Australia today told its citizens to leave Israel if possible, citing a “high threat of military reprisals and terrorist attacks”, issuing a similar warning for the Palestinian territories. “We urge Australians in both Israel or the Occupied Palestinian Territories to depart if it’s safe to do so,” the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a [...
•IGP Egbetokun The Commissioner of Police Edo State, CP Funsho Adegboye, has warned police officers to desist from searching citizens’ phone. The CP in a press release has said it is now an offense punishable for any officer that engages in the search of law abiding citizen of Edo State, reports Nigerian Tribune. “This press […]
•Bags of rice This is not the best of times for Nigerian families, who have had to adopt bizarre cost-cutting measures to cope with the recent hardship occasioned by the dramatic hike in the prices of goods and services. Several of them lamented that their income could no longer take care of their daily needs, […]
•Gunman “The bill seeking for Nigerians to bear arms for self-defence in the face of insecurity is an invitation to anarchy and chaos, given the volatile nature of the society,” a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Civil Coalition for Credible Election, (CSCCE), has submitted. Its convener, Aminu Usman, at a press conference, yesterday, in Abuj...
•Tinubu Members of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and eminent citizens have questioned executives’ use of taxpayers’ resources for so-called private visits of the president and governors, describing it as an “abuse of office” and prodigal use of scarce resources. They decried the rate at which other public officers, top civil servants and ...
•CP Fayoade Adegoke The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fayoade Adegoke, has said that no police officer is permitted to search the phones of any Nigerian. He noted that the Police Force had a cyber section responsible for that, adding that if a police officer suspected anything, they would take the person to the station […]
•Antony Blinken The United States has alerted its citizens in Nigeria of threats to major hotels in the “larger cities” of the country. The US issued this warning in an emergency information for American citizens dated November 3, adding that the Nigerian security agencies are working to counter the threat, reports Channels TV. It also [&helli...