$2.1bn Arms Deal: Court insist Dasuki is on bail

Justice Baba Yusuf of an Abuja High Court has again reaffirmed the bail earlier granted former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col Sambo Dasuki(rtd).

Recall that Justice Peter Affen of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court had recently granted the former NSA bail but the Federal Government refused to obey the order.

However, the matter was transferred to the Justice Yusuf-led court who reaffirmed the bail of Dasuki and five others standing trial on a 22-count charge bordering on the misappropriation of $2.1bn arms deal.

At the resumed trial today, the trial judge said Dasuki was entitled to bail after he was admitted to same since 2015.

All defendants pleaded not guilty to the 22-count charge levelled against them.

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TB Joshua a blessing to Nigeria – Fani Kayode

On his Twitter handle @realFFK, he wrote: “A truly great man of God whose good works will speak for him into eternity.

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Country hit by fresh protests in wake of mutiny

Ivory Coast has been engulfed in a series of strikes in several of its cities, as schools remain closed.

Angry protests erupted in several Ivory Coast cities on Monday, including in the economic capital Abidjan where retired soldiers barricaded a major highway as a teachers' strike kept schools closed.

The veterans threw up roadblocks on the main northbound highway in the morning, snarling traffic, as angry firemen blocked traffic to the east of the city.

Most of the city's secondary schools remained closed as teachers remained at home as part of a two-week civil service strike to demand better pay and pensions.

In the country's second city of Bouake hundreds of schoolchildren took to the streets, blocking traffic, in solidarity with the strikes.

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Trump claims media 'dishonest' over crowd photos

President Donald Trump has accused the media of dishonesty over the number of people attending his inauguration.

Mr Trump was speaking after photographs were published appearing to show more people attended the inauguration of his predecessor Barack Obama in 2009.

Mr Trump's press secretary said it had been "the largest audience to ever see an inauguration" even though figures he cited add up to under 750,000 people.

He said the new US administration would hold the media accountable.

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El-Rufai, Shehu Sani are fighting in Kaduna

Hon. Ibrahim Bello Rigachikun, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC was the Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Cooperation and Integration in Africa/NEPAD in the 7th National Assembly and is presently a private legal practitioner. He is also the National Chairman of the Buhari Like-Minds Movement of Nigeria. In this interview, with Vanguard’s Dirisu Yakubu, he bares his mind on the lingering feud between Governor Nasir El-Rufai and Senator Shehu Sani, the Southern Kaduna killings among other issues. What is the problem between Governor Nasir El-Rufai and Senator Shehu Sani? 

A lot of people love our party in Kaduna State, and it is very unfortunate that this is happening today. We expect these two highly respected men to reconcile their differences especially since elections are over. But in my perspective, I often say that this is the first time in Nigeria political history that four or five political parties would merge forces into a single political platform that ultimately became what we call the APC today. Do not forget that Comrade Shehu Sani came from the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) while Nasir El-Rufai came from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. 

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