A 49-year-old man, Mr Akpoviri Vincent Jimmy who allegedly goes around falsely claiming to be a licensed medical doctor and seeking jobs in Bayelsa and Delta states has been arrested by the police. Bayelsa police spokesperson Asinim Buswat said the suspect claimed to be one Dr. Charles Umeh, a serving medical doctor in Taraba state…
Men of the Delta Police Command have arrested 18-year-old man Emmanuel Peace who allegedly robbed a couple of the sum of N600,000 with a wooden dummy gun. The suspect was nabbed on Sunday night by the policemen of Okpanam Police Division in response to a distress call that an armed robber had burgled a house….
The federal government on Friday said it has instituted disciplinary action against the Registrar of Benin Marriage Registry, Ozuruonye Chukwuma, over negligence of duties. Chukuma was also accused of absence from duties without leave. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, and Principal Registrar of Marriages in Nigeria, Dr Shuaib Belgore, directed the immediate investigation into the incident and ordered that Chukwuma be relieved of his duties as…
In Lagos, the Federal High Court has declared that the National Assembly Service Commission has no power to fix or determine the National Assembly’s pay. Rather, the court, in a judgment on Friday by Justice Chuka Obiozor, held that the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission should fix the pay of lawmakers to reflect the current economic realities in the country. According to…
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the National Broadcasting Commission, will immediately commence the process of licensing all social media operations in Nigeria. The NBC is the regulator of all radio and television stations in Nigeria. The minister announced this just as he said the Federal Government has also suspended micro-blogging platform, Twitter, which is…
Ondo State Governor and Chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, has said it is important for the country to legalise the cultivation of cannabis for medicinal purposes. He also said he was in Thailand to study the cultivation of cannabis for medicinal use. Illegal cultivation of cannabis is common in Ondo State. Akeredolu…
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig.Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, has described corps members as part of the national defence policy. The NYSC Director-General said this on Wednesday, on a programme on Channels Television. NYSC scheme is a one-year mandatory programme for graduates below 30 years of age. It was established to foster unity in…
Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has announced the increment of monthly allowance of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in the state from N5,000 to N15,000. Makinde later announced on his Twitter handle, saying: “We visited the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp at Iseyin this evening. I assured the youth corps members that we…
Two suspected Transborder cattle rustlers have been arrested by the police in Adamawa State. The police have also recovered 83 heads of cattle from the arrested suspects, a 32-year-old Njidda Ardo and one Julde Ali, 30-year-old; both from Rumirgo village in the Uba Askira Local Government Area of Borno State. A release from the spokesperson…
Twitter Inc on Wednesday deleted a tweet posted by President Muhammadu Buhari on his official account @MBuhari following complaints by well-meaning Nigerians. Buhari on Tuesday, May 1, drew the ire of some citizens after he threatened to clamp down on individuals perpetrating violence in the southeast region of the country. Buhari’s threat was in reaction…