BY BEN AGANDE ABUJA—A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Muhammad Murtala, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to summon police chiefs from 1999 till date to explain the rot in police formations across the country with a view to ensuring that those responsible for the sorry state of the Police Force are […]
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MUTUAL suspicion between loyalists of President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party’s national chairman, Bamanga Tukur, and those of the governors is delaying the convening of the party’s National Executive Council meeting, The PUNCH has found out. The party’s National Working Committee has been unable to agree on when to hold the NEC meeting […]
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Minister of Police Affairs Caleb Olubolade and the Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Abubakar may be on collision course over the decay in the police colleges and the control of police funds, it has been revealed. Our correspondent also learnt that the duo might be summoned by President Goodluck Jonathan to explain the poor conditions of […]
THE rot, recently discovered in the welfare scheme of Police College, Ikeja may have elicited a comprehensive probe into the budgets of the Ministry of Police Affair and police formations, over the years. Already, the Senate has iniated moves to look into the books of the ministry, with a view to ascertain the integrity of […]
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By Bashir Adefaka, AbdulSalam Muhammad, Kano Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, escaped death, yesterday, as gunmen, operating on motocycle (Okada), opened fired on his convoy. The incident occurred when the monarch was leaving Masalacin Murtala area of the Kano metropolis where he had gone to attend a Qur’anic graduation ceremony. His driver and three […]
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