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  •  Hushpuppi: Police commission suspends Abba Kyari over FBI indictment

    The Police Service Commission on Sunday announced the suspension of a Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, Abba Kyari, in connection with his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for alleged involvement in a $1.1m internet fraud.   Kyari’s suspension took effect on Saturday, July 31, […]
  • EFCC Invites, Grills Saraki over N26b contracts

    …I went on my own volition, he says The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday briefly detained and grilled Dr. Bukola Saraki, the  immediate past  President of the Senate as part of an investigation on how a N17billion bond was spent during his tenure as Kwara State governor.   EFCC also quizzed Saraki […]
  • Resident doctors to begin indefinite strike Monday

      Doctors under the aegis of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have unanimously agreed to embark on an indefinite strike from Monday, August 2, 2021.   Dr .Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, the NARD President, disclosed this in a statement.   They reached the decision after a meeting of their National Executive Council (NEC) meeting attended […]
  • Editorial: Nigeria’s shameful 1% Covid-19 vaccination rate

    The tantalizing report that Nigeria, the self-acclaimed giant of Africa has vaccinated only one percent of its 200 million population is certainly no complimentary news. To the extent President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and other political elite in the national assembly and state governments were the first recipients of the first 100,000 doses […]
  • APC’s Congresses hit by Crises, Boycott Threats, Restraining Court Orders

    Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress began its Ward Congresses on Saturday amidst crises, court orders stopping the exercise in some states, and threats of parallel congresses in some.   The crisis rocking the party has built up over recent weeks, but was capped by a recent ruling of the Supreme Court that said the party […]
  • IPOB Declares sit-at-home in South East Every Monday  Until Kanu is Released

      The Indigenous People of Biafra has said that the whole of the southeast region would observe a sit-at-home-order every Monday until the detained leader of the group, Nnamdi Kanu, is released.   The directive will take effect from Monday, August 9, 2021, and would be observed every Monday from 6:00am to 6:00pm until Kanu […]
  • Hushpuppi: Investigate Abba Kyari, PDP demands

    Nigeria’s main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has called for a forensic investigation into reports that the United States of America Federal Bureau of Investigation has linked the head of IGP Intelligence Response Team, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, to the alleged international fraudster, Abbas Ramon, who is better known as Hushpuppi. […]
  • NCC, telecoms agree on Frequency Spectrum for 5G deployment

    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and major telecoms companies have agreed on instruments necessary for the deployment of 5G technology in the country.   The instruments are the Annual Operating Levy Regulations and the Frequency Spectrum (fees and pricing) Regulations.   The agreement followed a Public Inquiry organised by the NCC on the two key […]