All is set for the commencement of Operation Amotekun, the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN).
The legal hurdle which is delaying its take-off will be cleared this week.
Houses of Assembly in the six states – Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti – are expected to pass the regional security...
A former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has explained why he sacked Farida Waziri as the chairperson of the anti-graft outfit, EFCC.
Mr Jonathan also said he had no personal grudges against Mrs Waziri.
Mr Jonathan, in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Ikechukwu Eze, on Monday, said Mrs Waziri’s removal was in...
Dakas SAN, traditional rulers, JNI, CAN, others for confab
Kwara State Government will on Thursday hold a multi-stakeholder security dialogue in Ilorin, the state capital, a proactive step designed to further concretise its efforts to strengthen security and hasten socioeconomic development.
The dialogue comes amid nationwide efforts, including increasing regional...
The Federal Government has advised unemployed graduates who are seeking government jobs to look elsewhere, saying there are more sustainable lucrative ventures outside their focus.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, said this during a Townhall Meeting on Popularisation of blue/green collar jobs among graduates of tertiary...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday granted bail to the immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), on fresh money laundering charges.
Justice Binta Nyako also granted bail to the second defendant, Aliyu Abubakar.
The judge imposed the same terms and conditions of...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, assured foreign oil companies of high returns on their investments in Nigeria.
Buhari gave the assurance at the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit 2020 in Abuja where he was represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha.
He said, “We are all...
A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani, has said that some leaders in the country are hiding the painful truth about the worsening state of security in the country from President Muhammadu Buhari.
Sani, who was granted bail recently after spending four...
Boko Haram terrorists killed at least 30 people and abducted many women and children in a raid in Borno State, a regional government spokesman said on Monday.
The attack Sunday evening targeted the village of Auno on a key highway linking to regional capital Maiduguri.
The jihadists stormed in on trucks...
A Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin on Monday granted N200 million bail to former Kwara State Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu.
The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had on January 29 arraigned Banu and one Olarewaju Adeniyi before Justice Babangana Ashigar on a nine-count...
High interest rates, unfavourable economic climate and insufficient power supply have been identified as the major constraints to businesses in the country.
The Statistics Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria said these in its ‘January 2020 business expectations survey report’.
Part of the report read, “Respondent firms identified insufficient power...
