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President Muhammadu Buhari will today hold an extraordinary Federal Executive Council meeting with ministers at the council chambers in Abuja. The meeting is scheduled for 3:00 pm. Details later…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the planned arraignment of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). The Federal Government is planning to arraign the CJN for alleged failure to declare his assets, as well as operating a domiciliary account. Justice Onnoghen who was due for arraignment before the CCT on...

The Code of Conduct Tribunal on Monday adjourned proceedings involving the charges of non-declaration of assets preferred against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen. The proceedings were adjourned till January 22. The tribunal adjourned the case after the lead prosecuting counsel, Aliyu Umar (SAN), conceded that Onnoghen was not properly served with the charges and the summons. Umar agreed that...

Nigerian voters have been reassured that their votes will count in the forthcoming general elections. The Director General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Dr Garba Abari gave the assurance on Monday in Akure, the ondo state capital at the agency's nationwide voter education campaign ahead of the 2019 general elections. "Many of our voters express frustration that their votes will not count...

By Ismaila Chafe The presidency has shortlisted an Assistant Inspector General of Police from Nasarawa State as a possible replacement of the retiring Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Idris, who clocks 60 years on Jan. 15 paid “a bye-bye visit’’ to President Buhari on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. NAN reports that the...

No fewer than 300 members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Action Alliance (AA) in Akoko Southwest and Southeast local governments of Ondo state have dumped their parties for the All Progressive Congress (APC) The defection was made public at the Campaign flag off ceremony of the (APC) candidate for Akoko Southwest/southeast Federal constituency, Hon. Ade Adeogun, held...

The Governor òf Bayelsa State, the Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, has offered automatic employment to the wives of two Bayelsa-born pilots who died in action against the Boko Haram insurgents. Governor Dickson made the pronouncement while paying a condolence visit to one of the widows, Mrs. Diepreye Inokoba Jacob, whose husband, Flight Lieutenant Pereowei Jacob, died in a helicopter crash...

The embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen has failed to appear before the code of conduct tribunal CCT as his trial commenced on Monday. All three CCT members seated including Chairman, Danladi Umar. The team of Defence Counsel representing the CJN, Hon. Justice Walter Onnoghen at the CCT has filed a Preliminary Objection challenging the jurisdiction of the CCT to...

The code of conduct tribunal CCT is set to commence the trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen over his refusal to declare his assets in line with the code of conduct bureau guidelines for public office holders, The Precision has learnt. At 8:15 am on Monday,the court had been opened while cleaning up was done...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will on Monday, January 14 storm Ekiti State with other leaders of the party in continuation of his campaign tour across the country. Director of Media and Publicity of the Atiku/Obi PDP Campaign Council in Ekiti State, Lere Olayinka said in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti on Saturday, that...