Nigerian Gazette

Ekiti state Governor, Peter Ayodele Fayose has cleared air on allegation that he once slapped a judge in court premises. The governor made the clarification known on a political programme, 'Hard Copy' aired on channels television. The governor said he would never slap his housemaid, not to talk of a judge. "I will never slap even my housemaid not to talk of a judge. The judge is still alive. That same Judge is in Ekiti, that Judge has not made a single statement. When I laid foundation for the new high court complex, the Judge was there and I told him - "My Lord, please make a Clarification." Take your time to interview him to find out from him. The judge has not made a statement in this regard. It is an imagination of my political opponents. On that day, I was at the court as Governor-elect and there were over 5,000 supporters of mine. And the judge told the lawyer at the court that he saw me from his window telling my supporters to stay behind. So...

At least 83 Nigerian soldiers, including a commanding officer, are still missing days after they came under a Boko Haram attack, PREMIUM TIMES can report. Top level military sources monitoring the development told this newspaper that the soldiers were still missing in action as of Friday morning, four days after the attack. The Army confirmed the attack in a statement on Tuesday, but has not given further updates. It did not also admit 83 soldiers were missing. The latest update from several military personnel, follows our earlier report on how Nigerian troops drowned in a river as they scampered for safety in the face of a superior firepower from the terrorists. While about 22 of the fleeing soldiers were later rescued by their Nigerien counterparts and dispatched to a hospital in Diffa, southern Niger, several others were fatally wounded after Boko Haram opened fire on them when they jumped into the River Yobe. The Army leadership has established contact with the 22 sold...

In his devilish quest to silence the opposition in the country, President Mohammudu Buhari has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes commission EFCC to rearrest one of the leading opposing voices in Nigeria, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode in the court premises. The arrest was done today 21st of Oct 2016. Immediately the judge had granted the Ife-born politician bail, and adjoined the case, EFFC rearrested him saying they have their order to do so from Aso Rock. Recall that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday re-arraigned the former aviation minister over alleged money laundering. Fani-Kayode appeared before Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of a Federal High Court in Lagos, on a 47-count charge. He, however, pleaded not guilty. His counsel, Chief Ladi Williams, prayed the court to allow him to continue with the bail granted him by Justice Ramat Mohammed, who earlier handled the case. Williams also prayed the court to allow Fani-Kayode the liberty ...

Another Justice of the Supreme Court whose home was raided by operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, has opened fresh can of worms, alleging that his ordeal was a function of his refusal at various times, to help the All Progressives Congress, APC, to remove the Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose and two other governors by perverting justice in governorship election disputes involving Ekiti, Rivers and Ebonyi states. Justice Ngwuta, in a letter dated October 18, which he forwarded to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed and the National Judicial Council, NJC, specifically fingered the Minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi and Minister of Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, as those that approached him on behalf of the APC. “Invasion Of My House In The Night, Planting Of Huge Sums Of Money In Different Currencies, Purported Recovery Of The Money, Carting Away Of My Documents And Other Valuable Items And My Subseq...

Justice Ngwuta of Nigeria’s supreme Court in a letter addressed and delivered to the Chief Justice of the Federation explained what transpired between him, some politicians and security agencies last week. Details: JUSTICE NGWUTA'S LETTER 18th October, 2016 My Lord, The Hon. the Chief Justice of Nigeria & Chairman, National Judicial Council Supreme Court Complex ABUJA My Lord INVASION OF MY HOUSE IN THE NIGHT, PLANTING OF HUGE SUMS OF MONEY IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES, PURPORTED RECOVERY OF THE MONEY, CARTING AWAY OF MY DOCUMENTS AND OTHER VALUABLE ITEMS AND MY SUBSEQUENT ABDUCTION BY MASKED OPERATIVES OF THE DSS BETWEEN FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7TH AND SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8TH, 2016 1.        Some days before Friday, 7th October, 2016 I started feeling symptoms of malaria attack.  Any malaria drug keeps me drowsy and sleeping for days and since I had to go to work I decided to hang on until Friday to take the drug after work. 2.        I returned from work late Friday after...

Head of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay has said that the corruption allegations levelled against the Minister of Power, Works and housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola and his colleague in the Transportation ministry, Mr Rotimi Amaechi as baseless and an attempt to scuttle their chances to become ministers. In an interview he granted to Punch, the renowned legal academician, he said there were subtle moves by the corrupt persons to stop them from being nominated as ministers because of their solid records. “We are talking of people’s records; these are people with solid records. And if you look at the whole environment and atmosphere, they were about to be made ministers and a group of very corrupt people wanted to stop them. That’s all. This was because they didn’t want people of high capacity, ability and commitment to be in this government.’ “It was an attempt to scuttle their chances to become ministers; that was the main purpose behind it....

Information reaching the Punch News has it that EFCC, under the direct order from the presidency perfected the return of Senator Musiliu Obanikoro back to the country just to implicate Governor Peter Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state. The arrangement came in order to see to the political end of the outspoken Ekiti governor, who has in countless times taken the Buhari administration to the cleaner. Punch News has authoritatively gathered that the sudden reappearance of Senator Musiliu Obanikoro in Nigeria after more than a year of disappearance had the backing of the presidency. The deal with Obanikoro to come to Nigeria was brokered and struck by some powerful northern elements in the presidency. It was gathered that the seemingly lost battle with Governor Fayose of Ekiti State did not go down well with the presidency. Obanikoro, according to one of his aides that confided in our reporter met with the Buhari's emissaries after series of calls and promises. One of such promis...