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By John Dike, Osogbo The Federal Government has taken another major concrete step towards the establishment of state police to contain the worrisome insecurity across the country, as the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, inaugurated a steering committee on state police. President Bola Tinubu took the first major constitutional step few days ago when […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained that its respect for the rule of law made it impossible for it to monitor Tuesday’s state congress of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. It said it stayed away from the congress due to an earlier or Speaking to newsmen in Akure in a telephone conversation […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has officially flagged off a Joint Nationwide Campaign to enforce the Federal Government’s ban on sachet alcoholic drinks and alcoholic beverages packaged in PET or glass bottles below 200 millilitres. The campaign, launched at the NOA Headquarters in Abuja, is being implemented in collaboration with the […]

The convicts. Photos: NAPTIP The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has secured a 14-year jail term for a couple, Abiodun Ogundeji and Happiness Ogundeji, for operating a baby factory in Ilutitun, Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. The Lagos Zonal Commander of NAPTIP, Mrs Comfort Agboko, disclosed this during a […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (right), Mrs. Olufunmilola Tunji Disu (left), decorated Mr. Tunji Disu with the rank of Acting Inspector-General of Police at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday. Photo credit: State House President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday swear in Olatunji Disu as the substantive Inspector General of Police, following the unanimous endorsement of […]

Mr Taiwo Oyedele and President Bola Tinubu. Photo: State House President Bola Tinubu has nominated the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Dr. Taiwo Oyedele, as the Minister of State for Finance. Oyedele replaces Dr. Doris Anite-Uzoka, who has been redeployed to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning as […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Mr Taiwo Oyedele as the minister of state for finance, replacing Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite. A statement by the President’s spokesman, Me Bayo Onanuga, said that Uzoka-Anite will now move to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, as the Minister of State, her third portfolio in the administration. According […]

There was a mild drama at a Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday when a lawyer, Abubakar Mohammed, who was hired to observe proceedings, stood up and told Justice Samira Bature that the case before her was being delayed. Mohammed was hired by Asabe Waziri, who had alleged that she […]

By John Dike, Osogbo In compliance with a nationwide directive by the new Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, instructing Commissioners of Police in the 36 states to tighten the nation’s security architecture, Osun State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gotan, has ordered a massive deployment of personnel to border communities and other identified flashpoints across the […]

Iran has appointed Ayatollah Arafi as its interim Supreme Leader to replace Ali Khamenei,who reportedly died in a joint US–Israeli airstrike on Saturday. Arafi’s appointment was announced as the country begins formal preparations for a leadership transition. He will discharge the responsibilities of the Supreme Leader pending the selection of a substantive successor by the […]