Nigeria Police acquire new weapons, armoured tanks
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has reiterated its readiness to safeguard internal security before, during and after the 2023 election. The security agency assured that officers and men would protect voters and other civilian nationwide. Inspector General of Police, Usman…
Customs arrests 15 suspected smugglers
No fewer than 15 suspected smugglers have been arrested by the Ogun 1 Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The Controller of the Command, Bamidele Makinde, said the suspects were arrested by officials of the NCS at different…
Banks to work on Saturdays for old notes collection — CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday said banks would be working on Saturdays to receive the old Naira notes from customers. Mr Kama Ukpai, leader of the CBN team to Ebonyi on new Naira notes, disclosed this during…
Godswill Akpabio Wins APC Senatorial Ticket In Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday restored former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Obot Akpabio as the Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC for Akwa Ibom North Senatorial District. Report has it that the Court of Appeal judgment delivered…
Powerful Individuals Responsible For Renewed Killing In Benue – Ortom Alleges
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has linked the deadly attack on Abagena community in Makurdi Local Government Area of the state to “reckless comments of some highly-placed individuals”. It will be recalled that gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen invaded…
Bank ATMs Still Dispensing Old Naira Notes
Despite a directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to banks to load their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) with the redesigned naira notes, financial institutions in many states are still giving their customers the old notes, Daily Trust reports….
Stay Away From Partisan Politics – Abia Govt To Traditional Rulers
The Abia State government has expressed dismay over the brazen impunity exhibited by some traditional rulers who have abandoned their primary responsibilities as custodians of tradition and customs of the people and descended into the arena of partisan politics in…
NDLEA arraigns man over alleged drug trafficking in Lagos
Victor Stephen, 33, is charged with five counts bordering on illegal deal in Cannabis sativa, Methamphetaminenene, Codeine, and Rophynol. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday charged 33-year-old Victor Stephen to a Federal High Court in Lagos over…
FG secretly approves N185 per litre as official pump price
Notwithstanding the raise in fuel pump prices, independent petroleum marketers said supply remains an issue. In the wake of crippling fuel scarcity, the federal government has quietly approved N185 as the new official petrol pump price per litre. The government…
Court vacates forfeiture order on Ekweremadu’s 40 Properties
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday vacated an interim forfeiture of 40 landed properties granted against the former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu Justice Inyang Ekwo vacated the order following a discovery that the forfeiture order was…