Disbands IMU offices in Lagos, Port Harcourt Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has vowed to deploy new strategies to help restore order and public confidence in the police. After assessing the current security situation in the country, the police helmsman directed the immediate reform of the IGP Monitoring Unit (IMU), which included the […]

‘Airlines should interline, codeshare to survive’ Foreign exchange liquidity crisis is eating deeper into the daily operations of the local airlines, causing airlines’ capacity to dwindle and hitting up airfares. It was learnt yesterday that operators in the aviation sector have not received foreign exchange requests from the Central Bank since February, which explains why […]

Ebonyi State Police Command, yesterday, confirmed the killing of three of its officers attached to the Safer Highway patrol team by unknown gunmen. It said they were shot dead while on duty at Nwaezenyi Junction in Izzi Council of the state. The police public relations officer, DSP Loveth Odah, explained that the assailants, who were […]

says Nigeria must end monetary rascality to save economy Finance minister, CBN’s position contradictory, experts point out Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, urged the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, to rally Nigerians to save the tumbling economy, rather than playing the ostrich. This was the governor’s counter-reaction to the denial […]

Surging food prices push inflation to 18.17%, highest in four years Households consumption expenditure drops as govt expenditure rises Insecurity aggravates food inflation as expert demands local substitution Nigerians have been struggling with some unpleasant news lately, especially from the National Bureau of Statistics. Many were however not jolted by the NBS latest reports, which […]

Fresh from a two-week medical trip to the United Kingdom (UK), President Muhammadu Buhari put Acting Inspector-General (IG) Usman Baba on his toes. He told the police boss not to disappoint Nigerians, whose expectations are high in him as the acting IG. President Buhari returned to Abuja on Thursday after a 16-day trip on medical […]

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacks the credentials to be considered as a governance option. Reacting to PDP statement that APC led administration “misrule” was responsible for Twitter’s decision to cite its African operations in Ghana, Secretary of the Caretaker Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of […]

The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba on Thursday ordered immediate disbandment of the IGP Monitoring Units in Lagos and Port Harcourt. Baba gave the order in Abuja at the opening of a conference of Police Strategic Commanders, consisting of officers with the rank of Commissioner of Police (CP) and above. He also ordered […]