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The former Commander, Police Intelligence Response Team, IRT, DCP Abba Kyari, was grilled for four hours by the probe panel set up by the Inspector General of Police over his relationship with confessed fraudster, Ramon Abass aka Hushpuppi. The interrogation by the Special Investigation Panel, SIP, headed by Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge Force Criminal Investigations Department, DIG Joseph …

There was wild jubilation 57 years ago when Nigeria took part in the 1964 Olympic Games held in Tokyo, Japan. Nojeem Maiyegun won Nigeria’s only medal, a bronze in the boxing event, to mark the country’s emergence into the medals table for the very first time in its Olympic history. Another African country, Kenya, was on par with Nigeria in the 35th …

The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Benin branch, has ordered a boycott of High Court 6, Benin, over alleged harassment and intimidation of its members by the presiding judge. The order was contained in a statement signed by the association’s chairman and secretary, Pius Oiwoh and Andrew Lawani respectively, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in …

The National President, National Association of Resident Doctors, Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige The Progressives Governors Forum has waded into the ongoing dispute between the Federal Government and striking resident doctors. The PGF is a forum of governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. Members of the forum took …

Lionel Messi has joined Paris Saint-Germain after his emotional departure from Barcelona. The French club confirmed this in a video on their Twitter handle on Tuesday. Before joining PSG, Messi represented Barcelona for the entirety of his 17-year professional career. Messi had conceded at a tearful farewell news conference in Barcelona on Sunday that joining PSG was only a “possibility”. …

The West Africa Examination Council has announced August 16, 2021, for the commencement of the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. The Head of the Nigeria office, Mr. Patrick Areghan, made the announcement in Lagos on Tuesday. “In accordance with the Final International Timetable, the WASCCE 2021 will take place throughout the sub-region from Monday, 16h August to Friday, …

• Gunmen kill four, set buses ablaze to ensure compliance• Anambra police command attacked amid security reinforcement• Protest was 100% successful, says IPOB spokesman• HURIWA faults Southeast governors’ silence The sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to protest the detention of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu by the Federal Government, yesterday recorded total compliance. IPOB had …

Clerk of the National Assembly, Ojo Amos Olatunde, has said it is unfair for Nigerians to describe the National Assembly as a rubber-stamp to the executive. Speaking on Tuesday at the Model Legislative Assembly (MLA) programme organised by the Policy and Legal Advocacy Center (PLAC), Olatunde explained that Nigeria has continued to experience democratic renewal due to the progress made …

All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors have counselled striking members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to decentralise their line of negotiations by engaging defaulting State governments to resolve the ongoing nationwide faceoff. The Governors under the auspices of Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) at its meeting in Abuja on Sunday noted that most of the grievances of the Resident …

From next year, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) would require candidates to submit their National Identification Numbers (NIN) to register for the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted by the regional examining body. The Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, who said during a briefing on Tuesday at WAEC Headquarters in Yaba, Lagos that the decision was in line …