A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the temporary freezing of 21 bank accounts domiciled in some commercial banks and directed the arrest of the account holders by the police. The presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, gave the order after counsel for the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Mohammed, moved a motion ex-parte to the effect on Friday, January …

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has condemned the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) for extending an “invitation” to him for a tour of the NNPCL refineries in Warri and Port-Harcourt. NNPCL Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, had sent an invitation to the former President, after he (Obasanjo) raised doubts on the functionality of the …

The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has dissolved the state executive council comprising his commissioners and also sacked the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Barrister Muhammad Aliyu-Ubamdoma. This development was disclosed during a special emergency meeting at the Government House in Lafia,and shortly after the departure of Vice President Kashim Shetima, who was in the state for a …