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By Kamil Opeyemi The Police Service Commission has explained why its Kano command has recruited some repentant criminals in the state into the state constabulary service. In a statement by Ikechukwu Ani, spokesman of the Police Service Commission, said the Special Constabulary are not Police men and not recognised as such by the Commission and Government. The statement however added that the Constabulary operations are covered and recognised by the Police Act and are readily useful and needed now that the nation is fighting to end the siege of criminals across the country. News of the recruitment of some alleged…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Lagos state police command on Wednesday ordered the removal of the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Meiran Division over allegations of extortion. It was gathered that a phone merchant had lodged a complaint that he was forced to part with with a sum of N200,000 by men of the division. The phone dealer, Ibrahim Saliu had accused the policemen of detaining him and his brother, Olaiya Murtala, for not providing an identity card or the receipts for the iPhones found with his brother. READ ALSO: APC Replies Babachir Lawal; Says Ex-SGF is a Burden Unto…

By Halimah Olamide A policeman seen in a viral video shooting an AK-47 gun has been brought in for disciplinary action by the Lagos Command of the Nigerian Police Force. NPO Reported that the officer had, in the euphoria of celebration of the reopening of the popular Ladipo Market, shot several times into the air narrowly missing some persons in the process. Force spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, had hinted earlier on Tuesday that the Lagos command of the force had been mandated to fish out the officer, whose conduct was believed to be outside the rules of his engagement. On Wednesday…

By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Police Force has said it is hunting for a man who was seen in a viral video shooting sporadically in the air with an AK-47 gun during the re-opening of the Ladipo Market in Lagos. The police force spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a tweet where he showed the video that the case has been referred to the Lagos command of the force and that the man seen in the video would be fished out. The video had been posted on Tiktok by a user, with the handle @endlessmo2. The Lagos state government had shut…

By David Orji A prominent journalist based in Osun State, Soji Charles Adeniyi, is set to be installed as the new Onigbeda of Igbeda Ijesa under the consent authority of the Owa Adimula of Ijeshaland, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran. Adeniyi, a journalist cum businessman, was the State Bureau Chief of The Nation Newspaper for many years before he exited the company. According to information available to the NPO Reports, Adeniyi will be installed on Thursday October 19, 2023 in the town of Igbeda. Adeniyi was born on July 1, 1964 and raised in Osogbo, the capital city of Osun State.…

By Halimah Olamide Tax defaulters are in for a rough deal as from next week as the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is set to commence a nationwide Value-Added Tax (VAT) and Withholding Tax (WHT) compliance monitoring exercise for all taxable individuals. As from October 23, FIRS in a statement released to the media said by the Acting Executive Chairman of the FIRS, Dr. Zacch Adedeji, said the initiative is targeted at improving tax compliance and revenue collection across the country. VAT is a consumption tax applied to a product when value is added at various points in the supply…

By Kamil Opeyemi Tension rose on the floor of the senate on Tuesday after the Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume, told the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio that many wrong things are being done in the red chamber. Ndume had raised a point of order, citing order 54 of the Senate Rule Book to draw the attention of the Senate President to his handling of affairs in the chambers which were against the rules. He said: “Mr. President there are some things we do in this chamber that are against the rules. Sir, nobody is too big to learn.” Before Ndume…

By Halimah Olamide A former head of public agency gives reasons why workers of Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission were jubilant over the removal of their former Registrar A former Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Waziri Adio on Tuesday said the wild jubilation by officials of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) after the replacement of the agency’s former Registrar, A.G Abubakar cannot be divorced from the diligence and the no-nonsense posture of the former Registrar while in the saddle. Adio, who served as the boss of the transparency organisation, said he had close dealings with the…

By Halimah `Olamide The newly appointed Postmaster General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Postal Service, Tola Odeyemi, has eventually taken charge of affairs at the Abuja head office of the postal agency on Monday. She addressed members of staff at the conference room of the organisation after hours of chaos which saw to an order on the sacked CEO, Mr. Sunday Adepoju, to vacate the office for her. Adepoju had claimed that President Bola Tinubu had changed his mind on the appointment of Odeyemi, whose name was among the new heads of all agencies under the Ministry…

How New Postmaster General, Tola Odeyemi Took Over With Soldiers By Kamil Opeyemi There seems to be calm at the head office of the Nigerian Postal Service few hours ago in Abuaj as the sacked Postmaster General, Sunday Adepoju finally bowed to “order from above” to leave office for the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer, Tola Odeyemi. Workers, who a source told the NPO Reports were instructed to mount a resistance to the resumption by Odeyemi on Monday, had shut the gate of the head office. Many of them also displayed placards carrying various inscriptions saying Adepoju should not be…