File Photo: Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu. By Esther Onyegbula In its bid to promote discipline and core values of policing in Lagos State, the Police Command has tried eighty-one (81) personnel for various criminal and disciplinary offences that were committed between October 2019 and October 2020, ranging from murder, discreditable conducts, excessive …

University students during one of NANS protests. The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has resolved to organise a nationwide mass protest to press home its demand for the immediate reopening of all universities across the country. This is part of resolutions reached in a communique issued on Wednesday in Enugu after NANS Students’ Leaders Emergency …

The lieutenant governor of Texas has offered up to $1m as a reward to anyone who can help expose fraud in the presidential election, amid a range of lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign. Addressing a news conference on Tuesday, Dan Patrick according to Independent.co.uk said anyone who comes forward with evidence of fraud that leads …

File Photo: Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu. By Esther Onyegbula In its bid to promote discipline and core values of policing in Lagos State, the  Police Command has tried eighty-one (81) personnel for various criminal and disciplinary offences that were committed between October 2019 and October 2020, ranging from murder, discreditable conducts, excessive …

An official puts a mail-in ballot into a box at the San Francisco City Hall polling location in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. The Justice Department will deploy 500 personnel to polling stations on Election Day to help protect voters against discrimination and intimidation, down from 2012 as the result of a …

Ologbodiyan … Frowns at Clampdown on Peaceful Protesters The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Buhari Presidency to stop playing the ostrich and take responsibility for the violence and looting by hoodlums fuelled to discredit the peaceful protest by Nigerians against brutality and extra-judicial killings by unscrupulous security operatives in various parts of the country. …

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State …Embarks on mass vaccination, fumigation of affected communities Enugu State government said it has commenced immediate mass vaccination for Yellow Fever in Ette and Umuopu communities in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the state, after confirmation of the outbreak of the disease in the areas. The state government also …

Delta Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa; Commissioner for Information, Mr. Aniagwu Charles and the State Chairman, (NUJ),Comrade Mike Ikeogwu, during the Governor’s Quarterly Media interaction with Journalists in Asaba. Wednesday 11/11/20. Picture: BRIPIN ENARUSAI AND JIBUNOR SAMUEL.  Delta State Governor Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, on Wednesday, said states in the South-South region were united in the quest …

Paul Erokoro, SAN By Ike Uchechukwu Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Paul Erokoro has asserted that it was high time the National Judicial Council reported the Cross River State House of Assembly to the presidency following the impasse that has ensued in the leadership of the Judiciary in the state. Erokoro who made the assertion while speaking …

The ENDSARS Protest along Kachia Road, Kaduna. PHOTOS:Olu Ajayi. By Gabriel Enogholase A man who lost his truck to #EndSARS protest in Benin, Mr. Pius Ebhodaghe has approached the Edo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry to seek financial compensation worth N10m from the state government. Speaking with Journalists Wednesday in Benin through his counsel, Chief Matthew …

The late Mallam Balarabe Musa By Boluwaji Obahopo, Lokoja Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has commiserated with the people and government of Kaduna State over the death of Alhaji Balarabe Musa, a former civilian governor of the state who passed on at the age of 84. Balarabe was the first civilian governor of Kaduna State during …

NYSC members By Peter Okutu The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Ebonyi State has opened its orientation camps for the Batch B Stream 1A with strict adherence to Covid-19 protocols. The Public Relations officer of the Corps in Ebonyi state, Ngọzi Ukwuoma confirmed this to Newsmen in Abakaliki. She said the Old MacGregor College …

Davido By Emmanuel Okogba When Davido drops his ‘A Better Time’ album on Friday, he will be serving up a potpourri of sounds that bring together artistes from Nigeria and abroad. Notable on those featured are American rappers Nicki Minaj, Nas and his son, Ifeanyi who features as both the album cover and one of the …

Director-General of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus By Chioma Obinna, To avert major measles and polio epidemics the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF and the World Health Organization, WHO on Wednesday urged countries including Nigeria to take urgent action that would protect millions of vulnerable children at heightened risk of preventable childhood diseases due to disruptions in …

Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has again urged members of the Boko Haram to stop the killings and surrender. Zulum made the call on Wednesday at the launch of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) Super Camp and lists of key Boko Haram wanted members in Chabbal in Konduga Local Government Area. Zulum said that …

…warns it may trigger another protest By Anayo Okoli Ohanaeze Ndigbo has frowned at the reports that bank accounts of key members on the EndSARS movement were frozen by the Federal Government. Ohanaeze warned that such action could trigger another protest that no one knows how it would end. A statement by the acting Secretary …

Agreement Kicks-off Jan 1, 2021 As FEC approves N62.7bn for road construction in Kano Okays establishment of ICT centre in Abuja Approves digital registration for IDPs By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday ratified Nigeria’s membership of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, as the implementation of the agreement formally …

Delta Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa (4th left), with members of Police Officers wives Association (POWA) led by the wife of the Delta State Commissioner of Police, Hajia Aisha Inuwa (4th right) shortly after their courtesy call on the Governor in Asaba. Wednesday 11/11/20. Picture : BRIPIN ENARUSAI Delta State Governor Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has underscored …

The Securities and Exchange Commission may soon withdraw the registration certificates of about 157 inactive Capital Market Operators (CMOs). The Commission issued a pre-notice for the cancellation or withdrawal of the certificates and posted same on its website. It said the decision followed the failure of the operators to render their statutory returns to the …

By Joseph Erunke THE United Nations’ Children Fund, UNICEF, and the World Health Organisation, WHO have called for global action from country leaders, donors, and partners to avert major measles and polio epidemics. The organisations’ appeal came against the disruption of immunisation against the diseases by COVID-19. READ ALSO:Kogi announces Nov 13 deadline for internal …