President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s allegations of certificate forgery have gotten the attention of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The regional body has been urged by a pro-democracy group, the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), to investigate the allegations levelled against the president, who doubles as the chairman of ECOWAS. In a letter…
President Bola Tinubu has moved to block records relating to him from being disclosed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency and other United States agencies, according to a Peoples Gazette report. It was reported in September that from October, the FBI would start releasing approximately 2,500 documents relating to President…
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, CP Idowu Owohunwa has ordered the immediate removal of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Meiran Police Station for leadership dereliction and supervisory ineptitude. The CP gave the order after one engineer, Ibrahim Saliu, accused some policemen attached to the station of extorting N200,000 from…
Men of the Lagos state police command have arrested a 27-year-old man, Ogbonna Eze, who allegedly disguises as a dispatch rider to steal car parts. Parading the suspect before newsmen on Tuesday, October 17, the spokesperson of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said on September 18, 2023, the command received reports that the suspect disguised…
Former Minister of Power, Professor Bart Nnaji has narrated how diesel suppliers and generator dealers are allegedly sabotaging some efforts by the federal government and power distribution companies to have steady electricity supply in Nigeria. He disclosed that some of the generator and diesel dealers approached him, complaining that he (Nnaji) was ruining their…
At least three persons have been killed, while over 51 others, including a district head, were kidnapped by bandits in parts of Zamfara State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Tuesday when the armed men invaded Bagega, a mining village in the state, and shot sporadically, leading to the death of the…
US President Joe Biden has arrived in Israel in a desperate bid to prevent the war with Hamas from spiraling into a wider conflict after a devastating blast on a Gaza hospital killed 500 people. Biden was received by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he touched down at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv…
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Kingsley Moghalu has told political officeholders in Nigeria to reduce their salaries and allowances by 50%. The former presidential candidate argued that the present economic realities show the weight of extravagant lifestyles by political office holders in the country is affecting the country…
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State, Tuesday, October 17, ordered the demolition of illegal brothels and criminal dens notorious for prostitution, gangsterism and other illicit activities around the Maiduguri metropolis, within 72 hours. Although it was not clear the agencies; Borno Urban Development Agency or Borno Geographical Information Service, to carry out the…
Two Bus Rapid Transport, known as BRT, were involved in a head-on collision on Tuesday in the Dopemu area of Lagos. Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, disclosed this in an online video on its official X handle, confirming several persons were injured. According to the agency, the incident had led to traffic congestion…