Buhari promotes Adeosun to Lieutenant General
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the promotion of the Nigerian Army Chief of Training and Operations, Maj Gen Lamidi Adeosun, to the rank of a Lieutenant General, the same rank as the Chief of the Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai. The Nigerian Army confirmed this promotion in a release on Tuesday. The acting Director, […]
Reps move to take over Edo House of Assembly
The House of Representatives may be poised to take over the affairs of the Edo state Assembly following the intractable crisis that hit the legislative house on June 17, 2019, according to reports from Abuja. One of the reports, on Tuesday afternoon by Daily Independent, said that this followed a motion under matters of urgent […]
Internet Fraudster Bags Jail Term in Kaduna
The Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of one Emuze Omosigho Emmanuel (aka Thomas Brooks) for offences bordering on cheating. Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on July 8, 2019 found him guilty of the one-count charge preferred against him after he pleaded […]
POWER PROJECTS: SERAP Reacts To Courts Judgment
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has reacted to last Friday’s judgment of the Federal High court in Lagos, which ordered the immediate release of details of payments to all defaulting and allegedly corrupt electricity contractors and companies by the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’adua, Goodluck Jonathan, and the government […]
NSCDC BOSS SUES FOR PEACE
… After officer prevents judge from court The commandant general of the Nigerian civil defence corp has call for calm and peaceful resolution of the misunderstanding following the release of a video showing an officer of the corp preventing a female judge , Justice Elizabeth Karatu , from entering the fourth chambers. RELATED STORY – […]
Osun, Supreme Court and The Violent senator
By Reuben Abati The Supreme Court of Nigeria delivered the final judgment on Friday, July 5, in the matter of the September 22 Gubernatorial election, and the September 27 re-run in Osun State. On September 22, 2018, the collation of results indicated that the candidate of the Peoples DemocraticParty (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke had won the […]