World football ruling body, FIFA, Monday, said it would likely consider as an interference the implementation of Thursday’s reaffirmation of ruling by the Federal High Court in Jos, Plateau State. The court had said its October 2014 ruling must be obeyed. It had nullified the September 30, 2014 election of …

Umbrella body of petrol tanker drivers, the Petroleum Tankers Drivers (PTD) has absolved its members of involvement in diversion of petroleum products to neighbouring countries. This is contained in a statement signed by Abdulkadir Garba, Head, PTD Media Relations, on Monday in Abuja. It said the PTD had been working …

House of Representatives, Monday, has joined the Senate in accusing the Federal Executive of causing disaffection over the 2016 budget, saying it was the Minister of Transportation that attempted to pad the bill. Speaking with newsmen in Abuja, Chairman of the House’s Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Rep. Abdulrazak …

The Senate Monday, April 11 advised the Presidency to come clean with Nigerians on the 2016 Budget and stop engaging in surreptitious campaigns of calumny against the Senate in order to cover up its serial errors. Reacting to claims in the media credited to the Executive arm of government on …

If my memory serves me right, the above title is taken from a poem I had studied for secondary school leaving examination 36 years ago. The poem was written by the Ghanaian, Kwesi Brew. Why is the title of the poem relevant now? It came to mind as we were …

Former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Muhammed Sambo Dasuki (Rtd) triumphed at the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) Court in the first leg of his court action challenging his alleged unlawful arrest and detention without trial since December last year by the federal government. Against the objection of …

The National spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday April 11, 2016, again attempted to throw another spanner in the wheel of justice at his ongoing trial before Justice E. O Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on the seven count charge preferred against him …

Amid reports of conflict between the Executive and the Legislature resulting in the stalling of the 2016 Budget, the Presidency, Monday, said President Muhammadu Buhari did not reject the document. Senator Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), said the President did not reject …

Pirates have attacked a Turkish cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria, kidnapping six crew members in a region increasingly hit by piracy in recent years, the Nigerian Navy confirmed, Monday. “All the six Turkish crew members, including the captain of the vessel, the chief officer and the chief engineer, …

AGENE GODWIN, Benin Edo State Government has warned Fulani herdsmen and local farmers in the state to maintain the peace or face the wrath of the law, saying the government will neither ban grazing nor ban farming. Speaking during a stakeholders’ meeting to find lasting solution to the lingering crisis …

AGENE GODWIN, Benin Students of tertiary institutions under the auspices of National Association of Nigerian Students [NANS] Zone B, Monday, staged a protest against the lingering fuel scarcity in the country and called on President Muhammdu Buhari to relinquish his portfolio as the minister of petroleum They equally urged President …

AGENE GODWIN,Benin Edo State Government has warned Fulani herdsmen and local farmers in the state to maintain the peace or face the wrath of the law, saying the government will neither ban grazing nor ban farming. Speaking during a stakeholders’ meeting to find lasting solution to the lingering crisis between …

A major controversy appears to have surrounded the official trip of President Mohammadu Buhari to China as the Presidency and the Ministry of Finance gave conflicting information on the agenda for the meetings between Nigerian government and Chinese officials currently going on in Beijing, China. The spokesman for the presidency, …

A Federal High Court in Abuja, Monday, fixed May 16 for the re-arrangement of a former Governor of Abia State, Mr. Orji Uzor Kalu, his co-accused for charges bordering on alleged diversion of N5.6bn belonging to the state. This followed the judgment of the Supreme Court delivered on March 18, …

The Pan-African Cultural Congress Bureau (PACCB) has announced plans to hold another World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC), in 2017. President of the body and Director General of the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC), Dr Ferdinand Anikwe, who said this in Lagos …

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has said it is targeting a revenue of N4.9 trillion in 2016. Chairman of FIRS, Mr Tunde Fowler, disclosed this on Monday at the opening of the 134th Joint Tax Board meeting in Kano. He assured that 80 per cent of the targeted amount …

Brent crude prices rose to a four-month high on Monday as a rally in wider commodities markets encouraged buying ahead of a meeting of oil producers in Doha next Sunday. The meeting is aimed at freezing current output levels. Brent crude futures, the global benchmark, were up 92 cents at …

Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has refuted reports that the National Assembly removed the Lagos-Calabar Railway line project from the 2016 budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Kano-born politician took to his verified Twitter handle, @AbdulAbmJ, to challenge the presidency to tell Nigerians where the project was …

Former Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh has announced his appointment into world’s football governing body, FIFA’s Technical Department to take charge of the 2016 Rio Olympics Football in Brazil. Oliseh made the announcement through his Twitter handle: @SundayOOliseh, Monday: “Honoured To Be Appointed Into the “new look” FIFA Technical Department. …

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has expressed the Agency’s desire to work with other stakeholders and expedite action on the passage of the Anti-Piracy and Other related Crimes at Sea into law. The DG who stated this at a 4-day …

Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, CON, has denied reports that he has dumped the PDP and joined the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, stressing that though developments in PDP are embarrassing and unexciting, he is yet to dump the party. In a statement …

The Lagos State Government on Sunday announced the launch of an online platform where lawyers, investors and the public can have access to all the laws of the State. The State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, in a statement on Sunday, said the digital platform which …

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has assured genuine investors of cooperation and support toward self-sufficiency in local production of essential goods and the economic diversification drive. The assurance was contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja by the bank’s acting Director, …