PRESS STATEMENT CRITICS OF ARMY CHIEF GOOFED OVER SUGGESTION TO FIGHT INSURGENCY SPIRITUALLY My attention has been dawn to a sensational headline in THE PUNCH NEWSPAPER publication of October 1 2019 titled “Knocks as Buratai seeks prayers to defeat Boko Haram”. According to the PUNCH NEWSPAPER, “The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, […]
PRESS BRIEFING BY CP BALA CIROMA THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE FCT ON FRIDAY 21ST JUNE, 2019 Gentlemen of the Press, I am pleased to welcome you to this press briefing, which will afford me the opportunity to provide an update on our policing activities in the Federal Capital Territory. 2. In furtherance of our commitment […]
DCP USMAN AK UMAR, DCP Operations for the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command I am pleased to inform you that the proactive security measures put in place by the FCT Police Command to beef up security and fight crime in the Federal Capital Territory has continued to yield positive result. This is evident in the […]
By Yushau A. Shuaib “Let’s protect the careers of public servants/officers under political victimization” Your Excellency, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, You have, no doubt, a reputation to protect against agencies under your supervisions that are engaged in unethical practices and gross misconduct including corruption, nepotism and victimizations of civil servants while dropping your name in their […]
The FCT Police Command said on Thursday that its operatives have arrested 25 suspected armed robbers, kidnappers and Car snatchers in separate crackdown on the activities of criminal element terrorizing Abuja. Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Sadiq Abubakar Bello who made the disclosure at a news briefing, also said the FCT Command as part of […]
In a daring and consistent operation along Birnin-Gwari- Kaduna Highways, armed bandits have kidnapped forty-two (42) passengers’ en-route to Kano within 24 hours. A leader of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Birnin-Gwari who pleaded anonymity told PR-Nigeria that the incidents occurred between evening of Tuesday and Wednesday’s morning. The union leader said: […]
Femi Fani-Kayode Sadly the madness does not stop there. On February 3, 2018, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo, the President of Miyetti Allah, which is the umbrella organization of the Fulani herdsmen, said: “Nobody should try to remove Buhari in 2019. All the Fulani in Nigeria today, our eyes are open. All of us are behind Buhari; […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja has voided the suspension of the Delta Central Senator, Ovie Omo-Agege, by the Senate, describing the action as unconstitutional. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, in a judgment that lasted one hour on Thursday, held that while the National Assembly had the power to discipline its erring members, the premise on which […]
Again, our attention has been drawn to a publication by Premium Times which unethically alleges without any proof, reference, attribution or justification that the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, was involved in receiving or sharing any unauthorized funds. The article, entitled “EXCLUSIVE: Minister Adeosun, Saraki, Dogara, Accountant General in N10 billion fraud […]
Authorities of the Nigerian Army said on Thursday thhat troops of 23 Brigade Nigerian Army under Operation Lafiya Dole on 28th March 2018, acting on a tip off arrested 3 suspected Boko Haram terrorists at Ngurore. The suspects, Adam Yagga, Musa Kamsulum and Abba Djidoum are all from Darajimal in Bama Local Government Area of […]