The crisis over who becomes the next governor of Lagos State could drive a wedge between the presidency and some state governors on the one hand and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his…
75,589 prisoners currently in Nigeria, 51,139 awaiting trial— Group
Nigeria currently has 75, 589 prisoners out of which 24, 450 are convicted while 51, 139 of them are awaiting trial, a group, the Network of University Legal Aid Institutions (NULAI), has said. According to NULAI, more than 50 per cent…
Police arrest some suspects of AAU killings (Vanguard)
Edo State Police Command has dispatched a team of detectives from Benin City to the university town of Ekpoma to unravel the mystery surrounding the recent killing of students of Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma, by suspected cultists at the…
Have we met before? Buhari to new DG DSS (Vanguard)
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday in Abuja, met for the first time, with the newly appointed Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Magaji Bichi, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Buhari and new DG DSS Yusuf Bichi When Bichi…
Cracks in PDP BoT over support for presidential aspirants (Punch)
All is not well among the members of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party over their support for the party’s presidential aspirants, The PUNCH learnt on Thursday. The Board had, at its meeting last week, directed its…
Lawyer petitions Buhari over unlawful retirement of 38 army officers (ThisDay)
The Chief Trial Counsel to the 38 senior army officers compulsorily retired on June 9, 2016 by the federal government, Abdul Muhammed, has petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari for what he described as unlawful disengagement from service of the officers. He…
Why I am probing Buhari’s Senate ally – APC Governor (PremiumTimes)
Tanko Al-Makura, Governor of Nasarawa State, says he is probing a former governor of the state, Abdullahi Adamu, now because some his activities were just unfolding. Mr Adamu, a key supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari in the Senate, is the…
US punishes Chinese military for buying Russian fighter jets (NTA)
The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on the Chinese military for buying fighter jets and missile systems from Russia, in breach of a sweeping U.S. sanctions law punishing Moscow for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. China’s Foreign Ministry has…
Another Buhari’s minister in NYSC ‘wahala’, may go to jail (PremiumTimes)
Another minister serving in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet has been found to have skipped the mandatory national youth service scheme, an offence that may see him lose his position and earn him jail term. The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu,…
Moses still part of Sarri’s plans at Chelsea (footballlive)
Chelsea winger, Victor Moses has received a hint that he remains part of the plans of The Blues’ gaffer, Maurizio Sarri for the season, as the gaffer named the former Super Eagles star among the players he is thinking about…