>>>Niger State Government yesterday said no fewer than 200 armed bandits were killed between Sunday and yesterday by operatives of the joint Security Taskforce in Rafi and Mariga Local Government Areas, LGAs, in gun duel.
>>>The relentless calls for independent candidacy may soon be a thing of the past as the National Assembly Committee on Alteration to the provisions of the 1999 Constitution has moved to provide for independent candidates in presidential, governorship, National Assembly, state houses of assembly and local government elections
>>>Former governor of Anambra State (2003 to 2011) and 2019 Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Peter Obi, has reiterated his popular thesis that the Nigerian State will go nowhere in development, until it finds solutions to the wastage of public funds and the high cost of governance at all levels.
>>>The Federal Government on Thursday approved the request by the United States of America, for suspended Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari, to be extradited over the $1.1million wire fraud perpetrated by Abass Ramon aka Hushpuppi and 4 others.
>>>Abba Kyari was a farce waiting to happen. His response in July after the US Attorney General’s Office Central District of California issued a warrant of arrest against him following his indictment in a case of internet fraud involving Ramon Abbas, otherwise called Hushpuppi, was the earliest warning sign that the Nigerian end of this affair might descend into a farce.Abba Kyari was a farce waiting to happen.
>>>>Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has charged officers, rank and file of the FCT Police Command not to convert security measures put in place to tackle criminal elements into money-making ventures or avenues for fleecing citizens.
>>>Police in Delta have killed the leader of a suspected robbery gang, simply identified as Getay, in Warri South Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman for the Police Command in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed this to newsmen on Monday in Warri.
>>>Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, urged the European Union on Tuesday to prove that it sided with Ukraine in its war with Russia a day after signing an official request to join the bloc. Zelenskiy told the European Parliament by video link that “Ukraine is going to be much stronger with European Union with us, that’s for sure. Without you, Ukraine is going to be lonesome.
>>>Ukraine-Russia conflict: Fleeing Africans lament poor treatment at border
>>>Russia-Ukraine war: Nigerian students cry of hunger, cold; say ‘we trekked 60km to Poland’
>>>Ronaldo says his son wanting to play with him could delay his retirement
>>>Lewandowski says he’s ‘open to everything’ as Bayern contract enters final year
>>>Football federations of Poland, Czech Republic and Sweden in a joint statement called on world football governing body, FIFA, to kick Russia out of the World Cup qualifiers. All four teams are in Path B competing for a ticket to Qatar later this year.
>>>Embattled gospel singer Sammie Okposo who made headlines weeks back after he publicly apologized to his wife, Ozioma for cheating on her with another lady in the United States, has proved that ‘no scandal’ is capable of separating a couple that God has joined together. A second honey moon is presently happening in cancun, Mexico. .
