Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, on Tuesday, said it was not true that the court intentionally froze accounts of promoters of the recent #EndSARS protest. Justice Tsoho stressed that contrary to media reports, the court froze accounts of some corporate entities the Central Bank of …
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Reps Blame Lack Of Synergy Among Military Agencies For Katsina Abduction
There was confusion on Tuesday as Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, claimed responsibility for the abduction of students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, after bandits were said to have started negotiation with Katsina government and a parent of one of the kidnapped schoolboys. The government had previously …
Read More »Angela Ozioko: Goddy Nnadi Brought SARS Who Shot My Son
A woman, Mrs Angela Ozioko, on Tuesday told the Enugu State Police Brutality and Extra-judicial Killings Panel how ex-state commissioner of finance, Goddy Nnadi, brought men of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad and shot her son, Emeka Ozioko, during a church ceremony and took away his body since December 4, …
Read More »Abia Police Recover Stolen Kids After Arresting Suspected Traffickers
Men of Rapid Respond Squad, RRS of Abia State Police Command have recovered two kids from child trafficking syndicate who were recently arrested. The Rapid Respond Squad, RRS was set up by the Commissioner of Police CP Janet Agbede to address security challenges around the state. The RRS team led …
Read More »China Approves Loan For $2.6 Billion AKK Gas Pipeline
China has approved and will disburse its 85 per cent loan required to fund the $2.6bn Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline project, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, and Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari, announced this during the inspection …
Read More »Ex-Senators, Ex-Reps Ask Tinubu To Run For President
A group of former senators, House of Representatives members and other politicians across the Southwest geo-political zone has urged the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to contest as president in the 2023 election. They spoke on Tuesday at the unveiling of the group’s logo …
Read More »COVID-19: Jigawa, Kano Governments Order Closure Of Schools
The Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has ordered the closure of all public and private schools in the state. In a terse statement by the state commissioner for Education, Sanusi Kiru, the state government did not give reasons for the decision. “His Excellency, The Executive Governor of Kano State has …
Read More »Edo 2020: “Meet Us In Appeal Court”, APC Tells Obaseki
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it was prepared to meet Governor Godwin Obaseki at the Court of Appeal over a case of forgery and perjury preferred against him by the Party and William Edobor at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Chief Akin Olujimi who is the counsel …
Read More »Festus Akande: News Of The CJN’s COVID-19 Positive Status Is A Rumour
Controversy has trailed the COVID-19 status of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Tanko Muhammad, as the Supreme Court’s Director of Information, Dr Festus Akande said it was only a rumour that the CJN has contracted the virus. Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, a member of the Supreme Court, said on Tuesday at …
Read More »Ugwuanyi: Security Provision Is Our Major Administration Plan
Security Provision Our Major Administration Plank, Says Gov. Ugwuanyi …Declares open 4-day workshop for Police Spokespersons Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Tuesday, said that one of the reasons Enugu is among the safest and most secured states in Nigeria, was because of his administration’s continued support towards the …
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