The Police High Command has shed more light on why the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, could not be personally present before the Senate on Thursday. In a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the Force Public Relations…
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TERRORISM FIGHT, ECONOMIC GROWTH TO TOP BUHARI, TRUMP MEETING –PRESIDENCY
The Presidency has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s meeting with President Donald Trump of United States of America, Monday, will focus on ways to enhance the strategic partnership between the two countries and to advance shared priorities, such as: Promoting economic…
FG DECLARES MAY 1 AS PUBLIC HOLIDAY
The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, May 1, 2018, as a public holiday to celebrate the 2018 Workers’ Day. The Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.), who disclosed this in Abuja on Friday, congratulated Nigerian workers on their…
FG COMPENSATES FAMILIES OF APO KILLINGS
The Federal Government through the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) on Thursday presented a cheque of N135 million to the victims of the September 20, 2013 shooting by operatives of the Department of State…
FULANI HERDSMEN: CATHOLIC BISHOPS ASKS BUHARI TO RESIGN
Amidst growing concerns about the recent killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the country, including two Catholic priests and 15 other worshippers in Benue State, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign. The…
MELAYE: POLICE IG SHUNS SENATE
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, failed to appear before the Senate on Thursday. This angered the lawmakers. The Senate had on Wednesday summoned the IGP to appear in the chamber and brief the lawmakers in plenary, on the arrest…
MELAYE: SENATE TO GRILL IGP IDRIS ON LIVE TV TODAY
Tempers flared at the Senate on Wednesday when lawmakers debated the arrest and detention of Senator Dino Melaye by the police over alleged involvement in gun-running. The Senate, after a debate that lasted over one hour, resolved to step down…
2019 ELECTIONS: COURT UPHOLDS INEC
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, held that the National Assembly lacks the power to re-order the proposed sequence for 2019 general elections. The court, in a judgment that was delivered by Justice Ahmed Mohammed, maintained that the…
How Buhari administration encourages human rights abuses – U.S. Government
Just days before President Muhammadu Buhari meets his American counterpart, Donald Trump, in Washington DC, the United States government has released a report indicting the administration of the Nigerian leader of the festering human rights abuses in the country. The…
ROWDY SESSION AS REPS CALL FOR BUHARI’S IMPEACHMENT
The House of Representatives was in a rowdy session yesterday following calls by some lawmakers for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over the unauthorised withdrawal and spending of $496,374,470.00 million on war planes. The House was sharply divided over…