DSS denies barricading Lagos EFCC office
The Department of State Services has refuted reports that its personnel denied operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission access to its office in Lagos. The spokesperson for the Service, Peter Afunanya said the DSS was occupying “its own facility” where it was carrying out an operation. He disclosed this in a WhatsApp message […]
NMA tasks Tinubu on 15% budgetary allocation to health, improved remuneration
The Nigerian Medical Association has urged President Bola Tinubu to appropriate health sector financing with the Abuja 2001 Declaration of at least 15 per cent of the annual national budget. The NMA said this will abate medical tourism and the attendant loss of financial resources. The association said this in its congratulatory message signed by […]
OAU student’s murder: Adedoyin, staff arrive court as Osun CJ delivers verdict
The seven defendants in the case of the alleged murder of an ex-Masters student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke, have arrived at court for the commencement of judgement by Osun Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo. Justice Ojo was expected to deliver judgement on the case on Tuesday, and the courtroom was already filled […]
Create ministry for Diaspora, migration engagements, JIFORM urges Tinubu
Journalists International Forum For Migration has appealed to President Bola Tinubu’s administration for the creation of a separate ministry for diaspora and migration engagements. The appeal is made in a goodwill message signed by JIFORM President, Dr Ajibola Abayomi, to the nation’s 16th President, and issued to newsmen in Abuja on Monday. Abayomi pleaded with […]
JUST IN: Police raid Auxiliary’s home, recover weapons, ammunition
The Oyo State Police Command has raided the apartment of the sacked chairman of Park Management System, Mukaila Lamidi, popularly known as Auxiliary. An online news platform, (not The PUNCH) Tuesday morning that the police stormed his Ibadan residence recovering weapons and ammunition. It was reported that though Auxiliary escaped, some of his loyalists were […]
BREAKING: DSS storm EFCC Lagos office, blocks officers’ access
Operatives of the Department of State Security have stormed the Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, preventing officials of the anti-graft agency from gaining access to their office in Ikoyi, Lagos. Impeccable sources in both agencies told The PUNCH that there has been an ongoing rivalry between the DSS and the EFCC […]
Security operatives, vigilance group rescue kidnap victims in Kogi
Security operatives and a local vigilance group on Monday rescued three more victims of Thursday’s kidnap on the Lokoja-Abuja highway. Among the three rescued victims, who are all indigenes of Imo, was a pregnant woman. The Chairman of Kogi/Koto Local Government Area, Mr Dauda Aliyu, confirmed this in a statement in Lokoja. “The commendable display […]
Empower monarchs with more constitutional roles, Ooni urges Tinubu
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has urged the newly sworn-in President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to empower traditional rulers in the country with more constitutional roles in tackling issues of security management and conflict resolutions. The Osun monarch made the call in a congratulatory message to Tinubu Monday, through his Director […]
Keep to the promise of defending the nation, PSNAFSA urges Tinubu
A group under the auspices of security outfits in Nigeria, Prayer and Support for the Nigerian Armed Forces and other Security Agencies has urged the new President, Bola Tinubu, to keep to his promise of defending the nation from all forms of criminality. Tinubu, a former Senator and Governor of Lagos State was sworn in […]
Baffa Bichi emerges Kano SSG
The Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, announced Tuesday morning the appointment of the former Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Dr Baffa Bichi, as the new Secretary to the State Government. In a press statement, signed by the governor’s spokesman, Sanusi Bature Dawakin, confirming the appointment, he added that the staunch Kwankwasiyya […]