A Kano State High Court has fixed November 20 for the hearing of all pending applications in the ongoing case of alleged bribery and misappropriation of public funds against the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and seven others. The former governor, his wife, Hafsat Umar, Abubakar Bawuro, Umar Abdullahi Umar, Jibrilla Muhammad, and three corporate entities—Lamash Properties Limited, Safari Textiles Limited, and Lasage General Enterprises Limited—are facing an eight-count charge filed by the state government. The charges involve alleged bribery, misappropriation, and the diversion of public funds amounting to billions of naira. During…
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The Federal government has dropped all charges against Tigran Gambaryan, an executive at Binance Holdings, on health grounds. Gambaryan has been facing a money laundering trial from detention since April.A counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), announced the withdrawal of the charges at the Federal High Court Abuja, before Justice Emeka Nwite on Wednesday.The hearing is coming two days before the 25 October earlier scheduled as the return date by the trial judge in the open court last Friday. Announcing the withdrawal of the charges, the EFCC lawyer said Gambaryan, a United States citizen, was merely an…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has scrapped the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development. This was part of the decisions taken at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja, as seen on the X handle of the Special Adviser Information and Strategy to President Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga on Wednesday. There will now be a ministry of regional development to oversee all the regional development commissions, such as Niger Delta Development Commission, North West Development Commission, South West Development Commission, and the North East Development Commission. The National Sports Commission will take over the role of the…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed dismay over the country’s lack of unity, which he believes has hindered the nation’s progress. He spoke when receiving a 20-member delegation from the League of Northern Democrats, led by former Kano State governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Shekarau on Tuesday. Obasanjo lamented that disunity has prevented the country from achieving greatness and fulfilling its potential as a leading force for the black race. According to Punch, the former president explained that regionalism, which emerged before Nigeria’s independence in 1960, is at the root of the country’s prolonged lack of cohesion. He said, “The truth is…
The Democratic Party candidate in the United States (US) election, Vice President Kamala Harris has said that America is absolutely ready to elect its first woman president.With two weeks to the election, the vice president downplayed her historic bid, noting that she simply wanted to ‘turn the page for a nation exhausted’ by her Republican rival, Donald Trump. As the election nears, the two candidates are saturating swing states with rallies and taking to the airwaves and podcasts on the hunt for an advantage in a race that polls suggest is effectively tied.Speaking on the national NBC network on Tuesday,…
The Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Sule Abdulaziz has expressed optimism that the nation will attain a 24-hour stable power supply within five years. He disclosed this during an interview with Channels TV in Abuja on Sunday. When he was asked the time Nigeria could generate between 25,000 megawatts (MW) needed for consistent power, he assured that this goal would be achieved in under five years. He said, “You know you said whether we can get it in ten years. I’m telling you, we are going to get it in less than five years. “The Minister…
As part of its measures to ease the financial burden on Nigerians, the Federal Government has introduced a new bill seeking to exempt a range of essential products and services from Value Added Tax (VAT). The bill, covering both the economic and social sectors, is titled “A Bill for an Act to Repeal Certain Acts on Taxation and Consolidate the Legal Frameworks relating to Taxation and Enact the Nigeria Tax Act to Provide for Taxation of Income, Transactions, and Instruments, and Related Matters.” It was sighted by New Daily Prime on Saturday. The government said its sole essence is to…
Former governor of Rivers State and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has said that he does not regret supporting Bola Tinubu to become the President of Nigeria. The minister, who spoke at a luncheon he held for members of the 10th Rivers State House of Assembly in Port Harcourt, the state capital on Saturday, said, “In fact, most of you do not understand the fight that is going on. Do you think it is these people here? No. “Let me tell you what is going on. I have no regret at all and we have no…
The General Superintendent of Deeper Life Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, has admonished pastors to stop the act of sucking out their members under the guise of sowing seed. The revered cleric spoke during a special programme christened ‘Ministerial Renewal’ for church ministers and workers worldwide via satellite broadcast on the heels of a Ministerial Conference. Kumuyi maintained that it is the members who are supposed to receive help from their pastors by providing solutions to their needs instead of being exploited with seed sowing. He also charged participants to avoid anything that would not portray the lifestyle of…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has warned Nigerians of the dangers of allowing the country to slide into a one-party state. When asked to clarify speculations that he was plotting to challenge President Bola Tinubu in 2027, the governor said he is qualified and old enough to speak for himself on any issue without mincing words. Makinde spoke to journalists yesterday at an event tagged ‘PDP reporters’ retreat’ in Fashola Farm, Oyo. Regarding the speculations about having presidential ambitions in 2027, the governor said he would publicly declare such ambition if he had anything to say about his political…
