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The Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, who was charged with N7.1bn fraud. Details later.... read more
Abducted ACP Rescued Unhurt, Two Male Suspects Arrested

Mr Musa Rabo, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) who was abducted over the weekend has been rescued unhurt. The officer was successfully rescued on Sunday evening by a combined team of Police operatives from Kaduna, Niger and Zone 7 Command Headquarters Abuja, backed-up by members of the elite Special Forces...... read more
Foursquare suspends #SexForGrade UNILAG lecturer

The Foursquare Gospel Church has asked Dr Boniface Igbeneghu, a senior lecturer at the University of Lagos, Akoka, to step down from all ministerial assignments. In a statement on Monday by the National Secretary of the church, Ikechukwu Ugbaja, the church dissociated itself from Igbeneghu, saying appropriate measures would be taken...... read more
BREAKING: Abia Assembly orders ABSU to suspend collection of fees

Abia State House of Assembly orders suspension of payment of fees by students at ABSU over the high fees charged by the institution. The motion was moved by Member Representing Isiala Ngwa North State Constituency Hon. Ginger Onwusibe. Details later ... ... read more
JUST IN: Tribunal sacks Dino as Kogi West Senator

The Kogi State National Assembly/State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal has quashed the victory of Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial district. Melaye (PDP) was declared winner in the February election by INEC, but Senator Smart Adeyemi (APC) approached the tribunal, challenging INEC’s declaration citing, irregularities, over voting and non compliance...... read more
JUST IN: Abia BIR boss resigns

The Chairman of Abia State Board of Internal Revenue, Elder Udochukwu Ogbonna has resigned his position. Factnews gathered that he resigned over undisclosed personal reasons. He is billed to handover today. Details shortly ... read more
BREAKING: Gunmen Kill Senator Abbo’s Uncle; Abduct Nursing Stepmother

An uncle to Elisha Abbo, the senator recently seen in a video assaulting a woman, has been killed by gunmen. Senator Abbo’s nursing stepmother was also abducted during an attack in his home state of Adamawa on Saturday. Police and locals said the attack occurred in Muchalla ward in Mubi North...... read more
Tribunal Refuses Atiku, PDP’s Request to Inspect INEC Server, Card Reader

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) sitting in Abuja, on Monday declined to grant the application filed by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for access to inspect the server and data of smart card reader said to have been deployed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in...... read more
JUST IN: Uche Ihediwa Emerges Commissioner for Justice/Attorney General in Abia

The Abia state house of Assembly is set to sc reen the former commissioner for housing, Barr. Uche Ihediwa as Commissioner for Justice /Attorney General of the state . Ihediwa is to replace the immediate past Attorney General Umeh Kalu(SAN). Details shortly....... read more
BREAKING: Ikpeazu dissolves 32 Boards with immediate effect

Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has approved the immediate dissolution of the Boards of the following Establishments in the state. 1. Abia State Water Board2. Abia State Transport Corporation3. Umuahia Capital Development Authority 4. Abia State Housing Corporation 5. Board of Internal Revenue (Abia State Revenue Service Agency) 6. Abia State Road Maintenance...... read more
Insecurity: 14 dead as Vigilante, Bandits clash in Katsina The spokesperson of the Katsina Police Command, SP Gambo Isah has confirmed the death of 14 people killed during a clash between men of the vigilantes group of Tsamiyar Jino village in Kankaro local government of Katsina state and some bandits. The clas was said to have occured when members of...... read more
JUST IN: Appeal Court nullifies Zamfara APC primaries

The Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto State, led by Justice Tom Yakubu, has set aside the judgement of a Zamfara High Court on the All Progressives Congress primary election that produced the party’s candidates for the governorship, National and State Assembly elections. Detail later… (NAN) ... read more
BREAKING: Court nullifies candidature of PDP gubernatorial candidate in Kano

A federal high court in Kano on Monday nullified the primary election that led to emergence of PDP gubernatorial candidate in Kano, Abba Yusuf. The judge, Lewis Allagoa, ruled that the PDP did not conduct governorship primary election in Kano, and declared the candidature of Mr Yusuf null and void. A...... read more
JUST IN: Donald Duke’s running mate quits race

Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has stepped down as the running mate of the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Mr. Donald Duke. Junaid, who is one of the fiercest critics of President Muhammadu Buhari, told our correspondent during an interview that he decided to step down because of...... read more
BREAKING:Kaduna Commissioner for Education is dead

The Kaduna State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Jonathan Andrew Nok, is dead. Nok died at the age of 55. As at the time of filing this report, circumstances leading his sudden death was still sketchy. He was born on 11 February 1962, hailed from Nok Village in Jaba Local Government...... read more

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