July 2023

In a meeting held on Monday, President Bola Tinubu instructed the new service chiefs, the National Security Adviser (NSA), and the acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) to work cohesively as a team and successfully accomplish their assigned tasks.

The NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, expressed his commitment to the President and Nigerians, assuring them that the security agencies will fulfill their mandate of ensuring national security, as well as establishing and maintaining peace and stability.

President Tinubu convened a closed-door meeting on Monday with the NSA, the Service Chiefs, and the acting IGP at the Presidential Villa in …

The National Industrial Court has ruled that the Police Service Commission (PSC) must compensate retired AIG Mbu Joseph Mbu with a sum of ₦40 million in general damages. This decision was made by Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae, who deemed Mbu’s retirement before reaching the mandatory age of 60 years as unlawful.

‘I hold that the claimant’s premature retirement through a press release on July 2, 2016, is unlawful, unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect.’

Additionally, the court invalidated the claimed retirement and officially recognized the claimant’s status as an active officer of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) …

In the wake of renewed violence, the grandmother of the French teenager, whose tragic death at the hands of the police ignited riots, issued an appeal for calm on Sunday. The incident was further marred by an attack on the residence of the mayor of a Parisian suburb, where a car was set ablaze.

The government helmed by President Emmanuel Macron finds itself embattled as it faces a five-night stretch of intense protests triggered by the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M. by a police officer during a routine traffic check in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.

The killing …

It has come to light that In the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), Umeh Nkechinyere, hailed from Anambra State, emerged as the genuine top scorer, while Ejikeme Mmesoma fraudulently presented herself as the highest scorer from the same state.

The board declared Umeh, aged 16, as the top scorer with an impressive aggregate score of 360 during its 2023 policy meeting, conducted in Abuja on Saturday, June 24, 2023.

Umeh received accolades from JAMB for achieving the top scorer position, whereas the board rebuked Ejikeme for falsely portraying herself as the highest scorer.

In a statement released …

In light of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu‘s ailing health, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, representing the Ondo South Senatorial District, has recommended that he focus on recuperating rather than rushing back to his gubernatorial responsibilities.

During a telephone conversation over the weekend, Mr. Ibrahim explicitly advised Mr. Akeredolu to draw inspiration from the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, who spent several months abroad attending to his health and only returned to duty once he had made a full recovery.

‘Arakunrin (Akeredolu), there is a precedent in this regard. President Muhammadu Buhari was away for six months while on medical leave and later returned …