•Police operatives on duty As talks for the creation of state police gain momentum to curtail the menacing trend of kidnapping, banditry, terrorism and sundry security challenges ubiquitous in the country, social commentator Joe Abah says there should be checks and balancing to prevent the abuse of state police by some governors whom he descri...
•Mariya Mahmoud and the looted warehouse The Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Mariya Mahmoud has described the looting of a warehouse in the area as a “criminal act”. Some suspected hoodlums had on Sunday looted the warehouse in the Gwagwa-Tasha of the FCT, carting away food items, reports Channels TV. During an inspection [&...
•Ishaq Magaji The Registrar General Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) Ishaq Hussaini Magaji has called on all social media users, especially content creators to register their activities as business with the commission or risk penalty. The Nigerian government is soon clamping down on the social media space, by the time the exercise starts if ...
•Chidi Dike Actor Chidi Dike has spoken about his lover boy roles in movies, stating that it feels natural to him due to his upbringing as the only boy among four sisters. Dike, in a recent interview, said: “I am comfortable acting as a lover boy because I grew up with girls. I had four […]
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has assented to the Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024, into law. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, announced this in a statement today. He said the Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024, seeks to address the development and environmental concerns of host communities,...
Worried by the rising incidences of insecurity across the country and wastages of taxpayers money, Comrade Akinteye Babatunde, President of the Senate, National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has called on the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to either complete all abandoned projects that dotted the campuse...
•Crude oil A group under the auspices of Abuja Ethnic Youth Coalition for Peace has called on the stakeholders in the Niger Delta, particularly those from oil-producing communities, to consider holding Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021-related meetings in the region instead of Abuja. The group said holding such a meeting in Abuja has no direct...
•CP Wale Abass Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Wale Abass, has banned the sale and use of fireworks, knockouts, firecrackers, and other pyrotechnics in Delta State. Abass who disclosed this in a statement signed by Bright Edafe, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) and made available to journalists, said that the act posed a threat [&...
The Organised Labour today called on President Bola Tinubu and the Inspector General of Police to act fast and ensure that those behind the brutalization of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, President, Comrade Joe Ajaero are brought to book. The Organised Labour also said that the action it took by blocking the road to the […]
•House of Reps A bill to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria Act scaled second reading at the House of Representatives today. The proposed amendment, according to the sponsor of the bill, Francis Waive, seeks to address critical aspects of the Act to enhance the effectiveness, transparency, and accountability of the apex bank and its […]...