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The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, has asked the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, to disqualify himself from further participating in the hearing of his case on grounds of likelihood of bias. Onnoghen alleged in a Motion … Read more via...

Barely nine days to the February 16 presidential election, the result of an opinion conducted by Williams and Associates, a United States-based opinion research firm, indicates that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, stands a better chance of winning the...

Lagos State accounted for N283.46 billion or 35.68 per cent of the total N794.50 billion Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) generated by the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) between January and September 2018, findings by New Telegraph show. In fact, … Read...

Delta State Government has repudiated the contract for the rehabilitation of Direct Labour Agency (DLA) Road in Asaba, the state capital, saying other road contracts awarded by the governor are on the advanced stage of completion. This was as the state Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, approved the...

cientists said patients with persistent sore throat, combined with shortness of breath, trouble swallowing or earache, should consider cancer as the cause. Their findings are published in the ‘British Journal of General Practice’. Based on the study, the researchers recommended that patients...

The Governor of Sokoto State and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has disclosed that Bayelsa State Governor, Hon Seriake Dickson, mobilised lawmakers to make.... Read more via Newtelegraph – https://ift.tt/2MF8ucf Get More Nigeria Political News

Some states’ inability to meet vital financial obligations without allocation from the Federal Government is becoming clearer by the day following the deadlock in the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting. As at today, not less than 14 states currently owe workers’ salaries for...

An Abuja based businessman, Mallam Abdulhamid Mahmud Zari, has raised the alarm in a petition addressed to the Minister of Justice/ Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami of continued extortion, harassment and intimidation by one Mr Abubakar Aliyu Madaki, a Personal Assistant to …...

A professor of English Studies in the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, and former Vice-Chancellor of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun State, Olusegun Awonusi, has been accused of sexual harassment by an unnamed student of the institution. READ MORE HERE

Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to apologise to the National Assembly, for making what he described as a demeaning statement against the members of the legislative institution. Read more via Newtelegraph – https://ift.tt/2Jfpzf8 -- Get More...

Junior Lokosa, Stephen Eze, Uche Agbo and Dele Ajiboye have been dropped from 2018 World cup team by the Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr. Also dropped is injured Moses Simon. Meanwhile, the Super Eagles players will meet President Buhari at 10 am today. J read more via Newtelegraph –...

Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of a Federal High Court in Lagos will on June 18 entertain arguments on the motions filed by interested parties who are challenging the interim forfeiture of the sums of $8.4 million and N9.2 billion allegedly linked to a former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan to …...

Although the 2019 gubernatorial elections is still some months away, those interested in active participation in the race have come out of hiding and began throwing their hats into the ring. In Kwara State, a recurring phenomenon seems set to manifest again, some eight years after the state...

Former Governor of Edo State and front runner of the All Progressives Congress national chairmanship, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has said his party would win the next year’s presidential election because President Muhammadu Buhari was not a thief. Oshiomhole, who stated this yesterday while...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has assured Nigerian workers that their worst days were over as the present administration was working towards improving the welfare package of workers and pensioners in the country. Read more via Newtelegraph – https://ift.tt/2I6capb -- Get More Nigeria...

His nickname during his heydays was Jerry Boy. He is now 75, but Senator Jeremiah Useni is not quitting the scene anytime soon. WALE ELEGBEDE writes on the curious 2019 governorship ambition of the retired army general in Plateau State Nigeria and Botswana are both African countries. While...

Elders from the northern part of the country took President Muhammadu Buhari to the cleaners over his declaration to seek a second term in office. They were unanimous that president Muhammadu Buhari has performed woefully and as such his support base across the country has been decimated...

As members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) heave sigh of relief over the resolution of the recent tenure elongation crisis that nearly tore the apart, many party faithful would be shocked to learn that it is not yet uhuru for the ruling party. This is because the crisis in the APC has...

A legal practitioner, Dr. Charles Mekwunye, has asked the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, to restrain a telecoms operator, MTN, from listing its shares on the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) pending the determination of a suit filed against the telecommunication outfit and four others over alleged...

The Nigeria Intervention Movement (NIM) recently launched its liberation programme in Abuja. In this interview with ONWUKA NZESHI, the co-chairman of the movement, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, shares the group’s vision. Excerpts: In the beginning you said the Nigeria Intervention Movement (NIM) is not a...