The Nigeria Police Force on the evening of Monday, February 26, reacted to a statement earlier released by the Nigerian army claiming that the security of Dapchi town was handed to the Police before the army withdrew its troops. It…
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APC NEC APPROVES ONE YEAR EXTENSION FOR EXECUTIVES
The All Progressives Congress, APC, party has extended the tenure of its National Working Committee (NWC) and other executives by one year. While announcing the extension at the party’s end of the year meeting on Tuesday in Abuja, the APC…
2019: OKOROCHA DECLARES SENATE AMBITION
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state has announced that he will be contesting the Imo west senatorial seat in 2019. The governor made the announcement on Sunday, February 25, when inaugurating members of Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission…
MINIMUM WAGE TO BE ANNOUNCED IN SEPTEMBER- NGIGE
The federal government has assured Nigeria Labour Congress and entire labour workforce that the new national minimum wage will commence, latest by end of September 2018. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, declared on Monday that the…
DO NOT DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN BENUE – SOUTHERN AND MIDDLE BELT LEADERS WARNS PRESIDENCY
The southern and middle belt leaders forum has warned the presidency against declaring a state of emergency in Benue state and has also called for the arrest and prosecution of those responsible for killings in the state and other parts…
DAPCHI: BORNO GOVERNOR PAYS SYMPATHY VISIT
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state has cautioned against mixing politics with security matters. The governor gave the caution on Sunday February 25, when he paid a sympathy visit to neighbouring Yobe state were Dapchi school girls were abducted on…
RUMBLINGS IN APC AS TINUBU DEMANDS OYEGUN, NWC EXIT
Reports reaching Inside Sources indicates that all is not well within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). This is due to the demand by the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, that the party’s National Working Committee (NWC)…
FACTS-FINDING MISSION: NEC VISITS ZAMFARA
The National Economic Council Committee (NEC) on farmers and herdsmen clashes on Saturday February 24, led by its Chairman, Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state, visited Zamfara on a fact-finding mission over security challenges in the state. Speaking during the…
KADUNA APC: FIGHT OF THE ELEPHANTS
Stories from Kaduna State in recent times have not been pleasant. In addition to the killings carried out mostly in the southern part of the state by suspected Fulani herdsmen, among others, the political crisis now rocking the state appears…
TINUBU’S LETTER: OYEGUN, BUHARI IN A CLOSED DOOR MEETING
Twenty-four hours after a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, accused the National Chairman of the party, John Odigie-Oyegun, of sabotaging the reconciliation process he’s leading, Oyegun met with President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed-doors in the…