A former senator representing the Rivers South-East district in the National Assembly, Lee Maeba, and the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Okon Effiong, are on a collision course over an alleged attack on the former’s residence by suspected political thugs in GRA Phase 3, Port Harcourt, last Thursday. While...

The House of Representatives has demanded the relocation of a Federal Medical Centre from Daura, the hometown of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to Funtua in Katsina State. The federal parliament particularly urged the Federal Ministry of Health to “reconsider the process of converting Daura General Hospital...

The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in the 19 Northern States and Abuja, Rev. Yakubu Pam, has called on presidential candidates of the various political parties participating in the 2023 general election not to view it as a do-or-die affair. This was as he urged Christians to...

The Department of State Services has informed Nigerians that, despite efforts to damage the service’s reputation, it will continue to carry out its duty in accordance with international best practices. Claims that suspects were being mistreated and denied access to their attorneys in detention were referred to as untrue...

Political parties’ flagbearers especially presidential candidates and other political actors have been urged to avoid using provocative language and negative profiling before, during, and after the 2023 elections. The Kaduna State Peace Commission dropped the advice on Thursday at a high-level meeting of political parties, candidates, and stakeholders for...

A skin-care therapist, Pamela Onyeagusi, and an Abuja National Industrial Court judge, Justice Zainab Bashir, have traded blame following unsuccessful cosmetic procedures which left burns on the latter’s skin. The therapist accused the judge of harassing and making life unbearable for her after she (Bashir) complained that the cosmetic...

By Temitope Ponle The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), has shared N902.053 billion to the three tiers of government as Federation Allocation for the month of November. From N902.053 billion, the Federal Government received N358.515 billion, the states received N270.836 billion, and the Local Government Councils got N204.130 billion. Meanwhile,...

The Federal Government will complete the concession of the $1.3bn Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Plant by March next year and will commence operations by the second quarter of the same year, has learnt. This follows the recent flagging off of the bid process by the Bureau of Public Enterprise. The...

By Paul Iyoghojie The Operatives of the Force Intelligence Bureau, FIB, Force Headquarters Annex, Lagos, Nigeria have arrested a Lebanese, Ahmad AL-Youssef, 65, and charged him before a Lagos Magistrate’s Court. AL-Youssef was accused of duping a customer, Alhaji Mansur J. Musa of the sum of $173,450 equivalent to...

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Thursday opened the Second Niger Bridge between Asaba, Delta State and Onitsha, Anambra State to motorists for temporary use. The bridge was opened amid jubilation from road users. The government opened the bridge for temporary use for vehicles coming from the West to...

The Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Capital Territory Command, Olusola Odumosu, on Tuesday charged personnel to step up their games in protecting all critical infrastructure in the territory. The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, had on Monday tasked the corps alongside sister agencies to provide proper security...

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday directed the Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission, Aliyu Aziz, to go on a 90-day pre-retirement leave. A statement by the Presidency also noted that Tinubu approved the immediate appointment of Bisoye Coker-Adesote as the new DG of the agency. According to the statement, the...

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama has granted N500m bail to a Lagos businessman, Dr. Akintoye Akindele, accused of offering a N50m bribe to men of the Nigeria Police Force. Akindele, who has been in police custody for weeks, was arraigned on Tuesday on a...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, has said that his party will win the November 11 governorship election in Imo State. Speaking in Owerri, the state capital, on Tuesday at the flag-off of the campaigns for the party in the...

The Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Capital Territory Command, Olusola Odumosu, on Tuesday charged personnel to step up their games in protecting all critical infrastructure in the territory. The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, had on Monday tasked the corps alongside sister agencies to provide proper security...