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Lagos — Three persons were, yesterday, feared dead and scores injured including journalists, as hoodlums suspected to be members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) invaded the campaign flag-off of the All Progressives Congress (APC), held at Skypower Ground, Ikeja in Lagos State of Nigeria. According to Vanguard report, the hoodlums invaded the venue with guns, daggers  …

Babayo Gamawa, the former deputy national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, who defected to the All Progressives Congress Tuesday after he was suspended by the PDP, is accused by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of a N500 million fraud. Mr Gamawa is standing trial alongside five chieftains of the PDP in Bauchi State for alleged receipt of …

By Premium Times President Muhamadu Buhari has assured that he will act on the lingering controversy surrounding the retirement of Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. Speaking exclusively to ThisDay/ Arise TV, Mr Buhari took responsibility for not changing his military and security chiefs since 2015. The president has come under criticisms in recent days over his inaction on the …

Stooges of former Libya leader, Muamar Gaddafi, constitute the terrorists perpetrating evil acts in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The bandits, who escaped from Libya after the death of their leader in 2011 took to terrorism, the brunt of which Nigeria and some other African countries are currently bearing, Mr Buhari added. Mr Gaddafi, who led Libya for decades, …

The  Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Khadija Ibrahim, has turned in her resignation. She is wife to a Senator and former Governor of Yobe State, Bukar Abba-Ibrahim. She resigned to contest the February 16 House of Representatives election in her home-state of Yobe. She is contesting the Damaturu/Tarmuwa/Gujba/Gulani Federal Constituency seat. Recall that she had last year contested …

The Nigerian government has finally set a date for the transmission of a bill for a new national minimum wage, a move aimed to stop the organised labour from starting a strike about a month before presidential election. The federal government has repeatedly dithered on the labour’s demand for a new wage figure, refusing to commit to N30,000 recommended by …

…optimistic ASUU will call off strike with approved new package The Federal Government on Tuesday chided those opposed to the planned nationwide security operation by the military ahead of next month’s presidential election, describing the antagonists as enemies of Nigeria. The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who made the declaration at a media briefing in Abuja, said only criminals …

President Muhammadu Buhari has given reasons why he has not changed the service chiefs. Buhari in an interview on Arise TV Monday night said that “the head [him] has to be very careful on removal of the service chiefs because you don’t know [the] ambition of the ones coming up.” My understanding of security is that, when you have a …

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, has appointed Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Frederick Taiwo Lakanu, as the new Force Secretary. By this appointment,Taiwo has also become a member of the Nigeria Police Force Management Team. A statement to this effect, Tuesday,by the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood,said the “appointment takes immediate effect.” The new Force …

By NAN A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday fixed February 11 and February 12 for the trial of a former Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Tuoyo Omatsuli, and others, charged with alleged N3.6 billion fraud. Other co-defendants in the case are Don Parker Properties Ltd, Francis Momoh and Building Associates Ltd, as second, third and …