THE Police Service Commission rose from its first extraordinary Meeting with the approval for the immediate retirement of senior Police Officers who have spent more than 35 years in service and those above 60 years of age. The Commission…
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in collaboration with the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS and the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, have organized a two-day empowerment Workshop for fifty law enforcement officers drawn from various agencies. The Workshop, themed…
INTRODUCTION The last instalment in this series dealt with corruption under the Babangida administration, the dashed hope of the election of June 12, 1993; the Sani Abacha dark days; the legacy of military rule and the return to civil rule…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has called for collaboration between the EFCC and Student Union leaders of institutions of higher learning across the country in the fight against economic and financial…
A State High Court in Lokoja on Monday sacked the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Alhaji Tijani Ahmed-Anaje. Justice Umar Salisu, gave the order in a judgment he delivered in Lokoja with a charge to Ahmed-Anaje not to parade himself as…
A clash between security personnel and residents of Rimin Zakara village in Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State has resulted to the deaths of three people. The Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Ibrahim Waiya, said this while addressing…
THE National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Ondo State Council, has suspended its four-day-old indefinite strike. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that nurses and midwives in the state government-owned hospitals and health centres began an…
EUROPEAN Union (EU) foreign Policy Chief, Kaja Kallas, has called for closer ties with the United Kingdom. Kallas, in an address to EU ambassadors in Brussels on Monday, stressed that cooperation on defence was the next logical step in relations…
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed retired Maj.-Gen. Abdulmalik Jibrin as the new Secretary to the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire, and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB). This announcement was made in a statement by the board’s spokesperson, Juliet Okeh, on…
US President Donald Trump has raised the prospect of imposing tariffs on the European Union (EU), prompting concerns of a renewed trade conflict. Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump made it clear that he would “absolutely” consider levying tariffs on…
