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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Friday withdrew the suit it  filed to stop the panels probing the allegations of rights abuses by police officials.   The suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1492/2020 was filed on November 9, 2020 by the NPF, through its lawyer, O. M. Atoyebi (SAN).   Festus Ibude, lawyer to the NPF, filed a […]

As the year 2020 draws to a close and reflections on the precarious security situation in the nation must of necessity boggle the mind, the recent attack on Zabarmari, Jere LGA, some 20km from the Borno state capital Maiduguri, by Boko Haram terrorists was evidence, if any were needed that the security situation is intractable […]

The Nigeria Police on Thursday extradited Abdulrashid Abdullahi Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), to Nigeria from Niamey, Niger Republic.   The force spokesman, Frank Mba, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, confirmed the development in a statement titled, ‘Abdulrashid Maina extradited to Nigeria.’   Maina was arrested in Niger having been […]

  Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto, has hidden his frustration with the worsening insecurity in the country, but on Wednesday, he lamented that Nigerians are now at the mercy of criminals with nowhere safe.   The Sultan described the recent killing of rice farmers in Borno State as “a senseless act”. […]

Nigeria Police authorities have approached a Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking among others, an order restraining the Attorneys-General of the 36 states and the panels of inquiry they constituted, from proceedings with their investigation of the activities of the police and their officials.    The panels are probing allegations of rights abuses and other […]

  The Senate o Monday confirmed Professor Mahmood Yakubu as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission for another five-year tenure. Professor Yakubu’s confirmation followed presentation and consideration of the report of the Committee on INEC by the Chairman, Senator Kabiru Gaya, All Progressives Congress Kano South.   President Muhammadu Buhari had on 25th […]

   The IndustriALL Global Union has pledged its support to contribute to the success of Dangote Oil Refinery.   Leading a delegation of the union to the plant site in Ibeju-Lekki on Monday, Comrade Issa Aremu, the Vice President of the group, said they were there to express their appreciation to Aliko Dangote, Chairman of […]

  The security challenges currently facing Nigeria are  beyond the country’s military, Nigeria Governors’ Forum Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has declared.   Fayemi said this during his visit to Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State to condole with the government and people of Borno over an attack by the Boko Haram […]