Leading African businessman and philanthropist Tony O. Elumelu; Akin Adesina, President of the African Development Bank; Graca Machel, former first lady of Mozambique and widow of Nelson Mandela; Phillipe le Houerou, CEO of the International Finance Corporation and Tarek Sultan Al Esso, CEO and Vice Chairman of the Board Agility have been slated to co-chair…
The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase has directed all State Commands Commissioners of Police and the FCT to, as a matter of urgency, convene town hall meeting in their respective State Commands. This is he said is part of strategic initiative of the Nigeria Police Force, aimed at adopting Community Policing practices in addressing internal…
Former Head of the Interim National Government, Ernest Shonekan, has been commended by President Muhammadu Buhari on his 80th birthday. Buhari, in a statement issued on Monday by one of his spokesman, Garba Shehu, hailed the immense contribution of the elder statesman to the peace and unity of Nigeria. The President said Shonekan has exemplified…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says a total of 12 million Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, were yet to be collected. This was made known by the Commission’s Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, at a meeting with Editors at the Sheraton Hotel, Lagos, last week. According to Yakubu, there are over 70 million registered voters in…
Again, the trial of a former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, and his cohorts before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja could not continue on Monday, May 9, 2016, due to the absence of the counsels to the defendants. Lamido is being prosecuted alongside his two sons, Aminu and…
s The quest by the Nigerian forces to take over the Sambisa Forest base of Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State has continued to record more successes. Gallant soldiers of 21 Brigade, 7 Division, have continued their offensive operations against the insurgents still hiding in the forest. On Sunday, May 8, 2016, the troops cleared…
The Federal Government has announced the prohibition of unauthorised drones within the Nigerian airspace. This ban was contained in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by the General Manager, Public Relations of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Sam Adurogboye. Adurogboye noted that before Remotely Piloted Aircraft, RPA, also known as drone, can be…
The Edo State House of Assembly has been taken over by the Nigeria Police to forestall any breakdown of law and order. Last week, the Assembly was plunged into leadership crisis, which led to the emergence of two Speakers, Victor Eboror and Mrs Elizabeth Ativie. On Monday morning, armed policemen were seen at the premises…
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Monday morning, presented himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The former spokesman to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo was invited last Friday by the anti-graft agency over allegation bordering on fraud. He was asked to be at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Monday by 11am for…
Governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Godwin Obaseki escaped death by whisker on Sunday when some gunmen opened fire on him and his supporters at Sobe in Owan West Local Government Area of the state. Obaseki, who expressed shock at the ugly incident, said he was lucky not to have…