The decision was taken at the council’s meeting presided over by the President, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday. Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi, confirmed the development to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting. Recall that President Buhari had on April 6 appointed Mr Usman Baba as acting IGP .
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters says speculations that there is mass retirement of some generals in Nigerian Army following the appointment of Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya as Chief of Army Staff (COAS) is not true. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, stated this while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. Onyeuko said that retirement of senior officers from…
Social media giant, Twitter, has deleted a controversial post by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on the Biafran war of 1967-1970 wherein many lives were lost. The tweet, which was posted on Tuesday, read in part, “Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP),in Edo state, has finally confirmed the suspension of its chairman, Dr. Tony Aziegbemi. The party in a statement Wednesday morning by its publicity secretary, Chris Nehikhare, said the decision to suspend the embattled chairman was taken at the meeting of the state working committee, by two-third of the members. Aziegbemi…
Dega was shot in the chest several times by gunmen” in Jos, capital of neighbouring Plateau State on June 2, 2023, “AIG Dega had a brilliant career in the Nigerian Police Force and was twice Commissioner of Police in Borno and Edo states. “He hailed from Katsina Ala local government area in Benue State,” the…
A youth leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, Kenneth Amukamara has been killed by unidentified gunmen. Amukamara, the PDP youth leader in Oru-East local government area of Imo was assassinated by the gunmen on Monday night in Umuokwe village. They also burnt down his house and car during the attack, Naija…
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday issued a stern warning to those bent on destroying the country through promoting insurrection, and burning down critical national assets: a rude shock awaits them, and very soon too. The President spoke after he received briefing from Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on series of attacks…
The Niger State Police Command has described as untrue claims that the Registrar of the National Examination Council, Prof. Godswill Obioma was assassinated by unknown gunmen in Minna. The organization said his family had formally announced that he passed on after a brief illness at the National Hospital in Abuja. The Spokesperson of the Niger…
THE Registrar of National Examinations Council, NECO, Prof. Godswill Obioma has been reported dead. Obioma, according to Vanguard’s source, died Monday night in his sleep in his Minna residence. The Director, Human resources of the NECO, Abdul Mustapha confirmed the death of the NECO boss, said he died in his sleep as a result of…
Unknown gunmen on Monday night stormed the residence of Professor Godswill Obioma, strangling him in what his wife suspected to be an assassination. His wife, Elizabeth Obioma told newsmen on phone on Tuesday morning that the suspected assassins took nothing away after killing him. She said “The assassins came in and killed him and left…
