Federal Government has inaugurated a 25-man Permanent Standing Committee on Inter-Governmental Affairs as part of efforts for smooth coordination and synergy between the three tiers of government. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), BOSS MUSTAPHA, who inaugurated the committee, said it was reconstituted after it become dormant under the defunct Federal Ministry […]
Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City’s Community Shield triumph against Liverpool was the perfect preparation ahead of this season’s duel for supremacy between the Premier League rivals. Guardiola’s side drew first blood on the eve of the new campaign with a 5-4 penalty shoot-out success after a 1-1 draw in the annual curtain-raiser to the English […]
The Kaduna State High Court will rule on the bail application filed by the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat. This comes one week after the Justice Darius Khobo adjourned till August 5 after listening to the submissions from parties involved in the matter. A human rights […]
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Adamu Mohammed has said that a video being circulated all over social media by the ‘Global Coalition for security and Democracy in Nigeria and others’, calling on Nigerians to join a planned ‘revolution’ march against the Federal Government on August the 5th, amounts to treasonable felony. According to the […]
The Ogun State Police Command says it has rescued one of the five kidnap pastors of the Redeem Christian church of God (RCCG). According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, Mrs Chidinma Ibelegbo, the only woman among the victims and a deaconess, was rescued unhurt by security operatives. He explained that the woman […]
A former presidential candidate in the 2019 elections, Mr Omoyele Sowore, has been reportedly arrested by security agents in Lagos. He was reportedly arrested by men believed to be operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). However, the security outfit has yet to confirm the arrest. Sowore, an activist and publisher of online news […]
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, heads of security agencies, religious leaders and other relevant stakeholders in the state, rose from an emergency security meeting at the Government House, Enugu, condemning in its entirety the killing of the Parish Priest of St. James, The Greater, Ugbawka in Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state, […]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has suspended an aviation security officer, identified as Jennifer Luka, over alleged theft. This was disclosed on Friday in a statement signed by the General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Henrietta Yakubu. An investigation has since been launched into the incident. “Following a report of theft involving an aviation security […]
Imo state Governor EMEKA IHEDIOHA is set to swear-in seventeen Commissioner-Nominees. IHEDIOHAwill today August 5thperform the swearing-in ceremony of all the commissioners-designates screened and cleared by the Imo State House of Assembly. The Swearing-in ceremony will hold by 10:00am at the Executive Council Chamber of the Government House, Owerri. The Governor will […]
Ahead of the trial of Shiite leader, IBRAHIM ELZAKZAKY, the Kaduna State Police Command says the ban on protests, processions and demonstrations in the state are still in force. Command’s Public Relation Officer, YAKUBU SABO disclosed this in a press statement in Kaduna, saying that the Police will deal decisively with violators of the […]
