President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate to confirm former Inspector-General of Police, Musliu Smith, as the chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC). He also sought the confirmation of Clara Ogunbiyi and former Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Lawal Bawa,…
The Edo State Trafficking in Persons Prohibition Law 2018 has being signed by the Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, in Abuja. The ceremony which was held on the sideline of a high profile stakeholders’ event with the theme “Technical Roundtable…
Background When in February of 2016, Benjamin Netanyahu declared that “Israel is Coming Back to Africa and Africa is Returning to Israel” he wasn’t joking. That is because Donald Trump must have advised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to get to…
Kwara state Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on Wednesday swore-in 19 new commissioners in the state. Performing their swearing-in ceremony, Governor Ahmed said the commissioners were “coming on board at a time of serious financial challenges and increasing demands on the government…
Activities at the Abuja office of Amnesty International was temporarily brought to a halt as over 1000 protesters on Wednesday stormed the office to protest what they described as ‘plot to destabilize Nigeria.’ The angry protesters claimed that the international…
In what came as the last ‘straw that broke the camel’s back’ following irreconcilable political differences, Bauchi State Deputy Governor, Engineer Nuhu Gidado, has resigned from his office with immediate effect. According to the sketchy reports available to our correspondent,…
President Muhammadu Buhari once again incurred the wrath of Nigerians over his statement portraying the late former Head of State, General Sani Abacha, as a change agent who built roads and fixed the health sector. Buhari, while hosting the Buhari…
After leading LaLiga giants, Atletico Madrid, to beat Super Eagles’ Team B to win the maiden GOtv Max Cup on Tuesday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, coach Diego Simeone declared that it would be difficult for Nigerian players to stop…
The former Governor of Kano State Ibrahim Shekarau was, yesterday, detained at the Kano office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Detained with the former minister of Education is ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs Aminu Wali, and Mansur Ahmad,…
The Federation Accounts Allocations Committee (FAAC) distributed the sum of N701.022 billion to the three tiers of government for the month of April. FG others gets N7tn in 11 months Briefing journalists after the monthly FAAC meeting on Wednesday, in…