Kayode Egbetokun, the inspector-general of police (IGP), has asked the senate to conduct the investigation into the missing 3,907 firearms behind “closed doors”. Egbetokun’s request is contained in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on the floor of the red chamber on Thursday. BACKGROUND On Tuesday, the senate committee on public accounts queried…
Tragedy struck in Anambra State as a man, Ifeanyi Emmanuel Nwafor, narrowly escaped death when gunmen opened fire on his family, killing his mother and two sisters. The yet-to-be-identified assailants — suspected to be either hired assassins, kidnappers, or insurgents — ambushed the vehicle conveying Nwafor, his mother Mrs. Ngozi Nwafor, and his sisters Miss…
The Supreme Court, on Friday, reinstated the judgement that barred the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Accountant General of the Federation from releasing statutory monthly allocations to Rivers State. The apex court further ordered the Hon. Martins Amaewhule-led faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly and other elected members of the House…
The Presidency on Saturday said it has received the memo from the Spokesman for the President, Ajuri Ngelale, to proceeded on an indefinite leave of absence due to personal and health-related reasons. This was disclosed in a statement shared on the X handle of the Presidency, @NGRPresident, and that of the Nigerian Television Authority, @NTANewsNow,…
Operatives of the Special Tactical Squad Have arrested a 30-year-old woman identified as Hauwa Yusuf for hiding one AK47 and four AK magazines inside a sack of garri. Yusuf was arrested along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway during a stop-and-search operation. The Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi disclosed this while parading suspects at the STS Headquarters in Abuja…
Hadi Sirika, the former minister of aviation, has denied reports that he has joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the platform for opposition politicians seeking to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Sirika is reacting to comments by Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), during an interview on Arise TV and a…
Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Saturday dismissed the opposition coalition under the African Democratic Congress, ADC. Olayinka charged Nigerians to “have sense,” noting that the children of the coalition leaders are members of the All Progressives Congress,…
Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly, has declared that the 2027 election will be a “walkover” for President Bola Tinubu. Obasa made the comment at the weekend during the launch of ‘Tinubu 2027’ in Ojokoro LCDA, Lagos, where residents reaffirmed support for the president’s re-election bid. The event, held at…
Oyo state All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain, Professor Samuel Ogunwale Ogundiran has congratulated Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja on his 81st birthday celebration. Prof. Ogundiran also hailed the former Oyo Governor on historical coronation as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadan. In his congratulatory message, Ogundiran predicted that Oba Ladoja’s tenure will not only bring prosperity to…
The Olubadan of Ibadanland and Chairman of the Oyo State Council of Obas, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, has expressed confidence that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will reposition Nigeria and make citizens proud by the time he leaves office in 2031. Speaking to journalists after meeting the president at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Ladoja said the…
