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The Presidency has confirmed the resignation of Kayode Egbetokun as the Inspector-General of Police. It said the former police boss resigned from office, citing family issues that require his undivided attention. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a response to an inquiry by PUNCH Online, saying, “The IGP resigned in a …

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has been removed from office. He is to be succeeded by Tunji Disu, the Assistant Inspector General of Police overseeing the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex in Alagbon, Lagos. Senior police officials and sources within the Police Service Commission confirmed the development on Tuesday. “Egbetokun was at the (Presidential) Villa yesterday and …

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court in Maitama has struck out a suit filed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) against Mike Ozekhome, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN). On January 16, the ICPC filed a three-count charge bordering on forgery allegations, against Ozekhome. The office of the attorney-general of the federation had taken …

A report by global news agency, AFP, has alleged that the administration of President Bola Tinubu secretly paid billions of naira to Boko Haram terrorists to secure the release of nearly 230 kidnapped schoolchildren and teachers — in direct violation of Nigeria’s anti-ransom laws. According to AFP, the controversial payment followed the November 21 abduction of pupils and staff from …

Until late 2023 when the Supreme Court ruled on the issue of a special status for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in presidential polls, the issue of whether a candidate could be declared winner in a presidential election only after scoring 25 per cent of the votes cast in the election in 2/3 of the 36 states and 25% in …

Musa Abubakar, the party agent for ADC at the Gwagwa polling unit ln the concluded FCT election had lost his life while trying to protect the votes. Candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC election, said he had visited the family of Musa Abubakar who died during the election in Gwagwa. “There were …

Candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the just concluded Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC election, has said he has visited the family of Musa Abubakar who died during the election in Gwagwa. According to Dr Mo, Musa Abubakar, the party agent for ADC at the Gwagwa polling unit lost his life while trying to protect the votes. “There …

The candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2026 Abuja Municipal Area Council election, Dr Moses Paul Ogigi, has rejected the outcome of the poll, alleging irregularities and widespread vote buying. Ogigi, popularly known as Dr Mo, was defeated by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Speaking …

Security agencies investigating the alleged coup plot to overthrow Bola Tinubu have identified two persons who allegedly funnelled N835 million through two private companies to bankroll the alleged conspiracy, Former Bayelsa State Governor Timipre Sylva allegedly contributed the largest share of N785 million. Investigators alleged that the funds were transferred through Purple Waves Limited, an Abuja-based construction company. The firm’s …

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has commenced the tracking of 72 constituency projects valued at N16.3 billion across the three senatorial districts of Kogi State, a development now dominating conversations in Nigeria News Today. ICPC Moves to Audit Kogi Projects The Assistant Commissioner of ICPC, Wale David, disclosed this in Lokoja, stating that the exercise …