By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City – Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris has warned against corruption as 283 constables passed out from police training school, Ogida in Benin City last weekend. IGP Idris said any Officer found engaging or to have engaged in acts capable of tarnishing the image of the Nigeria Police Force would receive commensurate punishments. He …
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The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, on Saturday called on the media to support the military to defeat Boko Haram. Mr Buratai made the call during a dinner and interactive session organised for editors and defence correspondents in Maiduguri. He said the call was imperative to check the spate of terrorists’ propaganda inimical to the successful implementation of the …
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has warned that Nigerians should not use mobile telephones in any form while behind the wheel, including whether or not their devices carry hands-free kits. “It is an offence to use mobile telephones in any form” while driving, Bisi Kazeem, a spokesperson for the FRSC, told PREMIUM TIMES this week. The warning came after …
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Former minister of defence, General T.Y Danjuma (Rtd), has decried the deplorable security situation in the country, saying there’s too much killings in Nigeria. Danjuma, who stated this at the 11th Festival of Praise with the theme “Sing out! Our God reigns” which held in Abuja yesterday, cited the latest Amnesty International Report on the security situation in the North …
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The Nigerian Government confirmed last night that it had begun processing legal papers to expedite the extradition of former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to face trial in Nigeria over alleged money laundering and illicit oil deals. Although the government has not given any specific amount of money reportedly diverted by the former minister, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, …
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Barely 24 hours after the Nigerian Army announced the commencement of its recruitment, Nigerians have expressed unwillingness to join the army. “I was interested before, but now I have changed my mind, I will never take my self to some seniors to use me as their source of income,” a Facebook user, Abubakar Sulaiman said. Another Facebook user, Joseph Saint, said: …
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Labour on Thursday said the federal government has before or on December 31 to send the tripartite committee report on N30,000 minimum wage to the National Assembly. The three labour centres, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the United Labour Congress (ULC) took the decision after a joint meeting in Lagos. They gave the ultimatum following …
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The actions of Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has culminated in a Katsina State High Court terminating the corruption trial of three former officials of the Katsina State government. The three former officials — Nasiru Ingawa (former special adviser on Sure-P to former Governor Ibrahim Shema), Abdulazeez Shinkafi (former director of finance and account at the Katsina …
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Justice Sanusi Kado of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria has retrained the leadership and members of the Parliamentary Staff Association from embarking on a strike or engage in acts that could lead to the closure of the National Assembly. The Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, dragged the PASAN members to …
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A Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, yesterday, recognised the executive committee of the Ishola Balogun-Fulani faction of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state. National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, had dissolved the executive, following the defection of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, from the party to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and installed another state executive …
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