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The detained former National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Sambo Dasuki, may get a reprieve after nearly two years in detention under the Acting Director of the Department of State Security, Matthew Seyifa. Seyifa, who addressed the media in his office in Abuja today, disclosed that the agency would review all arrests and detentions after he had obtained proper …

…Report submitted to Acting President, Yemi Osibanjo by IGP The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has released a report from findings on the disgraceful event that occurred at the National Assembly facilities on Tuesday the 7th of August where operatives of the Department of State Services barricaded the entrance of the complex, barring lawmakers from entering. In what has …

The National Pension Commission has suspended the payment of 20 per cent lump sum to retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme and directed all Pension Fund Administrators to revert to the old template of 25 per cent. The acting Director-General, PenCom, Mrs Aisha Dahir-Umar, stated this in Lagos on Thursday at an insurance conference. The PenCom DG, who was represented …

Ten months after resisting arrest, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday arrested a former Director-General of the Department of State Services, Mr Ita Ekpenyong, who led the agency from 2010 to 2015. Operatives of the DSS had on November 21, 2017 prevented men of the EFCC from arresting Ekpenyong and a former boss of the National Intelligence Agency, …

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department will establish a sixth branch of the armed forces, the U.S. Department of the Space Force, by 2020, Vice President Mike Pence announced on Thursday. In a speech at the Pentagon, the vice president also announced plans to establish a new combatant command — U.S. Space Command — as well as a Space Operations Force …

The acting Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Matthew Seiyefa, says the service is reviewing all cases of alleged unlawful detentions and human rights abuses by the service. The acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, appointed Mr Seiyefa after sacking the former Director-General, Lawal Daura, for unauthorised deployment of operatives of the service to lay siege to the National Assembly complex. …

No fewer than 10 persons have been reportedly killed by suspected armed robbers in Igarra, in the Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Johnson Kokumo, confirmed the incident to our correspondent. Although details of the incident were still sketchy as of the time of filing the report, it was gathered that the attack occurred …

The Edo Development and Property Agency (EDPA) has opened a new car park in its premises to the public, in a renewed effort to decongest portions of Sokponba Road and Murtala Mohammed Way, by 3rd Junction in Benin City, the state capital. The car park, which can take up to 60 cars, is an effort by the agency to repurpose …

ABUJA– Strong indications have emerged today that the National Assembly will reconvene next week to consider and pass the proposed budget for the 2019 elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The National Assembly will call off the break to consider the letter of President Muhammadu Buhari on the proposed sum of N164 billion to be provided for through …

The Benue State government has described as political witch-hunt the freezing of the accounts of the state by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mike Gusa, said this when he was contacted on the telephone to confirmed the freezing of the state accounts but said the state government had gone to challenge the …