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Anxiety has engulfed the House of Representatives, following an All Progressives Congress caucus meeting summoned by the Chief Whip, Alhassan Dogwa. The meeting is slated for 10 this morning(Tuesday), and coming after the Loyalist Group, which has APC lawmakers loyal to the Majority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, labelled the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara an “agent provocateur of destabilization.” The composition of the headships of the 96 House committees which some APC members said favoured the opposition PDP has apparently reignited crisis in the House. There are indications that the meeting is fixed to move against Mr. Gbajabiamila. Mr. Dogwa is a loyalist of the Speaker. Three legislators also confirmed the 10am meeting. Asked if the meeting was to move against Mr. Gbajabiamila, a lawmaker (APC-Katsina) who would not not want to be named said, “actually there is something like that going around like rumour but I have not confirmed”. Premium times

Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Mr. Danladi Umar, had been recommended for probe and removal over allegations of corruption. Former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Mohammed Adoke, SAN while in office had recommended him to the EFCC for prosecution over alleged collection of bribe. The justice minister’s recommendation was based on the report of the EFCC into allegation by a retired Comptroller of Customs, Mr Rasheed Taiwo, that Umar demanded N10 million bribe from him to help him quash the case against him. Apart from recommending Umar’s prosecution, the then AGF in a letter to former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2014 also advised the president to initiate moves ‎to remove Umar from office as chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal because of the allegation of corruption against him. “‎I am of the humble opinion that the current state of affairs by which the tribunal is unable to seat while the institution is increasingly diminished ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday fired the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde.He approved the appointment of Ibrahim Mustafa Magu as the Acting Chairman. Magu served as head of the EFCC’s Economic Governance Unit (EGU) during the tenure of Nuhu Ribadu. Magu gained public attention when he led many high profile investigations against former governors including James Ibori of Delta State and Bukola Saraki of Kwara State. He is a trained financial crimes investigator with background in forensic accounting, and training at the FBI institute and the London Metropolitan Police institute. He had also served, prior to his EFCC posting in Bosnia under the United Nations peacekeeping police operation.Magu was arrested on August 4, 2008 following allegations that police discovered EFCC files and a computer containing classified documents at his Abuja residence. He is a member of the investigative committee convened by National Security A...

Irahim Magu, a top level official of the Economic and Governance Unit of the EFCC, has been elevated to the position of chairman of the commission. This follows the removal today by the government of Ibrahim Lamorde, who had held that position since 2011. Magu is remembered as a no-nonsense investigator of the commission at its inception. He was removed along with several other key officials by Farida Waziri when she became chairman in 2008. Source: Sahara reports

Female staff members of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, threw caution to the winds this morning and staged a semi-nude protest against the Executive Director of the agency, Professor Malachy O. Akoroda over what they termed his maladministration of the agency. The staff are accusing their executive director of engaging in white elephant jobs & mismanagement of funds.The female staff members in company of their male colleagues who did not remove their clothes, barricaded the entrance to the institute with heaps of sand.A petition letter jointly written and signed by the Chief Yekeen Ogunyode, the Baale of Odo Onanla the host community and one Solomon Adebiyo read "Letters have been sent to the President Federal Republic of Nigeria and Federal House of Representatives regarding the lingering crisis in CRIN. In addition numerous petitions have been sent to the ICPC, the EFCC, the Auditor General, and Accountant General o...

With his laid-back demeanor, most wouldn't guess that Dr. Olurotimi Badero, 43, is one of the most knowledgeable medical minds in Mississippi. As the only combined cardiologist and nephrologist in the United States, Badero is a coveted commodity in his field, yet despite numerous job offers, he has stayed in Jackson. Even in high school, Badero valued education. He performed better than any other student in his native country, Nigeria, earning him an award for academic excellence. After completing his undergraduate studies at the University of Ife, he enrolled in the school's medical program and graduated in 1997. Soon after, he moved to the United States to attend the State University of New York, where he completed specialty training in internal medicine in 2004. In 2006, he earned his specialty degree in nephrology at Emory University in Atlanta. As he began treating patients, he realized that might not be enough. "When I was taking care of nephrology patients, I ...

A Fulani socio-cultural association, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore yesterday sent a final warning to former minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-kayode over insult on the Fulani race. National president of the association, Alhaji Bello Abdullahi Bodejo gave the warning after consultation with the South-West organisations’ leaders in Abuja. According to Bodejo, Fani-Kayode have earlier described all the Fulani herdsmen as ‘tse-tse fly, locust, leeches’ and also called for the ban of herdsmen from Southern Nigeria. The Fulani leader said further that if he did not apologise to the Fulani race, they would be forced to take legal action against him. “We want Femi Fani-Kayode to publicly withdraw his hate speech and wrongful criminal allegation against the entire Fulani race. and in particular, immediately to avoid legal action by us.” Bodejo called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that peace and tranquility prevails in Nigeria and that public utterances by some Nigerian are str...