Ebola: WHO evacuates nearly 50 staff from Congo due insecurity
The World Health Organization (WHO) has evacuated 49 non-essential staff among 120 working on the Ebola epidemic from the town of Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to…
SIM card fraud: NSCDC calls for creation of synchronised data bank station to curb menace
The Deputy Commandant-General, of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Aminu Abdullahi, has suggested that a synchronized data bank station should be created for prompt action to curb the…
Extra judicial killing: Lagos lawyer to sue IGP for contempt of court by police
Mr Tope Temokun, a Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, has said on Tuesday, that he would sue the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Adamu for contempt of…
Alleged money laundering: Court adjourns trial of Usman, Fani-Kayode to Dec. 2
A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Tuesday, further adjourned trial until Dec. 2, of a former Minister of State for Finance, Nenandi Usman, and others, over N4.6 billion Money…
LASG arrests, prosecutes over 500 traffic offenders in 4 monthsÂ
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos State Sector Command, on Tuesday said that it arrested and prosecuted 507 motorists for traffic offences from July 15 to Nov. 20. The…
Edgal Imohinmi assumes duty as 29th CP of Akwa Ibom
Mr i9mohimi Edgal, the 29th Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom has assumed duty in the state with a promise to entrench visibility and community based policing to reduce crime in…
Reps member assures that Hate Speech Bill will be shut down in the House when transmitted for concurrence
A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Musa Bagos, has maintained that the proposed Hate Speech Bill is dead on arrival Hon. Bagos who lamented that the bill seeks…
Release Sowore, Bakare or risk going to jail – Court tells DG SSS
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja has threatened to jail the Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Yusuf Bichi. This is in response to the…
ECOWAS urge member States to collaborate, ensure implementation of protocols on aged persons
The Federal Government is set to work closely with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations for the introduction and implementation of new and…
EU, UN to spend $10m annually in 4 yrs to end gender based violence in Nigeria Â
The UN and European Union (EU) plan to spend 10 million dollars per year in the next four years to end all forms of violence against women and girls in…