AGF inaugurates committee on prisons decongestion Tuesday
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN) will on Tuesday inaugurate a stakeholders’ committee on prisons decongestion. The...
View Article2019: Maina’s recall will destroy Buhari’s govt – PDP Reps’ caucus
John Ameh, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party caucus at the House of Representatives on Sunday tackled President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration over the recall of the former Chairman, Presidential...
View ArticleAare Ona Kakanfo: Gani Adams to be installed January 13, 2018
Friday Olokor, Jos The installation of the National Coordinator of Oodua Peoples Congress, Gani Adams, as the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba Land has been fixed for January 13, 2018. The announcement...
View ArticlePolice invite Omisore over alleged attack on Isiaka Adeleke
Femi Makinde, Osogbo The police have invited a former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, over an alleged attack on Senator Isiaka Adeleke in the build-up to the governorship primary...
View Article‘How SARS officials shot me for no reason’
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan A graduate of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Ekwere Imoh, has alleged that men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Oyo State Police Command, shot him and a female friend, who...
View ArticleNAF advises officers on physical fitness
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa The Nigerian Air Force has urged its officers and men to be combat-ready and to get fit for operations to tackle criminality and emerging security challenges in the country. The...
View ArticleHoodlums seize motorcycles meant for crushing
Sesan Olufowobi Dozens of hoodlums on Friday swooped on some policemen attached to the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit and a truck belonging to the unit,...
View ArticleOgun to power new poly with solar energy
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi The Ogun State Government has said it will power the newly established Ogun State Polytechnic, Ipokia with solar energy. The state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr....
View ArticleShettima justifies N’East commission
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, on Sunday, said the establishment of North-East Development Commission was a direct response to the large scale devastation caused to the region by the Boko...
View ArticleNNPC, First E&P begin marine oil search
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Sunday said it was working to grow the nation’s crude oil reserves and increase daily national production by searching for crude...
View ArticleSpend recovered loot on citizens’ welfare, Aromolaran tells Buhari
Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use the money recovered from corrupt public office holders for the welfare of...
View ArticleAPC caucus, NEC meet over discipline, funding
John Alechenu, Abuja Growing tension within the All Progressives Congress and the agitation for greater participation in government by the party hierarchy is likely to feature prominently as the...
View ArticleJUTH crisis worsens as consultants serve strike notice
Friday Olokor, Jos The crisis at the Jos University Teaching Hospital has worsened as the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria give its Chief Medical Director, Prof. Edmund Banwat, a...
View ArticleAnambra poll: PPA begins campaign for Ezeemo
Tony Okafor, Awka The Progressive Peoples Alliance has inaugurated the campaign of its governorship candidate in the November 18 poll in the Anambra State, Mr. Godwin Ezeemo, with a promise to give all...
View ArticleWe arrested Boko Haram terrorists in Taraba, Kaduna –Military
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja Two self-confessed Boko Haram terrorists – Jamilu Adamu and Garba Adamu – as well as a bandit – Yusuf Wada – have been arrested by the troops of the Nigerian Army in Taraba and...
View ArticleS’East govs want Enugu airport, federal roads fixed
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu Governors of the South-East states, at a meeting in Enugu on Sunday evening, called on the Federal Government to take advantage of the dry season to rehabilitate dilapidated...
View ArticlePUNCH journalists shine at WAMECA awards
‘Femi Asu and Jesusegun Alagbe Nigeria’s most widely read newspaper, The PUNCH, clinched two awards at the maiden edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards. The awards,...
View ArticleOsinbajo seeks support for child adoption
Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe Wife of the Vice-President, Mrs. Oludolapo Osinbajo, had advocated the need to speak out against the stigma attached to child adoption. Osinbajo said this at the First Annual...
View ArticleDrug abuse: Police want CCTV in Lagos hotels, bars
Afeez Hanafi The Lagos State Police Command has asked operators of hotels, nightclubs, lounges, bars, and beaches in the state to install Closed Circuit Television cameras and put in place other...
View ArticleINTERPOL yet to get fresh request for Maina’s arrest –Source
Adelani Adepegba and Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Federal Government has yet to send fresh request to the International Police to assist it in tracking and arresting the fleeing ex-Chairman of the...
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