Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has faulted the continued stay of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, as a member of the Federal Executive Council (FEC). He believes it is unreasonable for the government to allow anyone in a situation such as that of the
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The acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, on Wednesday, has told the leadership of the House of Representatives that the Nigeria Police Force lacks adequate resources to face the emerging security challenges in the country. Baba urged the House to create a special fund for police operations which will allow the security outfit to […]
The acting inspector-general of police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, has said restoring internal security was a main challenge that can be surmounted. The IGP, who stated this during the handing-over ceremony at the Force headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, said: “the task of restoring the primacy of the Nigeria police in the internal security architecture […]
Mohammed Adamu has handed over to Usman Alkali Baba as the Acting Inspector General of Police. Mohammed Adamu, the outgoing IGP, handed over to Baba on Tuesday at the Force Headquarters in Abuja. Earlier, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo decorated Usman Baba as the Acting IGP. Baba, a Deputy Inspector-General of Police, was on Tuesday appointed as […]
The Northern Governors Forum has congratulated APC National Leader and former Governor of Lagos State Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on the occasion of his 69th birthday. Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong in a congratulatory message made available to Daily Independent on Monday in Jos,described Senator Tinubu as an accomplished […]
Federal Government prosecutors at the federal high court in Abuja have tendered a cash sum of $1.3 million recovered from retired Air Commodore Umar Mohammed, a member of the Jon Ode led Presidential Investigative Committee on Arms Procurement. The arm probe panel was constituted by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in 2015 but was later unceremoniously










