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Court jails Farouk Lawan 19 years over oil subsidy Justice Angela Otaluka of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting at Apo, Abuja, yesterday found a former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, guilty of demanding bribe of $3million and receiving $500,000 from an oil magnate Femi Otedola The judge…

Court Strikes Out Suits Challenging Oshiomhole-Led APC’s NWC Dissolution…   Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday struck out two separate suits challenging the dissolution of the Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress. APC. The first suit was filed by a former South South National Vice Chairman of…

FG in trouble, Gets Court order to pay Rivers, Akwa Ibom $3.3bn oil revenue   A Federal High Court sitting Abuja on Tuesday ordered the Federal Government to pay a whopping sum of over $3billion to Rivers and Akea Ibom States, as their outstanding revenue share from crude oil sales. The amount ordered to be…

Police of the Edo State Command have begun an investigation into the alleged murder of a 79-year-old man, Osariakhi Oronsaye, by his 13-year-old son, Abubakar. Abubakar reportedly hacked‎ his septuagenarian father to death with an axe while he was asleep on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 20, at Egbon Estate in Evbuotubu, Benin, Edo ‎State. ‎Confirming the incident,…

KOGI WINS SECOND POSITION AS WORLD BANK- CSDP CLOSE OUT IN 29 STATES AND FCT. The Community and Social Development Project CSDP has officially been concluded with over 11 million direct beneficiaries across the 29 states and FCT and with an estimated 25 million indirect beneficiaries. The eleven year old programme was launched in 2009…

2021 World Widows Day; Kogi Governor’s Aide Calls for Sustained Support For Widows* As the World celebrate the 2021 International Widows Day, the Senior Special Assistant to Kogi State Governor on Women and Children Development, Hon. Omotayo Adeleye Ishaya was called for more support for widows across the world. Hon Omotayo made the call in…

Court To Deliver Judgment June 25 in Suit Seeking To Stop Appeal Court Judges Appointments.   A federal high court in Abuja has fixed June 25 for judgment in a suit seeking to stop the appointment of 18 new Justices for the Court of Appeal. Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo fixed the date on Wednesday after…

Ekinrin Adde 2021:Amb. Dapo Olutekunbi congratulates all the pioneer recipients of the noble Omo Atata Hall of Fame award   The MD/CEO, Homeshelter Properties & Project LTD, Ambassador, Dapo Olutekunbi Bpp, ANIM, MBRU(Dubai) congratulates all the pioneer recipients of the “OMO ATATA” Hall of Fame at the 27th Ekinrin Adde Cultural day. Olutekunbi stated that…

Kogi Education Ministry Partners ASUKU Foundation To Organise Statewide Debate, Quiz Competition   The Kogi State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, has concluded arrangements to collaborate with Pharn. Abdulkareem Asuku Youth Empowerment Foundation (PAAYEF), to organise a Statewide Debate and Quiz Competition for senior secondary schools across the state. The State’s Commissioner for Education,…

this interview with KAYODE OYERO, former Editor-In-Chief of Newswatch Magazine and Chief Executive Officer of MayFive Media Limited, Ray Ekpu, narrated his encounter with Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in 1984 and how the ex-military head of state vowed to tamper with press freedom. Aside the recent suspension of social media platform Twitter, the Federal…