Former UEFA president Michel Platini has been arrested on Tuesday in relation to the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. The French football legend was arrested by French anti-corruption police investigating the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to the gas-rich Gulf state. Qatar was named to host the World Cup in a…
National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria(CAN), Rev Supo Ayokunle, has been re-elected for another three-year term. He won few minutes ago during the exercise with 59 votes. His main challenger, Rev Dr Caleb Ahima got 44 votes. Details shortly.
Otunba Nicholas Tofowomo, the Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial district of Ondo State, has condemned the brutalisation and shooting of innocent protesters with live bullets by Nigerian Police at Governor’s Office yesterday in Akure, Ondo State. This was contained in a personal statement made available to newsmen by his Special Assistant Media and Publicity, Pastor…
Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha has suspended chairmen, vice chairmen, councillors and political appointees of the local governments for six months. The suspension is contained in the instrument signed by the Governor, pursuant to the recommendation made to him by the Imo State House of Assembly. This is in pursuant also, to the provisions of…
Investigators are hitting the road today in search of lawmakers’ N900b constituency projects in states. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is verifying constituency projects executed by immediate past senators and members of the House of Representatives. The commission said it will make recoveries on projects/contracts confirmed to have been inflated…
Atiku Abubakar’s running mate in the February 23 presidential election Peter Obi says the Peoples Democratic Party will compel the Independent National Electoral Commission to produce the results of the 2019 polls from its server at the Election Petitions Tribunal. INEC has since denied it had no server where the results of the polls were…
The Nigerian Immigration has been able to identify the man who destroy cars owned by the Nigerian Embassy. The agency discovered the man identity with his International Passport. The full statement reads: ‘The attention of the Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede MFR has been drawn to a very disturbing incident where a citizen…
The Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has reshuffled his cabinet. The Governor made the announcement at the end of the State Executive Council meeting, held on Monday, inside the Exco Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Akure. Three commissioners were relieved of their duties. Three commissioners were relieved of their duties. They are:…
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday said that results of the 2019 general elections were not transmitted electronically to its server, stressing that the Commission only experimented the technology during some staggered elections held in 2018. The Commission said that the clarification was necessary because of rising controversies on the transmission of 2019 Presidential…
Former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi has died, state television reported on Monday. It said the 67-year-old Morsi was in court Monday attending a session in his trial on espionage charges when he blacked out and later died. Morsi, who hailed from Egypt’s largest Islamist group — the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood — was elected president in 2012 in the…