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EFCC The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has petitioned the National Judicial Council over the alleged misconduct of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa and Justice Agbadu Fishim. In a letter dated January 5, 2018, the EFCC asked the NJC to take disciplinary action against the three judges who are all facing trial in several […]
ARMY The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, says the government’s efforts at achieving national security, including the fight against insurgency in the North-East, would be meaningless without food security. Buratai made the statement during the presentation of farm implements and items by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh to […]
APPOINTMENT The presidency has defended the choice of Ahmed Rufai as the Director-General of National Intelligence Agency describing the criticism trailing his appointment in a section of the media as regrettable. The position of the government is contained in a statement issued in Abuja yesterday by Deputy Director (Information), Media Unit of the State House […]
CIVIL DEFENSE The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corp has begun monitoring the lifting of petroleum products from Gombe Depot to other states in the North East. Hajiya Altine Sani, Gombe State Commandant, told newsmen in Gombe today that the command was mandated to begin the assignment. Sani said the aim was to ensure that […]
EU European Union is set to remove eight countries, including Panama, the United Arab Emirates and South Korea, from its seventeen country blacklist of international tax havens. The blacklist was drawn up in December amid broader EU efforts to double down on tax avoidance but, countries on the list have refused to cooperate with the […]
FG Federal Government has vowed not to condone any further attack by rampaging herdsmen in any part of the country. Minister of Interior, General Abdulrahman Dambazau, said this at a meeting with some state governors in Abuja. The Minister stated that President Buhari remained committed to ensuring peace in every part of the country. The […]
NORTH KOREA North Korea has accepted an offer to attend high-level talks next week, South Korean officials have said. The meeting, on 9 January, will focus on finding a way for North Korean athletes to attend the Winter Olympic Games in South Korea in February. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said this week that sending […]
SOLDIERS The police have nabbed two soldiers who deserted the army while attempting to cross the border to Republic of Niger in a stolen unregistered navy blue Ford pick-up truck. The suspects, identified as Abubakar Ibrahim and Jaduwa Thalma, were said to have deserted the military during an operation against the Boko Haram insurgents in […]
ECOWAS The Federal Government has urged the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States not to accept a June 10, 2016 report of global human rights organisation, Amnesty International, tendered by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The ECOWAS Court’s three-man panel, led by Justice […]
CUSTOMS There was panic at the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday after fire broke out at the agency’s warehouse. According to reports, twenty vehicles, consisting of six articulated vehicles, twelve cars and two minibuses, were consumed by the fire. The intervention of firefighters from the Lagos State Fire Service and men […]
