Zamfara State Police Command has arrested 8 suspects over banditry-related offences, criminal conspiracy, robbery and fraud. Addressing newsmen at the State Police headquarters in Gusau, the police spokesman, S P Mohammed Shehu said 15 locally fabricated firearms were also recovered from the suspects. ”One hundred and forty-six rounds of AK47 ammunitions, dried leaves suspected to … Read more
The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Ahmed Audi has threatened to sanction any state Commandant over any reports of attacks on any facility belonging to the electoral umpire in their state of operations ahead of the February 2023 general elections. He also charged the Corps personnel to protect all … Read more
The face-off between Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku of Taraba and the House Committee Chairman on Internal Security, Danjuma Usman Shiddi, has taken a different dimension. This was demonstrated on Thursday when Shiddi described Ishaku’s administration as “anti-culture, primordial and shocking”. The lawmaker from Taraba State who is representing Wukari/Ibi, made the outburst while reacting to … Read more
The Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, ASSPT, has alleged increasing ethnic profiling of voters in the ongoing distribution of Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC in Lagos State. The group also accused INEC staff of colluding with politicians to deny some registered voters their PVCs. The Director of … Read more
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, Prof. Charles Igwe, on Thursday, raised concern over the level of brain drain among medical practitioners in Nigeria. DAILY POST reports that over 500 medical consultants are said to have left Nigeria within the last two years. Igwe spoke at the National Executive Council Meeting … Read more
A Chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party in Kachia Local Government, Mr. Moses Auta, on Thursday, counselled voters in the state not to be discouraged by the CBN directives on Naira redesign and other negative policies of the government, but be prepared to vote for a candidate of their choice during election. Moses Auta who expressed … Read more
The Police on Thursday arraigned an unemployed Man, Michael Shedrack, before a Kado Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly stealing a mobile phone worth N740, 000. The police charged Shedrack with no fixed address of theft. The prosecutor, Stanley Nwafoaku, told the court that on January 15, at about 11:00 am, Mr Abdalsalam Abdulsalam … Read more
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday decried the style of political campaigns in the country, calling for a change in orientation. Obasanjo spoke at an international conference on “Deepening Democratic Culture And Institutions For Sustainable Development And Security in Nigera”. He delivered a keynote address on “Respecting the principles of democracy” at the Obi Wali … Read more
Elder Wole Oyelese, a former Minister of Power and Steel, has said the second-term ambition of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state lies in the victory of Atiku Abubakar. Atiku is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 25th February presidential election. Oyelese made this declaration while speaking with journalists in … Read more
The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu on Thursday said his counterpart from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar’s attempt to blackmail him would fail. Tinubu also noted that Atiku and PDP’s efforts to cause a conflict between him and President Muhammadu Buhari would fail. He was reacting to a response from … Read more
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has claimed its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu did not blame President Muhammadu Buhari for fuel scarcity and naira redesign. APC Campaign Council Media Director, Bayo Onanuga said Nigerians should no longer be in doubt about those working with fifth columnists to inflict pain on citizens for a political end. Onanuga … Read more
Former Nigerian lawmaker and social critic, Senator Shehu Sani has alleged that the failures of the ruling All Progressives Congress administration is making things difficult for Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate. His statement was contained in a post on his verified Twitter handle on Thursday. Sani also claimed that Tinubu is faced with what … Read more
The Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Olubunmi Adelugba as pledged the support of the legislature for the nomination and confirmation of competent women into key governmental positions in the state. Adelugba stated this at the screening and confirmation of the first woman Auditor General for Local Governments in the state, Iyadunni Victoria … Read more
Scores of Action Democratic Party (ADP) faithful in Oyo State have announced their defection from the party. The ADP members who announced their defection on Thursday said they have joined the state chapter of the Accord Party. The former ADP members made these disclosures in Iseyin town in the Oke Ogun geo-political zone of the … Read more
All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Leader, Dayo Israel said the fuel scarcity across the country is planned. In a Twitter post on Thursday, he called the non-availability of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) an internal sabotage. Israel noted that Nigerians enjoyed an adequate supply of petrol in the last seven years of the current administration. “We … Read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has vowed to impose stiffer sanctions on financial institutions hoarding the new naira notes. The apex bank issued the threat on Wednesday in reaction to the allegation that enough notes were not released. Musa Jimoh, Director of the Payment System Management Department, denied the claim at a news conference … Read more
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, disclosed that 25 local government areas out of 27 lack the new Naira notes. He directed the state Ministry of Finance and that of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation to establish branches of Borno’s existing Microfinance Bank, and ICT centres across the 27 local government areas. Zulum’s directive … Read more
Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in this year’s elections, has promised to make the North the jewel of the country. In a rally of a mammoth crowd as well as town hall meetings of women and youths in Gombe State, Obi and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmad, noted that … Read more
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has shared its opinion on what it considers the major reasons behind recent attacks on the campaigns of Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party. The group also stated why it feels that police officers were recently beheaded in the … Read more
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Adamawa State has dragged three members of the state House of Assembly to court after leaving the party to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state. The APC sued Umar Musa Bororo, Shuaibu Babas and Shuaibu Dan Musa of Mubi South, Fufore Gurin and Mubi North constituencies, … Read more