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  The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered an interim forfeiture of 14 properties in “choice areas” of Abuja which were allegedly traced to the immediate past Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Bala Mohammed, and his son, Shamsuddeen. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba granted the interim forfeiture order upon an ex parte application by the Economic and Financial …

Following the recent mass outcry by Edo State indigenes and residents, the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja, yesterday yielded to pressure and effected the transfer of embattled Edo State Police Commissioner, Haliru Gwandu Abukar from the state. Until now, Abubaka had defied initial transfer slammed on him by the Police Service Commission (PSC) by refusing the deployment to his …

President Muhammadu Buhari and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, have reacted to an application seeking the removal of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu. Magu’s appointment as acting EFCC chairman, despite his repeated rejection by the Senate, has constituted the basis for several applications pending in court. One of the motions brought in March …

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has explained why he picked National Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, Otunba Gani Adams, as the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo designate of Yorubaland, saying it was based on his antecedents in the promotion of Yoruba culture. The position was held last by the late Chief Moshood Abiola, who died in 1998. …

United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, has rejected the erection of statue of President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, in Owerri by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, including naming a street in the state capital after Zuma. While demanding that the statue be pulled down, ULC described honouring of Zuma by the governor as highly insensitive and contemptuous of …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said the “madness”in Plateau State which led to recent killings of at least 20 people had gone too far. He has therefore instructed the military and the police to bring the violence to an instant end. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement made …

The Asokoro residence of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, in Abuja caught fire on Sunday evening. It was gathered that security personnel and some first responders on the ground at the time of the incident were able to put off the fire which was caused by a suspected electrical fault in the minister’s room. Sources familiar …

The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has described the appointment of the National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress, Gani Adams, as the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, as well deserved. This was contained in a statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Chief Adedayo Adeneye, on …

Immediate past governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, on Monday explained that the plea by President Muhammadu Buhari to the world Bank to come to the aid of the North East was borne out of the President’s genuine concern to attract international assistance to the over two million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North East as a result …

The Presidency Sunday said that neither the report that $25 billion worth of oil contracts were awarded by the NNPC nor that $25 billion in NNPC funds was missing was true. The Senior Special Assistant to the President, Office of the Vice President, Laolu Akande in a statement in Abuja said that there were no contracts procured by the NNPC …