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The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has stepped into the lingering controversy over the tenure of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, Mr Fagbemi clarified in a statement on Thursday that Mr Egbetokun’s continued stay in office is legal contrary to assertions that he should no longer remain in office having attained the …

The Director of Corps Welfare and Health Services of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Omotade Ayodele has admonished corps members not to rely on white-collar jobs, saying it’s not a means to sustain financial success. Ayodele stated this on Thursday while addressing Corps members during his visit to the NYSC orientation camp at Wannune, Tarka Local Government Area of …

The Federal High Court in Abuja Thursday granted activist Omoyele Sowore bail in the sum of N10 million regarding the cybercrime case filed against him by the police over his unflattering social media remarks about Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun. The police, on Monday, filed the cybercrime case, which attracts a penalty of a N7 million fine, up to three years’ …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has raised alarm over what he describes as a systematic crackdown on opposition figures by the Bola Tinubu-led administration. Atiku’s warning comes in the wake of the arrest and prosecution of opposition voices, including activist Omoyele Sowore and Professor Usman Yusuf, a vocal critic of the government. In a post on X on Thursday, Atiku …

CNN – Less than a day after the deadly collision of American Airlines Flight 5342 and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter killed 67 people over the Potomac River, President Donald Trump said common sense already told him what to blame: diversity programs creating a class of unqualified federal workers. At the same moment Trump was making these outlandish comments from the …

ABUJA—The Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, yesterday, granted bail to detained activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, to the tune of N10 million with one surety in like sum. According to report by Vanguard News, the court, in the ruling that was delivered by Justice Musa Liman, held that the surety must …

Washington CNN — In the first national tragedy of his second term in the White House, President Donald Trump wasted no time Thursday baselessly blaming Democrats and diversity initiatives in the federal government for the midair collision that killed 67 people over the Potomac River. The investigation is in its earliest stages, but Trump’s speculation was not, the CNN reports. …

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River, the Associated Press reports. There were multiple fatalities, according to a person familiar with the matter, but the precise number …

By Idahosa Musa Edo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested fifteen illegal gold mining suspects, following their mining activities in Egbetua Community, Ososo, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area in the state. The suspects were arrested by operatives of Auchi Area Command of the NSCDC, at Ode forest (site of the illegal gold mining) in …

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has said that the Federal Government is ready to welcome deported Nigerians from the United States. The Director of Media and Corporate Affairs of the commission, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, in an interview with Vanguard on Tuesday evening, said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was in charge of such development. FILE: Travellers Balogun further said FG …