The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, on Sunday reaffirmed the Nigerian Air Force’s (NAF) readiness to counter emerging threats and safeguard lives in Kebbi State and the North-West region. Abubakar stated this during an operational assessment visit to Kebbi, where he inspected key military facilities, met with security chiefs, and…
The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, says the Police Command in Osun has been involved in the ongoing search for a female student declared missing since Thursday. This is contained in a statement signed and made available to newsmen on Sunday in Ile-Ife by the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the university, Mr Abiodun Olarewaju….
A former lawmaker in Lagos State, Jude Idimogu, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to grant clemency to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kanu, the leader of the self-determination movement, was arrested in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2021, brought to Nigeria,…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raided an apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos, where it recovered 32 pouches of Canadian Loud, a strain of Cannabis. A statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja stated that the NDELA operatives arrested a suspect with drugs weighing 15.63kg was recovered. He said that…
President of the Creative Industry Group, Felix Duke, has accused operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of alleged invasion of his hotel — Duke and Duchess Hotel in Abule Egba, Lagos State. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, Duke said the incident, which occurred on Aug. 1, disrupted…
The Lagos State Government has mandated e-hailing operators to present their vehicles for inspection to improve safety, service quality, and regulatory compliance across the transportation sector. This is contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. Osiyemi…
The 14th Emir of Kano, His Highness Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said that many of those in positions of authority in Nigeria today were not properly brought up, which explains their involvement in corruption without regard for the future or legacy. Speaking on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, Sanusi criticized the current political class,…
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has alleged that most abandoned estates in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are owned by corrupt civil servants who embezzled public funds and later abandoned the properties to avoid detection. Speaking at a policy dialogue organised by Law Corridor in Abuja on Wednesday, themed…
Human rights activist and #RevolutionNow convener, Omoyele Sowore, has been detained by the Nigeria Police Force at its headquarters in Abuja following an invitation from the Inspector General of Police’s Monitoring Unit. Sowore, who arrived at the Force Headquarters around 12:13 p.m. on Wednesday, was accompanied by his lawyers, Barristers A.K. Musa and Marshal Abubakar,…
A new book has revealed that former President Goodluck Jonathan was overruled by powerful state governors within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), thwarting critical reform efforts aimed at ending the party’s reliance on wealthy sponsors. The book, “Wadata Wonders: Memoirs of a Partisan Journalist”, written by Ike Abonyi, a former media adviser to two PDP…
