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
‘Let the poor breathe’: Reactions as NNPCL increases pump price to N617
Nigerians, on Tuesday morning, woke up to the news of an increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit also called petrol from N500 to N617.
Emefiele: Lawyers initiate contempt case against DSS DG, Bichi
Dissatisfied with the arrest and prolonged detention of the suspended governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, a group of human rights lawyers yesterday initiated contempt action against the Director General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Mr. Yusuf Bichi.
APC crisis: Tinubu shops for Adamu’s successor
FOLLOWING the resignation of Senator Abdullahi Adamu as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, indications, emerged, yesterday, that President Bola Tinubu is “actively shopping” for his replacement.
‘NDDC is cash cow, needs review’ – Wike tells Tinubu
Former governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, has described the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC as a cash cow organisation that needs to be reviewed.
Exclusive: I have no hand in Southeast mayhem — Simon Ekpa
‘The CCTV caught the people that came in (to Ugochinyere Ikenga’s home) and they happened to be the Nigerian security agents. If the CCTV was not there, they would accuse IPOB’
