Author: Staff Editor

Ahead of the Saturday, February 21 Area Council elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has declared Friday a work-free day and announced a restriction of movement from 8 p.m. on Friday to 6 p.m. on Saturday. Wike made the announcement in a special broadcast on national television and radio stations on Thursday, urging residents of the FCT to come out en masse to vote for candidates of their choice. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister, Lere Olayinka. In the…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has confirmed that Nasir El-Rufai, former Governor of Kaduna State, is currently in its custody as part of an ongoing investigation. In a statement issued just before midnight on Wednesday, J. Okor Odey, Head of Media and Public Communications and spokesperson for the ICPC, said: “The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) writes to state that Malam Nasir El-Rufai, the former Governor of Kaduna State, is in our custody in connection with ongoing investigations.” The commission did not provide additional details regarding the nature of the probe…