Bachelor’s degree and Higher National Diploma certificate holders have emerged the majority among those jostling to fill the vacancy for Constables recently announced by the police. Constable is the entry level into the Rank and File of the Police Force and is usually reserved for Secondary School Certificate holders. Advert for recruitment of police constables […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday afternoon filed a ten count charge of fraud against the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Paul Usoro (SAN) before a Federal High Court, Lagos. Usoro is alleged to be involved in a fraud of N1.4 billion that belongs to the Akwa Ibom State […]

Lagos street sweepers under the “Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI)” of the Lagos State Government, on Wednesday protested their delayed salaries and merger with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA). The protesters, who were chanting various solidarity songs at the Alausa Secretariat, barricaded the road and urged Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode to intervene in ameliorating their […]

Thomson Reuters Corp said on Tuesday that it will cut its workforce by 12 per cent by 2020, axing 3,200 jobs, as part of a plan to streamline the business and reduce costs. The news and information provider, which completed the sale of a 55-per cent stake in its Financial & Risk (F&R) unit to […]

Police have confirmed that they lost 16 men in an ambush by bandits in Zamfara State during a special operation on November 29. Police said in an earlier statement that they killed 104 bandits, destroyed 50 hideouts and lost one unidentified policeman, while 12 others were injured during the operation. Police also said they arrested […]

The National Association of Air Traffic Engineers (NAAE) has called for adequate funding of on going projects,  sustenance and maintenance of completed facilities in all area communication centres across the country. In a communique signed by the national president of NAAE Engr Ishaya Dung made available to newsmen in Lagos, also called for a better […]

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has lauded the efforts of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), to extradite the former Minister Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke to face corruption charges leveled against her. This comes from the reports of the acting spokesman for the anti-graft agency, Mr Tony Orilade where he […]

Nigerian pop star and police brand ambassador, Adekunle Temitope aka Small Doctor, was set free today with a slap on the wrist after he was arrested yesterday on a Lagos road where he was threatening the lives of traffic officers with a gun when his car was stopped. A Magistrates’ Court in Ebute Metta freed the […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo today in Abuja wondered how some Nigerians could believe the rumour that a certain Jibril from Sudan would be presiding over the Federal Executive Council (FEC). The Vice President said he believed the fear of Buhari was making some detractors lose their senses. Osinbajo was addressing the misconception of Jibril, a […]

Social media activist and blogger, Deji Adeyanju, has regained his freedom after spending eight days both in prison and police custody. He may however be arraigned by the police on a fresh charge of promoting “terrorism” via social media today. Reports said he was freed around 7pm on Monday from Keffi Prison, where he was […]