The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba have emerged winner of the all chairmanship positions at the just-concluded Local Government election held on Saturday. Chairman of the state Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC), Philip Duwe, State disclosed this on Sunday while declaring the results of the election at the commission’s headquarters in Jalingo. Duwe said a…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to amend the criminal charges filed against a former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Andrew Yakubu. Justice Ahmed Mohammed rejected the request on Thursday while ruling on an application by the…
By Patience Dombin, Jos A federal high court sitting in Jos, Plateau state capital, has sentenced the former minister of water resources, Sarah Ochekpe to six years imprisonment. Ochekpe served as minister in the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. In 2018, Ochekpe, alongside former acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Plateau, Raymond Dabo and…
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) has explained why former governor of Plateau state, Joshua Dariye and former governor Jolly Nyame of Taraba state, have not been released, two months after they were granted state pardon alongside 159 other convicts. The Council of State led by the President Muhammadu Buhari, had on April 14, 2022, granted…
Governor of Ondo, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), has warned that current hardship being faced by Nigerian as result of the scarcity of new naira notes and hike in petrol price, may lead to “unpleasant consequences” if the situation is not addressed. In a statement on Friday, Akeredolu called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take urgent steps…
The United States has disclosed that certain it has imposed visa ban on certain Nigerians who “undermined democracy”. In a statement on Wednesday, US secretary of state, Anthony Blinken, said the decision was taken after it was observed that some persons were found complicit in undermining democracy in Nigeria. Blinken said, the bans were a…
