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Tinubu Appoints Maj Gen Oluyede As Acting Chief Of Army Staff
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede as the acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS). Major General Oluyede will act in the position pending the return of the indisposed substantive Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja. ABN TV reports that the Nigerian Army had insisted that Lt. General Lagbaja was hale and hearty and only...
Man, 54, Arraigned By Police Over Alleged Encroachment On FG Land
The Anambra State Police Command has charged a 54-year-old man, Mr. Orji Kelechukwu, with the alleged encroachment on a piece of land owned by the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) in Onitsha, Anambra State. Orji is also being prosecuted for allegedly engaging in a manner likely to cause the breach of peace by unlawfully entering into the said NIWA land. In...
Ibadan Explosion: I Commiserated After 24hrs – Atiku Replies Gov. Makinde
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has insisted he commiserated with the people of Oyo State within 24 hours after the explosion that rocked Bodija area of Ibadan. Atiku was responding to Governor Seyi Makinde’s remark that he never reached out to him over the explosion that rocked Ibadan. The explosion of January 16 in Bodija left...
Sir Chikwe Udensi Advocates Global Community Policing Models During Strategic Engagements In Canada, U.S. (Photos)
Interpol systems consultant and internationally renowned security expert, Sir Chikwe Udensi, has advanced global discussions on effective community-based policing following his recent strategic engagements in Canada and the United States. During a stop in Calgary, Alberta, Sir Udensi attended the Rotary Club Annual Convention, where he was warmly received by the Canadian chapter of the Arochukwu community. Describing...
Fresh Crisis Looms Over PDP Ibadan Convention
A fresh crisis is brewing in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as two separate court pronouncements have restrained the party and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from holding or monitoring the planned Ibadan convention. Despite these clear judicial orders, the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the party, Debo Ologunagba, issued a statement on Wednesday, insisting that the convention would...
INEC Opens Portal For Ad-hoc Staff Recruitment Ahead Of Anambra Election
The Independent National Electoral Commission has opened registration for ad-hoc electoral staff to serve at the Anambra State governorship election. Application starts on Monday, September 15, and ends on October 5, 2025. INEC announced this in a notice on its X handle on Monday. “The INECPRES is for registration of eligible ad-hoc staff (Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs)/Presiding Officers (POs), Assistant Presiding Officers...
Bauchi Govt Shuts Down Schools As Diphtheria Kills Five Students
Five students have reportedly died of suspected diphtheria in the Jamaare local government area of Bauchi State. The Executive Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, (BSPHCDA), Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, who disclosed this on Wednesday said the affected schools in the local government area have been closed to avoid more outbreaks. Mohamed said out of the 28 suspected...
Face Insecurity In Our Region, Let Ohanaeze Negotiate For VP Slot, Others, Igbo Youths Tell Politicians
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo youth wing has warned politicians from the area to consider the present security situation in the South East as more paramount than lobbying to be nominated as running mates to presidential can...
Guber Election: We’re Monitoring Events, Says EFCC
Some operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have said they were observing happenings in the ongoing Osun governorship poll. About six operatives of the agency had arrived at Saint Peters Primary School Ward 1, Unit 1, Iragbiji, Os...
Emefiele’s Suspension Bold, Timely — Wike
A former Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike has applauded President Bola Tinubu’s suspension of Godwin Emefiele as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Tinubu suspended Emefiele late Friday and directed him to immediately hand over the bank’s Deputy Governor (Operations Directorate) Folashodun Shonubi. While reacting to the development, Wike who was one of the critics of Emefiele’s...
