The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), led nonagenarian Chief Edwin Clark has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari over the appointment of former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr Solomon Arase as the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC). In a statement on Thursday by PANDEF National Publicity Secretary, Ken Robinson, the group said that it was particularly happy and impressed that President …

If President Muhammadu Buhari assents to a set of constitutional amendment bills about to be sent to him by the Senate, the Houses of Assembly and the judiciary in the 36 states will receive their financial allocations directly from the Federation Account. Two proposed laws making this mandatory are among the 35 Constitution Alteration bills that the Clerk of the …

Abiodun Aikomo has been appointed as the secretary of the Administration of Criminal Justice Monitoring Committee (ACJMC). Aikomo’s appointment was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, as contained in a statement issued by Modupe Ogundoro, Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Justice. The new appointee is expected to retain the office for an initial period of four …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Damaturu, Yobe State said that he is an orphan and does not know his father, but was enlisted in the Nigerian Army because he went to school. President Buhari also urged eligible voters in the state and the northeastern part of the country to ensure that his party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is …

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the National Mental Health Bill 2021 into law, marking a major milestone in Nigeria’s efforts to improve support for psychosocial wellbeing. The new Mental Health Bill is the first legislative reform adopted in the field since independence. The regulation assented to last Thursday, establishes human rights protections for those with mental health conditions, such as …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the deployment of advanced surveillance technology to address insecurity and crime in Imo and other South Eastern states. Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma told to State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday that the President’s approval would usher in the use of advanced surveillance …

Thursday’s death of football legend Pelé has expected elicited reactions across the football world. Pelé was born and raised in the favelas of Tres Coracoes in Minas Gerais, Edson Arantes do Nascimento – he would become known as Pele at school, apparently because of the way he mispronounced the name of his favorite footballer, Bile – grew up in poverty …

The Federal Executive Council, which met in Abuja on Wednesday, approved $8.5 million (N3.5 billion) to facilitate the immediate evacuation of 5,000 Nigerians from Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia. Shortly after the meeting presided over by Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada told …