the Peoples Democratic Party, National Secretariat, have explained why they would not resume work as directed by the party’s National Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff. The Director of Administration in the secretariat, Gurama Bawa, disclosed that staff could be exposed to “harassment and intimidation” by protesters as was the case in recent
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