Nigeria

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced new appointments in one of Nigeria’s commercial banks, First Bank of Nigeria PLC, and retained Dr Sola Adeduntan as the bank’s Managing Director. This comes a day after the bank announced the removal of Adeduntan and Gbenga Shobo as his successor. The […]

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru has reiterated the commitment of the Nigerian Army in crushing Boko Haram terrorists in the northeast. Briefing journalists in Borno State on Thursday, the Army chief said his mission to the 7 Division, Maimalari Cantonment/ Operation Lafiya Dole in Maiduguri was to […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has fixed Saturday, February eighteenth 2023 for the 2023 general elections in the country. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu announced this at a one-day public hearing on the National Electoral Offences Commission Establishment Bill 2021, organized by the Senate Committee on INEC. Professor Yakubu […]

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has imposed curfew in all areas close to the neighbouring states of Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Imo. Wike, who announced this in a state-wide broadcast on Tuesday, said the curfew which would take effect from Wednesday night was necessitated by recent security breaches […]

The House of Representatives has called on President Buhari to declare a state of emergency in the security sector. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila disclosed this to journalists after an executive session held by the House which lasted for over five hours. He said the House also resolved to invite the […]

The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC has suspended Channels Television and fined the broadcast platform N5 million for breach of what it called broadcast code. In a letter to the Managing Director of Channels Television, Mr. John Momoh and signed by the Acting Director General of NBC, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, the […]

The Zamfara State Government on Saturday said it was criminalising the sale of petroleum products in jerrycans or any other containers in some parts of the state. The move, the government believes, will help to curb the activities of black marketers linked to bandits in the state. The State Commissioner […]

Following the attack on the residential house of Governor Hope Uzodima of Imo State, soldiers from 34 Artillery Brigade Obinze, have taken over the entire communities of the two Local Government Areas of Oru East and Oru West in that locality. According to reports , the soldiers had immediately commenced […]

The Commissioner of Police Anambra State Police Command CP Monday Bala Kuryas has charged operatives of the command to sustain and increase the tempo on the onslaught against crime in the State. The CP made this charge on Sunday,the 25th April, 2021, as the Command Operatives successfully arrested 5 male […]

Northerners residing in Imo State have rejected Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) 5000 vigilante deployment to the South East States to offer protection to its people living in the zone. Briefing newsmen at the weekend, Ibrahim Suleiman, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Hope Uzodimma, who said the northerners […]