Dino Melaye and the four suspects rearrested by the Police after they escaped from custody will be arraigned for alleged conspiracy and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms at the Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi on May 10, the Police…
Year: 2018
NPRN CALLS ON BUHARI TO ORDER INVESTIGATION INTO GHOST POLICE OFFICERS’ SCANDAL
The Network of Police Reforms in Nigeria has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order an investigation into the more than 80,000 ghost officers discovered in the police payroll. In a statement on Tuesday, the group said such investigation would…
PROFILES IN FORTITUDE AND COURAGE – LOUIS ODION
For those tempted to give up on the Nigerian identity, three recent events should offer some reassurance. Though disparate in circumstances, they nonetheless collectively tell the story of tenacity in the face of denial, character under temptation and courage under…
ON THE MATTER OF AMNESTY FOR BOKO HARAM
Most Nigerians were astonished when the Presidency, through the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed last Sunday that the Federal Government would grant amnesty to the Boko Haram Islamist insurgents if they would surrender and…
RAPE: BAYELSA POLICE ARRESTS TWO TAXI DRIVERS
The Bayelsa Police command on Monday said it arrested two taxicab operators who allegedly raped a female dancer who boarded their taxi on Easter day in Yenagoa. Asinim Butswat, spokesperson of the Command confirmed the arrest of the two suspects…
SARAKI REFUTES CLAIMS OF PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST IN 2019
Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Monday said news making the rounds that he will contest the 2019 presidential election is unfounded. Yusuph Olaniyonu, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Saraki said, “the report is false. If it is true…
BUHARI MOURNS THE PASSING AWAY OF WINNIE MANDELA
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday described the passing away of South-African anti-apartheid icon, Mrs. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, as a huge loss to Africa of a courageous woman. The President said she was a woman of uncommon determination, steadfastness and perseverance who held…
NIGERIANS HAVE SEEN THROUGH THEIR DECEIT- FAYOSE BERATES BUHARI LED FG
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Peter Fayose has said President Muhammadu Buhari was presiding over the most corrupt government in the history of Nigeria and protecting looters of the country’s commonwealth, adding that; “Nigerians have seen through their deceit and will…
ABIA APC LEADERSHIP TUSSLE DEEPENS
The crisis rocking Abia state chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, deepened during the weekend, with the factions still laying claims to the leadership of the party in the state. Also, the two factions have embarked on gale…
TENURE ELONGATION: APC TO CONSTITUTE A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW ITS DECISION
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will constitute a committee to review its decision to extend the tenure of its national leadership and other party executives at all levels. The party had agreed at its last National…