*Seek monarchs’ support to curb insecurity The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has assured personnel that the Army, under his watch, will prioritise the welfare of troops. The Army chief promised to ensure that soldiers have a befitting accommodation. He also promised that plans were ongoing to …
Read More »FG institutes committee on border protection
The Minister of Interior Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has set up a 13-man committee to conduct a need assessment on the nation’s borders. The members of the committee are drawn from officials from the Ministry; Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Fire Service, Border Community Development Agency, …
Read More »Police arrest Bauchi housewife for allegedly killing step-daughter
An 18-year-old pregnant housewife has been arrested by the police in Bauchi State for allegedly beating her five-year-old stepdaughter to death for defecating on her body. The Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Auwal Muhammad, disclosed this while parading the suspect before journalists at the command’s headquarters on Tuesday. He said …
Read More »Court convicts crypto trader for fraud
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, October 6, 2023, convicted one Lawrence Success Karinate, a Peer-to-Peer crypto trader for computer-related fraud. The anti-graft agency made this known via an official statement on its website, efcc.gov.ng on Monday. According to the statement, Success was convicted on a …
Read More »Atiku seeks Supreme Court’s leave to file fresh evidence against Tinubu
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Friday night, sought the leave of the Supreme Court to bring in fresh evidence to prove that President Tinubu submitted a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission. The documents Atiku sought to tender are the academic records …
Read More »NULGE set for nationwide strike, says president
The National President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Mr Ambali Olatunji, has expressed the readiness of his union to join the nationwide strike on Tuesday. The Nigeria Labour Congress has earlier declared to embark on an indefinite strike beginning on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, following the hardship …
Read More »Don’t lose hope, Akpabio urges Nigerians
The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has congratulated Nigerians on the occasion of the nation’s 63rd Independence Anniversary. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Eseme Eyiboh, the Senate President while acknowledging current challenges in the polity, said that there were many landmark achievements in the …
Read More »Thousands march against police violence in France
Tens of thousands of people marched in France Saturday to protest police violence in demonstrations organised by the left, with clashes breaking out on the margins of the Paris rally. The nationwide protest came just under three months after the point-blank killing by a policeman of a youth outside Paris …
Read More »Unravel truth behind Mohbad’s death, Jandor urges security agencies
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State during the 2023 elections, Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has called for diligence in the investigation to unravel the cause of the sudden death of the fast-rising Afrobeats singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. Adediran said …
Read More »Tinubu appoints Hakeem Baba-Ahmed as special adviser
President Bola Tinubu has appointed the spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, as the Special Adviser On Political issues in the office of Vice-President Kashim Shettima. Baba-Ahmed, who is the elder brother of the running mate to Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 …
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