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The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum has called for a repeal of sections of the Police Act recently accented to by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), citing constitutional breaches. This was contained in a communique issued after a Zoom meeting held by the PDP governors. The communique was …

Councilors elected on the platform of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) in the 18 local government council of Edo State, on Wednesday protested the non-payment of their salaries, arrears, allowances and all other entitlements since May this year on the orders of Governor Obaseki. They said that they are being …

ORDINARILY, the celebration of a nation’s independence anniversary is an occasion for reckoning and self-assessment. The nation’s gains and failures are evaluated by the government and the governed. In the process, gifts are exchanged between the government and the people. Such gifts are often symbolic, rather than material. The government’s …

Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered police officers to stop checking citizens’ phones. For years, operatives had insisted on searching phones of Nigerians youths at checkpoints or any location. During such encounters at roadblocks or patrols, policemen, in most cases, forcefully snatch phones belonging to innocent citizens. They search …

Tokunbo Abiru, candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the Lagos East Senatorial by-election is not a green horn, afterall, having once served as the Lagos State Commissioner for Finance As the Lagos East Senatorial by-election draws near, the constant name on many lips is Tokunbo Abiru, the former banker …

The APC candidate for the Lagos East senatorial by-election, Tokunbo Abiru, can no longer be called a neophyte in politics because he got his baptism of fire during the week. Sources close to the banker-turned-politician claim he was shocked beyond words when he first read the things published about him …

The candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) for senatorial by-election in Lagos East, Tokunbo Abiru, congratulated Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa in Saturday’s governorship election. Abiru, a former Commissioner of Finance said Akeredolu’s re-election “is no doubt a referendum on infrastructure projects and people-focused programmes …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation were in attendance at the 19th virtual Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. The meeting which was held at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja also had in attendance the Chief …

A 34-year-old Nigerian, Austin Chenge, is in the race for the governorship position in the state of Michigan in the United States of America (USA), come year 2022. A statement by Abdul-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media and Public Relations unit, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), indicated that Chenge, a native …

BBNaija’s Erica has asked the federal government to increase the salaries of police officers, Newsextra24 Reports. The reality show star backed her call by sharing a photo of the salary structure of Nigerian police officers. Erica wrote; Dear Government of Nigeria, please increase police salary! #sarsmustend