ABUJA — By the order of a federal high court in Abuja, the State Security Service (SSS) is expected to present the 12 detained aides of Sunday Igboho arrested during the last attack on his apartment. The court had ruled on an ex parte application brought by the detainees’ lawyer. The applicants’ counsel, Pelumi Olajengbesi, urged the court for an order demanding the security service to produce the detainees to enable the court to “inquire...
ABUJA — Lawyers who have won various litigations against the federal government agencies have cried out over non-payment of judgment debts incurred by the government. In a statement issued by the director of Legal Services, Centre for Civic Education, Barrister Agomuo Chimaobi, on behalf of the lawyers, said the unpaid judgement debts were affecting them economically, having used their personal resources to prosecute some of the cases on behalf of their clients. Parts of the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday gifted members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Katsina State two cows, 20 bags of rice and N1 million to mark the Eid El-Kabir celebrations. The President also commended the former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon for the NYSC initiative, which he added had created more opportunities for uniting Nigeria. Buhari stated this while receiving corps members who visited him at his country home in Daura for...
ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Speaker Femi Gbajagbiamila, state governors, and other political leaders across the country have urged Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of love, tolerance, and sacrifice and work for national unity. In their Eid-el-Adha separate messages, the leaders urged the Muslim faithful to use the occasion to pray for peace and progress of the country. They also called on Muslims to celebrate the festival with caution in the...
ABUJA — The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 has put six states on red alert as part of the preventive measures against a third wave of the pandemic. The states are Lagos, Oyo, Rivers, Kaduna, Kano, Plateau, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) A statement signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation who doubled as Chairman of PSC, Boss Mustapha said this followed the confirmation of the Delta variant of COVID-19...
BENIN — The captain of Edo Queens, Onyebuchi Goodness, says she is hopeful that her team will defeat Osun Babes at the quarter-finals of the Aiteo Cup competition to be played at the Agege Stadium, Lagos. Her optimism was conveyed in a statement by the team’s media officer, Ogieva Ehiosun, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Saturday. The statement quotes the Edo Queens skipper, saying her confidence stemmed...
ABUJA — Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps has ordered the commencement of computer-based tests for fresh applicants of the national driver’s license. A statement issued by the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem titled, ‘Creating a safer road use culture and enhancing the integrity of the national driver’s license: FRSC commences computer-based test for applicants.’ The statement read in part, “In another great move towards enhancing the integrity of the National...
ABUJA — The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of 24 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police. It also approved the promotion of 35 Deputy Commissioners of Police to the rank of Commissioners, 52 Assistant Commissioners of Police to Deputy Commissioners and 46 Chief Superintendents of Police to Assistant Commissioners. The Commission’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani in a statement on Thursday titled, ‘PSC...
ABUJA — The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has described the views of the Solicitor General of Alberta in Canada, Kelechi Amadi, on the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu as an “outrageously ignoramus opinion that is eccentric and weird”. The Minister said this in a statement issued by the Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Office of the AGF, Umar Gwandu on Wednesday. “Attorney General of the Federation...
Governor of Taraba State Darius Ishaku has called on the North East Governors Forum to synergise to ensure that the multi-million dollar Mambilla hydropower project is operational. Ishaku stated this when he played host to the North East Governors Forum who were in Jalingo, Taraba State capital for a two days meeting of the forum. “The forum must be more proactive in ensuring that the multi-billion dollar Mambila Hydroelectric Power Project (MHEPP) with a capacity...
