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Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has described any jobs outside lawmaking and oversight functions by the legislative arm as “deviation from the field of play”. The governor, who spoke while receiving and signing the Edo House of Assembly Funds Management Bill 2023 and the State Judiciary Financial Autonomy 2023 Amendment Bill into law, explained that…
Judiciary workers under the auspices of Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), on Monday, locked out workers of the Edo State House of Assembly over plans to repeal financial autonomy for both the judiciary and legislature. The Judicial workers blocked the entrance gate with placards demanding a stop to the planned repeal of the financial…
The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) has accused the FCT Police Command of shifting attention from the alleged assault of Pinnacle Daily Editor, Sunday Ogwu, to his conduct following the incident, describing the development as an attempt to divert attention from the substantive allegations. The Coalition, in a follow-up statement issued on…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission have commenced investigations into the utilisation of the N12bn Federal Government intervention fund released to the Nigeria Football Federation for players’ wages and bonuses. The fund was approved by President Bola Tinubu in 2024 to clear outstanding payments owed…
Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has filed a fresh N10 billion suit against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over the alleged denial of access to his wife and son while in custody. The suit, filed by his lawyer, Ubong Akpan, also lists the Chairman of the ICPC and…
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for the immediate suspension and arrest of Senator Francis Fadahunsi, representing Osun East Senatorial District, over alleged inflammatory remarks in a viral video ahead of the August 15, 2026 Osun governorship election. The Commission, led by the Executive Secretary, Chief Tony Ojukwu, said the remarks attributed to…
The Northern Christian Youth Professionals (NCYP) has condemned the description of Christians as “Arna,” a Hausa term commonly used to denote an infidel or unbeliever, in remarks attributed to prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir, warning that such rhetoric could reopen old religious wounds and provide fertile ground for extremists and criminal elements to…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the trio of Jacob Acheneje Okolo, Yakubu Wisdom Onu Solomon and Issa Aloba Lateef for an alleged N652.18m theft before Justice Olubunmi O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. The defendants, alongside two companies, Upper-Level Energy Resources…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ikoyi, Lagos, has handed over the sum of N125,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Twenty-five Million Naira) to the victim of an alleged land fraud, Akinsewa Akiode. The recovery of the funds, handed over in Sterling Bank drafts, followed a petition submitted by Akiode, who alleged that one Olufemi Omoola Fashehun defrauded…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has defended the legality of its restriction on an Osun State Government account, citing specific provisions of the law as its authority. The commission’s Director of Public Affairs, Wilson Uwujaren, said the action did not require a prior court order, contrary to claims by the state government and the…