REPS MOVE TO EMPOWER EFCC, PASS BILL TO EXPAND ANTI-GRAFT POWERS
The House of Representatives has taken a significant step towards reforming Nigeria’s anti-corruption architecture by passing a bill for second reading that proposes to expand...
JAILBREAKER REARRESTED ONE YEAR AFTER SULEJA PRISON ESCAPE AS POLICE BUST ROBBERY GANG IN NIGER
The Niger State Police Command says it has rearrested a convicted armed robber who escaped from the Suleja Correctional Centre one year ago, and rounded...
NEW INEC CHAIR AMUPITAN TAKES CHARGE, PROMISES CREDIBLE ELECTIONS
Newly sworn-in Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan (SAN), has officially arrived at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja to assume...
REPS RAISE ALARM OVER UNIDENTIFIED SECURITY OPERATIVES AT SOUTH-EAST, SOUTH-SOUTH CHECKPOINTS
The House of Representatives has expressed concern over the growing presence of unidentified security operatives manning checkpoints along highways in the South-East and South-South regions...
LAGOS BEGINS CLOSURE OF OLD DUMPSITES, MOVES TO MODERN WASTE-TO-ENERGY SYSTEM
The Lagos State Government has announced plans to close down old dumpsites across the state and replace them with modern waste-recovery infrastructure aimed at improving...
COURT FIXES OCTOBER 29 FOR POLICE CASE AGAINST SOWORE OVER #FREENNAMDIKANUNOW PROTEST
A judgment date has been set by the Federal High Court in Abuja for October 29, when it will hear a suit filed by the...
TINUBU SWEARS IN AMUPITAN AS INEC CHAIR, TASKS HIM ON ELECTORAL INTEGRITY
President Bola Tinubu has officially sworn in Professor Joash Amupitan (SAN) as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The brief ceremony...
POLICE EXPLAIN ARREST OF SOWORE INSIDE COURT PREMISES
The Nigeria Police Force has explained why activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, was arrested inside the Federal High Court premises in Abuja shortly after attending...
AMUPITAN ARRIVES ASO ROCK FOR SWEARING-IN AS INEC CHAIRMAN
Joash Ojo Amupitan, the newly appointed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday morning arrived at the Presidential Villa in Abuja for...
OYO STATE GOVT DENIES REPORTS OF NEW ENTERTAINMENT TAX ON SOCIAL EVENTS
The Oyo State government has dismissed a viral social-media post claiming that new taxes had been introduced on weddings, burials and naming ceremonies in the...