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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun Adegboruwa, has faulted the extension of the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector-General of Police for three months. The PUNCH had reported that the Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammad Dingyadi, on Thursday, said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), extended Adamu’s tenure. He said the extension was necessary to give room for the proper selection of …

A renowned Islamic Scholar Sheikh Dr Ahmed Mahmoud Gummi has said that “what is currently happening in Zamfara is insurgency and not banditry”. Gummi who was briefing Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State at Government House today said the bandits have completely turned into insurgents following the bad treatment from the people of the state. “In most of the bandits …

Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammad Dingyadi, on Thursday, said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), has extended the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector-General of Police for three months. The minister disclosed this in an interview with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the extension was necessary to give room for the proper selection of …

Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions have written their branches to commence strike from tomorrow (Friday). A copy of the notice signed by SSANU National President, Mohammed Ibrahim, and NASU General Secretary, Peters Adeyemi, was obtained by our correspondent on Thursday. The PUNCH reports that the non-teaching staff in the universities had …

The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II has suspended Mr. Harrison Okao as Ohenosa of Holy Arousa Cathedral over alleged unauthorised ministration. A statement by the Secretary, Benin Traditional Council (BTC), Frank Irabor said the suspension is based on recommendation from the Joint Elders Committee of the Cathedral and some senior chiefs of the Benin palace. …

By Okhide Em’ya David It was hell on earth for the family of Kidnap victim, an American-based Nigerian, Prince  Dennis  Eloniyo Abuda, when his decomposing body  was found  in a forest at Benin- Lagos  Express Way on Wednesday. Abuda who hailed from Fugar in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo, Nigeria was kidnapped last Saturday alongside three other  persons …

(CNN) The day has finally come. You’ve received the second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine currently on the Western market — Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech or Oxford-AstraZeneca.Does that mean you’re free to go about life as you did before the pandemic once immunity kicks in? There are still safety precautions you need to follow in order to keep you, your loved ones …

Maxwell Okpara wants the court to compel President Buhari and the Nigeria Police Council to immediately name Mr Adamu’s replacement. A lawyer has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja to stop Mohammed Adamu from continuing to functioning as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) after attaining the maximum 35 years of service on February 1. Maxwell Okpara, in …

*Says National Assembly will find solution to herdsmen crisis Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, has stressed that no ethnic group should dominate other ethnic groups in the bid to resolve the recurring herders/farmers clashes in some parts of the country. Gbajabiamila, who spoke Wednesday with newsmen after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, however, called …

The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, on Wednesday, says the planned industrial action by non-teaching staff in the universities may last up to three months. SSANU National President, Mohammed Ibrahim, stated this while featuring on a PUNCH Online Live Interview. Non-teaching staff in the universities will commence a nationwide strike from February 5, 2021 over the Federal Government’s handling of the …