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Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos, Fredrick Nwajagu, has been arrested by the Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) over an alleged threat to invite members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to Lagos to secure properties of Igbo people in the state. Vanguard gathered that the Igbo leader was picked in the early hours of Saturday …

Nigeria Correctional Service Superintendent in Lafia, Nasarawa State, Mr. Eyimoga Moses, was at the weekend arraigned in court before Hon. Justice Abdul Dogo of the Federal High Court, Makurdi for the fraudulent act of job racketeering. His arraignment was effected by Nigeria’s ant-corruption Agency, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). According to ICPC counsel Barr. Bako …

Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has arraigned a lecturer of the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) for demanding sexual and monetary gratification from a female student of the institution. The defendant, Dr. Balogun Olaniran was brought before Hon. Justice Osinuga of the Ijebu-Ode High Court, sitting in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State by ICPC on a …

By Eben Enasco Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has presented Certificates of Return to the Edo State House of Assembly members-elect, following their victory at the March 18 Assembly poll across the country. Twenty-one Members received their certificates out of the Twenty four who Contested from their various Constituencies to replace the outgoing 7th House of Assembly members whose tenures …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has directed all government agencies involved in the implementation of the work of the Presidential Committee on the Repatriation, Returns and Resettlement of Displaced Persons in the North-East to harmonise items needed. They are also to give their prices in all procurements to be undertaken on behalf of the Committee, according to a statement released …

Nigeria Police Service Commission’s Chairman, Dr. Solomon Arase, has promised to ensure cordiality in the oversight relationship between the commission and the Nigeria Police Force. Arase gave the assurance while addressing newsmen in his assumption of office as the new chairman of the commission on Thursday in Abuja, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. While pledging to address the …

Members of the Benin Indigenous People’s Assembly (BIPA), a Pan-Benin Socio-Cultural-Political group have described one of their Patrons, and newly sworn-in Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Dr. Solomon Ehigiator Arase, CFR, as an exceptional Leader and Super Cop. BIPA also praised President Muhammadu Buhari, for finding Arase, a former Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, worthy to earn the …

The Development followed an alleged structural defect of the double decker hall which caused a big bang during the issuance of the certificates of return to the election winners on Thursday and which caused pandemonium and made the recipients, the commissioner of police, the INEC staff and numerous others to scamper for safety. Though the process of the issuance was …

The controversy surrounding the rumoured resignation of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, was brought to an end on Friday after the Presidency confirmed Sylva’s resignation. Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad, disclosed this via his verified Twitter handle, adding that Sylva resigned to pursue his governorship ambition. “Minister of State for …

The Chairman of the Lagos State Parks and Garages Association, Musiliu Akinsaya, popularly known as Mc Oluomo, has intervened in the conflict involving commercial drivers and highway tax collectors who target commercial drivers, popularly known as agberos in the state. He has also banned collections of illegal taxes levied by agberos in some part of the state, FIJ reports. Recall …