South-South Governors to set up local security outfit
By Festus Ahon GOVERNORS of the South-South geo-political zone, Thursday resolved to set up a regional security outfit like Amotekun of the South West to complement the effort of the police and other security agencies in the task of policing the region. The Governors who met in Asaba, also resolved to revive the Bayelsa, Rivers, […]
Arteta desperate to keep Aubameyang at Arsenal
Mikel Arteta is desperate to keep Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at Arsenal “under any circumstances”, saying the club need to sit down with their captain before the end of the season. The 30-year-old has scored 20 goals in all competitions for the Gunners so far this season, double the amount of any of his team-mates. Speaking last […]
We won’t compromise project quality, AMAC vows
The Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, Hon. Abdullahi Adamu Candido, yesterday, acted true to his promise of entrenching transparency as the Council conducted open bids for award of contracts for various projects running into several millions of naira under the 2020 procurements year.
Anti-graft agencies to target N-Power beneficiaries who abscond from duty
Mr Afolabi Imoukhuede, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation and Youth Empowerment, has said that the N-Power scheme will collaborate with anti-graft agencies to come after beneficiaries who abscond from duty. Imoukhuede spoke with journalists on Thursday in Abuja while expressing displeasure over increasing reports of beneficiaries who fail to go to […]
ISWAP fighters kill five policemen in Dapchi
Jihadists have killed five policemen in an attack on a northern Nigerian town where more than 100 schoolgirls were abducted two years ago, residents said Thursday. Fighters aligned to Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in four trucks fitted with machine guns stormed Dapchi town in northeastern Yobe State late on Wednesday, sparking intense fighting […]
Saraki opposes EFCC’s bid for final forfeiture of Lagos properties
Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, opposed an application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), seeking the final forfeiture of two of his properties in Ikoyi, Lagos. The said properties are located at 17 and 17A McDonald Road in Ikoyi, Eti-Osa local government area of Lagos State. The EFCC had […]
