More details have emerged on how suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari earned the undying loyalty of operatives of the elite police group, the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), a relationship he was said to have built way back. It has been revealed that despite his suspension, Kyari still had his hold on the…
Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Wednesday that it has no reason to shield anyone who may be indicted in the course of the ongoing investigation of a 25kg cocaine deal involving a gang headed by suspended “supercop” DCP Abba Kyari. The Agency in a statement by it’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi said…
The European Union (EU) on Monday announced funding of €44 million (N21billion) for the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme (NJFP) aimed at employing graduates who recently concluded the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Executive Vice-President of the EU, Margrethe Vestager, who is currently on a working visit to Nigeria, made the announcement during an…
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday criticised the National Assembly for removing crucial projects from the 2022 budget estimates sent to it by the executive and inserting the lawmakers’ projects to the tune of N887 billion in the fiscal document before it was signed into law. He also accused the federal lawmakers of making unnecessary incursion into…
Leading innovative and building solutions company, Lafarge Africa Plc., has been honoured with the “Recycling Institution of the Year Award” by Africa Clean-Up Initiative (ACI). The award was presented to the building solutions giant during the 2021 Africa Clean Up Conference and Award which was held in Lagos recently. The event had civic leaders, nation builders, environmentalists,…
Gwandara Development Educational and Cultural Association (GWADECA ) Kaduna State Chairman has inaugurated new state executive members, elected Suleiman Haruna as Chairman The inauguration ceremonies were held on Saturday, February 12, 2022 at Nisama Community in Jema,a local government area of Kaduna State The association also unveiled programmes for social, cultural and educational development of…
Sudan’s military leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has made comments in which he dismissed Western threats of sanctions tied to protests in the country and discussed meetings between Sudanese and Israeli officials he said were for security cooperation, not politics. In his first interview on state television since the coup, Burhan said on Saturday that…
Protesters opposed to COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other restrictions withdrew their vehicles from a key U.S.-Canadian border bridge Saturday though access remained blocked while other demonstrations ramped up in cities across Canada, including the capital, where police said they were awaiting more officers before ending what they described as an illegal occupation.The tense standoff at…
Former Nigeria Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Saturday came under fire for faulting the call on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone its presidential ticket to a particular region of the country, and insisting that the Nigerian constitution does not recognise zoning.The 17 southern governors; the Southern and Middle-Belt Forum, comprising the Yoruba socio-political…
