Sambo Dasuki.
26 Jan
An FCT High Court on Thursday adjourned until March 6 for counsel to former Finance Minister of State, Bashir Yuguda’s to cross-examine an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) witness.
19 Dec
The Federal High Court Abuja has found Doyin Okupe guilty of receiving over N200 million cash from former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki. Okupe is the Director General of Peter Obi's Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu on Monday held that the action of Okupe, who is the first…
9 Feb 2021
A former General Manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Aminu Babakusa, has tested positive for COVID-19.
26 Feb 2020
Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisah Metuh, and his firm, Destra Investments Limited, have been sentenced to seven years in prison.
25 Feb 2020
The Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted former spokesman for the People Democratic Party (PDP) Olisa Metuh and found him guilty of all the charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC charged Metuh alongside his company, Destra investment, with seven counts of money laundering and diversion of…
8 Jan 2020
NJ.com, a digital news content provider and website in New Jersey, United States has listed Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore as one of 20 people to watch in 2020. Based in New Jersey, where Sowore and his family reside, the news outlet, owned by Advance Publications, said the list consist of people are "from all…
3 Jan 2020
The Sambo Dasuki Foundation has commended the Federal Government for the release of retired Col. Sambo Dasuki the former National Security Advisor (NSA) from detention.
31 Dec 2019
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), has said that efforts made by the association and its belief in the country’s project...
27 Dec 2019
Nigeria's attorney-general and justice minister Abubakar Malami has said the release of a former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki and Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore from detention was because the government had compassion on the duo. “The only reasons for the release of Omoyele Sowore and Sambo Dasuki revolved around our commitment to the rule…
27 Dec 2019
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to apologise to Omoyele Sowore, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd.) and other detained Nigerians for infringing on their rights.
27 Dec 2019
Lagos State candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) in the 2019 gubernatorial election, Babatunde Gbadamosi, has described his recent comments on some national issues as personal opinion.
25 Dec 2019
Nigeria's former national security adviser Sambo Dasuki has said he has no feud with President Muhammadu Buhari. Dasuki, who was the country's NSA until May 2015, was detained for more than four years by the Nigerian government over allegations of illegal possession of arms and misappropriation of $68 million arms fund. He denied any wrongdoing.…
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