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Bye-elections: IGP Orders Movement Restrictions In 26 States (Video)
Ahead of Saturday’s run-off and bye-elections scheduled to take place across 26 states in the country the Inspector General of Police, IGP Dr Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has ordered the restriction of all forms of vehicular movement on roads, waterways, and other forms of transportation from 12 a.m. to 6 p.m. on election day in all states where elections would be...
Police Service Commission Retires Adeleke, 3 Other Senior DIGs
The Police Service Commission (PSC) had announced the compulsory retirement of four Deputy Inspectors General (DIGs) who were senior to the acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun before his elevation by President Bola Tinubu. The affected officers by the compulsory retirement include DIGs Dan-Mallam Mohammed, Moses Ambakina Jitiboh, Hafiz Mohammed Inuwa and Adeleke Adeyinka Bode. A statement issued on Monday,...
Britain Suspends Refugees’ Family Reunion Applications
Britain said yesterday it would suspend applications from registered refugees seeking to bring family members into the country, as it sought to tighten rules for migrants granted asylum and curb arrival. The UK had about 111,984 asylum seekers who claimed asylum as at the end of June 2025 and 224,742 ongoing asylum cases as of June 2024, including appeals. The Home...
Women Critical in Nation Building, Says NIPR President
The President and Chairman Governing Council of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Dr. Ike Neliaku has applauded the numerous contributions of women in national development, saying they represent an important component in nation building. Speaking on Thursday at the 10th anniversary of She Forum Africa, the President, who was represented by Council Member, Mrs. Olubunmi Badejo said women...
2023 Election May Be Threatened If… — Yakubu
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has said that the 2023 general elections were in danger should the incessant attacks on their offices and facilities continue unabated. Acknowledging that the commission can replace some destroyed essentials, the chairman said that there was a limit to which the attacks could stretch them. Yakubu spoke at the...
Senator Jonathan Zwingina Dead
A former Senate Majority Leader, Jonathan Zwingina, has reportedly passed on. Zwingina was also the former Director-General of the MKO Abiola campaign Organisation in the June 12, 1993 presidential election. Although his family has yet to formally confirm his death, Leadership Newspaper reports that the Adamawa State-born politician died on Wednesday, October 2, at the age of 70 in the nation’s...
Relief For Nkporo, Ihechiowa Communities As Chief Okeke Sponsors Road Rehabilitation Projects
Relief has come the way of the people of Nkporo community in Ohafia LGA and Ihechiowa Community in Arochukwu LGA both in Abia state as the APC House of Representatives candidate for Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, High Chief Daniel Chimezie Okeke sponsors rehabilitation of roads leading to both communities. This intervention follows the outcry of both communities over the deteriorating state...
EEDC Fault Gas Shortages For South-East Poor Power Supply
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc has explained the recent decline in electricity supply across the South-East region to gas supply constraints affecting power generation nationwide. In a statement released on Tuesday, signed by Group Head of Corporate Communications, Emeka Ezeh, EEDC said low system frequency, caused by inadequate gas supply to Generation Companies, forced the Transmission Company of Nigeria...
Ohanaeze Urges Southeast Govs To Act On Insecurity, Threatens State Of Emergency
South-East governors' silence in the face of ongoing killings in the region has been denounced by Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural body, which warns that the carnage portends a catastrophic breakdown of governance. The group decried the brutal killings of over 300 Igbos in just the first quarter of 2025, allegedly perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen, and described the absence...
Buhari Says His Achievements Must Be Preserved As He Inaugurates Transition Committee
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Presidential Transition Council to facilitate and manage the 2023 transition programme to the next administration. The president, represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, said records of his achievements must be preserved. He had last Thursday approved the establishment of the council, and signed Executive Order 14, 2023 to...
