Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, has rejected moves to subject future appointments of polices bosses to confirmation by the Senate. He argued that the legislative intervention would politicise the police force. He also opposed a proposal that could empower the Senate to remove an inspector general. He made the position known yesterday […]
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday disagreed with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on how to maintain law and order in the polity. While APC spokesman, Malam Lanre Issa -Onilu maintained that the strategies put in place by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to keep the peace would surely achieve the desired result, […]
Wife of the Nigerian President, Aisha Buhari, has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would have done better if not for two powerful persons. Mrs Buhari said her husband would have achieved a lot more than it had in three years if not “for two people in government who will never allow things to move […]
The new Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 2, AIG Lawal Shehu, yesterday declared war on native doctors and human parts dealers within Lagos and Ogun states. The declaration followed the spate of ritual-instigated killings and desecration of bodies exhumed from graveyards. Lamenting the involvement of young people in ritual activities, Shehu […]
Justice Valentine Ashi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja, has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), police, Department of State Services (DSS) and all other security agencies to apprehend and arrest former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, within 72 hours. Acting Spokesman to the EFCC, Tony Orilade, […]
Activities at the National Assembly were grounded yesterday as workers under the aegis of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) protested against the non-payment of their salaries, allowances and promotion arrears. The workers took over the essential areas of the legislative complex including the entrances of the two chambers and the lobby, thereby denying access […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday in Abuja defended it decision to award the contract for the protection of the 87-kilometre Trans Forcados Pipeline (TFP) to an indigenous firm, Ocean Marine Solutions (OMS). Recently, some Niger Delta youths from Ijaw, Isoko, Itsekiri and Urhobo had blocked the gate of the Delta State Government House […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged his supporters not to panic, saying his return to power in 2019 is non-negotiable. He also described those seeking to unseat him in next year’s general elections as enemies who stole from the nation blindly and should be avoided. He made the disclosure yesterday at the National Consultative Forum of […]
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday the “key priority” of his administration is to ensure that the remaining kidnapped Chibok school girls are released by their abductors. “We will continue to make the safe release of the remaining Chibok girls a priority and will welcome any kind of support from any quarters to make this […]
The Federal Government has been granted $200 million loan for the funding of the nation’s electrification project.“The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $150 million sovereign loan to the Federal Government of Nigeria to finance the Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP),” AfDB said in a statement. “The Africa Growing Together […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Head of Service, Mrs. Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita, to increase recruitment quota for people with disabilities from two to 10 per cent.He gave the charge yesterday, as Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark the 2018 International Day of Persons With Disabilities. Buhari equally promised to sign into […]