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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has inaugurated the Advertising Offences Tribunal to check unwholesome practises in the nation’s advertising industry.   Inaugurating the Tribunal in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister said the tribunal is empowered to entertain all matters of violations of the provisions of the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria […]

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has expressed displeasure with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s phone call to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, saying that its basis lacked clarity.   On the call, the American government official was said to have emphasised his continued commitment to further strengthening the US-Nigeria relationship with […]

Justice Mohammed Yunusa of the  Federal High Court Kano, has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti and all the candidates of the Labour Party in Abia and Kano States.   The court ruled that their emergence was not in compliance with the provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act. A copy […]

www.www.aso.rocks search engine understands that a fire outbreak has occurred at the office of the Federal Capital Territory Administration. Reports say that the fire began at about 8pm on Thursday evening, at the ICT section of the FCTA complex, triggering the fire alarm, and sending staff who were still within the office complex, into panic. […]

  President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja granted automatic employment in the Federal Civil Service to 65 former members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), highlighting  numerous achievements of the scheme since its establishment 50 years ago.   Speaking at the NYSC 50th Anniversary Honours Award held at the State House Conference Centre, the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution and renewal of the Governing Board for the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA).  The new Chairman of the Board is Mr James Olugbenga Akintola, who succeeds Mr Tunde Lemo, after the latter voluntarily stepped down. Other members of the old Board have their terms renewed.  Mr Lemo conveys […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is currently probing Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, for “N70bn fraud”.   The anti-graft agency also confirmed that a former Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, who was recently arrested by the operatives of the commission over alleged N22bn fraud is still in detention.   Chairman of […]

The shameful conduct of Mr. Lamidi Apapa at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal today, 17th May 2023, has once again brought to the fore the desperation of certain elements in the political class to deploy all manner of subterfuge and criminality to divide and despoil the massive goodwill currently being enjoyed by the Labour Party […]

The Police Command In Anambra State has said that two suspects have been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s attack on the US Consulate Convoy in Ogbaru Local Government Area.  Preliminary investigations conducted by the police revealed that seven persons were killed in the assault. Of the seven, three were US Consulate officials and four were […]

The Nigerian Police  Force  have confirmed  the killing of two officials of the US Consulate and two others in Anambra State.   Giving further insight of the attack, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, Police Public Relations Officer, said two policemen and two officials of the US Consulate were murdered.   In a statement, the command spokesman said […]

No fewer than 80 officers and men of the Nigerian Immigration Service have gone on trial for indulging in the collection of illegal fees for the issuance of new passports and renewal of old ones.   The Service Public Relations Officer, Comptroller of Immigration, Mr Tony Akuneme, who disclosed this in an interview with the […]

  The Kwara State Police command on Friday explained how Dr Ayodele Joseph who allegedly sedated and raped a patient who came for treatment in his hospital was caught.   Ayodele had earlier been arrested and was arraigned on Wednesday over offence of gross indecency and rape.   But parading him among other ‘criminals’ on […]