President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met with the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, at the State House, Abuja. Speaking to State House correspondents after the closed door meeting, Adamu said he updated the president on sexual and gender-based violence across the country and the efforts of the Police towards addressing the menace. The IGP stated […]
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State Chapter has appealed to government at all levels to tackle the security challenges facing the country. Rev. John Hayab, the Chairman of CAN made the appeal in a statement on Monday. Hayab said that the chapter was sad and upset with the killings and increasing insecurity in […]
Niger Delta Congress (NDC) has warned investors against participating in the bid for 57 marginal oil fields in their region. “We are aware that the announced bidding process is just another means to enrich the elites of the major ethnic groups of this country at our expense, since very few Niger Deltans can be said […]
There are strong indications that the Nigeria Police high command may be witnessing a major mass promotion of its top echelons. A source told The Guardian that Force Secretary, AIG Alkali Baba, and one other are among the beneficiaries of the lifting as he may be promoted to DIG. Some Commissioners of police have also […]
Until now, not much was heard about the probe of Imo ex-Gov Rochas Okorocha’s looting of the state. The reason is that more—at least N5bn—than the amount currently recovered—N2.7bn is still stashed about in accounts which he and his fronts own. As soon as more could be recovered and investigation concluded, the EFCC said it […]
Management of the University of Ibadan in a statement on Sunday insisted that Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo was issued one certificate when he graduated in 1979, and not two as being claimed by the party. It would be recalled that one of the reasons cited for the disqualification of Godwin Obaseki from APC’s June […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday ordered investigation into the shooting and attack on the First Lady, Hajia Aisha Buhari, by one of his Personal Assistants at the State House, Abuja, last Thursday. The President in a statement in Sunday acknowledged concerns expressed by several members of the public regarding what he considered the recent incident […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) quakes Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Sunday paid a sudden visit to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State in Port Harcourt. The meeting may not be unconnected with negotiations to decamp from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the PDP after the illegal disqualification of his candidacy […]
Before now, Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki was among the good boys of the cabal in Aso Rock, where many believe he got some backwind that pushed him against his mentor and party’s national chairman Adams Oshiomhole. Now, he is a political orphan. Worse, he is seeking help where there’s none—Aso Rock— after the party’s NWC […]
A mother who beat up her 2-year-old daughter and labelled her a prostitute after she caught a man raping her, has been sent to a rehabilitation center for mentally challenged people by the Lagos state government and her two children taken away from her. In a new statement released by the state government earlier this […]