Four police officers arrested by the command ‘decoy’ operatives for alleged extra-judicial killing are to face murder charges in court. Lagos State police spokesman, Bala Elkana, who confirmed the arrest of the ‘trigger-happy’ officers noted that the attention of Lagos State Police Command was drawn to a video on social media showing some Police Officers […]

It was jubilation yesterday in Taraba State as police re-arrested the suspected kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume, who confessed that soldiers assisted him to escape after being nabbed by the slain policemen. In a statement yesterday in Abuja, the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba, said Wadume was re-arrested in the late […]

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday assigned portfolio to his 43 ministers. Buhari named Sale Mamman as the Minister of Power while Babatunde Fashola was named Minister of Works And Housing. While Buhari retains the petroleum ministry he announced Timipre Sylva as minister of state for petroleum. Lai Mohammed retains the information and culture ministry, also […]

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn 43 ministers into his cabinet about two months after his inauguration. The nominated ministers had been announced last month as they underwent screening at the Senate. All the 43 persons nominated by the president were confirmed in an exercise that lasted five days. Critics of the screening said it […]