This comes after thugs had earlier disrupted protest activities and also after Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Saheed Olayinka Egbeyemi, warned against thug activities. With that assurance, protests have started again for the third time in Ojota. SOURCE:BUSINESS DAY
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June 12: Lagos police chief tells ‘thugs’ to leave protesters alone
Chief superintendent of police (CSP), Saheed Olayinka Egbeyemi Chief superintendent of police (CSP), Saheed Olayinka Egbeyemi, has warned thugs stay away and refrain from attacking protesters in Lagos State. The police chief arrived at the protest ground in Ojota mid-afternoon with his team fully dressed as part of efforts to monitor the activities of protesters […]
Senate president: Nigeria, Twitter need each other
SOURCE:todayng
President Buhari holds interview on NTA today
SOURCE:todayng
Nigeria’s Twitter ban and the regulation of social media by other means
Federal Government of Nigeria, through its Minister for Information, Lai Mohammed, announced an indefinite suspension of Twitter’s services in Nigeria On Friday, 5th June, the Federal Government of Nigeria, through its Minister for Information, Lai Mohammed, announced an indefinite suspension of Twitter’s services in Nigeria in response to what it called, ‘the persistent use of […]
2023: Delta governor cautions political office holders against distractions
Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has cautioned those who hold political appointments in his government against all forms of complacency or dereliction of duty because of their vested interest in the 2023 general election in the country. In a veiled reference to why he dissolved the state executive council and numerous senior political appointees, […]
House committee summons NSA, IGP, others over recovered loot
A House of Representatives Committee has summoned the Inspector-General of Police and the National Security Adviser to appear before it over recovered looted funds from 2002 to 2020. The summon was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Ibrahim Isiaka (APC-Ogun) at an investigative hearing organised by the committee on Monday in […]
GOCOP: Twitter ban ruining businesses in Nigeria
SOURCE:Todayng
2023: Northern youths urge Senator Saraki to contest Presidency
Scores of youths under the aegis of ‘Saraki is coming’, drawn from many states in Northern Nigeria, Sunday, took to the streets in Kano, calling on immediate past Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki to contest the 2023 Presidential election. The youths, who marched from the Kano city centre to the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, […]
Protest: NLC says it will not be deterred by attack from thugs in Kaduna
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) says it will not be deterred by attacks from thugs in carrying out their lawful procession against Kaduna State government on mass disengagement of staff in the state. SOURCE:PULSE
PMB Meets Macron, Gets Assurances In Fight Against Insecurity
source: LEADERSHIP
Northern House Minority Caucus Backs Open Grazing Ban, Restructuring
SOURCE:THIS DAY.
President Buhari holds emergency security meeting with Osinbajo, service chiefs
There’s been unrest and a spate of renewed killings across Nigeria since the turn of the year. President Muhammadu Buhari is currently engaging security chiefs, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, a couple of ministers and other top ranking cabinet officials in discussions on how to quickly resolve the security challenge bedeviling the nation.There’s a cloud of […]
House Directs Immigration to Issue Passport to Nigerians within 72hrs
The House of Representatives has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to issue international passports within 72 hours to thousands of Nigerians who have applied, paid, and have been captured but are yet to be issued their international passport booklets.It also urged the Ministry of Interior and the NIS to review its Memorandum of Understanding […]
2023: APC women demand 108 slots in Reps
SOURCE:BUSINESS DAY.
Makinde urges deployment of more soldiers to combat insecurity in Oyo
…as service chiefs storm state Oyo State governor Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, called on the military hierarchy to deploy more troops in the state to help the fight against insecurity. Makinde, who was represented by his deputy, Rauf Olaniyan, stated this while receiving Leo Irabor, chief of defence staff, and other service chiefs at the […]
Nigerians paid more to travel by air in January
Anambra, Cross River, Jigawa, Lagos, Bauchi highest SOURCE:BUSINESS DAY