The National Assembly has explained that projects and votes in the 2018 budget were rejigged by the legislature to correct the alleged imbalance in the Appropriation Bill presented by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to the legislature, projects as proposed in the bill were lopsided. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator […]

The Kaduna State Police Command said it had so far arrested forty-two members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, otherwise known as ‘Shiites’ in the state capital. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mukhtar Aliyu, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, said the arrest was in connection with the bloody protest which led to the brutal killing […]

The Presidency on Thursday responded to statement made by Senator Dino Melaye that President Muhammadu Buhari should have returned the 2018 budget to the National Assembly if he was unsatisfied with it. Buhari has queried the introduction of 6,043 projects, and the increment of the budget by N14.5 billion, chiding the National assembly for reducing […]

The Department of State Services (DSS) said it had arrested two Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) commanders in Kukuntu village, Gwgwalada, Abuja. The suspects are: Bashiru Adams and Rufai Sajo. A statement issued by an operative of the service, Mr Tony Opuiyo, on Thursday in Abuja, said the suspects were arrested on May 5, […]

The Katsina State Police Command on Thursday decorated 51 newly promoted police officers, comprising Chief Superintendents, Superintendents, Deputy Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents and Acting Assistant Superintendents of Police respectively Addressing the newly promoted Officers, the State commissioner of Police, Muhammad Wakili challenged them to join hands in tackling the issue of insecurity, criminality and maintenance of law and […]

This opinion article was written by Fredrick Nwabufo, a writer, journalist and media entrepreneur. Read article below: Insertion! This word entered my offender’s register in 2016. At the time, Abdulmumin Jibrin, former chairman, house committee on appropriations, was a caterwauler; he cried out, alleging that the leadership of the house of representatives was involved in […]

Kinsmen of former President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday called on the Bayelsa State Government to show more commitment in implementing the findings of the Public Service Reforms Committee as well as prosecuting those found culpable of payroll fraud, employment racketeering, age falsification and other vices. The people of Ogbia Kingdom, who turned out in […]

The Plateau police Command has announced the arrest of the leader of a criminal group known as Sarasuka and 32 other members. The command in a statement signed by its spokesperson, ASP Terna Tyopev said that the suspects have been charged to court. The group on Monday went on rampage and reportedly killed two persons […]

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said he was not pleased the country’s lawmakers altered the 2018 spending plan he sent to them for approval. He said he may remedy the situation through a supplementary and/or amendment budget. The budget, estimated at N8.26 trillion, was presented to the National Assembly on November 7, 2017. It was later increased […]

Edo, Adamawa, Benue, Ebonyi, Edo, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Oyo, Plateau, Taraba and Zamfara are amongst the first batch of states that have agreed to set up cattle ranches as the federal government moves to end the herdsmen and farmers conflict that has led to the death of hundreds of people and destruction of farmlands and properties […]