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The Presidency on Monday summoned the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over the reported protest embarked on by police personnel in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Monday. The policemen were said to have protested over non-payment of their monthly salaries and allowances. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the IGP was seen heading towards the office of the Chief of …

The Carmelite Prisoners Interest Organisation (CAPIO) and the Isaac Blessing Foundation have urged governments at all levels to provide educational facilities for prison inmates in Enugu Prisons. The Executive Directors of CAPIO, Rev. Fr Ambrose Ekereoku and Mrs Blessing Ogbonna of IBF made the appeal in separate interviews with the Newsmen in Enugu on Monday. Ekereoku expressed dismay at the …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told the National Chairman of the dysfunctional All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, to wake up from his pipe dream of thinking that his anti-people party can forcefully take over Taraba and Delta States in 2019. The party said Oshiomhole should concentrate his energies on saving his APC from imminent collapse rather than attempting …

A coalition of ethnic groups in the Middle Belt have vowed to drag the Federal Government to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, The Netherlands, to protest against the recent killings in three council areas in Plateau State by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The organisations included the Plateau Initiative for Development and Advancement of the Native, Middle Belt Youth Assembly …

The new National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, assumed office, last Tuesday, at the party’s secretariat in Abuja, after his predecessor, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, handed over to him. The exercise, which had been scheduled to take place on Monday, was delayed till Tuesday following what Oyegun explained as the need for him to rest after …

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has called for the sack of security chiefs to give way for others who can perform better. Reacting to recent security challenges in the country, while visiting communities affected by rainstorm in Ilorin on Saturday, Mr Saraki cautioned against politicising the situation. Details of his appearance was reported by Channels Television. “This is not something …

Mass protests against Donald Trump and his immigration policies were held across the US on Saturday, in cities from Los Angeles to Boston and in state capitals and smaller towns between. As large parts of the country sweltered beneath a heatwave, marchers braved the blistering sun to express fierce opposition to the president’s policy of separating undocumented immigrant families at …

Edo State Government has not ceded land in any part of the state to anyone, for ranching project, the state Governor, Mr. Godawin Obaseki has said. Governor Godwin Obaseki made the clarification in a statement issued on Friday in Benin City, the state capital. According to Obaseki, “The Edo State Government wishes to clarify that it has not ceded any …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has reassured of his administration’s commitment to provide for emergency needs and relief materials to flood victims in the state, noting that adequate provision has been made to provide succour to ameliorate the effects of natural disasters. Obaseki, who was represented by his Special Adviser on Special Duties, Hon. Yakubu Gowon, in Benin City, …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has commiserated with the Lagos State Government and victims of the fuel tanker fire on Otedola Bridge in Berger area of Lagos State, which claimed at least nine lives and destroyed properties worth millions of naira. In a statement, the governor said the deaths are regrettable and a loss to the country, wishing the …