The Grundnorm

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the closure of all satellite units of the Intelligence Response Team (IRTs) and Special Tactical Squad (STS) across the country.

Ahead of the national convention of the All Progressives Congress, a coalition, the Conference of Northern Nigeria Revitalisation Group, has endorsed the aspiration of Saliu Mustapha as the National Chairman of the party.

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has warned the Department of the State Services against taking over the security arrangement of the court on February 16 until 12 pm. The court instructed DSS to only take control of the court security arrangement when the […]

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), transmitted the 2022 Appropriation Act (Amendment) Bill to the National Assembly. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, announced transmission of the Federal Government’s supplementary budget at the opening of plenary on Tuesday.

The Senate Committee on Power has dismissed a petition against a commissioner-nominee of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr Yusuf Ali (North Central) on grounds of lack of merit.

Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde has approved the appointment of Senator Lekan Balogun as the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland. The approval follows a recommendation to that effect by the Olubadan-in-Council communicated to the Governor.

Police operatives have arrested suspended Head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) DCP Abba Kyari, The Nation can report. He was arrested with four others on Monday over alleged illicit drug links.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has chronicled how it nabbed suspended Head of the Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari in a drug deal. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, at a press briefing in Abuja on Monday, narrated that Kyari belonged to a drug cartel that operates the […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared the suspended head of the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, DCP Abba Kyari wanted for alleged drug trafficking.

The quest for a credible Consensus candidate for Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has thrown up unlikely names to forcefully alter earlier calculations ahead of the February 26 National Convention of the party in Abuja.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has declared a “comprehensive and total” strike. The strike was declared at a press conference addressed by the President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, on Monday. He said the strike, which takes effect from Monday, February 14, 2022, would last for an […]

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has set aside March 23 and 24 for arguments of applications by parties in the N50 billion suit filed against the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC. A couple and employees of Shell, Emeka and Stella Okoli, filed the suit […]

The decomposed body of a 70-year-old Italian woman was found sitting at her table — more than two years after she died, police said.

The Supreme Court has declared as unlawful and unconstitutional the Executive Order 10 (EO10) issued by President Muhammadu Buhari on the funding of State Judiciary and Legislature.

The Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the Union has started mobilization of its members to down tools if the Federal Government fails to sign and implement the renegotiated 2009 ASUU-FGN Agreement.