After ignoring the summons of the National Assembly, the Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, is expected to appear before the Senate Wednesday to brief the lawmakers on efforts being made by the police to quell the rising…
Year: 2018
ADESINA: ONLY BUHARI CAN REVEAL HIS AILMENT
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said that the president is the only person who can reveal his ailment or details about his health. He made the remark during a phone-in-interview on the…
HATE SPEECH: SULTAN CAUTIONS POLITICIANS
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, on Tuesday warned politicians against making hate speeches in the country. The Sultan told the Nigerian political elite that…
KILLINGS: SENATE SUMMONS SECURITY, SERVICE CHIEFS, CUSTOMS BOSS, OTHERS
Politicians responsible for proliferation of illegal firearms—Sen Shehu Worried by the escalation in killings across the country, due largely to the proliferation of dangerous firearms, the Senate has summoned the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin, National Security Adviser,…
EKITI GOVERNORSHIP: FAYOSE’S DEPUTY EMERGES PDP CANDIDATE
The Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, has emerged as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the July 14 governorship election. Olusola, an indigene of Ikere Ekiti in the South senatorial district of the state, was…
CODEINE CRISIS: NAFDAC SHUTS DOWN EMZOR, TWO OTHERS
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration & Control has shut Peace Standard Pharmaceutical Limited, Bioraj Pharmaceutical Limited and Emzor Pharmaceuticals Ind. Ltd., that were implicated in the codeine syrup crisis. The Director-General of the Agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye,…
EVANS WEEP IN COURT
Alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a. Evans, broke down in tears on Monday before the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere where he was produced for arraignment on fresh two charges of kidnapping. After initially refusing to come down from…
KADUNA MASSACRE: BUHARI OKAYS NEW BATTALION
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said those behind persistent killings in some parts of the country had a sinister agenda to instigate war for selfish purposes. He also approved the establishment of a new battalion of the Nigerian Army and…
BATTLE FOR IMO: MORE TROUBLES FOR OKOROCHA
APC congress breeds tension ….No congress held in Imo — Okorocha ….There was congress, Madumere, Uwajumogu, others Tension yesterday continued to build up in Imo State, after the ward congresses of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, as commissioners…
PRESIDENCY LISTS CORRUPTION CASES UNDER JONATHAN
The Presidency again on Monday confronted former President Goodluck Jonathan with instances of alleged corrupt practices during his administration. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice-President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, gave the instances in a statement made…