State Police appears to be on the way to becoming a reality after President Bola Tinubu and state governors agreed to work on the modalities to establish it. But the clearest indication yet that the quest may translate into reality is a ‘Bill for an Act to Alter the Provisions of the Constitution of the […]
•Tompolo High Chief (Dr.) Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a Tompolo, has denied several newspapers advertorials allegedly placed by him and Tantita Security Services Limited, celebrating President Bola Tinubu just as he affirmed that he stood by the president’s directives. It could be recalled that President Tinubu had warned against celebrating hi...
•Ahmed Idris A detective with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mahmud Tukur, denied promising the former Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, leniency in exchange for indicting the former Minister of Finance and others. The former Accountant General of the Federation had told the Federal Capital Territory High Court ...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has refuted as false an alleged rumour of a military coup d’etat published in an online medium (not The Frontier) yesterday, Sunday, February 25. The Acting Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, disclosed this in a statement today. Gusau said the Guards Brigade has the statutory responsi...
•Emeka Beke The dissolved faction of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, loyal to former governor of Rivers State and former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has denied defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party. Similarly, the faction, led by chairman of the dissolved executive in the state, Chief Emeka Beke, dismissed cl...
•AFCON 2023 The South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation has denied possible threats on Nigerians living in or visiting the nation, while urging them to remain calm ahead of the CAF African Cup of Nations semi-finals match between Nigeria and South Africa. The department announced this following the statement issued ...
•Nigerian Armed Forces The Nigerian Army (NA) 81 Division, today, denied that its operative, Boyi ThankGod attached to 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta, Ogun State, shot himself dead but rather died of negligence having mishandled his firearms. ThankGod was said to be on barracks’ standby duty at the 35 brigade headquarters, Alamala, Ab...
•Nigerian Senate The Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Adeyemi Adaramodu has denied media reports that senators received rice worth N200million from President Bola Tinubu for distribution to their constituents as palliatives during the Yuletide. However, a Senate source confirmed the development, saying some of the rice pa...
The Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) has lost its final appeal against Nigeria in an eleven-billion-dollar arbitration case. The P&ID sought to overturn an October judgement by a London High Court that halted the enforcement for damages over a failed gas processing project, reports AFP. The High Court had earlier ruled in Octo...
•Tinubu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that he never requested for a presidential yacht. The president said this through his spokesman, Tope Ajayi. There has been outrage since details of the N2.1 trillion supplementary budget Tinubu submitted to the National Assembly were published, reports Daily Trust. According to the budget, N5.09 bi...