Kogi Writes US, Says Visa Ban is Unjust, and Unacceptable

The Kogi State Government has written the United States against the recent visa ban imposed on some politicians alleged to have rigged the November 2019 election in the State. The US Government on Monday announced a visa restriction on some persons for allegedly rigging the November 2019 governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa state. It also announced for the run-up to the September and October 2020 Edo and Ondo governorship polls. However, in a letter...

Gbajabiamila Plans Conference for Other African Heads of Parliaments

The Nigerian Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has met with speakers of parliaments in other African countries to discuss ways to seek from external debts. The Speaker announced the meeting on his verified Twitter handle, @FemiGbaja, on Thursday night. Gbajabiamila tweeted, “Today, I engaged with my colleagues from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal and South Africa to discuss how African speakers can collaborate in the joint task of loosening the stranglehold of...

FG Apologizes for Asking All Banks, Other Account Holders to Re-register

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Friday, apologized to all account holders in the country’s financial institutions, for asking them to re-register their details again. On Thursday, the FG had asked all account holders in Nigerian banks, including insurance companies to fill and submit a self-confirmation form. The FG gave the order despite the possession of Bank Verification Number and the National Identification Number by account holders. It threatened that failure to do so, it...

Six Herdsmen in Ogun Arrested for Abducting Policewoman, NSCDC Official

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2 Command, Ahmed Iliyasu, on Wednesday, paraded six suspected herdsmen, they were alleged of being responsible for the multiple kidnapping and killing of a yet-to-be-identified driver, during their attempt to abduct a police inspector on the Ayetoro-Abeokuta Expressway in the Yewa area of Ogun State. Iliyasu during a press briefing at the command headquarters in Onikan, Lagos, said, that the driver who was conveying a woman when he suddenly...

The Prof. Itse Sagay-led Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), on Wednesday, has alleged that the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), was having a well-known link with the abortion of high-profile criminal cases in favor of major political and government figures. The PACAC, in a statement signed by Sagay, and released by the communication unit of the committee, disclosed this in its reaction to the proposed bill for the...

First Bank Nigeria CEO Gets Forbes Best of Africa Award

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of First Bank Nigeria Limited, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, has been announced as the Forbes Best of Africa Award. The presentation of the award was held by Forbes, in conjunction with the Foreign Investment Network (FIN). The online roundtable discussion was themed, “Harnessing the Financial Resources and Social Capital of Philanthropy to Making a Lasting Impact.” The award was supported by the World Philanthropy Network and featured a keynote address by...

Extend Visa Ban to Electoral, Judicial Officials – Saraki Tells US

The former President of Nigeria Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, has urged the United States (U.S) to extend the visa ban it slammed on some Nigerian politicians to include electoral officers, security officials, and judicial officers, who are guilty of undermining the country’s democratic process by their actions during and after elections. The former Senate President also called for strong enforcement of the law, which provide strong punishment of politicians, law enforcement agents, ordinary citizens and...

Appeal Court Upholds Seven Years Imprisonment for Pastor Who Rapes 14-Year-Old Girl

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the conviction and sentencing of a pastor, Apostle Basil Princewill, who raped a 14-year-old girl and attempted to abort the resultant pregnancy. Reading the unanimous judgment of a three-man panel on Tuesday, Justice Stephen Adah said the appellate court found nothing wrong with the judgement which was given on June 25, 2019 by Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),...

Adeosun Saved Me When I Was First Ambushed in North-East – Buratai

The Nigeria Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Monday, said his deputy, Lt. Gen. Lamidi Adeosun, who is the present Chief of Training and Operations, saved his life when he was first ambushed in the North-East. Buratai said this in Kuta, Osun State while speaking at the inauguration of a bridge named after him, constructed by the Nigeria Army Engineering Construct Regiment, Ede. Commenting on the military operations in the north-East, Buratai...

Presidency Replies Obasanjo, Calls him “Divider-in-Chief” of Nigeria

The Presidency has replied Nigeria former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, over his recent comment that Nigeria was becoming a failed and more divided state under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo on Thursday had said he had never seen Nigeria in such a state before, saying the blame for the current state of the country is due to poor management of the country’s diversity by Buhari. Obasanjo said, “Today, Nigeria is fast drifting to...

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