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Lagos panel on Police brutality summons IGP
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammad Adamu has been summoned by the
Lagos State Judicial Panel of Restitution and Inquiry set up to investigate cases of police brutality, especially involving officers of the now-defunct…
Buhari: Why we must curb criminalities, use internet for national security, economic progress
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria is witnessing a rise in threats posed by cybercriminals, online financial fraudsters, and cyber terrorists.
He also said cyber terrorists are using the internet to cause tension in the…
Senate confirms former service chiefs as non-career Ambassadors
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed former service chiefs - Tukur Buratai, Gabriel Olonisakin, Ibok Ibas and Abubakar Sadique as non-career ambassadors.
Buratai was the immediate past Chief of Army Staff; Olonisakin was former Chief…
Court grants Fayose permission to travel abroad for medical treatment
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted permission to a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, to travel abroad for further medical treatment.
Fayose is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Ortom says Bauchi governor is member of Fulani terror group
Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Monday said Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, was a member of Fulani terrorists group that has been terrorising Nigeria.
Ortom, spoke during a press conference in Makurdi, where he…
PDP intervenes in Ortom, Bala Mohammed fued
The Peoples Democratic Party has waded into the ongoing face off between Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, and Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed.
The two governors have been attacking each other over issues surrounding the…
How Presidency facilitated my release from police custody by Okorocha
A former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has said he was released from police custody after the Presidency's intervened in the matter.
Okorocha was arrested by the police in Owerri, Imo State capital, on Sunday after…
Court awards N10.6m damages against NNPC
An Abuja Federal High Court on Monday awarded N10.6m damages against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for unlawfully blocking part of the highway in front of its Corporate Headquarters in Abuja.
The court ruled that…
Private individuals to build, operate highways under new FG initiative
Private individuals will be permitted to build, operate or maintain assets on some federal highways that are up for concession, under the new Highway Development and Management Initiative introduced by the Federal Government.…
Okorocha, Uche Nwosu absent as Police arraign 14 ex-Gov’s loyalists
Former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha and his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu were absent on Monday as the police formally arraigned 14 persons suspected to be the ex-governor’s loyalists.
Among those arraigned include…