Month: April 2021
Page: 10
The Operatives of the Anti-cultism unit of the police in Rivers State are facing allegations of arresting the Chief Security Officer of the Diobu Security Services in Elechi Street, GODSTIME IHUNWO, his wife and four-year-old child. Our correspondent gathered that the operatives who are stationed office of the disbanded SARS in Rupokwu, had initially released […]
Russia and India are discussing “additional” production of Russian military equipment in India. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov revealed this in a move that could anger the United States which frowns upon countries engaged in defence trade with Moscow. Speaking at a joint news conference with India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Lavrov did not specify […]
The Managing Director of Port Harcourt Refinery Company, AHMED DIKKO, has signed the contract with the Tecnimont SpA, for the rehabilitating of the refinery. The Managing Director, Tecnimont, the contractor for the project DAVIDE PELLIZOLA signed on behalf of the company for the contract which is expected to last 44 months. The Group Managing Director […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG, USMAN ALKALI BABA as the acting Inspector General of police. BABA immediately replaces MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR ADAMU. The Minister of Police Affairs, MAIGARI DINGYADI disclosed this to State House correspondents. The president had on the 4th of February, extended the tenure of […]
Sudan has declared a state of emergency in West Darfur state following inter-communal fighting that left at least 40 dead and thousands of people displaced. The UN said that at least 40 people had been killed and more than 50 injured after violence broke out on Saturday between Arab groups and the non-Arab Massalit ethnic […]
Judiciary workers, under the aegis of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), has begun an indefinite nationwide strike today to press home their demand for the financial autonomy of the judiciary. The national leadership of JUSUN in a circular dated April 1, ordered the shutdown of various courts across the country as from Tuesday, […]
The first witness in Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial has testified that he was told to make negative stories about the Israeli Prime Minister disappear. Former Walla Chief Executive Officer, ILAN YESHUA alleged he was also ordered by the news website’s owner, SHAUL ELOVITCH, to post content that attacked NETANYAHU’S political rivals. Prosecutors said NETANYAHU made […]
Five of the thirty nine kidnapped students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka Kaduna have regained their freedom after 25 days in captivity. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, SAMUEL ARUWAN, confirmed the development in a statement which noted that the five students were rescued by Nigerian Army troops yesterday. Source[Nation] Edited […]
The Acting Controller-General of Corrections, JOHN MRABURE has confirmed one thousand eight hundred and forty four inmates were forcefully released during an attack on the Owerri Custodial Centre in Imo State yesterday. In a statement, MRABURE ordered a comprehensive investigation into the incident after he noted that the unknown gunmen stormed the facility and gained entry […]
Mozambique’s military say they have regained full control of the coastal town of Palma, more than a week after it was raided by militant Islamists. An army spokesman said a “significant” number of militants were killed in the counter-offensive,. Meanwhile, government-owned radio reported that residents who had fled were starting to return – some to […]
