Embattled Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ricky Tarfa has admitted that he gave a Federal High Court judge, Justice Mohammed Yunusa the sum of N225,000. But he stated that the money in question was not what the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) tagged it to be. Tarfa recently filed a suit against the EFCC and its official over alleged unlawful arrest and detention. And in response to the sui ...

  The marriage of Pastors Anita and Chris Oyakhilome of the Christ Embassy fame has been finally dissolved by a London court after much denials by the popular flambouyant Lagos cleric. Lawyers to Mrs Oyakhilome who is now known as Ms Anita Ebhodaghe, confirmed today that she has finalised her divorce from the founder of Christ Embassy church, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, stressing that she is no longer a p ...

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has blamed the current economic situation in the country on years of bad governance, and urged the federal government to call an emergency economic conference to address the situation. Prof. Soyinka, who spoke during a courtesy visit to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in his office in Abuja on Thursday, also reiterated his earlier support for the Adm ...

The emergence of former chairman of the Board of Trustees of the defunct All Nigerian Peoples Party, (ANPP), Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff, as the acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) has split the national leadership of the main opposition party. Modu-Sheriff emerged as replacement of the erstwhile national chairman of the party, Adamu Muazu, who resigned last May. It was gathered tha ...

The plot to remove Senate President and his Deputy, Senators Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekwremadu through a lawsuit filed by five aggrieved senators against their election today suffered a major set back. This followed the withdrawal of the case file from Justice Adeniyi Ademola by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court Justice Ibrahim Ndahi Auta. The decision was taken as a result of a petition from ...

The Federal Government has said the recent spate of attacks by Boko Haram is not an indication of any resurgence by Boko Haram, insisting that the terrorist group remains largely decimated, dispersed and disoriented. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said anyone who is conversant with the ebb and flow of insurgency will not be s ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the heads of 26 federal agencies and parastatals with immediate effect. Their removal was conveyed in a statement issued today by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Engr Babachir David Lawal. The President has equally approved the appointment of former member of the House of Reps, Hon. Abike Dabiri Erewa as his Senior Special Assistant on Foreign/Di ...

The Federal Government has disengaged the heads of the six information-related parastatals under the Ministry of Information and Culture. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the disengagement during a meeting he held with the Chief Executives of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Voice of Nigeria (VON), News Agency of Nig ...

Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase today vowed that the fleeing Niger Delta Militant leader, Mr Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a Tompolo, would be arrested in due time. Tompolo has been charged for multiple multi billion naira fraud charges before various courts in Lagos. Following his failure to honour court summons, two arrest warrants were issued against him as a result of which the the Economic a ...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has expressed his preparedness for investigations from any government agencies, be it the Economic and Financial Crimes Commissions (EFCC) or the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) on any contentious issues raised from any quarter against him, adding that he has been transparent and following due process in his dealings in offi ...