NEWS UPDATES

Lawyer Petitions Civil Defense Commander General Over Alleged Complicity In Escape Of Suspect From Custody

Abuja based lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Hameed Ajibola Jimoh has sent a petition to the Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Ahmed Abubakar Audi, urging him to investigate the allegations that a suspect escaped from the security…

14/12/2021 0Comments

CDS Irabor Orders 50 Generals To Resign From Army, Air Force, Navy

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Leo Irabor has ordered 50 Generals in the Nigerian military to tender their resignation with immediate effect. They cut across the Air Force, Army and Navy; around 25 of the senior officers are in the Army. An…

14/12/2021 0Comments

IG Orders Investigative Journalist Detained Over Story On High-Level Police Corruption

The Inspector-General of Police Usman Baba has ordered the detention of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism Fisayo Soyombo over a news story on high-level Police corruption. Our correspondent understands that the award-winning investigative journalist is being detained at the Force Headquarters from where…

14/12/2021 0Comments

Nnamdi Kanu Sues SSS, AGF Over Alleged Poor Medical Care

The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has dragged the Directorate of State Services (DSS), its director-general, and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice before a Federal High Court Abuja, over…

14/12/2021 0Comments

Ballason Slams N1billion Suit Against Kaduna State Governor & 6 Ors For Shutdown Of Internet & Telecommunications Network.

A Human Rights Lawyer, Gloria Mabeiam Ballason Esq, has sued the Kaduna State Governor, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and 5 telecommunications companies for shutdown of telephone services and the internet; an action she alleges was not backed by law, violated her rights…

14/12/2021 0Comments

Wike Sacks Commissioner For Hosting Programme Without Permission

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has sacked the State Commissioner of Health, Professor Princewill Chike, for not seeking the State government’s approval to host the preliminary session of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, MDCN, in Port Harcourt. The governor described the…

14/12/2021 0Comments

INEC: Prolonged Delay In Electoral Bill Assent May Affect Ekiti, Ondo Guber Polls

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cried out that a prolonged delay in assenting to the new Electoral Bill may hinder its preparations and smooth conduct of upcoming elections, including the governorship polls in Ondo and Ekiti States scheduled for June…

14/12/2021 0Comments

EFCC: Governor Withdrew N60bn In Cash From His State

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that a Northern Governor personally withdrew cash of N60 billion from his state treasury. The Chairman of EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, disclosed this in a story published on the agency’s magazine, EFCC Alert. Although Bawa…

13/12/2021 0Comments

NDLEA Arrests Suspected Nigerien, Ghanaian Drug Traffickers

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the latest clampdown on drug traffickers have arrested a Ghanaian and two Nigeriens at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Akanu Ibiam international Airport, Enugu for trafficking a total of 9.953…

13/12/2021 0Comments

53 UI Lecturers’ Salaries Not Paid Since December 2020 — ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said that 53 lecturers of the University of Ibadan and several others in state universities, including the Ebonyi State University, have not been paid salaries for more than one year. The union explained that this…

13/12/2021 0Comments

NEWS UPDATES

Best Choice for Creatives