The Police Service Commission has confirmed the appointment of three Deputy Inspectors General of police. They are Tijanni Baba from North East; Zanna Mohammed Ibrahim, also from North-East, and Moses Jitoboh from South-South. The Commission also approved the promotion of twenty-four commissioners of police to the rank of Assistant Inspectors General of police. They include Usman Nagogo,…
Set sept 1st for ban on open grazing Reject 3% allocation for oil host communities The Southern Governors’ Forum has chosen Lagos State as the permanent location for its secretariat. The Forum reached the decision during its meeting at the Lagos State Government House, which was hosted by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The state governors have also set…
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has advised the Federal Government to stop chasing Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo. Professor Soyinka also asked the government to explain to Nigerian how the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, was arrested and brought back to the country. Soyinka warned that failure by the government to provide the necessary…
Two security operatives have lost their lives in a shootout with bandits who attacked two boarding schools in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Unconfirmed reports claim that the bandits kidnapped about one hundred and forty students in the attack on Bethel Secondary School, Maramara. The affected students are mainly in the SS-3 class, who were…
The Pan-Niger Delta Development Forum, PANDEF, has rejected some provisions of the Petroleum Industry Bill, which was passed by the National Assembly last week. PANDEF is demanding ten percent of operating cost for Oil-Bearing Communities, instead of the five percent recommended, and three percent adopted by the lawmakers. In a statement by its national leader and Ijaw…
The Delta State Police Command is investigating the killing of the driver and a police escort of an APC chieftain, Michael Johnny. Reports say gunmen opened fire and gunned down the men at the Airport Junction in Effurun at about 11:12am on Sunday. The spokesman for the Delta State Police Command, Bright Edafe, said they were yet…