The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Usman Baba, has ordered the withdrawal of senior police officers attached to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. In a letter dated April 15, 2021, addressed to the EFCC Chairman and signed by the Principal Staff Officer to the IG, Idowu Omohunwa, the police boss directed that officers from…
Minister of solid minerals, Dele Alake, has that the federal government will soon establish the Nigerian solid minerals corporation. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Sunday, Alake said the corporation will be similar to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. According to him, the government is ready to take the bull by the horns…
Four people have been killed while 44 others were abducted by terrorists in an attack on two churches in Rubu community, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Sources said the terrorists attacked worshipers at St. Moses Catholic Church and Maranatha Baptist Church in the community on Sunday during worship service. Three people were said…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured depositors of the safety of their funds in the financial institutions. In a statement on Wednesday,CBN’s director of corporate communications, Hakama Sidi-Ali, urged citizens not to yield to unverified rumours. The statement encouraged citizens to continue with their usual banking activities. The statement said the CBN is fully…
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the bye-election for Sabo Gari constituency in the Kaduna State House of Assembly. Declaring the result of the election which held on Saturday in Zaria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returning officer, Mohammed-Nuruddin Musa, said Usman Baba, candidate of the PDP secured 9,113 votes to emerged…
Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, has explained how he turned down request by Bola Tinubu to work with him. In a video which was apparently recorded before the party primaries, El-Rufai said he declined Tinubu’s request in clear time, telling he El-Rufai) has done his bid working and that as a 62 years old,…
