Police officer killed as suspected armed herders attack checkpoint in Benue
According to a local source, the attackers took to their heels and disappeared into the nearby bushes on sighting the advancing troops.
Exempting paramilitary from CPS portends grave danger—PenCom
NATIONAL Pension Commission, PenCom, has warned that excluding paramilitary institutions from Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, will have serious consequences for the pension industry and nation’s economy.
Senate’s position on SGF, Magu, others – Dino
Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial district in the Nigerian National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye has taken a swipe at the Buhari-led executive government, maitaining that the president should not be the Minister of petroleum.
Buhari’s 2017 N7trn budget needless; has square pegged ministers in round holes – Dino
Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial district in the Nigerian National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye has taken a swipe at the Buhari-led executive government, maitaining that the president should not be the Minister of petroleum. Senator Melaye who lamented that there are so many square pegs in round holes in the current administration especially as regards some ministers also said that a budget of 7trillion naira presented by Buhari was needless in that Nigeria can only afford and spend just 2 trillion, going by the implementation of the budget so far.
Courts remand 300 Boko Haram suspects
Three hundred Boko Haram suspects were officially remanded in custody in Nigeria on Tuesday, as hearings got under way in the first mass trials linked to the Islamist insurgency.
Illegal land sales: Father in detention as Edo Taskforce hunt for son
The Edo State Private Property Protection Taskforce has handed over Mr Johnbull Agbonsomwan of Iguomon Community in Uhunmwode Local Government Area of the state, to the Police over his son’s involvement in illegal sales of land.
