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The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, said yesterday he will promote creativity within the nation’s Armed Forces. He also said the Armed Forces will make Nigerians the focus of activities to truly put them at the centre of its actions towards promoting and safeguarding a secure environment for all. The CDS equally said his leadership concept would be …

•Aggrieved NWC members welcome Adamu’s removal, NEC meeting postponed indefinitely •Kyari, Funtua take temporary charge, new leaders to emerge at emergency convention The sudden resignation of the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore, was spurred by the manner they handled the contentious audit report of the party’s account, The …

Omisore flees secretariat, denied entry into NWC meeting, staff jubilate over development NWC member confirms Adamu’s resignation Erstwhile National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, has started evacuating his personal belongings from his office at the party’s national secretariat, in confirmation of his resignation. There was mild drama at the party’s secretariat around 12 pm when the …

The House of Representatives has commenced the screening of the Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Christopher Musa, and Chief of Army Staff, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja. The screening of the service chief is been conducted by an Ad-hoc Committee of the House led by Babajimi Benson, with the majority and minority caucuses leadership as members. The Chief of Naval, …

Nigeria’s headline inflation rate accelerated for the sixth consecutive time to 22.79 per cent in June 2023, according to data by the National Bureau of Statistics released Monday. The inflation rate in Africa’s biggest economy rose to a new 17-year high of 22.79 per cent in June 2023 from 22.41 per cent in the previous month. The NBS report read, …

The resignation of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and the National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore was on Monday confirmed by the National Working Committee. Their resignation was announced on Monday during the NWC meeting chaired by Senator Abubakar Kyari. Kyari also revealed that he has taken over as Acting Chairman while Deputy National Secretary, …

The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olukayode Egbetokun, in June, said personnel of the Police Mobile Force (PMF) would be withdrawn from VIPs escort and guard duties. The Nigerian Government has withdrawn the Mobile Police Force personnel attached to Daura Buhari, brother of former President Muhammadu Buhari, former First Lady, Aisha Buhari’s brother and former Secretary to the Government of …

A group of lawyers was at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday to initiate contempt proceedings against the Department of State Services (DSS) and its Director General (DG), Yusuf Bichi for allegedly flouting a number of court orders for the release of detained former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. They lawyers are contending that by the …

Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Sunday, said military offensives alone could not sustainably resolve the security crisis in the North-West. Rather, he said it would take a mix of kinetic and non-kinetic strategies to restore calm in the troubled region. “Unless we want to engage in an endless war of attrition, there cannot be a military solution to the crisis …

*Says petitions fail to prove allegations of non-compliance *Claims actual vote scored is 8,800,369,  President Bola Tinubu has warned that nullifying the February 25 election that produced him as president, on account of the fact that he did not score 25% of the lawful votes cast during the election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) could “lead to absurdity, chaos, …