A former Inspector-General of Police, Tafa Balogun, has died. Balogun who was appointed AIG in March 2002, was said to have died at a hospital in Lekki, Lagos at about 8:30 pm on Thursday following a brief illness. He was aged 74, few days to his 75th birthday. He was born on August 25, 1947,…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed Governor Simon Lalong, as the Director General of its presidential campaign council. The National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, announced this on Thursday while speaking with journalists after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. The APC Presidential flag bearer, Bola Tinubu and his running mate, were…
Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, has inaugurated a security outfit known as “Community Volunteer Guards”, to address the security challenges in the state. Speaking on Thursday at the passing-out parade of the first batch of 500 members of the Guards in Makurdi, the state capital, Ortom said, the inauguration of the security outfit would have…
Cross section of Service Chiefs during a meeting on Wednesday at the National Assembly with the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, over insecurity. Photo by Sylvanus Tyoakaa.
L- R: Director of Media and Advocacy, National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA), Femi Babafemi, Secretary NDLEA, Shadrah Haruna, Chairman NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa(rtd), Special Adviser to the Chairman Col. Yakubu Bako, Special Adviser on NDCMP to the Chairman Otumba Ipinmisho, during a press Conference on the recent burst of Method Clandestine Laboratories…
Five of the remaining 39 abducted passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack have been released. Tukur Mamu, media consultant to Kaduna based Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, confirmed that they were release on Tuesday. Mamu had been in the forefront for the negotiation for the release of the victims before he withdrew . He said…
