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As the Nigerian Peace Corps battles the Nigeria Police to vacate its national secretariat, the legality of the organisation might have run into trouble as the President has not assented to its establishment bill, which was transmitted to him last year. We learnt from competent sources that President Muhammadu Buhari, apparently bowing to security advice, has not appended his signature …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday dispatched the Minister of Defence, Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali (retd.), to Zamfara State for an on-the-spot assessment of the situation in Birane village, Zurmi Local Government Area of the state, where some innocent persons were killed on Thursday. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in a statement …

Following the forced resignation of Jacob Zuma as the President of South Africa, owing to corruption allegations, the Imo State government says the statue it erected in honour of the embattled ex-President will not be pulled down. Okorocha had in October hosted Zuma in Owerri, where his statue was unveiled; a chieftaincy title was conferred on him and a major …

Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State has accused security agencies in the country of failing to prevent killings in his state despite alerting them about an impending attack 24 hours before the recent invasion of communities in Zurmi Local Government Area of the state, which resulted in the death of 39 persons. Speaking on Friday evening when he led five …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board is currently investigating fresh cases of fraud totalling N83m uncovered in its state offices in Kano, Edo, Kogi, Gombe and Plateau, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. Our correspondent gathered on Friday that while the board was investigating N31m misappropriated revenue in Edo and N20m in Kano, it was quizzing officials in Plateau and Gombe over …

By Alltimepost.com Benin Monarch, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II has said if corruption is not tackled and the economy improved, it would be difficult to fight human trafficking. Oba Ewuare II therefore, called on the state and federal governments of Nigeria to fight corruption, provide job, improve the economy and make life meaningful for the people in order …

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, blamed government’s inability to deliver on its promises on socio-political inequality, weak justice system, absence of rule of law and lack of state capacity to maintain law and order. He also expressed frustrations at the inability of anti-graft agencies to secure convictions for the many suspects brought before the courts for corruption due …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON BENIN CITY – Barely a week after a policeman reportedly killed a taxi driver in Benin city, a trigger-happy Nigerian soldier has allegedly shot and killed a vigilante and freed some herdsmen arrested for alleged armed robbery in Obadolovbiyeyi village in Ikpoba-Okha local government area of Edo State. Sources hinted that a local vigilante group had yesterday …

Cyril Ramaphosa was confirmed Thursday as South Africa’s new President hours after scandal-plagued leader Jacob Zuma resigned. Ramaphosa, 65, the leader of the ruling African National Congress party since December, was the only candidate nominated during a session of the South African Parliament. Some lawmakers in the National Assembly in Cape Town greeted the announcement on Ramaphosa, though members of …

President Jacob Zuma has resigned as head of state. We look back at his time in the party and as president of the country. Zuma, who was president of the African National Congress from December 2007 to December 2017, joined the party at a tender age of 16 in 1959. He became a member of the armed wing of the …