Adamu Mohammed has been appointed as the Inspector- General of Police (IGP) replacing Ibrahim Idris, who reached the mandatory retirement age of 60 years. Prior to Mohammed’s appointment, there were
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it will file a libel suit against Fani-Kayode, Yinka Odumakin “and other purveyors of the evil news” over claims that the
The leading gubernatorial candidates in Lagos State slugged it out yesterday trying to impress their plans for the financial capital of the country on prospective voters. Top on the list
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said February 8, 2019 is the deadline for collection of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). This was disclosed in a press statement by
The police have reportedly whisked embattled senator, Dino Melaye, to an unknown location. Melaye had been in a police hospital in Garki, Abuja, after he reportedly slumped after surrendering himself
Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has vowed to repeal Nigeria’s existing land use act when he becomes President. The Land Use Act, enacted in 1978,
Senate President Bukola Saraki has said the anti-corruption war of the President Muhammadu Buhari government is “more of propaganda than reality”. Saraki, who is the Director-General of the Peoples Democratic
Felix Tshisekedi, leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDSP), has won the presidential election in Democratic Republic of Congo. His win is the first for an opposition
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will not be transmitting results of the forthcoming 2019 general election electronically. INEC on Tuesday, January 8, said the results would not
The federal government has finally agreed to transmit a bill for a new national minimum wage to the National Assembly. Due to apparent delay in the transmission of the bill,
University students may soon be back in schools as the federal government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has reached an agreement over some of the
More than 3000 workers in Zimbabwe’s youth ministry have been laid off, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government tries to cut the country’s bloated civil service and sort out the country’s
Nigeria’s press community was gripped with tension as some armed soldiers on Sunday invaded the office of Daily Trust in Abuja and Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The soldiers reportedly
Military officers attempted power seizure in Gabon, declaring that they launched the botched coup “to restore democracy”. The soldiers took control of the national radio station at 04:30 local time
The Presidency has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will certainly campaign for all the candidates on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the party leader. The clarification