The Chairman Kaura Local Council of Kaduna State  Mr Mathias Siman have been from office for alleged gross misconduct. Nine out of 10 councillors in the council have removed the council Chairman through the process of impeachment, following a motion moved by Zachariah Achi, (Bandon ward) and seconded by Fidelis Kukwui (Zankang ward), which accused the chairman of misappropriation and negligence. The impeached chairman was also accused of awarding contracts to his private firm, contravening...

The House of Representatives has said it will investigate how the National Population Commission, NPC, spent N200 billion out of the N800 billion the previous administration released for the postponed 2023 census. The resolution followed the unanimous adoption of a motion co-sponsored by Dominic Okafor (APGA, Anambra) and Patrick Umoh (APC, Akwa Ibom) at plenary on Wednesday. The census earlier scheduled for May 3–7 was postponed indefinitely with the past information minister Lai Muhammed saying...

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 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...

…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...