The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department, FEMD, said lack of access caused a delay in putting out the fire at the Karu Old Market in Abuja on Thursday. The acting director-general of the department, Mrs Florence Wenegieme, made this disclosure in a statement in Abuja on Friday. She underscored the need for access to…
The Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, has dismissed a senior officer at the level of Controller of Corrections and two other personnel. ACC Abubakar Umar, the NCoS spokesperson, disclosed that the service had reviewed various cases of unprofessional conduct and improper behaviour among its personnel. The misconducts include absence without leave, gross negligence of duty, trafficking…
The Supreme Court has discharged and acquitted a Nigerian Army sergeant, Akawu Bala, of the death sentence imposed on him by the General Court Martial of the Nigerian Army. The respite came the way of the embattled army sergeant after spending 12 years in Kaduna prison waiting for ratification of the death sentence passed on…
The Lagos State Police Command has initiated an investigation into the death of Mr. Nick Imudia, the former Chief Executive Officer of Konga, one of Nigeria’s prominent e-commerce giants. Sources from the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, revealed that detectives from the Homicide Section had visited the scene of the incident and would conduct a…
The immediate past governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, has asked the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, to transfer his trial in alleged money laundering to Lokoja. Bello said that he preferred to be arraigned in Lokoja, being the place the alleged money laundering offence was committed. At a resumed…
There is an outrage in Kenya as citizens gave President William Ruto a 48-hour ultimatum to step down, demanding a new government committed to “transparency, accountability, and good governance.” The call for resignation has gained significant traction, with a viral Twitter statement stating, “We no longer recognise William Ruto as the President of Kenya. We…
The House of Representatives, was on Thursday, thrown into a rowdy session following President Bola Tinubu’s call to extend the capital component of the 2023 Appropriation Act and the Supplementary Appropriation Act until December 31st, 2024. In the letter read by the Speaker, Abbas Tajudeen, Tinubu said the extension is critical to ensure that the…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday, urged the Senate to consider and confirm Dr Olatunji Bello as the Chief Executive Officer/Executive Vice Chairman of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC. The President also forwarded the names of three nominees for consideration and confirmation for appointment as chairman, secretary and member of the Police…
The Nigerian Senate on Thursday passed the 2023 supplementary appropriation bill till 31st December 2024. The implementation of the 2023 supplementary by implication would run in paripasu with that of the 2024 which stands at N28.78 trillion. The passage followed the emergency plenary convened which was presided by the Senate President, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio….
Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Digital and Information Technology, Hon Adedeji Dhikrullahi Olajide, has called on the Federal Government to relocate the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to the Ministry of Communication. Olajide, who represents Ibadan North West/Ibadan South West Federal Constituency,…
