Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has reiterated the need for African nations to quickly address the problems of poverty and inequality.Osinbajo made the call at an event hosted by Ghanaian President John Mahama on Africa and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the African Union meeting in Kigali, Rwanda. This is contained in a statement released by […]
Continue ReadingThe Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 18 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police. It also approved their postings with four other AIGs, 12 are to man the 12 Police Zonal Commands, while the remaining 10 will head Police special formations such as Operations, Training, […]
Continue ReadingDetained former National Security Adviser (NSA) Colonel Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (rtd) has dragged the federal government before an Abuja high court to formally challenge his incarceration in the custody of the Department of the State Service (DSS) since December last year without trial. Dasuki in the fresh legal action is praying the court to order […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in its bid to secure the lives, properties and government Critical Infrastructures have made over 118 arrest within one year of the incumbent Commandant General Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu’s regime secured over convictions and destroyed over 250 illegal refineries between July 2015 to date. He made this disclosure […]
Continue ReadingThe Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit has found discrepancies in the payroll of the Federal Governmment’s Ministries, Agencies and Departments to the tune of N5.7 billion monthly. The Head of the Continuous Audit Team, Mr Mohammed Dikwa, made this known in an interview with newsmen on Friday in Kano on the sideline of the two-day […]
Continue ReadingThe Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has urged Nigerians not to despair following the current economic difficulties as the nation would achieve greatness under President Muhammadu Buhari.He spoke on Friday in Abuja during a reception in honour of “Quintessential Public Servants in Nigeria’’ organised by the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International (FGBMFI). “Frankly, I […]
Continue ReadingThe National Universities Commission (NUC) has put on hold admissions into the law programme of the National Open University of Nigeria(NOUN), Prof. Julius Okojie, NUC’s Executive Secretary has, said.Okojie said at an interactive dinner with newsmen on Thursday that the moratorium would be in place pending the resolution of issues with the Council on Legal […]
Continue ReadingNot less than 82 have died, with at least 100 sustaining injuries after a truck driver ran into a crowd in the French city of Nice. The truck reportedly ran into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day, a national holiday.Eyewitnesses said the truck was driven in a zig-zag pattern along the popular seaside Promenade des […]
Continue ReadingReuben Abati “You call it innuendo? You try. From the look of things, male members of this National Assembly are convinced that women are sex objects. Is this not the same National Assembly where male chauvinists resisted a Gender Equality Bill? Is it not in this same parliament that supposedly distinguished men stood up to […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammad Buhari has directed service chiefs and entire leadership of the nation’s Armed Forces to intensify and perfect current strategies and techniques toward curtailing criminalities across the country. The president gave the directive at the grand finale of the 2016 Nigerian Army Day Celebration (NADCEL) in Gusau on Thursday. Represented by the Minister of […]
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