The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), alluded to an obvious fact recently when he said the 2022 budget estimate would be the last full budget he would implement. His eight years tenure has about 19 months left. He spoke at the National Assembly while presenting the budget. Clearly, the …

Kano State police apprehended three alleged kidnappers yesterday at Sharada quarters in Kano Municipal. DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the command’s spokesman, confirmed the arrest in a statement to the media. He said the arrest followed a report received from a resident of Kwanar Ganduje, Sharada Phase II Quarters, Kano last …

Falana & Falana Chambers, the firm of human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has written to the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, seeking police protection for #EndSARS protesters holding the anniversary protest on October 20. Femi Falana (SAN) The letter to the IGP stated that the law firm sought …

About seven persons were feared dead, while unspecified numbers of persons sustained varying degrees of injuries when hoodlums suspected to be smugglers engaged operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in a gun battle on Saturday in Ogun State. The incident, which occurred at Kobape village, along Abeokuta – Sagamu …

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has affirmed that no one group of people, no matter their religious affiliation or tribe can arrogate the leadership of Nigeria to themselves to the exclusion of other people of the country. He stated this on Friday when he received the National President …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has received the Queen’s Baton for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Along with sports minister Sunday Dare, Osinbajo welcomed the baton at the State House on Saturday, on behalf of President Buhari. Habu Gumel, President, Commonwealth Games Nigeria, received the baton at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, …

The Nigerian Police Force has said its portal would be open on Monday for the resumption of the recruitment of personnel which began in 2020. Force spokesperson, Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. The Force says it is planning to recruit 10,000 Constables. The exercise …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kwara State, has arrested one Mr Garuba Ashin for allegedly stealing a goat in his neighborhood in the state’s Kaiama Local Government Area. Garuba, a native of Kaiama’s Iwala neighborhood, was apprehended on Thursday, according to the corps’s spokesman in Ilorin, Babawale …

At least two persons have sustained injuries from gunshots fired by some unidentified persons who invaded the venue of the state Congress organised by a faction of the All Progressives Congress in Osogbo, Osun State. In a report by Punch, the incident happened around 12.50pm after the congress organised by …

Maduabuchi Nevobasi, the Ezeani II of Mmaku Kingdom, Awgu LGA of Enugu, says the Igbo will always support President Muhammadu Buhari. He said the president has done a lot for the south-east in the last six years, and as such, he would always be welcome in the zone. The Enugu …