Public Officers Found Leaking Unauthorised Official Documents Will Be Sacked – FG
The Federal Government of Nigeria, FG has described as ’embarrassing to government’ the leaking of official state documents by public officers, threatening to dismiss anyone found culpable of the misconduct. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, (HOS) Dr Folasade Yemi–Esan, gave the warning in a circular dated May 22nd, but made public Monday by the Director of...
Amendment To LG Bill Not Aimed At Dethroning Sultan, Says Sokoto Assembly
The Sokoto State House of Assembly has clarified that the amendment of “A Bill for a law to consolidate the Local Government law 2008” is to enhance traditional institutions’ standards. Alhaji Sa’idu Ibrahim (APC- Sabon Birni South), Chairman, House Committee on Local Government and Community Development, said the amendment focused at the district level, and not to dethrone the Sultan. He...
Youth Group Backs Redeployment Of AIG Okon To Zone 9 Police Hq Umuahia As IPOB Kicks
The umbrella body of all the youth organizations in the South East geopolitical zone under the auspices Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has applauded the redeployment of the immediate past Commissioner of Police in Abia state, now AIG Ene Okon to Zone 9 Police headquarters in Umuahia. This is even as the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB...
Kidnappers Storm Abuja Estate, Abduct Couple, Other
Barely eight months after kidnappers invaded Grow Homes Estate, along Kuchibiyi in the Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and abducted no fewer than nine residents, they returned on Thursday night and captured three persons. The victims – a couple and a man, were kidnapped from two separate apartments in the estate. When our reporter visited the area on...
Atiku To Prosecute Presidential Election Petition With 180 Witnesses
A total of 180 witnesses have been lined up to testify in the petition filed by former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar against the outcome of the presidential election that was held on February 25, 2023. While Atiku has lined up 100 witnesses to prove his case, the Independent National Electoral Commission...
Ohanaeze Rejects Request To Takeover Eastern Security Outfit, Ebubeagu
Apex-Igbo organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has rejected calls to take over the management of Eastern security outfit, Ebubeagu. The group in a statement sent to ABN TV on Thursday, signed by its secretary-general, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, turned down requests from private citizens to take over the management of the outfit stating that it was not ‘constitutionally empowered’ to do so. “Ohanaeze...
US Removes Nigeria From Religious Freedom Violators’ List
The United States on Wednesday excluded Nigeria from its list of religious violators. In a statement by the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, the US blacklisted Russia, China, and eight other countries. The communique listed the nations as “Countries of Particular Concern for having engaged in or tolerated ‘systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom.” Blinken’s statement which was titled,...
Akwa Ibom Rep, Nse Ekpenyong Is Dead
Member representing Oron Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State in the House of Representatives, Nse Ekpenyong is dead. A former colleague of his who spoke to Vanguard in confidence on Monday said the late parliamentarian died on Sunday in Uyo, capi...
Abubakar Malami Speaks On Rumoured Hospitalization
Minister of justice and attorney-general of the federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami has stated that he has not been hospitalized in recent days. There were unconfirmed reports on Wednesday that he had been hospitalized. Umar Gwandu, the AGF’s spokesp...
Kogi Govt Promises Justice For Photojournalist
The Kogi State Government has stated that it is resolute in its quest for justice for the slain photojournalist, Mr Ayo Aiyepeku. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the Kogi Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, in Lokoja. Fanwo said the state Governor, Ahmed Ododo, has directed security agencies to conduct a thorough investigation to unravel...
