The Nigeria Police has stressed that they have no plans to apprehend the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, over a petition they received alleging that the lawmaker forged a document of the Senate. In a statement issued by the Force Headquarters, it was disclosed that rather than arrest Ekweremadu, he would be invited for questioning…
The leadership crisis in Nigeria’s national assembly may have taken a turn for the worse with the invitation of the deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu by the police for questioning over the rules used to conduct elections on 9 June. A petition by Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi(Kaduna North), suggested that the rules used for the election…
A suicide bomb attack at a local church on Sunday in Yobe State has left not less than six people dead, including the bomber. The attacker, a male, detonated his IEDs while some worshippers were observing the Sunday service at a Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, in Potiskum, Yobe State. Several others were reportedly…
Former spokesperson of the Department of State Security, DSS, Marilyn Ogar, has been demoted by the newly appointed Director General of the agency, Lawal Musa Daura. In March 2015, Ogar and some other officers of the DSS were promoted, which generated controversies in the agency and among Nigerians. She was also given a three-year leave…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has explained its main reason for kicking against the appointment of Mrs Amina Zakari as the Acting Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, the appointment of Zakari means…
Two armed robbery suspects were gunned down by officers of the Nigeria Police on Thursday night in Port Harcourt during a gun duel. It was learnt that the policemen ran into the suspects at about 8:15pm along the Aluu/Airport Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and involved them in a gun battle. The gunmen had…
According to the Eagle Online, President Muhammadu Buhari has fired his Chief Security Officer, CSO, Abdulrahman Mani. Mani was relieved of his job by the President on Saturday, the reputable online news journal reports. Eagle Online relied on its informants at the Presidential Villa in Abuja for its report. Meanwhile, Abubakar Usman has been appointed…
Former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has denied speculations that he was put under house arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. In a statement issued on Friday by his media aide, Muhammad Inuwa Ali, Kwankwaso stressed that his political enemies are bent on tarnishing his image. The former governor, now a…
A former Board of Trustees, BoT, member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dayo Okondo, has turned down his membership appointment into the Governing Council of the College of Education, Ikere Ekiti. The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, recently announced Okondo as member of the institution’s Governing Council. But speaking with journalists on Friday at…
President Muhammadu Buhari has advised legislators of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the National Assembly to accept the party’s supremacy in the interest of democracy. Buhari, delivering his opening speech at the ongoing meeting of the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the APC in Abuja, said the lawmakers should shelve their personal interests and…