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The police on Monday said the community policing service would be purely voluntary and the constables to be recruited would not receive any salary. The state commissioners of police, who stated this in separate interviews with The PUNCH on Monday, said police commands had started meeting traditional rulers and community leaders with a view to recruiting constables for the community …

The indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) has on Saturday, commended the leadership of the US Republicans Party in Iowa for extending a VIP invitation to their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to Trump’s campaign rally at Des Moines Iowa. The group said Kanu was a special guest at the rally on Thursday, January 30, 2020. In a statement on Saturday by …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has directed the management of Lagos Bus Services Limited, Lagbus, to deploy a fleet of 65 buses along major routes from Monday, (Today), February 3, 2020. The Managing Director, Lagbus, Mr Idowu Oguntona, disclosed this, at the weekend, following scarcity of buses and transport fare hike by commercial drivers as a result of government …

A fire has engulfed the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office in Orlu, Imo state. Vanguard gathered in Owerri, that the incident which happened on Sunday night, for now, has been linked to indiscriminate bush burning. However, the Public Relations Officer, PRO, INEC, Emmanulla Opara, confirmed this to Vanguard, adding that the source of the inferno has …

Suspected riders of motorcycles and tricycles, on Monday, protested their ban by the Lagos State Government. During the protest in Ijora area of the state on Monday, the riders reportedly clashed with police officers. It was learnt that the clash occurred when the police officers attempted to stop the protest embarked upon by the riders. During the protest, which started …

Following the full enforcement of the ban on motorcycles and tricycles in some Local Governments and routes in Lagos State, the state police command has arrested 40 violators, impounded 188 motorcycles, and 78 tricycles across the State. The Commissioner of Police Hakeem Odumosu on 1st February 2020 deployed Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, State Traffic Officers, Area Traffic Officers, Divisional …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that eating garlic and regularly rinsing nose with saline solution will not guard against coronavirus infection (2019-nCoV). Information obtained from WHO’s website on Monday dispelled various myths and rumours surrounding the 2019-nCoV that could potentially harm the public’s health. WHO refuted some of the myths and rumours, noting that garlic was a healthy food …

Exactly one year after of the incident on Sunday, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has described the helicopter crash-landing he and 11 others survived as a miraculous and divine deliverance, while noting that the incident has strengthened his faith in God. Speaking to the media after a special thanksgiving service at the Aso Villa Chapel earlier today, Prof. Osinbajo stated that …

…But Oshiomhole Media Aide reacts, describes allegations as mischievous    Edo State Government has raised the alarm, citing intelligent reports that the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and members of the Edo Peoples Movement (EPM) want to create tension in the state with the intent of forcing the authorities to declare a State of Emergency. …

United States House of Representatives Speaker, Nancy Pelosi has described as callous, President Trump’s addition of Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Tanzania and Sudan to the travel ban. Nancy, a ‘Democrats’, focused on strengthening America’s middle class and creating jobs; said that the travel ban will threaten the US security, values and rule of law. She assured of establishing ‘NO BAN …