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Storms Police HQ, National Assembly Accuses embattled CP of ‘lethargic, nonchalant’ approach to work Abuja, Nigeria – Concerned Citizens of Edo State, Stormed the Police Headquarters, National Assembly in Abuja on Monday, demanding the Presidency, Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris and lawmakers prevail on Edo State Police Commissioner, Mr. Haliru Gwandu to immediately comply with his redeployment by the …

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State declared saturday in Kaduna, the state capital, that the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the North-west state had resolved to support President Muhammadu Buhari ‘s re-election in 2019. El-rufai made the declaration during a town hall meeting organised by the government to get the people’s inputs for the 2018 budget. However, …

The Federal Government has described as false the news that the outbreak of Monkey Pox in some parts of the country resulted from its free medical care in the affected areas. In a statement yesterday, Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed described the news as fake and sinister. He urged Nigerians to disregard the report. ”The Federal Government …

Inspector General (IG) Ibrahim Idris has protested alleged illegal closure of the Police Division at the National Assembly. Idris, in a letter dated September 19, 2017, said the sealing and closure of the police division was effected on September 12, 2017. The police boss, in the letter, entitled: “Re: Sealing and closure of Nigeria Police National Assembly Division”, said the …

The push to get former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC) and return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to enhance the opposition party’s bid to return to power in 2019 may have gained traction with a recent discrete meeting between him and former President Goodluck Jonathan. The meeting said to have been held at …

About 4,000 members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri Southwest Local Government of Delta State, at the weekend, defected to All Progressives Congress (APC). Gbaramatu Kingdom is a PDP stronghold. An APC chieftain and indigene of the kingdom, Chief Michael Johnny, who is deputy chair of the Mainstream Delta APC (MDA), a pressure group in the …

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, has proposed a seven-point agenda, which he said, would revive the country’s troubled economy and drastically reduce her dependence on petrodollars. Tinubu explained that the development of a national infrastructure plan; the return of commodity exchange boards and the promotion of government-backed housing programmes were important measures that could …

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) is collaborating with the Japanese Government to build transmission facilities in the country, The Nation has learnt. The Japanese Government is specifically targeting Lagos for such investment. TCN’s Acting Managing Director/Chief Executive, Usman Gur Mohammed, told The Nation in Lagos that the firm wants to double the transmission capacity and would be doing that …

Sen. Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and an early supporter of Donald Trump’s candidacy, said Sunday that the White House had devolved into “an adult day care center” and warned that President Trump’s behavior is setting the nation “on the path to World War III.” Corker’s comments, first made via Twitter and later in an …

Benin City, Nigeria – As part of its observance of the spiritual injunction to be thy brother’s keeper, the Simply Worship Int’l Ministry, on Sunday feted the needy, indigent and less privileged at its Benin City headquarters. The event which was the fifth in the series, senior pastor of the Simply Worship Int’l Ministry, Rev Victor Atenaga, said is called …