Efforts are being made to ensure that the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) of the Federal Government continues beyond this year. The Programme Officer of the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC), Mr. Dala Pwanakei made this known in a goodwill message he delivered at the quarterly meeting of the Monitoring and Evaluation Committee of the NACS in Abuja recently. According ...

The attention of Cultural Credibility Development Initiative (CCDI) has trailed the announcement, on 29 June 2021, by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mallam Abubakar Malami, SAN, of the Federal Government’s re-arrest of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Cultural Credibility Initiative also noted that details of his arrest and the rights accorded him have remained ...

Valentine Ozigbo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) standard-bearer for the 2021 Anambra governorship election, has been presented with his certificate of return after winning the party’s primary election held on Saturday, June 26, 2021. Prince Uche Secondus, the National Chairman of the PDP, presented the certificate to Ozigbo on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at the National Headquarters of the PDP ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Patriots, Anambra has called on all stakeholders in the Party to close ranks, pull their strength and resources together and work for the common good and victory of the party at the forthcoming Anambra state governorship election, rather than bickering over the recently held APC primary election won by Senator Andy Uba. The Patriots, who ...

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated his Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello, on his 60th birthday. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, on Wednesday, described the immediate past Secretary to the Lagos State Government (SSG) as one of the major contributors to the success story ...

Former South African president Jacob Zuma stands in the dock at a separate trial at the Pietermaritzburg High Court in May. Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Richard Calland, University of Cape Town South Africa’s Constitutional Court has found former president Jacob Zuma guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to 15 months’ imprisonment. Clearly, this is a ...

The Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF) says it has received the news of the arrest and deportation of Nnamdi Kanu to Nigeria and his subsequent arraignment in Court in continuation of his previous trial. In a statement signed by its President, Prof. Uzodinma Nwala and Chairman ADF Bureau of Media and Publicity, Mr. Abia Onyike, the group said the development was ...

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) says it has received the news of the arrest and repatriation of the leader of  the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, with mixed feelings of apprehension and appreciation. It also commended the effort of the federal government and the agencies that made this possible particularly the International Police and authorities of ...

The attention of the Fidelity Bank Plc has been drawn to an illegal promo making rounds online called “E-Universe Promo”. In a statement today, the management of the bank said neither Fidelity Bank nor any of its agents had any ties to the purported E-Universe Promo. The statement reads, “We conduct our business promotions in line with the laws of ...

Justice Binta Nyako of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Tuesday ordered the remand of fugitive leader of the indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). The remand order was sequel to an application by federal government lawyer, Shuaibu labaran. Kanu was said to have been intercepted ...