…elevates others to higher courts National Judicial Council says it has recommended Justice Kudirat Motonmori Kekere-Ekun to President Bola Tinubu for appointment as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. NJC spokesman, Soji Oye, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. Kekere-Ekun rose through the ranks after joining the Lagos State Judiciary as Senior Magistrate II to attain the position of the State High Court Judge. Between November 1996 to May 1999, she served as Chairman of the Robbery and Firearms Tribunal, Zone II, Ikeja. In 2004, Kekere-Ekun was appointed to the bench of the Nigerian Court of Appeal before…
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Presidency, on Thursday, broke its silence on a French Court order confiscating three Nigerian Presidential jets. The French court had ordered seizure of the aircraft over a botched $74.5million deal between the Ogun State Government and a Chinese company, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited. The court order had listed for seizure a Dassault Falcon 7X, a Boeing 737-7N6/BBJ and an Airbus A330-243 stationed at Paris-Le Bourget and Basel-Mulhouse airports. The Chinese company whose export processing zone management contract was revoked by the Ogun State Government in 2016, had approached the court. The Nigerian Presidency in a statement by Bayo…
Jimi Lawal, former Special Adviser to ex-Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, has been detained by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission over an alleged fraudulent N11billion Light Rail Project. It was gathered that Lawal is currently undergoing interrogation by ICPC officials at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja, according to SaharaReporters. It has reportedly been alleged that there was no contract file for the supposed light rail project, which was allegedly fully paid for. Lawal reported to the ICPC headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday and was immediately brought before the Commission’s investigative team. ICPC spokesperson, Demola Bakare, confirmed…
A French court has ordered the confiscation of three presidential jets belonging to the Federal Government of Nigeria. Quoting an anonymous source, PREMIUM TIMES reports, “Two of the jets, part of the Nigerian presidential air fleet, were recently put up for sale, while the third, an Airbus 330, was purchased by Nigeria but not yet delivered. “The seizure of the presidential jets is a result of an application by Zhongshan, a Chinese company whose export processing zone management contract was revoked by the Ogun State government in 2016.” The report added, “An independent arbitral tribunal chaired by the former President…
The website of GTBank, a leading Nigerian financial institution, has been hacked. The incident which happened on Wednesday night made the site inaccessible as some customers lamented on social media. Multiple attempts to log on to www.gtbbank.com returned error signs as of 10:30pm on Wednesday. The incident happened after the domain name was renewed for another five years from August 13, 2024, through March 21, 2029, according to platforms that analyse domain information. A cybersecurity expert with experience in the Nigerian banking industry said it was possible that the bank’s login details were compromised, as against the domain address itself…
The Executive Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Jalal Arabi, and the commission’s secretary, Abdullahi Kontagora, are currently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over the alleged mismanagement of the N90bn 2024 Hajj subsidy, The PUNCH learnt on Wednesday. In a document sighted by our correspondent on Wednesday, the anti-graft agency said, “A total of SR314,098 was recovered,” from the NAHCON chairman and other ranking officials. The EFCC said its investigation revealed that from the N90bn Hajj subsidy, Arabi, fraudulently overpaid himself and others the necessary operational cost. Also according to the document, the…
•Farmers associations laud Tinubu, say move will boost harvest, tackle food insecurity •Deployment will grant farmers access to farms, ensure hitch-free planting season – DHQ The Defence Headquarters has said troops have been deployed across farms in the northern parts of the country, especially in the North West and North Central. According to the military high command, the deployment was to ensure the adequate protection of farmers from bandits, terrorists and other criminal elements. Protesters lament the deteriorating situation of the country as hunger protest continue. | Punch0:16 / 1:01keep watching The PUNCH reports that farmers have been a major…
… says ‘I take home N21m monthly’ Amid the ongoing controversy over the earnings by National Assembly members, the lawmaker representing Kano South, Senator Sumaila Kawu, on Wednesday, disclosed that he gets over N21m monthly as total take-home package. Senator Kawu made this revelation barely 24 hours after the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission claimed that each of the 109 Senators earn N1.06m as salary and allowances monthly. RMAFC Chairman, Mohammed Shehu, made this claim while clarifying the real amount each lawmaker earns on a monthly basis. Each lawmaker, based on Shehu’s claim, earns N12.72m yearly while the Federal…
The leadership of the Labour Party has disassociated itself from the Secretary General of the Yoruba Socio-Political Group, Afenifere, Chief Olusola Ebiseni, who is claiming to be the candidate of the party in the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State. The Labour Party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh said that Dr. Ayo Olorunfemi emerged as its flag bearer in the Ondo State governorship election after its primaries held in Akure in June. He also said that Ebiseni, who contested for the governorship of the opposition People’s Democratic Party in the state but lost, is…
…back Gov Bala Mohammed over criticism Segun Babatunde, Bauchi Bauchi State PDP Caucus in the House of Representatives has called on the Chief Justice of Nigeria and the affected Judges that delivered the judgement on Bauchi Governorship election in 2023 to demand that former Speaker Yakubu Dogara recant his allegation, apologise to the judiciary, the President and the country and undergo counselling to purge him of failure induced melancholy. This was contained in a statement signed and made available to Journalists Wednesday by Hon. Mansur Manu Soro, representing Darazo/Ganjuwa Federal Constituency, Chairman, and Hon. Sani Ibrahim Tanko, representing Shira/Giade Federal…