FG pledges commitment to implement recommendations of SIIP – NE

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN has expressed the full support of the Federal Government for the Special Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violation in Counter Insurgency Operation in the North-East (SIIP-NE). He pledged that the government will fully implement the recommendations that may be the outcome of the findings of the panel. The Minister made this disclosure Thursday, when members of the SIIP NE paid him a courtesy visit in his office to intimate him of the progress of the panel.…

BREAKING: CBN confirms releasing old notes into circulation,directs Banks to work Saturdays, Sundays

The Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) has confirmed the evacuation of banknotes from its vaults to commercial banks across the country as part of a coordinated effort to ease the circulation of banknotes of various denominations.   The is as the apex bank directed all commercial banks to open for operation on Saturdays and Sundays.   The Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department of the CBN, Dr. Isa AbdulMumin, disclosed this in Abuja, on Friday, stating that a substantial amount of money, in various denominations, had been received by the commercial…

Abia: Pray for Alex Otti , By Olawale Olaleye

In the lead up to the 2015 general election, and the then opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) was everywhere promising heaven and earth, just to dislodge then ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), presidential candidate of the APC at the time, General Muhammadu Buhari, apparently worried about public expectations, called some of his men on the campaign field and pleaded with them to slow down on the promises they daily dished out to the people. Whatever was his reason, he didn’t quite say, but sources feared he had already begun to…

BREAKING: Court of Appeal upholds Adeleke’s victory as duly elected Osun Governor

The Court of Appeal has affirmed Ademola Adeleke as the winner of July 16, 2022 governorship election in Osun state.   Delivering judgment in the appeal filed by Adeleke on Friday, a three-member panel of justices held that the election tribunal erred when it ruled that the 1st and 2nd respondents (Gboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress) proved their allegation of over-voting.   According to the panel of judges which issued its verdict on Friday, Adeleke is the duly elected Governor of the state. The Osun governorship election tribunal,…

APC suspends SGF, Boss Mustapha for losing his polling units Presidential and governorship elections to PDP

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State has suspended the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, for losing his polling unit to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the presidential and governorship polls. The party disclosed that the SGF did not contribute to the victory of its presidential and governorship candidates. Announcing the suspension at a press conference in Yola, chairman of Gwadabawa Ward said Mustapha was not committed to APC’s victory at the presidential election. He stated that the indefinite suspension followed complaints from his…