The Grundnorm

The arraignment of a former Governor of Imo, Sen. Rochas Okorocha, was, on Tuesday, stalled at the Federal High Court Abuja.The planned arraignment before Justice Inyang Ekwo could not proceed over the inability of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to serve Okorocha, who is the 1st […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has obtained permission of a Federal High Court in Abuja to detain suspended DCP Abba Kyari and six others for 14 days in the first instance.

President Muhammadu Buhari and All Progressives Congress(APC) Governor’s are in a closed-door meeting in the Executive Council Chamber of of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the request by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for permission to further detain for 14 days the two alleged drug couriers named in the case involving suspended DCP Abba Kyari. Justice Zainab Abubakar gave the order for the […]

The lead counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has dragged the Executive Director of the Due Process Advocates, Emeka Ugwuonye, to the Federal High court in Abuja, over alleged defamatory publications made against him (Ejiofor).

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has taken a swipe at the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, over the postponement of its national elective convention.Originally billed to hold February 26, the ruling party, Monday fixed March 26 as the new date for its convention; a development […]

One of the five authors of Nigeria’s National Anthem, Professor Babatunde Ogunnaike is dead. He was 65. Ogunnaike was born on March 26, 1956 and hailed from Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State.A notable Nigerian educationist and publisher, Gbenro Adegbola confirmed his death.

A group, The Mass Interest Project, has called on the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele, to throw his heart in the ring and contest the 2023 presidential election.In a statement, titled ”The Charge 2023”, issued weekend, the group argued that the country’s […]

Ahead of next year’s general election, a support group for former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has disclosed the resolve of the APC leader to go the whole hog, saying he would not leave the party for any power bloc. The group, therefore, advised its members […]

Operatives of the Department of State Services on Monday, barred lawyers to the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, from meeting him in custody. Special counsel for the embattled IPOB leader, Aloy Ejimakor, made this known in a chat with The PUNCH on […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Tuesday, arraign a former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over his alleged complicity in a N2.9billion fraud.

A Federal High Court in Abuja has turned down the request by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari for bail. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling on Monday, ordered Kyari to serve the respondent – the Federal Republic of Nigeria – with the processes filed and […]

The Ogun State Communi­ty Social Orientation and Safety Corps, otherwise known as So Safe Corps, has set up a divisional head­quarters in Sango while its operational activities cov­ers Iloye, Egan and Ariya areas of Ado-Odo/Ota Lo­cal Government Area

Thugs loyal to a high ranking member of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Monday attacked and beat up the Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ebonyi State Council, Mr Nnamdi Akpa

The Minister of Power, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, says the Federal Government is willing to partner with investors in the power sector to improve power supply in the country.Mr Mathew Osumanyi Dan’asabe, Information Officer, Press and Public Relations , Ministry of Power, said this in a statement.