State Police Bill hits roadblock in states
Unless something decisive happens in the next 12 days, the push for state police, widely canvassed as a response to Nigeria’s worsening security challenges, is facing a fresh hurdle at the state Houses of Assembly, with only four states -Edo, Osun, Oyo and Rivers having so far approved the proposed constitutional amendment
Labour leaders good at governance – Oshiomhole
GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, weekend, disclosed that from his experience so far as a Governor, it was not true that labour leaders and activists were not good in governance
Court orders EFCC to release Atuche’s passport
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, ordered the State Security Services, SSS, and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to release the international passport of former Managing Director of Platinum Habib Bank, BankPHB, Mr. Francis Atuche, which was earlier impounded when he was first arrested by the anti-graft agency.
Immigration wants role in Security Council * Begins registration of ECOWAS nationals
The Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, yesterday, urged Governor Babatunde Fashola to allow the command participate in the State Security Council, LSSC, to enhance security in the state.
Abia Assembly impeaches dep gov
DESPITE his resignation weekend, Abia State House of Assembly yesterday went ahead to impeach Comrade Chris Akomas as the deputy governor of the state
UKBA jails a Nigerian in Northamton over sham marriage
AS part of its commitment to fight bogus colleges and organized traffickers as well as illegal working and sham marriages in the United Kingdom, a Nigerian man and a French woman yesterday, were the latest people to be jailed as a result of a UK Border Agency investigation into sham marriages in Northampton.
