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A retired assistant inspector-general of police (AIG), Adisa Bolanta, has opposed the clamour for the establishment of state police. Bolanta, who spoke with LEADERSHIP in Ilorin, Kwara State, said establishing state police will be a recipe for disaster. He alleged that those calling for the decentralisation of the nation’s policing were driven by personal interests. […]
Enugu State has began the transition from existing primary and junior secondary schools to Smart Green Schools, Governor Peter Mbah’s signature initiative in the state. Mbah in a broadcast to usher in the new era yesterday morning, explained that the shift from old school structures and learning by memorisation to world-class infrastructure and experiential learning […]
Troops of the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, in collaboration with other security agencies, have arrested 17 suspected oil thieves and recovered over 45,000 litres of stolen products in the Niger Delta region. The troops, in several operations conducted between September 8 and September 20, 2025, equally deactivated nine illegal refining sites in the […]
Wife of Cross River State governor, Bishop Eyoawan Otu, has advised the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), vice chancellor, Prof. Francisca Bassey, to work resolutely without fear or favour to provide bold and transformative leadership so as to lift the institution to an enviable pedestal. The governor’s wife gave the advice during a thanksgiving […]
Greater Ohafia Development Authority (GODA) has flagged off the construction of the Umunnekwu-Amibo-Acha Road in the Isuikwuato local government area of Abia State. At the event yesterday, the director-general of the GODA, Obinna Odum, described the road as critical to the development of the area and Abia North zone in general. He said the road […]
Vice chancellor of Bayero University Kano (BUK), Professor Haruna Musa, has called on politicians, business communities, and stakeholders across Nigeria to emulate the educational empowerment initiative of deputy senate president, Senator Barau I. Jibrin. The call was made recently during a scholarship award ceremony held at the convocation centre of Bayero University Kano, where Senator […]
No fewer than 68 inmates in Kano State have successfully passed the 2025 National Examination Council (NECO) examinations, marking a significant milestone in the state’s correctional education efforts. According to a statement by Musbahu Lawan, spokesperson of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Kano State Command, the inmates were sponsored by the Kano State government under the […]
Suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has launched a legal challenge against the federal government over criminal defamation charges filed against her. She described the move as a politically-motivated witch-hunt and an abuse of state power. Filing preliminary objections before both the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory and the Federal High Court, the senator’s legal […]
Youths from Niger East Senatorial District have applauded Senator Mohammed Sani Musa for being named among the top 10 most productive lawmakers in the 10th National Assembly that worked for the realisation of the Tax Reform. The youths made the commendation during a courtesy visit to the lawmaker, following the release of the National Assembly […]
The trial of suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, which was scheduled for yesterday, was stalled owing to an objection raised by the defendant. The senator is being tried for cybercrime charges brought against her by the federal government before a Federal High Court in Abuja. Akpoti-Uduaghan was arraigned on June 30 on a six-count […]