NewsReports

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Abuja has reserved its ruling in the bail application of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to July 13, 2023. The presiding judge, Justice Hamza Muazu, gave the order after hearing the arguments of all parties in the matter. Emefiele, through his counsel, is challenging …

Tinubu’s economic reforms’ll attract UK investors to Nigeria – British envoy The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery says the economic reforms instituted by President Bola Tinubu are capable of attracting investors from the United Kingdom to Nigeria. Montgomery said this while speaking with State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with Vice President Kashim Shettima, at the Presidential …

The Department of State Services told the Federal Capital Territory High Court on Tuesday that suspended Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, will flee the country if granted bail. The Attorney General of the Federation also supported the argument of the DSS, describing Emefiele as a “flight risk.”. The former head of the apex bank is challenging his detention …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has reinstated Mahadi Aliyu Gusau as the Deputy Governor of Zamfara State. A Federal High Court in Abuja has annulled the February 2022 impeachment of Mahadi Aliyu Gusau as Deputy Governor of Zamfara State. They also ordered that Gusau should be paid all his entitlements. Gusau and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) filed the …

The Allied Peoples Movement concluded its case against the President, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday after it called one witness to testify before the Presidential Election Petition Court. In its petition, the APM is challenging the election of Tinubu on the grounds that his Vice President, Kashim Shettima, had double nominations as a senatorial and Vice Presidential candidate before the February …

A Canadian military surveillance aircraft detected underwater noises as a massive operation searched early Wednesday in a remote part of the North Atlantic for a submersible that vanished while taking five people down to the wreck of the Titanic. A statement from the U.S. Coast Guard did not elaborate on what rescuers believed the noises could be, though it offered …

United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken announced today in London at the Ukraine Recovery Conference that, working with Congress, the US intends to provide an additional $1.31 billion in assistance to help Ukraine recover from Russia’s ongoing assaults on the country.  The conference is jointly hosted by the United Kingdom and Ukraine, according to the office of the State …

The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has berated the immediate past Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, for not extending the benefits of his ministerial appointment to the Benin people. Responding to Agba’s stewardship as a minister during the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, the traditional ruler on Tuesday said it was gratifying for Agba to acknowledge …

An expert called by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi as witness, Mpeh Clarita Ogar, stunned all on yesterday at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). She told the court not to have knowledge of the winner of the February 25 presidential poll in Cross River State. Ogar, who described herself as a Cloud Engineer and …

*Say statements that give impression of religious dominance, superiority in the country reprehensible The Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) yesterday reiterated the constitutional secularity of the country and added that no religion is superior to the other.NIREC made the submissions in a joint statement by the co-chairmen of the body – President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Daniel Okoh and …