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A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, be remanded in Kuje prison, Abuja, pending the consideration of his bail application. The presiding judge, James Omotosho, issued the order on Thursday after the court resumed Mamman’s arraignment on money laundering charge, which was earlier stepped down by…

A coalition of Christian groups under the aegis of North Central Youths and Women Forum, on Tuesday, took to the streets in Abuja in protest against the appointment of the Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong, as the Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council. The protesters who are members of the APC…

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Screening Committee has disqualified 10 of its 23 presidential aspirants. Chairman of the screening committee, John Odigie-Oyegun, disclosed this on Friday in Abuja while submitting the report of the committee to the APC National Chairman, Abduallahi Adamu. The 23 aspirants were screened on Monday and Tuesday. Adamu hinted…

The President General of Apex Igbo Socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyawu is dead. He was aged 82. His son, Jide Nwuanyawu, announced his father’s death in a statement on Thursday, saying he passed on following a brief illness. “The Iwuanyanwu family of Umuohii Atta, in Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo state, announces…

The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has confirmed the attack on the institution by bandits, saying its security architecture was compromised. A statement on Tuesday in Kaduna by the Public Relations Officer of the Academy, Maj. Bashir Jajira said two officers were killed while one was abducted. Jajira said the Academy in collaboration with the 1Division…