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Police need 250,000 rifles, 1,000 APCs, 774 drones – IG
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Tuesday said apart from inadequate personnel, the Nigeria Police Force needed no fewer than 1,000 armoured personnel carriers and 250,000 assault rifles with corresponding…
Ogun obaship candidate arrested for certificate forgery
Police in Ogun State have arrested a contestant for the vacant stool of Oba of Iwoye in the Ilaro Yewa South Local Government Area of the state for alleged certificate forgery. Fagbemi Waheed was arrested following a petition to…
200,000 wealthy Nigerians, biggest tax evaders – Agusto
A former Director General, Budget Office, Mr Bode Agusto, has said 200,000 wealthy Nigerians are the biggest tax evaders in the country. Agusto stated this on Tuesday at the 17th Annual Aret Adams Memorial Lecture in Lagos, with the…
Senate seeks military base in Sambisa borders
THE Senate is seeking the re-establishment of a military base at the Sambisa forest borders. This resolution was the unanimously adopted following the debate on last…
Internet fraudster Oyintonbra Tombrown sentenced to 66 years in jail
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Asaba has sentenced an internet fraudster Tonwerigha Oyintonbra Tombrown to 66 years imprisonment without an option of fine. Tombrown…
FG steadily bridging infrastructural gap across the country – Fashola
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday said that the gap of infrastructural needs on major highways in the country is steadily being bridged by a gradual…
NERC caps estimated billing by DisCos
ELECTRICITY Distribution Companies (DisCos) on Tuesday got an April 30 deadline to meter certain categories of consumers. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission…
Sagay, Ozekhome, Falana reject immunity for presiding officers of legislature
PRESIDENTIAL Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) Chairman Prof Itse Sagay (SAN) on Tuesday said immunity for legislature’s principal officers would weaken the anti-graft…
Policemen on illegal duty ‘killed’ footballer Tiamiyu – IG
AS a fallout of the circumstances surrounding the death of Remo Stars Football Club player Kazeem Tiamiyu, and the crisis that it triggered, the Inspector General of…
Crisis breaks out in Boko Haram camp, founder’s son killed
There is currently crisis in the camp of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), a faction of the Boko Haram sect. Ba’a Idirisa, son of late Muhammed Yusuf, who is leader of the…
AMCON takes over Buba Galadima’s house, company over N900m debt
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1136/2019 has ordered the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria to take over the business and assets of Bedko…
Pastor, wife remanded for stealing N63.5m belonging to dead woman
An Ikeja Special Offences Court Tuesday remanded a pastor and his wife in custody of Nigeria Correctional Services (NCS) facility for allegedly stealing N63.5 million…
Senate probes alleged non-remittance of Withholding Tax by banks
The Senate on Tuesday directed its Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions to investigate the alleged non-remittance of Withholding Tax to both Federal and State Government…
NAF jets neutralise B’Haram fighters that burnt Garkida community
Some of the Boko Haram fighters that carried out the deadly attack in Garkida community in Adamawa State have been reportedly neutralised by Nigerian Air Force fighter jets in Sambisa forest…
Buhari not in charge, we pray God takes him away – Ayo Adebanjo
Ayo Adebanjo, a chieftain of the Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Afenifere, on Tuesday insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari was not in-charge of his government. Adebanjo, in a chat with DAILY POST, was reacting to the…
FG shortlists bidders for aviation leasing company and MRO facility
The processes for the establishment of both the Aviation Leasing Company and the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul, MRO, facility by the Federal Government commenced on Monday as the federal government held a bidder conference for…
Nigerian Govt campaign against U.S visa ban
A Federal Government team on Tuesday visited the U.S. state of Delaware to campaign against the recent immigrant visa restriction on Nigeria and seek development cooperation. The delegation, led by…
Kazeem Tiamiyu: IGP Adamu disbands ZIS unit in Ogun
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has disbanded the Zonal Intervention Squad in Ogun. The move followed the extra-judicial killing of a Remo Stars FC footballer, Kazeem…
BREAKING: Court jails Metuh 7 years over N400m fraud
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday sentenced former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, to seven years in prison. He was…
BREAKING: Reps vote in favour of bill on immunity for presiding officers
Members of the house of representatives have voted in favour of a bill seeking to provide immunity for presiding officers of the national assembly. The lower legislative chamber…
Police recommend SARS operative’s dismissal over Sagamu footballer’s killing
The Ogun State Police Command has recommended that the operative of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad allegedly involved in the killing of the Assistant Captain of Remo Stars Football Club, Tiamiyu Kazeem, be dismissed. The command…
Abia group threatens Senate with mass action over jailed Senator Orji Kalu’s seat
A group of farmers in Abia North Senatorial District of Abia State under the aerie’s of Isun Cooperative Society with bias in agriculture has given a 21 day ultimatum to the leadership of the Senate to declare the seat of their…
Ikeja Electric to refund customers for pre-paid meters procured under MAP scheme
Ikeja Electric (IE) says it is designing a proposal to refund its customers for pre-paid meters procured under the ongoing Meter Assets Provider (MAP) scheme. Mr Felix Ofulue, Head, Corporate Communications, IE, made this known to…
BREAKING: Court finds Olisa Metuh guilty of money laundering
A federal high court in Abuja has found Olisa Metuh, a former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), guilty of money laundering. The Economic and Financial Crimes…