Constitution amendment must protect IGP, CPs from abuse — Okiro
Former Inspector-General of Police and one-time Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Sir Mike Okiro, in this interview, speaks on the proposed establishment of state police, funding, training and safeguards against possible abuse by state governors. The amendment to Section 214 of the 1999 Constitution on State Police has received the concurrence of about 30 […]
Nine killed in Oyo kidnap victims’ rescue operation — DSS DG
IBADAN — Nine people, comprising four civilians and five security personnel, were killed during an operation to rescue victims abducted by suspected members of an international terrorist organisation in Oyo State, Director-General of the Department of State Services, Tosin Ajayi, has disclosed. Ajayi made the disclosure in an interview published by Premium Times, explaining that […]
43 feared dead, others missing in Rivers oil incident
By Daniel Abia, P/Harcourt PANIC has gripped Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State following an incident in which several persons suspected of illegally siphoning petroleum products reportedly died after inhaling toxic fumes. While community sources put the death toll at 43, the Rivers State Police Command said it could not confirm the actual number […]
AAUA students block highway, protest 68-day ASUU strike
By Dayo Johnson, Akure Students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, AAUA, on Thursday blocked major roads around the institution in protest against the 68-day strike that has kept them away from academic activities. The students, led by the Students’ Union Government, SUG, shut the university’s main gate and roads linking the institution to the highway, […]
Segun Odegbami at 74: Opens up on fame, regret, fatherhood, mortality, Oyin Adeyemi
Mathematical Odegbami opens up about fame, regret, fatherhood, mortality, romance and the choices that shaped the man behind the legend
NBA: We’ll build a bolder Bar that speaks truth to power — Badejo-Okusanya, SAN
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri History was made on August 28, as Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, was sworn in as the 33rd President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, becoming the first woman elected to the position. She is the second woman to occupy the NBA’s presidential seat since the association’s formation in 1933.Dame Priscilla Kuye was […]
