Delta poly students protest driving ban on campus
Students of the Izoro Polytechnic in the Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State have protested the management’s ban on driving on the campus. The students blocked the main entrance gate to the institution and the busy Ughelli/Asaba Expressway over the introduction of some new policies. The commuters plying the route were stranded for over four hours as the protest...
Plateau govt to immortalise UNIMAID student brutally murdered by Boko Haram
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has promised to immortalise the Plateau student, Mr Ropvil Dalyep, who was recently killed by Boko Haram terrorists while on his how way to resume school in Maiduguri. Lalong made the promise on Thursday during his condolence visit to the family of the deceased in Jing community in Lankan District of Pankshin Local Government...
JUST IN: Senate confirms Kingsley Obiora as CBN deputy gov
The Senate on Thursday, January 30, 2020, confirmed the appointment of Dr Kingsley Obiora as a Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) had asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of Dr Obiora as the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The request was contained in a letter addressed to...
Police nab dismissed cop, six others for extorting motorists
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a dismissed spy policeman, Taiwo Falodun, and six others for allegedly extorting motorists on the LASU-Igando Expressway. It was gathered that Falodun and the other suspects, Mukaila Atanda, Adedire Olaniyi, Chibuzor Eze, Akinseye Alex, Rasak Eko and Aro Dotun, acted as local government traffic officers to extort motorists, who had to part with...
Ikpeazu blames businessmen for poor state of Eziukwu-Cemetery Road, vows to take drastic action
The Abia State governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has attributed the slow pace of Eziukwu - Cemetery Road construction Project to the activities of traders who deal on sand and gravel, including block moulders along Eziukwu Road, Aba. Describing it as act of sabotage, the governor accused the businessmen of deliberately blocking the new drainage lines with heaps of sand and...
Insecurity: Senators Ask Buhari To Fire Service Chiefs, Demand IGP’s Resignation
Some senators have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the nation’s Service Chiefs. They also called for the resignation of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu. The lawmakers made the demands in their respective contributions to the discussion on the security situation in the country during plenary on Wednesday. They are Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, as well as...
Insecurity: Senators Ask Buhari To Fire Service Chiefs, Demand IGP’s Resignation
Some senators have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the nation’s Service Chiefs. They also called for the resignation of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu. The lawmakers made the demands in their respective contributions to the discussion on the security situation in the country during plenary on Wednesday. They are Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, as well as...
Hate Speech Bill: “Nigeria needed the bill to help nip potential crises” – Senator Abdullahi Sabi
The sponsor of the controversial Hate Speech Bill, Senator Abdullahi Sabi, has said the proposed legislation is alive and will continue its journey at the National Assembly. However, Sabi, who is the Deputy Senate Majority Whip, clarified on Tuesday that the death penalty provision in the bill would be removed. He said he would propose an amendment to the bill since...
Former DSS DG Heads FG’s Security Institute Board
The Federal Government on Tuesday inaugurated the eight-man board of the National Institute for Security with a former Director General of the Department of State Services, Afakriya Gadzama, as the chairman. Other members of the board are Sanusi Galadima, Mrs Amina Shamaki, Mrs Folasade Adekayaoja, S. Aimeyeofori, Maj Gen B.M. Shafa, A.S Adeleke and Nuhu Umar. While inaugurating the board in...
Osinbajo, Sanwo-Olu, others commend Airtel Touching Lives initiative
The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim, have lauded Airtel Nigeria for its exceptional CSR efforts at the telco’s Season 5 premiere of its flagship CSR initiative, Airtel Touching Lives. The grand ceremony, which held in Lagos at Eko Hotel Convention...
