The Federal High Court in Abuja ruled on Friday that a former Senate Minority Leader , Godswill Akpabio ’s movement from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress last year was not a case of defection . Justice Okon Abang, in a judgment held that that the senator only “ moved to join APC out of frustration …

  The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a suit that sought to declare seats of Senators Bukola Saraki, Godswill Akpabio, Speaker Yakubu Dogara and 51 federal lawmakers that decamped from their respective political parties prior to the 2015 general election, vacant. Those the court declined to sack from the National Assembly over the contention that their defection …

Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, says the federal government has recovered N605 billion through the implementation of the whistleblower policy. Ahmed made this known during a briefing on the ministry’s activities in Abuja, on Thursday. The whistleblower policy is an anti-corruption programme that was launched in December 2016. It encourages individuals to report cases of financial mismanagement or stolen funds. …