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Abu Ibrahim, chairman, senate committee on police affairs, says the fear of indiscriminate arrest and detention by state governors may kill the state and community police bill. The bill which is being sponsored by Ike Ekweremadu,…

Some Nigerians lodged in hotels in China are reportedly stranded after Chinese police allegedly ordered their ejection. In a video which surfaced online, a group of Nigerians gathered in an unidentified location can be seen…

The Media Office of the Ekiti State Governor-elect, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has asked the outgoing Governor, Ayodele Fayose, to devote the June 2018 federal allocation of N5.52bn to the payment of salaries and other entitlements of workers.…

The management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company said that the Lagos State Police Command promised to support the company to boost its revenue generation through debts recovery. Mr Godwin Idemudia, General Manager, Corporate…

The Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) has claimed that the All Progressives Congress (APC), is tempting its members with “offers” to return to its fold. This was contained in a statement by the R-APC spokesman, Kazeem…

The Nigerian Police Force has dismissed four SARS operatives for armed robbery, kidnapping and unlawful detention, also charging them to court. This was made known in a recent statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer,…

To publish names of recalcitrant debtors this week Corporation’s Amended Act to be ready before December The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has dismissed insinuations that it is planning to use the assets of…

Summarise the story of Ademola Adeleke in the words “from grace to glory” and you won’t be far from the truth. Adeleke, senator representing Osun west senatorial district, on Saturday won the governorship ticket of the Peoples…

MANY private haulage firms have lamented disruption of their operations due to the diversion of articulated vehicles into their parks by “Operation Restore Sanity” Task Force. According to employees of some of the haulage firms who…

Overtures by President Muhammadu Buhari and All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to influential leaders of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) may have stalled the planned mass…

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, has warned Nigerians abroad to be wary of news about the country found on social media, saying 80 percent of them are fake. NAN reports that Lai made the remark on the sideline of a…

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Primero Transport Services Limited, operators of the Lagos Bus Rapid Transit system, Mr Fola Tinubu, in this interview with ANNA OKON talks about the operation of the popular transport…

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo saturday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), disclosed that the number of mobile telephone subscribers in Nigeria has risen to 163 million barely 17 years after its advent. Making this disclosure while…

An accident involving the convoy of the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has led to the death of one person while 20 others sustained various degrees of injury. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Officer-in-Charge…

A horrific multiple accident was said to have happened yesterday by 4pm just  in front of Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital.. According to eyewitnesses, the accident was caused by one of the drivers who…

•Says party will give economy, unity, security new lease of life •Secondus: PDP’ll end cycle of bloodletting Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said yesterday that he is back in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to reclaim what…

*Defeats Ogunbiyi with seven votes Senator Ademola Adeleke last night picked the governorship ticket of the   Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the September 22 election. Adeleke, younger brother of the first civilian governor of…

Tony Elumelu, chairman of Heir Holdings, is planning to buy two oil mining licenses operated by Shell Plc. Bloomberg reports that the licenses might be sold for $2 billion. Apart from oil mining licenses 11 and 17, Shell will also…

Some aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State have announced their withdrawal from the governorship primary election of the party shortly before the exercise commenced. Some of the aspirants who announced their…

Traders from different ethnic nationalities on Saturday morning broke down in tears following a fire outbreak which gutted the popular Terminus Market in Jos. The market which is mostly populated by Igbo businessmen was said to have…

HE started his tenure on a note of high drama. It should therefore come to no one as a surprise that it is ending the way it began. If outgoing Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, had opted for Nollywood four years ago, he would by…

Chief Michael Obi, the 74-year-old father of Super Eagles Captain, John Mikel Obi, recently regained freedom from kidnappers for the second time and is now sharing his terrifying five-day experience and reasons why Mikel rarely comes home.…

Investigation has revealed  that MTN Nigeria  lost over N12 billion in the four days that the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, allegedly interrupted its operations while  picketing  the company. National Daily gathered that the telecom…

As thousands of Nigerians especially the youths continue to call for the scrapping of SARS from the Nigerian Police, a singer has shared his brutal experience in the hands of the officials. Fast-rising Nigerian singer, Dollarboi, has…