Former Zamfara state governor, Abdulaziz Yari, has alleged that his colleagues’ betrayal was responsible for him losing the Senate presidency to the former Akwa-Ibom State Governor and lawmaker representing Akwa Ibom North-West, Senator Godswill Akpabio.
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Reactions have trailed Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa’s confession that he influenced his wife’s decisions, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, who was President of the Appeal Court between April 2014 and March 2020, to deliver judgments in favour of his colleagues.
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Wahab Shittu, has expressed concern over the frequent changes in the leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) since inception.
As the 2023 national biennial convention of the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) holds in Owerri, Imo state, 13 editors are expected to stand election for various positions in Friday.
President Bola Tinubu has called for the support of state governors in the task of turning around Nigeria’s economy.
Against earlier reports that Muhammad Umar succeeds suspended Abdulrasheed Bawa as acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), ASHENEWS confirms that the Director of Operations of the Commission, Abdulkarim Chukkol is the actual acting Chairman.
ASHENEWS reports that a former President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba SAN has asked President Bola Tinubu to also remove the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmoud Yakubu, the same way he suspended the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, and Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), AbdulRasheed Bawa.
For the 12th year in at a stretch, Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote, remains Africa’s richest, despite losing his $3.12 billion fortune to $17.8 billion, as a result of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) unification of the naira’s exchange rate system.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday unveiled a Country Strategic Plan (CSP) for Nigeria worth $2.5 billion.
Substitute Hamza Barry scored in added time as Gambia beat South Sudan 3-2 in Suez, to keep alive their hopes of qualifying to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).