Sen. Shehu Sani, Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District has faulted plans by the Federal Government to withdraw one billion Dollars from the excess crude account to prosecute the war against Boko Haram. Yesterday, the National Economic Council (NEC) approved the withdrawal from ECA to assist relevant agencies combat insurgency particularly in the North East.

The embattled former chairman of the disbanded Presidential Task Force on Pension Reform, Abdularashheed Maina says President Muhammadu Buhari is surrounded by corrupt officials involved in pension scam. Maina who stated this in an exclusive interview with The Sun claimed that the ongoing anti-corruption war by the current administration was yet to yield the desired result. He attributed the development to those around the President.

INEC Registers 21 New Political Parties

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has registered 21 new political parties, taking the number of registered parties in Nigeria to 67.

The Nigerian Army General Court Martial sitting in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital on Friday sentenced a serving soldier to death for killing five rescued civilians from Yamteke area of the state. The soldier who was identified as Lance Corporal John Godwin was charged with murder, punishable under Section 106 (a) of Armed Forces Acts (Cap A20), Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN) 2004. He had since been in custody before his trial.

Osun State High Court sitting in Ilesa has declared the change of the name of the state to the “State of Osun” as illegal, null and void.

The ruling followed a case instituted by a human rights activist, Kanmi Ajibola, challenging the legality of the “State of Osun Land Use Charge Law”.

In his judgment which lasted more than one hour on Thursday, Justice Yinka Afolabi ruled that the law and its makers were unknown to the 1999 constitution.

He also chided the state governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, for deliberately and singlehandedly renaming the state illegally contrary to the known norms and the Nigerian Constitution.

President Buhari Returns To Nigeria After Paris Summit

President Muhammadu Buhari is back in the country after attending the One Planet Summit in Paris, the capital of France.