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President Muhammadu Buhari joined the people of Nigeria to mourn the passing-on of a great icon in the country yesterday after he received with immense sadness, news of the demise of Chief (Mrs.) Hannah Dideolu Awolowo. On behalf of the Federal Government and people of Nigeria, President Buhari extends sincere commiserations to the children, grand children and great grand children …

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, summoned the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to appear before it on September 21 to show cause why it should not be restrained from arraigning Senate President,Bukola Saraki, over allegations bordering on false and improper declaration of assets allegedly acquired during his tenure as governor of Kwara State from 2003 to 2011. …

A deputy director in the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. M.S. Hassan, applied for the arrest order following Saraki’s refusal to appear before the tribunal to enter his plea to the13- count corruption charge against him. ‎Saraki who was billed for arraignment this morning, sent his team of lawyers to serve the tribunal with a copy …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday declared wanted the man managing Senate President Bukola Saraki’s property company, Mr. Kennedy Izuagbe, for alleged N3.6bn money laundering. Izuagbe, managing director of Carlisle Properties and Investment Limited, a firm said to be owned by Saraki, was alleged to have conspired with others to launder the said amount while he was the …

By Alltimepost.com Zambian Minister of Labor, Comrade Fackson Shamenda says Nigeria is now the true leader on the African continent having taken the back seat for so many years. Shamenda made the remark while speaking during a visit to Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole in Benin City on Wednesday. He said it was a shame that Nigeria which all …

The Federal Government will, on Friday, arraign the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Abuja, over allegations bordering on false and improper declaration of assets allegedly acquired during his tenure as governor of Kwara State from 2003 to 2011. The 13-count charge against Saraki, Tribune Online gathered, was filed before the tribunal by the Code …

President Muhammadu Buhari said, on Wednesday, in an interview with France 24, that he did not think the country’s currency, the naira, should be devalued again. “I don’t think it is healthy for us to have the naira devalued further. That’s why we are getting the central bank to make modifications in terms of making foreign exchange available to essential …

The Federal Government has so far borrowed N882.122 billion to finance the 2015 budget, Mrs Anastasia Daniel-Nwobia, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, has said. Daniel-Nwobia made the disclosure, on Tuesday, in Abuja at a public hearing organised by the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on non implementation of capital projects in 2015 Appropriation Act. She was represented at …

The Presidency has ordered Ministries, Departments and Agencies under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government to compile the names of all public service employees who are being owed arrears (salaries and allowances) within seven days so that they can be paid without further delay. The directive was contained in a Circular with reference number HCSF/428/S.1/128 dated September 14, 2015, from …

The All Progressives Congress has denied reports in a section of the media that Haj. Maitalle Tara Koko, the 92-year-old woman who is an ardent Muhammadu Buhari supporter, has been abandoned, saying the woman is being well catered for. In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the wife …