The use of commercial vehicles for patrol and other security duties have been banned by the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase. Arase, in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by the Force spokesperson, Olabisi Kolawole, ordered “police commands and formations” to “immediately stop the use of commercial vehicles/vehicles painted in known states’ commercial…
The 31 employees of the Ekiti State civil service, who resumed late to their duty post on Monday, August 31, 2015, have been pardoned by the state governor, Ayodele Fayose. On Monday, the governor was at the state secretariat in Akure before 8am, the official resumption time, but some of the workers were not at…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC, is planning to look into activities of bloggers and online websites in Nigeria. However, this is already getting reactions from some Nigerians, including Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, who is the Chairman of Silverbird Groups, owners of Silverbird TV and Rhythm FM. The lawmaker aired his view…
A task force has been set up by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC, to look into the administration of former governors of Lagos and Rivers States, Babatunde Fashola and Rotimi Amaechi respectively. Before now, there have been calls in some quarters for the probe of the close allies of President…
According to reports reaching our news room, a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bayelsa State, Col Sam Inokoba, has passed on. Inokoba reportedly died on Wednesday afternoon in Lagos. The deceased only defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, about two weeks ago and was said to have slumped during a…
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has expressed frustration over the delay in the appointment of Commissioners in the state by the state governor, Nyesom Wike. Rivers APC, in a statement, condemned the “so-called 100 days celebration” by Wike, asking, “when will the governor properly constitute the state cabinet by appointing…
Police in Lagos State have apprehended a blogger named Chris Kehinde Nwandu, owner of the blog, CKN, over story related to the MD of Fidelity Bank. The blogger was reportedly arrested on Tuesday by the police after he was said to have published a ‘damaging’ story about the bank MD. According to reports, another blogger,…
Reports just reaching us indicate that the Nigerian troops have retaken Gamboru Ngala, Borno State, from the deadly Boko Haram group. Gamboru Ngala town was earlier taken over from the Nigerian government by the insurgents, but a statement by the military spokesman on Tuesday confirmed that the community is now under the control of the…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is already in Abidjan, the Ivorian capital, leading the Federal Government delegates for the swearing-in ceremony of the immediate past Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, as President of the African Development Bank Group, AFDB. Adesina contested for the position on May 28, 2015 and was elected in the keenly contested…
Former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, has been granted bail by the court. His plea for bail was okayed by the court on Tuesday based on self recognition after he pleaded not guilty to the charges levelled against him by the Department of State Security, DSS. Dasuki was charged for illegal possession of firearms…