National Security Assessment Group (NSAG) has commended the Nigerian military for its role in bringing peace and stability in various parts of the world, especially Guinea Bissau. The group, in a press release yesterday welcomed back to the country the 84 Nigerian soldiers who served in the ECOWAS Stabilisation Support …

As part of measures to cushion the harsh realities of the fuel subsidy removal by the Federal Goverment, the Governor of Ebonyi State, Chief Francis Nwifuru, has approved an upward review of salaries of workers in the state. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation in the state, Mr Jude Okpor, …

The Labour Party, LP, on Thursday accused the Enugu State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Chukwuemeka Chukwu of disobeying a valid order of the governorship election tribunal. LP made the allegation through its lead counsel, Valerie Azinge, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, during the Tribunal’s sitting on Thursday.   The …

Justice Yusuf Halilu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has discharged Senator Rochas Okorocha from corruption charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This is the third time Okorocha has been freed by courts in respect of alleged fraud and corruption …

The Presidential Election Petition Court on Friday reserved judgment in the petition of the Allied Peoples Movement challenging the conduct of the February 25 elections wherein Bola Tinubu emerged as the elected president. The party is seeking the disqualification of Tinubu on the grounds of unlawful nomination of the Vice …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 Election, Peter Obi, has described as worrisome the recent killings in the country, particularly in North-Central and South-East regions, urging the government to increase its security architecture and show more concern for human life. Obi said this in a …

The permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Police Affairs, Abel Enitan has inaugurated the project management team (PMT) of the National Public Security Communication System (NPSCS) network for the strict implementation of the agreement with the concessioner responsible to undertake the repair, upgrade, post-implementation operations and management of the vandalised and …

Men of the Kwara State Fire Service have recovered the lifeless body of an unidentified woman from Asa river around Emir’s road in Ilorin, the state capital. The fire men undertook the recovery operation on Thursday following a tip off from one SP Dolapo of ‘B Division’ police station, Ilorin. …

The former chairman of Kaduna State Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN, Benjamin Isaiah has emerged the National President of the association. He emerged the president during the just concluded National Triennial Delegates Conference, held at Omoku, River State on Thursday. He defeated his opponent, Abubakar Adamu Sadiq with a …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said the Labour Party has no ground to call for the sack of its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, over the outcome of the 2023 general election. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi stated this when he spoke with the News …