Police Service Commission investigates CPs over misconduct allegations
The Police Service Commission on Monday said it was investigating allegations of abuse of office against some Commissioners of Police holding State Command appointments. The Permanent Secretary of the...
View ArticlePolice arraign six suspects using graveyard as hideout
A Grade 1 Area Court in Karu, Abuja, on Monday granted N 10, 000 bail to six suspected criminals who were accused of using a cemetery in Karu as hideout . The defendants are Sadiq Umar, Nafiu Maladi,...
View ArticleICYMI: Nigerian senators earn more than Trump, UK PM —Oyebola
Oladimeji Ramon The Initiator and Chairman, Movement for Nigeria’s Total Transformation, Chief Areoye Oyebola, has decried the non-responsiveness of Nigerian federal lawmakers to the widespread call...
View ArticleCatalan leaders under pressure over independence threat
Catalan leaders came under intense domestic and international pressure Monday to halt plans to break away from Spain as the clock ticked down to a regional parliamentary session where Catalonia’s...
View ArticleTrump loses key ally as Republican senator bites back
Donald Trump has often lambasted potential allies from his own party but now a Republican has punched back, alleging that the president’s reckless behavior poses a danger to America. Senator Bob...
View ArticleNNPC appointments: Agbakoba sues FG for discriminating against South-East
Oladimeji Ramon Prominent lawyer, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has sued the Federal Government for allegedly discriminating against the South-East geopolitical zone in its July 5, 2016 appointment into...
View ArticleNo law mandates me to discuss contracts with you, Baru replies Kachikwu
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Maikanti Baru, on Monday officially responded to the recent allegations of insubordination and corruption...
View ArticleICYMI: Suspend Kachikwu, Baru, Senate panel chair tells Buhari
John Alechenu, Eniola Akinkuotu, Ade Adesomoju, Ihuoma Chiedozie, Oladimeji Ramon and Olaleye Aluko The Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) Senator Tayo Alasoadura, has called...
View ArticlePolicemen, naval personnel held for kidnap in Kogi
Two serving policemen and a naval personnel were among 18 kidnap and armed robbery suspects paraded before newsmen on Monday by the Kogi State Police Command. The State Police Commissioner, Mr Ali...
View ArticleAisha Buhari berates Aso Rock Clinic CMD
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, on Monday publicly upbraided the Chief Medical Director of the State House Clinic, Dr. Husain Munir, over the poor state of the...
View ArticleFrance to open asylum centres in Niger, Chad
France will open offices in Niger and Chad in the coming weeks to identify people who could be granted asylum, President Emmanuel Macron announced Monday. The offices would also “warn people in Niger...
View ArticleI have no plan to contest 2019 election – Osinbajo
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said he had no plan to contest the 2019 presidential election. According to Reuters, Osinbajo said this when he was asked at the...
View ArticleEFCC charges oil marketers with N7.8bn banking fraud
Oladimeji Ramon The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned two oil marketers and their firms for an alleged banking fraud of N7.7bn. The defendants – Ogbor Eliot; Godwin...
View ArticleBenue govt has failed its workers, says Ortom
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, admitted on Monday that his government had failed in its responsibility of paying workers salaries. “A worker deserves his wages, but the Benue government has not...
View ArticleAPC mourns Victor Malu
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condoled with the family, Nigerian Army and government and people of Benue over the death of retired Lt. Gen. Victor Malu. In a statement on Monday in Abuja by...
View Article12 killed as bus plunges into lake
Twelve people were killed Monday when the minibus they were travelling in plunged into Lake Victoria in northern Tanzania, according to a statement from the presidency. President John Magufuli said he...
View ArticleMorocco prepares to test fastest train in Africa
Engineers in Morocco are preparing to test the Arab world’s first high-speed railway this week with trains reaching 320 kilometres (200 miles) per hour, the country’s rail office said Monday. One...
View ArticleBuhari’s absence emboldened Nnamdi Kanu – Aisha Buhari
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, on Monday said the long absence of President Muhammadu Buhari due to ill-health further emboldened the leader of the Indigenous...
View ArticleMugabe snubs top succession candidate in cabinet reshuffle
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Monday stripped one of the top candidates to succeed him of a cabinet post, as the battle to replace the long-ruling leader intensifies. Vice President Emmerson...
View ArticleNNPC feud: PENGASSAN, NUPENG abandon Kachikwu
Unions in the oil and gas sector on Monday pledged support for the ‘transformation stride’ of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr Maikanti Baru. The Petroleum...
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