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Court denies ‘lone anti-Tinubu’ protester bail

NewsDeskNgApr 11, 2023April 11, 20230

A Zuba Magistrate Court in Abuja on Tuesday refused to grant bail to one Obiajulu Uja, who protested against the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, while onboard an Ibom Air Abuja-Lagos bound flight. Uja, who was debarked from the plane and handed over to the police, had filed an application...

Police officers urge Buhari to probe $10,000 PSC promotion bribe allegation

NewsDeskNgApr 11, 2023April 11, 20230

Some aggrieved senior police officers in the Nigeria Police Force, have pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to institute a probe into the alleged collection of $10,000 bribe for police promotion by the Police Service Commission, PSC. The officers said that there’s an urgent need for President Buhari to look into...

Police Bar Lawmakers From Plateau Assembly Complex

NewsDeskNgApr 11, 2023April 11, 20230

Personnel of Plateau State Police Command have continued to occupy the State Assembly entrance, stopping lawmakers from gaining access to the hallow chambers in order to prevent security breeches leading to breakdown of law and order. The commissioner of police in the state, Bartholomey Onyeka during a press conference at...

Doctors In England Start Historic Four-Day Strike Over Pay

NewsDeskNgApr 11, 2023April 11, 20230

Doctors working in England’s public health service on Tuesday launched what has been billed as the most disruptive strike in its history, in a dispute over pay and working conditions. The four-day walkout, which began at 7:00 am (0600 GMT), follows months of strikes by other public and private sector...

FG bars online banks from accessing customers’ photos, contacts

NewsDeskNgApr 10, 2023April 10, 20230

Loan apps on Play Store will lose their ability to access their users’ contacts or photos from May 31, 2023. This came as the Federal Government said it would enforce the latest policy by Google, saying the action was consistent with the Nigerian authorities’ move to curtail the invasion of...

Late Ajibola my mentor, role model—Osinbajo

NewsDeskNgApr 10, 2023April 10, 20230

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, says the late former Attorney General of the Federation, Prince Bola Ajibola was his role model and a man of uncommon integrity, who served Nigeria selflessly. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja, said the vice president was at the interment of the late...

Protest Rocks Benue Over Killings

NewsDeskNgApr 9, 2023April 9, 20230

Residents of Apa, Benue State, on Friday took to the streets in protest against the recent killings by suspected herdsmen. The protesters trooped to the Oweto-Loko/Abuja Road and mounted roadblocks on the expressway as commuters were stranded for hours. Read Also: Sanwo-Olu Receives Certificate Of Return They lamented that over...

Okpanachi of Ojapata Ajodi family buried mother in Ejule

NewsDeskNgApr 6, 2023April 6, 20230

By Augustine Aminu The remains of late Mrs. Mary Attaboh-Achimawo, mother to the Vice president, Integrity Club International, Abuja, Mr. Emmanuel Okpanachi Thomas was laid to rest on Thursday, at her home town, Ejule, in Ofu local government, Kogi State. The resident pastor of United Evangelical Church, Ejule, Reverend Isaac...

NO Cause For Alarm Over Presence Of UN Fighting Vehicles, Equipment In Nigeria

NewsDeskNgApr 5, 2023April 5, 20230

The Defence Headquarters wishes to react to some social media video clips been circulated arising from the presence of some United Nations Peacekeeping fighting vehicles and equipment sighted recently in Benin, Edo state. This has resulted to insinuations which are inimical to public peace and may even cause panic. According...

Buhari sacks NASENI Executive Vice Chairman, Prof. Mohammed Haruna

NewsDeskNgApr 5, 2023April 5, 20230

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Executive Vice Chairman, National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Prof. Mohammed Haruna, to vacate his office immediately. A statement from the office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Tuesday in Abuja by Mr Willie Bassey, the Director of Information,...