The Nigerian Correctional Service has appointed Mr John Francis as the new controller of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) command. A statement by Adamu Duza, spokesperson for the service, on Friday in Abuja, said Francis was deployed to the position by the Controller General of Corrections, Haliru Nababa. Continue Reading
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has appointed Mr Stanley Ogadigo, a former employee of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), as its Director of Public Relations. This is contained in a statement signed by the President of the Institute, Dr Ike Neliaku, on Friday inContinue Reading
The Police Command in Oyo State has arrested four suspected gunrunners and 34 others for alleged armed robbery, kidnapping, car snatching and land grabbing. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Adewale Osifeso, made this known while parading the suspects on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police Adebola Hamzat,Continue Reading
Super Eagles coach, Jose Peseiro, has announced his final 25-man squad for the forthcoming African Cup of Nations in Cote’d’Ivoire. The African football showpiece will run from January 13 to February 11, 2024. The Nigerian side, gunning for its fourth title, has been drawn in Group A alongsideContinue Reading
A former governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has lost his elder sister, Mrs Victoria Moradehun Popoola (née Oyinlola) to the cold hands of death. Mrs Popoola died on Thursday, December 28, 2023. She was 87 years old. Mrs Popoola, a retired midwife, was Prince Oyinlola’s mother’sContinue Reading
Governors present at the Jerico Ibadan, Oyo State residence of the Akeredolus were Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Abiodun Oyebanj (Ekiti), and Ademola Adeleke (Osun). Governors of the South-West region have paid a condolence visit to the family of the late former Governor of Ondo State Rotimi Akeredolu. Akeredolu died onContinue Reading
The Federal Government says a bomb blast killed one operative of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and destroyed three electricity transmission towers along Maiduguri-Damaturu road. The General Manager, Public Affairs of Transmission Company of Nigeria, Ndidi Mbah ,disclosed this in a statement on Friday. According to TCN,Continue Reading
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has approved the release of 246 inmates from various correctional facilities across the state. A statement issued on Friday by the state Attorney-General for Justice, Mr Lawal Pedro, said the governor also commuted 39 inmates on death row to life imprisonment. AccordingContinue Reading
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has expressed shock over the death of his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu. Adeleke, who said he was deeply troubled by the news of the demise of Akeredolu, described his death a a huge national loss. The Osun governor, in a statement byContinue Reading
