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
Sekibo, others dump PDP for AC
Former Minister of Transport and arrow head of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State, Dr. Abiye Sekibo, and two other bigwigs of the party have dumped the party for Action Congress (AC).
Naval chief canvasses return of schools to missionary
By Luka Binniyat KAFANCHAN – The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Vice-Admiral Iko Ibrahim, has backed the clamour for the return of former missionary Schools taken over by most Northern States Governments in the early seventies, returned to their original owners. The President of Kagoro Secondary Old Boys Asspociation (KASSOBA), Mr. Joshua Maikori had made […]
NBA insists SAN must be abolished
By Abdulwahab Abdulah LAGOS—The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said it call on the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) to address the controversies trailing the appointment of lawyers into the rank of the Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) is sancosant. The national officers of the association, at a meeting in Kaduna, recently, said it is […]
FOI bill : NGO flays lawmakers
By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA—A non-governmental organisation operating under the aegis of The Right to Know (R2K) Movement has described as worrying the surreptitious attempts by some members of the National Assembly to kill the Freedom of Information Bill. The organisation wants Nigerians to demand from the lawmakers what they intended to gain by frustrating the […]
N7bn boost for safer airspace
By Kenneth Ehigiator LAGOS—The Federal Government has injected over N7 billion for the provision of facilities for effective delivery of air navigation services by Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), as part of measures to make the nation’s airspace safer. Among projects already approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) are the Total VHF Radio coverage […]
