•Nigeria Senate Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, has said the federal lawmakers have no reservations about the agitation for state police. Senator Adaramodu clarified today while speaking with newsmen in Abuja. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the 36 state governors at an emergency meeting yesterda...
•Police trainees Chieftain of All Progressive Congress APC, Dr. Garus Gololo, has berated agitators of the establishment of the State Police Department, describing it as a move to empower State Governors to fight their political opponents. Dr. Gololo, who spoke in an exclusive interview in Abuja, advised the Tinubu-led administration to be min...
•Police The federal government and governors of the 36 states of the federation have agreed to set up state police as the nation struggles to curtail insecurity. The agreement was reached during an emergency meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the governors, which took place at the presidential villa in Abuja today, reports The Nation. [...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) says there is a need for the declaration of a state of emergency in some states owing to heatwaves. Many parts of the country are experiencing excessive heat in recent weeks, raising concerns from Nigerians. While speaking about the matter on Channels Television today, NiMet’s Director of Weather Fore...
•Tinubu and state governors President Bola Tinubu is in a meeting with governors of the federation at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja. The meeting, which commenced at about 11:30 am, is also being attended by Vice President Kashim Shettima; the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FTC) Chief Nyesom Wike; and the […]...
•Marwa and governors wives The Nigeria Governors Spouses Forum (NGSF), has called on the federal and state governments to declare state of emergency on substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in Nigeria with a view to mobilising resources to tackling the pandemic. The call was one of the resolutions in a communique signed by Chairperson [...
•Osun youths protest A group of youths today staged a peaceful protest in Osogbo, Osun State, decrying the rising cost of living, with a call on the government to immediately intervene. The protesters, who wielded placards with inscriptions such as ‘change the unfavourable policies’, ‘Nigerians are suffering, we can’t cope again’, and ‘We are ...
•Day of protest Following the backlash that followed the arrest of Monday’s protesters over the rise in food prices in Minna, the Niger State Government has granted administrative bail to the woman who initiated the protest, Aisha Jibrin and 24 others arrested by the police. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Hajiya Binta Mamman, while...
•Yakubu Gowon Former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has advised President Bola Tinubu to listen to concerns about the security situation in the country and deal with the situation decisively. Gowon spoke, yesterday, at the Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN)’s 15th Founder’s Day, Annual Lecture and Awards, held at the Nigerian Institute of Internatio...
•Tinubu and bandits Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has called on President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency on security in the country. National President of the organisation, Wale Oke, made the call during a press conference, addressed at the end of its inaugural joint National Association Council/National Executive Counci...