BY OUR REPORTER Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP)Gbolahan Olugbemi, 50, has allegedly committed suicide in Ogbomosho, Oyo State. DCP Olugbemi, who was serving at the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (FCIID), Alagbon, Lagos, reportedly died in his country home at Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́, Oyo State, where he had gone for theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A travel and tourism expert, Bankole Bernard, says with the commencement of the Lagos-London direct flight by local carrier Air Peace, foreign airlines hitherto enjoying exclusivity on the route are forced to slash airfares. Bernard, who was a guest on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief programme onContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Police authorities are still searching for six officers who went missing in Delta State, according to Force spokesman Muyiwa Adejobi. Six police officers were gruesomely murdered in Ohoro Forest, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State and the same number declared missing after they were ambushed duringContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Investors demand for treasury bills has reached a record high as the total subscriptions have risen to N2.62 trillion, with particular interest observed in the longer-dated bills, accounting for N2.48 trillion. According to data obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s website, instruments worth N161.33 billion,Continue Reading
President Tinubu BY GODWIN OBI Residents of Okuama, Omosuomo, and other communities in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, still confined in the forests since the ongoing Army clearance operations in their domains over the killing of 17 soldiers on March 14, weekend, sent distress signals to President BolaContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Christians in Nigeria yesterday join their counterparts all over the world to celebrate Easter which marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, symbolising His victory over death. The celebration is culminated by the passion of Christ which was preceded by the season of Lent, aContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC), Nze Chidi Duru, has frowned at the report that the Federal Government subsidised religious pilgrimage with N90 billion, warning that such should not have any place in present day Nigeria. Duru, the Deputy National OrganisingContinue Reading
Empty tomb of Jesus at sunrise with crosses in background By Our Reporters Governors and other eminent Nigerians, yesterday, urged citizens to see the significance of the Easter celebration as a reason to persevere and make sacrifices for the growth and development of the nation. They noted that despite theContinue Reading
•Allows CPs to query their orders, State Police Commission to break deadlock •By contrast, President granted total control of the IG of the Federal Police BY GODWIN OBI State Police appears to be on the way to becoming a reality after President Bola Tinubu and state governors agreed to workContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has approved negotiated and reviewed haulage rates from Eastern ports to various destinations in the country. The rates approved were in consideration of cost moderation and cargo transport issues. The negotiations were harmonious and the rates agreed upon were acceptable by allContinue Reading