By Sumaila Ogbaje The Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), Mr Solomon Arase, has promised to ensure cordiality in the oversight relationship between the commission and the Nigeria Police Force. Arase gave the assurance while addressing newsmen in his assumption of office as the new chairman of the commission onContinue Reading
By Bolanle Lawal The House of Assembly member-elect (APC – Ido-Osi II) in Ekiti, Yomi Ayorinde, has called for support of his constituents to ensure his success as lawmaker in the state. Ayorinde made the call on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), shortly afterContinue Reading
The D-G Energy Commission of Nigeria, Prof. Eli Jidere (2nd L), the Minister of Science Technology and Innovation, Dr Adeleke Mamora (3rd L),UN Environment Programme expert (UNEP), Mr Brian Hojul (4th L) and others at the National Stakeholders’ Consultative Workshop on Energy Efficient and Climate-Friendly Cooling in Nigeria on ThursdayContinue Reading
Leadership of the group in a group photograph cutting birthday cake with the IDPs By Naomi Sharang Asiwaju Project Beyond 2023, one of the foremost support groups that worked for the election of Sen. Bola Tinubu, the President-elect, on Wednesday fed no fewer than 3000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)Continue Reading
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The Office of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) says findings from the ongoing investigation into multiple accounts of ex-agitaors linked to one BVN will determine the fate of protesting beneficiaries. This is contained in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja by Mr Freston Akpor, Media Aide toContinue Reading
By Temitope Ponle Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), said the onus lies on Africans, at home and in the diaspora, to rewrite the narrative for a progressive Africa. Dabiri-Erewa said this at a joint world news conference ahead of the Global African Diaspora Symposium (GADS) onContinue Reading
By Isaac Aregbesola EFCC has arrested 23 internet fraudster suspects in Enugu. Its spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, stated in Abuja on Wednesday that the suspects were arrested around Monark, Emene and Golf Course axis of Enugu, following actionable intelligence. “The suspects are Ugwuanyi Kasiemobi, Emmanuel Agwu, Onyeama Arinze, Hycienth Emmanuel, Chibueze Oluebube, Ogaraku Obinna, Chibueze Onyedikachi, AustusContinue Reading
By Lizzy Okoji The U.S. government has announced an increment for its non-migrant visa application fee effective from March 30. The U.S. Mission in Nigeria, which said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, disclosed that the increases were published in the Federal Register on March 28. According toContinue Reading
By Lizzy Okoji The Federal Government and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Wednesday evacuated 128 more Nigerian migrants living illegally in Libya to Nigeria under its voluntary evacuation exercise. The stranded Nigerians, who were evacuated from the Libyan capital, Tripoli, are expected to arrive the Murtala Mohammed InternationalContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The North-East Rebuild Initiative, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has hailed the ongoing De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme for surrendered and repentant terrorists in the North East. The President of the group, Mr Gambo Katagum, in a statement on Wednesday, attributed the mass surrender of insurgentsContinue Reading
