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The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to a presidential aspirant and former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha over an alleged N2.9 billion fraud.   He was granted bail on Tuesday by Justice Inyang Ekwo in the sum of N500 million and a surety in like sum.   Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order while ruling on ...

  His Eminence Samuel Uche, the Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria abducted by gunmen, on Tuesday said N100 million was paid as ransom before he was released.   Uche who spoke at a press conference in Lagos, said the monies were arranges in five sacks of N20 million.   He said the funds were raised by the Methodist ...

Peter Obi, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dumped the main opposition party. The former Anambra governor made this known in a letter addressed to the national chairman of the PDP on Wednesday. More to come..

In furtherance of its commitment to tackle Nigeria’s housing deficit, Landwey Investment Limited, Nigeria’s largest residential developer, has announced plans to deliver 1000 premium homes starting from the end of the second quarter of 2022.   Shola Bello, managing Director, LandWey, made this known in a chat with newsmen on Monday.   While speaking on the impact of the COVID-19 ...

Nigeria’s federal government has approved the appointment of Anamekwe Nwabuoku to oversee the office of the accountant-general of the federation (OAGF).   The appointment was announced in a statement issued on Sunday by Yunusa Abdullahi, spokesperson to Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance.   Nwabuoku’s appointment comes following the suspension of N80 Ahmed Idris, the accountant general of the federation ...

The management of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has decided to pull out of the over 90 days old lingering industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).   The institution directed the staff and students to continue academic activities on Thursday, May 26, 2022.   This was announced in a ...

The All Progressives Congress has fixed a new date for its presidential and all other primary elections.   This was contained in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party Felix Morka.   The statement was titled, ‘APC adjusts schedule of activities for 2023 primary elections’.   He said the new dates were approved by the party’s ...

We reports that the accountant-general got Suspended Over Fraud by Finance Minister. Ahmed Idris who is the Accountant General of the Federation, has been suspended indefinitely. Newsmax understands that he was suspended today Wednesday by Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, budget and National Planning. Idris who just got indictment for fraud worth NGN80 billion by EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes ...

The Police Service Commission has promoted Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the rank of an Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), along with five others,  AIG Magu Ibrahim who is proceeding on retirement, is the most senior in the CP cadre and missed the last two promotions after returning to the ...

Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, the former Minister of State for Education who recently resigned his appointment to pursue his presidential bid under the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that his children are also affected by the lingering strike by the Academic Union of Universities (ASUU). Nwajiuba, made this known during his appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. “I do apologise to Nigerian ...