The Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, on Thursday, presented N2.08bn cheques to families of police officers who died in active service in the last five years. Presenting the cheques to 785 beneficiaries at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, Egbetokun noted that no amount
Former Governor of Kano State and the leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, Sen. Rabi’u Kwankwaso, has said that the issue of Kano emirates will definitely be revisited. Former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje had split the Kano emirate into five and dethroned the then Emir
Elder Statesman and Leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, Chief Edwin Clark, has said that the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari set the country back five decades in his eight years in office. Clark said the Buhari administration failed abysmally, lacked direction,
Kidnappers on Thursday night, stormed the Nigerian Army Post Housing Scheme in the Kurudu area of Abuja, abducting two residents. The abductees include the wife and one of the in-laws of a lawyer, Cyril Adikwu. The incident, according to a neighbour of the
Abia State Commissioner of Police, Mr Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, has apologised for the unprofessional conduct of his officers who invaded the ABN television and radio studio in Umuahia and arrested a guest who was on a live show. In a statement released by the
The Federal Government has assured workers that it will clear the arrears of the N35,000 wage award just as it also said the government had resumed the payment of the wage award. The government also reiterated its commitment to addressing issues in the
The Federal Government is not going to impede legitimate business transactions in the oil sector and won’t waste time to approval the $2.4bn onshore asset sale of Shell, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has said. He, however,
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee, on Thursday, directed the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investments to refund N75bn allocated to it as COVID-19 intervention funds. The resolution was a sequel to a motion moved by Bassey Akiba, a member of
The Oyo State Government has reported that the death toll resulting from the Tuesday explosion in Ibadan, the state capital has increased to five. The explosion caused extensive damage to numerous houses within a 14-kilometre radius. On Tuesday night, Governor Seyi Makinde provided