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The Nigeria Police Force has applied to withdraw its suit seeking to stop the various states’ judicial panels of enquiry probing allegations of rights abuses and other acts of brutality of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other police tactical units. The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Thursday, had denied authorising the filing of […]
The Governor of Delta State,Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa on Thursday advocated for constitutional roles for traditional rulers in the country. Dr. Okowa cited this as a result of the contributions of the rulers to peace-building. Governor Okowa made the call while receiving the members of the South-South Monarchs’ Forum led by King Edmund Dakoro at the […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered the remand of a former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abulrasheed Maina, in prison, till the end of his trial. Justice Okon Abang made the order following an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s prosecution counsel, Mr Mohammed Abubakar. Maina who […]
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has appealed to Nigerians not to be discouraged by the recent killing of farmers in Borno State. Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, who made the appeal during the weekly media briefing with Defence Correspondents on Thursday said despite the recent killing of the farmers, the Armed Forces of […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his commitment to creating more jobs, with particular focus on enabling the private sector, targeting more youthful population by streamlining priority on agriculture, arts, entertainment. Buhari stated this at a Presidential Conference with the Participants of Senior Executive Course 42 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies at […]
The Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has identified vaccination and a clean environment as necessary factors to check the outbreak of yellow fever in the country. The Governor stated this during the flag-off of a preventive yellow fever mass vaccination campaign in Asaba on Thursday. Disclosing that the objective of the vaccination […]
Nigerian gospel artist, Amaka Okwuoha popularly known as Chioma Jesus has released the musical video directed by Avalon Okpe to her song titled “Bulldozer” from her recent album “Chiomalised”.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says N9.45bn was corruptly demanded, offered and paid as bribe in Nigeria’s justice sector between 2018 and 2020. This was contained in a report entitled, ‘Nigeria Corruption Index: Report of a pilot survey’, carried out by the Anti-Corruption Academy of Nigeria, the research and training […]
A tertiary institution in the United State of America, the East Carolina University (ECU), has appointed the governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje, as a visiting full professor of e-governance and international affairs. The announcement was reportedly confirmed to journalists in Kano on Tuesday by Abba Anwar, spokesperson to Mr Ganduje. Mr. Ganduje was said […]
The federal government says it is currently creating conversion stations where vehicles will be converted to run on both petrol and gas across the six gio-political zones. Program manager of the auto gas committee, national gas expansion program Justice Derefaka, who disclosed this during an interview on Wednesday in Abuja said a lot has been […]
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