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The Nigeria Police Force has said it would not reverse the policy and decision of the Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, to withdraw Police Mobile Force, PMF, personnel from certain important personalities. It said recent news circulating regarding the possible reversal of the PMF reform policy was untrue. Force Public Relations Officer, […]

The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has assured traditional rulers of a constitutional role in governance which he says will be effected through Constitution amendment . Akpabio gave the assurance to traditional rulers during a meeting with the royal fathers across the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on […]

The President of the National Industrial Court, Abuja, Justice Benedict Kanyip, has dismissed a suit filed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), challenging the registration of the Congress Of University Academics (CONUA) and the Nigeria Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) as trade unions by the Federal Government. Delivering judgment on Tuesday, […]

Protest rocked the Osun State Polytechnic, Iree Chapter, on Tuesday, over the suspension of the institution’s Rector, Dr Tajudeen Odetayo. The protesters, chanting solidarity songs, barricaded the main campus entrance in Iree which left the students writing examination stranded. The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, had suspended Odetayo as the rector of polytechnic over corruption […]

There was a mild drama in the Senate on Tuesday morning during plenary session as a lawmaker representing Ogun West Senatorial District in the 10th National Assembly (NASS), Solomon Adeola, accused his colleague from the Edo North Senatorial District, Adams Oshiomhole, of alleging on live television that Senators in the 9th NASS looted their offices, […]

Officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) and operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday, fought over the custody of suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The secret police and prison officials clashed over the agency to take custody of the suspended and embattled apex bank chief […]

President Bola Tinubu has promised that his administration will deploy the entire machinery of state power to ensure adequate security of the lives and property of the Nigerian people. He said this on Friday in a speech delivered at the graduation ceremony of the Senior Course 45 of the Command and Staff College in Jaji. […]

The Command and Control Centre (CCC) of the FCT Administration, yesterday raided and dislodged several unapproved parking zones in Abuja metropolis for various traffic infractions, including harbouring one-chance syndicates and beggars. The wide-scale operation at Banex Junction in Wuse 2 and the Federal Secretariat and its environs, involved operatives from the Nigerian Police, Nigeria Security […]

President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of Infrastructure Support Fund (ISF) for the 36 States of the Federation as part of measures to cushion the effects of the petrol subsidy removal on the people. The approval was disclosed at the monthly meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), on Thursday, in Abuja. The […]

Police operatives in Kaduna State, have, during their patrol and surveillance, chased two hoodlums near the Katsina border and recovered two AK-47 rifles each loaded with 30 rounds of ammunition. The spokesperson of the Kaduna Police Command, Muhammad Jalige, in a statement, yesterday, explained that “on July 18, 2023, the operatives of the Kaduna Police […]