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The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by Senate President Olubukola Abubakar Saraki, challenging his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over allegation of false declaration of assets. The seven-panel of justices of the apex court, headed by Justice Walter Onnoghen, said the tribunal has quasi criminal jurisdiction to ensure public probity and accountability …

The Federal Government has moved swiftly to stop the planned protest rally and the picketing of Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) as well as the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) by the organised labour on Monday, over the recent electricity tariff increase. A statement signed by the Deputy Director (Press), Ministry of Labour and Employment, Prince Samuel Olowookere, said the Minister …

Alltimepost.com In Benin City capital of Edo State, yesterday, an explosion occured which destroyed about five houses in Upper Sakponba Road. Residents of Zomi Street in Upper Sakpoba Road ran for safety when they heard the loud noise that came with the explosion at about 3p.m., claiming that Boko Haram insurgents had lunched their attack on the city. An eyewithness …

Abeokuta— President Muhammadu Buhari went down memory lane in Abeokuta, yesterday, recalling the role of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his successful political career. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo; Preseident Muhammadu Buhari and Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun. Speaking in the Ogun State capital, Buhari, who was the special guest at the 40th anniversary of the state, said Obasanjo appointed him …

Elder statesman, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, says former President Olusegun Obasanjo and a former maximum ruler, Ibrahim Babangida, made corruption attractive to state governors in the country. Braithwaite said the former helmsmen’s policies and actions elevated corruption in governance, adding that many state governors were merely emulating them. The human rights activist said this during a telephone interview with our correspondent …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday continued its case against a former Governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, with one of its detectives, Musa Sunday, telling a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Gudu how the former governor allegedly shared N1.162bn belonging to the state. Dariye, who is now the senator representing Plateau Central Senatorial District in the …

LAGOS — The International Criminal Court, ICC, at The Hague has confirmed that it is considering petition submitted to it by a human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, over alleged crimes against humanity committed in the context of the arms procurement scandal. The ICC revealed this in a letter dated February 1, 2016 with reference: OTP-CR-32/16 and signed by …

FOR corrupt judges who have for long desecrated the temple of justice and gone unpunished, the time is up, given a recent pronouncement by the Federal Government. They will now go to jail. This is a good development. Nigerians have been lamenting without end the racketeering in the dispensation of justice, for which the Bench has considerably lost its awe. …

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), at the weekend, raided the office of former Vice-President Namadi Sambo, in Abuja. We learnt that operatives of the commission stormed the office, located on Herbert Macauley Way in the Federal Capital Territory, on Saturday, apparently in connection with the ongoing investigation into the $1.2 billion arms procurement scandal, as the former number …

LAGOS – The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) yesterday said it was awaiting the Federal Government’s directive, to commence its proposed $3 billion dollars (N495 billion) refineries. Alhaji Ahmed Fashola, the National Assistant Secretary of IPMAN, told journalists in Lagos that the body had acquired over 1,000 hectares of land for the project. He said that the property, …