Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has charged men and officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), to show more commitment to the internal security of the nation by living up to expectation. The Minister gave the charge in Abuja on Thursday, 8 September, 2022, at the commissioning of 96 newly acquired operational and logistics vehicles by ... Read More »
The Department of State Services (DSS) confirmed on Thursday night that operatives had carried out search on Tukur Mamu’s home and offices in Kaduna with many discoveries. The DSS in a statement by its Spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya, said that among the materials found during the search by ‘appropriate security agencies’ were incriminating materials including Military accoutrements. The security agency ... Read More »
K Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognisable to billions of people around the world, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday. Her eldest son, Charles, 73, succeeds as king immediately, according to centuries of protocol, beginning a new, less certain chapter for the royal family after the queen’s record-breaking 70-year ... Read More »
Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced its audited financial results for the half year ended June 30, 2022, recording double-digit growth across key income lines as well as significant progress in the contribution from its subsidiaries. At the end of the first two quarters of the year, the Bank was able to deliver a 12.6 ... Read More »
The attention of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has been drawn to a letter purportedly written to our Chairman/CEO, Hon. (Dr) Abike Dabiri-Erewa by His Excellency, Hidayet BAYRAKTAR, Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye, on the welfare of Nigerians living in Northern Cyprus. 2. Firstly, no official letter was received till date in our office except the unsigned one ... Read More »
KEYNOTE SPEECH DELIVERED BY H.E BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA, SAN AS GUEST SPEAKER AT THE NICHE 2022 ANNUAL LECTURE ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 AT THE MUSON CENTRE, LAGOS The theme chosen by Acclaim Communications Ltd, for this year’s annual lecture, which is “2023 AND THE FUTURE OF NIGERIA’S DEMOCRACY” was perhaps too tempting for me to resist, and the invitation, ... Read More »
Senator Walid Jibrin on Thursday resigned as chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees ( BoT). Jibrin announced his resignation at a meeting of the PDP BoT, at the opposition party’s national secretariat in Abuja. The resignation comes amid agitation for more southern leaders to be reflected in the party’s hierarchy ahead of thr 2023 general elections ... Read More »
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) invaded the Kaduna residence of arrested terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, in the early hours of Thursday. The operatives came in about 20 vehicles in what a witness described as a commando-styled operation. Kaduna-Abuja train attack: Bandits’ negotiator, Mamu, nabbed over N2bn ransom racketeeringings to know about arrested terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu “They ... Read More »
Tukur Mamu, a Nigerian publisher who became popular over his involvement of negotiation that led to the release of some of the hostages abducted by terrorists in the March 2022 attack on Abuja to Kaduna train was on Wednesday arrested by operatives of Department of State Services, DSS, at Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano. He was arrested on arrival from ... Read More »
Facts have emerged on why the 17 governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party visited the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in Port Harcourt on Tuesday night. They claimed that they had visited the governor as part of their contribution to the reconciliatory moves initiated by the party’s leadership to end the internal crisis in the main opposition PDP. Aside ... Read More »
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