Mixed reactions as sit-at-home paralyses commercial activities in Anambra
The May 30th sit-at-home call by the Indigenous People of Biafra to remember the Biafra heroes that died during the civil war and those who died in the course of the struggle recorded total compliance with the residents of Anambra State staying indoors on Tuesday. Our correspondent, who visited the major cities of Onitsha, Nnewi, […]
JUST IN: Tinubu orders DSS to vacate EFCC office
The President, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has directed the Department of State Security Service to immediately vacate the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Ikoyi, Lagos. The order is coming hours after DSS officials stormed the EFCC office located on Awolowo Road in the early hours of Tuesday, preventing officials of the anti-graft […]
Kano governor, NDLEA partner to tackle drug menace
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, on Tuesday, expressed his readiness to fight drug abuse and phone theft, alongside other social crimes in the state. He pledged his readiness while constituting a Special Joint Taskforce against phone snatching and other crimes within the Kano metropolis. In his remarks during his visit to Kiru Reformatory Centre, […]
Gunmen kill four in Rivers community
Gunmen suspected to be cultists on Monday night killed four persons in Rundele community, Emohua Local Government area of Rivers State. Two of the victims’ heads were also beheaded. It was gathered that the two persons beheaded are members of a local vigilante group known as the Rundele Security and Peace Advisory Council. Although details […]
Auxiliary: One killed as police arrest 78 suspects during Oyo raid
The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 78 suspects linked to an attempt to cause trouble in the state following the dissolution of the Park Management System by the state government. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, in a statement, said the state Commissioner of Police, Adebowale Williams, while parading […]
Court upholds FG’s ‘no work no pay’ rule against ASUU
The National Industrial Court has upheld the ‘no work no pay’ policy by the Federal Government in the suit filed against the Academic Staff Union of Universities. In a judgment delivered today (Tuesday) by the President of the Court, Justice Benedict Kanyip, the court held that it is within the right of the Federal Government […]
Group urges Tinubu to revisit pending corruption cases
An advocacy group, Transparency Society Network has urged President Bola Tinubu to revisit cases of corruption that have not been prosecuted to a logical conclusion. The advocacy group, while congratulating the new president, noted that steps taken by the Tinubu administration in addressing corruption and financial crimes will give a sense of direction to where […]
Subsidy: FG owes NNPCL N2.8tn, says Kyari
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, on Tuesday, in Abuja said the Federal Government still owes the company N2.8tn that it had spent on petrol subsidy. “Today, we are waiting for them to settle up to N2.8tn of NNPC’s cash flow from the subsidy regime and we […]
Disqualify APC’s gov candidate, Ododo, aggrieved aspirant urges court
An aggrieved governorship aspirant, Abubakar Achimugu of the All Progressives Congress has asked the Federal High Court, Abuja, to disqualify Ahmed Ododo of the same party from contesting the forthcoming governorship election in Kogi State. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/584/2023, the plaintiff, Achimugu through his counsel, Josiah Daniel-Ebune stated that Ododo is not eligible to […]
Reps approve N373m take-off grant for NASS Library Trust Fund
The House of Representatives has approved that the sum of N255m appropriated for the National Assembly e-Library in the Appropriation Act 2022/2023 be vired to the recurrent account of the National Assembly Library Trust Fund as part of the initial take-off grant. The House also approved that N118m appropriated for the National Assembly Dashboard in […]