Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 11:33
SENATE president Senator Bukola Saraki faces the prospect of going to jail after a federal high court judge in Abuja threatened to issue a bench warrant against him for refusing to obey an order asking him to swear-in a lawmaker who got election results overturned.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 10:59
FORMER first lady Dame Patience Jonathan suffered a major setback that could result in her forfeiting $8.4m to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after Nigeria's Supreme Court upheld a judgement on a temporary seizure.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 03/07/2019 - 15:25
FOUR Nigerians have been listed among the world's top 13 black billionaires recently published by Forbes magazine in its latest survey of the wealthy with Africa's richest man Alhaji Aliko Dangote topping the list with an estimated value of $10.9bn.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 03/07/2019 - 14:27
NATIONAL Youth Service Corp (NYSC) managers have withdrawn corpers from certain parts of Anambra State ahead of Saturday's governorship and state house of assembly elections amid fears that they could be in harm's way.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 03/07/2019 - 14:03
LAGOS State's Action Democratic Party (ADP) gubernatorial candidate Babatunde Gbadamosi has hailed the recent decision by the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) to endorse him as confirmation that he is the only one who can turn the state around.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 03/07/2019 - 12:50
ALL Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in the south-south geo-political zone have presented a set of demands to President Muhammadu Buhari including a request that one of their legislators be elected as the senate president when the National Assembly reconvenes.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 03/07/2019 - 12:10
ALL Progressives Congress (APC) leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has appealed to the members of the Lagos State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) not to attack non-Yorubas during next weekend's governorship elections.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 03/06/2019 - 12:35
ACCESS Bank's acquisition of troubled Diamond Bank mover a step closer yesterday after the shareholders of both institutions approved the merger at an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) of both banks held in Lagos.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 03/06/2019 - 12:08
BREAKAWAY Boko Haram faction Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap) is reported to have dropped its leader Abu Mus’ab Al-Barnawi and replaced him with Abu Abdullah Ibn Umar Albarnawi in a move that has left security officials guessing.
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