The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has ordered  the arrest of a policeman  over alleged extortion and demand for sex from a suspect. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Akwa Ibom, SP Odiko Macdon, disclosed this in a statement  he issued to newsmen  in Uyo on Sunday. Macdon said that the action of the […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong The Controller General of the Federal Fire Service, Ibrahim Liman has reiterated the call for the establishment of an Armed Squad in the Service to protect its personnel from being attacked at fire scenes and investigation grounds. Liman who proposed the squad be called Fire Police maintained the situation where hoodlums continue […]

Unplanned urbanisation, waste management and pollution are among challenges confronting the city of Lagos with a population of 21.3 million – the second largest metropolitan area in Africa, after Cairo in Egypt

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted three days cloudiness and sunshine from Monday to Wednesday. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja predicted partly cloudy to sunny skies over the Northern region on Monday. It further predicted chances of isolated thunderstorms over Kaduna, southern Borno, Adamawa, Gombe, Bauchi, Kano, Katsina and Taraba during […]

By Abare Kallah, Sheik Isa Buba & Shanta Premawardhana OUR common understanding of the stakes of religious and ethnic conflict is inadequate, especially in complicated, populous areas like the north west and northeast zones of Nigeria. Put simply, many of the stakeholders who should be investing in solutions do not fully recognise themselves in the […]