Kano State Hisbah Arrests Eight Suspected Drags

Eight suspected drags (cross-dressers) have been arrested by Kano State Hisbah during a wedding ceremony at Kofar Waika, Gwale Local Government Area of the State. Kano state Hisbah Board was established in 2000 with a mandate of ensuring what is Right and forbidding what is wrong with every Muslim. Dr Mujaheed Abubakar, Deputy Commander-General Hisbah who disclosed this to newsmen in Kano, said the suspects were arrested following a tip-off by good Samaritans that young...

Police council confirms Egbetokun’s appointment as IGP

The Nigeria Police Council, NPC, has confirmed Kayode Egbetokun as the Inspector General Of Police, IGP. The NPC gave its nod on Tuesday at the police council meeting, presided over by President Bola Tinubu, at the State House, Abuja. The NPC comprises the 36 state governors, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, and the chairman of the Police Service Commission, PSC. Egbetokun has been serving as the IGP albeit acting capacity since his appointment...

Task Force Committee Seals 97 Government Quarters In Adamawa

Task Force Committee on Retrieval of Government Houses and Quarters set up by the Adamawa State Government has so far sealed 97 houses allegedly occupied illegally at Specialist Hospital, Yola, and General Murtala Mohammed College staff Quarters Yola. Engr. John Vandu, Chairman of the Task Force who ordered the sealing of the residential quarters said 34 families occupied government quarters at the Specialist Hospital, Yola, and 63 at General Murtala Mohammed College were found to...

APC berates Atiku for holding press conference over S’Court’s verdict

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has described Atiku Abubakar’s speech during a press conference his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, hosted on Monday as “long, windy, incoherent and preposterous.” Atiku, at the press briefing, said the presidential election tribunal and the Supreme Court dismissed his “incontrovertible evidence that Bola A. Tinubu was not qualified to contest the presidential election because he forged the qualifying academic certificate, which he submitted to INEC” and the “irrefutable...

ICPC indicts suspended UNICAL dean guilty of sexual harassment

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has found Professor Cyril Ndifon, the suspended dean of the University of Calabar’s (UNICAL) law faculty, guilty of sexual harassment, corruption and abuse of office. The ICPC’s spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, in a statement, said the commission had subsequently filed a criminal charge against Ndifon following the conclusion of its investigation into the allegations against the professor by some of his students. The ICPC said Prof....

Fubara:  Timi Frank tells Tinubu to sack Wike as minister

…Tells IGP to remove Rivers police commissioner over partisan action Comrade Timi Frank, former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday, called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to urgently sack the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for masterminding a plot to impeach the Governor of Rivers State, Siminilaye Fubara. Frank in a statement in Abuja, condemned the action of the police in tear-gassing and pouring water on Governor...

Tony-Oneweek Set to Take Awka by a Storm

The gyration sensation, Tony-Oneweek, who 25 years ago took the then emerging ‘new Nigerian music industry’ by surprise with his set of gyration tunes that went on to dominate the market for years, is set for a comeback. Tony’s “Onwa December,” became the symbol of Christmas season festivities, for so many years. The release of his “You go bow” album in 1998, almost immediately conferred on Tony the status of an icon of a unique...

Financial autonomy: Anambra House of Assembly staff embark on strike

Staff of Anambra State House of Assembly, under the aegis of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) have commenced an indefinite strike. The strike they said is to press home their demand for a financial autonomy of the legislative arm of government. Chairman, PASAN in Anambra state, Mr Abraham Okoye in an interview with journalists said the indefinite strike was as a result the inability of the executive arm of various states to accord full...

Explosion: Rivers State House Of Assembly Suspends Four Members

Four of members of Rivers State House of Assembly has suspended over an allegation of masterminding the explosion that rocked the Assembly complex on Sunday night. The Speaker of the House, Martins Amaewhule, announced the suspension of Edison Ehie, Leader of the House representing the Ahoada constituency and six other members of the House, on Monday morning. Other Assembly members suspended are Goodboy Sokari Goodboy, also representing Ahoada, Adolphus Timothy, representing Opobo/Nkoro, and Victor Oko-Jumbo,...

PASAN Nasarawa State Chapter Join Nationwide Strike

The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) Nasarawa State Chapter has joined a nationwide strike by the association, calling for the financial autonomy of state legislatures across the country. During the demonstration, members of the association carried placards displaying various inscriptions, such as “No going back on financial autonomy,” “Financial autonomy is constitutionally guaranteed,” “Give us our financial autonomy now,” and “Financial autonomy: the only solution to vibrant legislation,” among others. Suleiman Oshafu, Chairman of...

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