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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order to stop the judicial panels of inquiry set up by state governors to probe allegations of police brutality and human rights abuses of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other police tactical units. The NPF, through […]
Barcelona full-back Sergi Roberto has tested positive for coronavirus, the club have confirmed on Wednesday. Roberto had been enjoying a prominent role in Ronald Koeman’s squad before being forced off the pitch with a thigh injury during Barca’s 1-0 defeat to Atletico Madrid on November 21. The 28-year-old is not expected to return to action […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday rejected an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for the arrest of a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode. EFCC’s prosecuting counsel, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, had urged the court to issue an arrest warrant against the ex-minister following his absence from Wednesday’s proceedings of […]
The Federal Government Monday announced that aptitude tests for recruitment into Immigration Service and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps would be conducted on December 7th and 8th respectively. Over two million Nigerians applied for vacancies in the two Agencies under the Ministry of Interior. In a statement issued by the Director of Press […]
Muhtar Usman, former Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), is dead. Usman was 63 years old. He passed on, Tuesday night at a hospital in Zaria, Kaduna State. Usman led NCAA from October 2014 to 2019. President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Capt. Musa Nuhu as his replacement. The deceased was Managing Director of the […]
The draw for the third round of the FA Cup was disclosed on Monday Night. North London side, Arsenal, will clash with Newcastle as they plan to hold unto the trophy. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team will welcome Watford, Chelsea will play against Morecambe, while Wolves and Crystal Palace will settle it out. Tottenham Hotspur are […]
r Health, Abia State, Dr Joe Osuji has disclosed that 17 members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, currently at the orientation camp at Umunna, Bende council area, have tested positive for COVID-19. Osuji, who stated this in an interview with journalists, explained that the corps members underwent compulsory testing on arrival at the […]
World champion Lewis Hamilton has tested positive for coronavirus and will miss this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain, Formula One’s governing body FIA announced Tuesday. “In accordance with COVID-19 protocols and public health authority guidelines in Bahrain he (Hamilton) is now isolating,” said an FIA statement. “The procedures set out by the FIA and […]
A combination of operatives of intelligence service in Niger and anti-corruption agents in Nigeria have re-arrested the former chairperson of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina. PR Nigeria, a news platform which distributes statements for Nigerian security organisations, quoted a security source as saying that Mr Maina was re-arrested Monday evening in Niger […]
US President-elect, Joe Biden has appointed Nigerian-born attorney, Adewale Adeyemo, as Deputy Treasury Secretary “It’s official! Wale Adeyemo becomes the first-ever Nigerian American Deputy Secretary of the US Treasury, in the history of the country!! Congrats to Wale,” the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa tweeted on Monday, confirming the appointment […]
