The Kingdom Coordinators and Chapters Leaders Forum of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, have condemned in strong terms the increasing rate of Police extortion on the Eleme-Bori axis of the East-West road. This was contained in a press statement signed by Chairman, MOSOP Kingdom Coordinators Forum, Frank Jonah. It was…
No fewer than seven persons have been feared dead in two separate suicide bomb attacks in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State. The attacks occurred on Tuesday morning and more than two scores were reportedly injured in the twin bombing. It was said that the first attack took place at Pompomari axis of Damaturu and…
A panel to investigate the procurement of weapon for the military since 2007 has been set up by President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari directed the National Security Adviser to constitute the investigative committee on the procurement of hardware and munitions in the Armed Forces from 2007 till 2015. This was made known in a statement issued…
un By Njamanze Fidel Some Niger Delta leaders have warned former factional chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State, Richard Kpodo against provocative statements, reminding the people to be careful of those working for the interest of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The leaders also accused Kpodo and his associates of…
Former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has explained why he is run helter skelter to stop his successor from looking into activities of his administration. Amaechi, in a statement issued on Sunday by his media team, disclosed that he is not sure of getting a fair hearing at the Judicial Commission of inquiry set…
Some filling stations in Lagos State were sealed Friday by officials of Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, for mainly adjusting their dispensing pumps, thereby cheating unsuspecting customers. Few of the affected petrol stations were NNPC, Forte Oil, MRS, Mobil and others in locations at Ikorodu, Ibeju-Lekki and Ketu. At most of the affected stations, their…
Authorities of the Nigeria Police Force have disclosed that the recruitment of 10,000 personnel into the Force as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to kick-off. A statement issued Friday in Abuja by the Force spokesman, Emmanuel Ojukwu, stressed that modalities for the exercise are “being worked out with the Police Service Commission,” stating…
By Debo Adebayo The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Lagos has struck out a case of contempt against a lawyer, Barrister Oladotun Hassan, who falsely alleged that documents tendered in the tribunal by Segun Adewale, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for Lagos West Senatorial District against the election of Senator Solomon Adeola has…
Governor Nyesom Wike has received the nod of Rivers State High Court to investigate the immediate past government of Rotimi Amaechi. Justice Simeon Amadi, on Thursday, dismissed the suit filed by Amaechi challenging the Justice Odedeji-led Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by Wike to probe the sale of state assets by the past administration.…
Former Lagos Inland Revenue Service, LIRS, boss, Babatunde Fowler, has been named by President Muhammadu Buhari as the new Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, a statement issued on Thursday by the President’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, has disclosed. Fowler resigned his appointment in Lagos some months ago. He started his career in…