The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has directed the redeployment of Commissioner of Police Alabi Abiodun Sylvester to the Lagos State Police Command. The IGP also ordered the transfer of CP Haruna Gabriel Garba to Yobe State Command, and CP Tajudeen Akinwale Abass to Benue State Command. The …

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has asked the United Nations Security Council to collaborate with African countries to eradicate terrorism from the continent. He said African countries faced severe threat of terrorism arising from the encroachment of global terror groups and their franchises into Africa. The council has 15 members. Speaking virtually …

The city of Lagos now has the fastest trains in Africa – with a top speed of 330km/h – which it recently acquired as part of its plans to launch the Red Line metro project, a 37-kilometre intracity railway system. The 330km/h trains were acquired by the Lagos State Governor, …

AS jostling for the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential ticket gets tougher, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has warned his supporters against insulting or abusing APC National Leader and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Osinbajo served as Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos under …

Gov. Wike full of smiles and laughter as a comedian mimics him at an event. Nice one! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vICTEGk3jFY

The Daura Emirate has found Rotimi Amaechi, the Honourable Minister of Transportation, worthy of honour. Barring last minute change of plans, the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouq Umar, will confer the traditional title of “Dan Amanar Daura” on the Minister, at his palace, on February 5, 2012. Amaechi: If …

Pastor sentenced to life in prison for raping and impregnating his underage in-law The pastor/businessman who was sentenced to life in prison for raping and impregnating his 14-year-old in-law has been pictured. 38-year-old Ofure Rey Siakpere was sentenced on Wednesday, Jan. 19, by an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences …

A 30-year-old man, Abubakar Usman, has been remanded in Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court in Ibadan, on Thursday for allegedly killing three siblings. The prosecutor, Sgt. Philips Amusan, told the court that the defendant killed the siblings, two minors and an adult, on January 13 at 5.00 p.m., at Oke-Orogun area of …

Fresh tension is brewing in the ranks of the All Progressives Congress ahead of the party’s national convention slated for February 26, 2022. There are indications that delegates will be drawn from factions loyal to the governors or most senior Federal Government officials or political office holders in the states …

The Nigeria Football Federation is considering the possibility of appointing Augustine Eguavoen permanent Super Eagles coach, Eguavoen was named to the post last month in an interim capacity after the NFF fired former coach Gernot Rohr on the eve of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. The NFF later appointed …