Retired police officers on Monday in Abuja, protested against poor welfare, demanding their removal from the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPC). The demonstrators comprising elderly retired personnel, stormed the entrance gate of the National Assembly in Abuja, carrying placards and chanting solidarity songs as they stood in the rain. They lamented that their welfare and dignity…
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming Anambra governorship election, Chief Jude Ezenwafor, was shot on Friday in Abuja by unknown gunmen The assailants reportedly attacked Ezenwafor on Friday night around the Wuse II area of the capital city while returning home from a meeting. He was rushed to a…
The Kaduna State Police Command has warned against a planned rally by supporters of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Party (LP) in the 2023 election to mark his birthday in Kaduna In a statement on Saturday in Kaduna, Mansir Hassan, spokesperson of the command, said, “all forms of political rallies and public gatherings of…
Muhammad Babangida, son of former military dictator Ibrahim Babangida, has been chairman of the revamped Bank of Agriculture by President Bola Tinubu. The appointment was announced on Friday in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy. The statement also announced the appointments of several other individuals to leadership…
The Kaduna State Police Command says it has arrested a notorious bandit leader who has been on the run for 11 years. In a statement on Friday in Kaduna, Mansir Hassan, spokesperson of the state police command, said the suspect, identified as Mati Bagio, 34, was arrested in the early hours of Friday at his…
By Abiodun Oluwadare “It fills me with pride that President Buhari chose London to come for his medical treatment,” the Mayor of London remarked on his arrival in Lagos on the day the former President Buhari was buried. To the British politician, it was a feather in the cap of London’s health system, a subtle…
