The Department of State Services on Monday presented the aides of Sunday Igboho who were arrested on July 1 at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The aides were arrested when DSS officials raided Igboho’s home on July 1, but have sued on grounds that their fundamental human rights were being infringed on. A lawyer […]
FOLLOWING the recommendation by the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba and the commencement of probe by a special investigation panel, the Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the suspension of Mr Abba Kyari, a deputy commissioner of police, from service over alleged bribery and fraudulent. Mr Ikechukwu Ani, Head of Press and Public Relations […]
Internal crises are festering within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Leaders of the two dominant political parties are at the centre of the turmoil. Last week at the Supreme Court, the minority judgment in the Eyitayo Jegede (PDP) versus Rotimi Akeredolu (APC) Ondo State governorship appeal […]
Nigeria’s liabilities to the World Bank and the African Development Bank rose from $7.14bn to $14.25bn between June 30, 2015 and March 31, 2021, data obtained from the Debt Management Office have shown. This means that the commitment of the banks to the country rose by $7.11bn within the period under review. This represents an […]
THE Peoples Democratic Party has said the ward congresses conducted by the “incapacitated” All Progressives Congress amounts to a nullity, given the pronouncement of the Supreme Court on the Ondo State governorship election, which invalidates the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the ruling party. The PDP said this in a statement […]
Bishop of Anglican Diocese of Afikpo, Ebonyi State, Rev. Paul Udogu, has called on federal and state governments across the country to be sensitive to the suffering and welfare of the masses. According to him, if nothing is done to address the rise in insecurity in the country, Nigeria will become a failed state like […]
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Muiz Banire has described the indictment of a Deputy Commissioner for Police, Abba Kyari, in the case of international fraud, as a dent on the image of the country. Mr Muiz who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, made the comments while reacting to the suspension of Mr […]
The show host for the Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye season, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, has urged the housemates to focus on the game. Ebuka made this call on Sunday during the Wildcard prediction evening with the housemates. According to him, the housemates didn’t portray much energy in the first week of the show, as opposed […]
Security agents operating in no fewer than 15 vehicles, including an Armoured Personnel Carrier, burnt down a hotel, a residential house and about 15 shops in Orlu, Imo State, on Sunday. According to Punch, the incidents happened at Okporo and Obor communities carved out of Umutanze in the Orlu Local Government Area of the state. […]
Osita Okechukwu, director-general of Voice of Nigeria (VON), has asked the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to reconsider their decision to lock down the south-east zone. TheCable had reported that IPOB vowed to lock down the south-east if the federal government refuses to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the group, by August 8. Kanu […]
