Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris, has allegedly written President Muhammadu Buhari for an approval to retire about 30 senior officers of the Force. ThisDay reports that Idris wrote the President last Friday on the issue and those to be affected are in the rank of Assistant Inspector General, AIG, of police. It…
An Abuja High Court, on Monday, June 27, 2016, granted bail to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu. The Senate President was brought before the court on allegation of forging the Senate Standing Rules. The Federal Government filed the case against Saraki, Ekweremadu and two others. At the court on Monday,…
President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, on Monday, June 27, appeared before a High Court sitting in Abuja for an alleged forgery case filed against them by the Federal Government. The duo alongside two others were accused by the FG of tampering with the Senate Standing Rules, which brought…
A pan-Yoruba socio-political group known as Afenifere, has accused the Federal Government of failing the Yoruba nation. The group, via its spokesman, Yinka Odunmaki, made this known following the recent killing of 15 persons in Imushin, Ogijo area of Ogun State and another 50 people killed last Thursday by suspected militants in Elepete and Igbo…
Today, Monday, June 27, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki; and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, are expected to be brought before an Abuja High Court by the Federal Government over an alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Rules. Two other persons would be charged alongside Saraki and Ekweremadu. It is believed that it would be a…
According to reports, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has confiscated not less than 29 properties from former Air Force chiefs. Those affected include the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu; a former Chief of Accounts and Budgeting in NAF, Air Vice Marshal Jacob Adigun (retd.); and a former Director…
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Engr Babachir David Lawal, has explained why the Federal Government has not gone after members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in its fight against corruption. Since the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration came into power on May 29, 2015, members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party,…
The Lagos State Police Command has commenced aggressive manhunt for suspected militants who invaded Igbolomu and Ishawo areas of Ikorodu last Friday and unleashed mayhem on residents. The gunmen, who were allegedly from the Niger Delta, were said to have come in through the waterways close to the communities and started shooting sporadically, a development…
The Kwara State Government says only civil servants and pensioners that are yet to undergo BVN clearance are currently being owed by it. In the same vein, it emphasized that all cleared workers and pensioners in the state will continue to receive their entitlements. In a statement issued in Ilorin, the state capital, on behalf…
Not less than 10 Boko Haram terrorists were on Sunday killed by the Nigerian military fighting the insurgents in the north east in different operations. During an operation carried out by troops of 21 Brigade and Civilian JTF conducting a fighting patrol to Zangebe, Maiwa, Algaiti and Mainari villages, several other members of the terrorists…