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THE Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has slammed Governor Godwin Obaseki for marking his 100 days in office in neighbouring Delta State. In a statement by the Assistant State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Ofure Osehobo, the Chairman of the party’s Caretaker Committee, Col. David Imuse (retd.), said Obaseki inaugurated white elephant […]
The Katsina State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has nabbed two suspected human traffickers and rescued 18 victims in Charanchi Local Government Area of the state. The State Comptroller of the NIS, Abdulrazak Muazu, who unveiled this to journalists yesterday at the command’s headquarters in Katsina, said the duo were apprehended at a […]
OPERATIVES of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested 50 suspected members of various notorious criminal gangs and networks across the country. The arrests, which were carried out by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team and the Special Tactical Squad of the Force attached to the Operation Puff Adder II, recovered from the suspects 10 firearms, […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has given bank employees June 1, 2021 deadline to declare their assets. EFCC Chairman, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, told State House correspondents yesterday in Abuja after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari that the move was aimed at checking the role of banks in keeping funds acquired illegitimately. He […]
The Nigeria Police Force and the African Union Police (Afripol), International Police (Interpol) and the West African Police Chiefs Committee (WAPPCO) have begun talks to stem the flow of arms from Europe, the Sahel and the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) into the country. The collaboration, the police said yesterday in Abuja, is part of efforts […]
The federal government has tabled a list of requests it wants Ngozi Okojo-Iweala to helove address as Director General of World Trade Organization (WTO). First Nigeria wants Ngozi Okojo-Iweala to support the nation’s push for the country’s gas to be calssified as transition energy. Minister of finance Mrs. Zainab Ahmed made the plea in Abuja […]
THE Ondo State House of Assembly on Monday said only two persons in the Assembly were in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission over the allegation of fraud and not four as earlier reported in the media. It was earlier reported that the Clerk of the House, Mr Bode Aladeyelu, a lawmaker, […]
A front-line governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the upcoming Anambra State governorship election, Dr. Obiora Okonkwo, has asked the PDP to give the governorship ticket of the party to the central senatorial zone. Also yesterday, Senator Uche Ekwunife paid and picked the governorship forms. Okonkwo stated this at […]
WHO safety experts prepared to meet Tuesday over the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine whose rollout has been halted in several European countries over blood clot fears, imperilling the pandemic fight as infection rates surge. The three largest EU nations — Germany, Italy and France — joined others in suspending the shot Monday, dealing a blow to […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has promised to support the fight against drug trafficking in Nigeria. The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, made the commitment weekend in Abuja during the visit of the management team of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) led by its Chairman, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa […]