The Police Service Commission has suspended Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force from the exercise of the Powers and functions of his office, The Punch is reporting. Abba Kyari’s suspension took effect from Saturday, July 31st 2021 and would subsist pending the outcome of […]
Delegations from the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities are expected to meet on Monday in a bid to avert a fresh strike. The PUNCH had reported that chairmen of ASUU branches had expressed readiness to commence a fresh strike over the non-implementation of their agreement with FG on IPPIS. One of them, […]
nannies, girlfriends, Ex-wife tells court She says she is also worried that her children’s education has been stalled under Mr Fani-Kayode’s custody. The estranged wife of the former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, Precious Chikwendu, has told the Court of Appeal in Abuja that her former husband lacks the capacity to cater for their four children. […]
The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC has stated that the Commonwealth is “closely monitoring developments around suspension of Twitter, and allegations of repression of the rights to freedom of expression, access to information, media freedom, as well as disregard for the rule of law in Nigeria.” Ms Scotland said: “All Commonwealth […]
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the relevance of Ijaw nation is being threatened as a minority group. He said this is because Ijaw people are not existing within one location, except in Bayelsa State where their homogeneity is better pronounced. The ex-president called on notable Ijaw indigenes to sacrifice for their people and […]
Violence and protests rocked Saturday’s ward congresses in several state chapters of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Parallel congresses were also held in some of the states against the party leadership’s directive. Sporadic shooting, one killed in Ekiti In Ekiti state, one person was said to have been killed in the violence that erupted during […]
Lecturers at the Ondo State-owned Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, (OAUSTECH) in Okitipupa, have begun an indefinite strike action to demand some pressing issues from the university authority. The protesting lecturers under the auspices of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) began the strike at the weekend after their congress held at […]
Usman Alkali Baba, inspector-general of police (IGP), has recommended the suspension of Abba Kyari, a high-profile officer, over his ties to Ramon Abbas, self-confessed international fraudster better known as Hushpuppi. According to US court documents, Hushpuppi alleged that he bribed Kyari to arrest one Vincent Chibuzo, a co-fraudster. The Instagram celebrity said he gave the […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released Bukola Saraki, former senate president, hours after he was invited for questioning over allegations of money laundering and corruption. The development comes days after the EFCC asked the federal high court in Abuja to vacate an order restraining the commission from probing the former Kwara governor. […]
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Peace, Reconciliation and Outreach Committee on Saturday in Enugu held a closed door meeting with Mrs Bianca Ojukwu. Mrs Ojukwu is the wife of late national leader of the party, Chief Chukwuemeka Ojukwu and former Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain. The delegation which included the Speaker, Anambra State House of […]
