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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Auwal Musa Mohammed as the new Commandant of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano. The Commission also sanctioned the deployment of eight Commissioners of Police (CPs) to various state commands as part of measures aimed at strengthening operational efficiency across the Nigeria Police Force. In a statement issued by the PSC’s Head of Protocol and Public Relations, Mr. Torty Njoku Kalu, the redeployments followed the recent promotion of several Commissioners of Police and were driven by operational requirements. AIG Mohammed brings over 33 years of…

Senior Advocate of Nigeria and rights activist Femi Falana has criticised former military head of state General Abdulsalami Abubakar for dismissing longstanding corruption allegations against the late General Sani Abacha. In an interview published by The Sun on 26 June 2026, Abubakar claimed Abacha never stole public funds. He described the so-called Abacha loot as money the late dictator had set aside for Nigeria on the advice of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, former Benin Republic President Mathieu Kérékou and others. The funds, he said, were meant to protect the country from financial hardship if international sanctions froze its accounts.…

In a statement issued on Thursday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, and posted on the official X account of his media aide, Paul Ibe, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate said the timing of the action, just days before the Osun governorship election scheduled for 15 August, raises serious questions about the neutrality of institutions meant to uphold the rule of law. Atiku argued that freezing a state’s principal operational account on the eve of a major election could disrupt governance, delay salary payments, impede essential public services and create an atmosphere of intimidation…

The State House on Thursday distanced itself from the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), telling a House of Representatives ad-hoc committee that it never requested a budget code from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation and had no prior knowledge of the body until media reports emerged. The testimony came as Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed defended the Corps’ decision to issue seven official Federal Government number plates to the purported agency. He insisted the approvals followed established procedures and were based on documents and representations that appeared genuine at the time.…

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has filed a N2 billion lawsuit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the alleged unlawful freezing of the state’s Federal Statutory Allocation Account. The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1762/2026 and filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, lists the state Attorney General and Accountant General as co-plaintiffs. The EFCC, its chairman and First Bank Nigeria Limited are named as defendants. Adeleke’s legal team, led by Prof. M. T. Adekilekun, SAN, is asking the court to determine whether the EFCC has the power to freeze, restrict or place a “post no debit”…

Social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VDM, has confirmed he will honour an invitation from the Nigeria Police Force after the case was transferred to the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) at Force Headquarters in Abuja. His lawyers, Deji Adeyanju & Partners, said in a statement on Wednesday that VDM has always been ready to cooperate with any lawful investigation. “Our client has never opposed any lawful investigation. On the contrary, he remains ready, willing and available to honour any invitation lawfully extended to him by the Nigeria Police Force,” the firm stated. The lawyers insisted the…

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the remand of a retired Department of State Services (DSS) officer, Nwaogu Ihechimere Ezeakolam, in Kuje Correctional Centre pending his trial on terrorism related charges. Justice Muhammed Umar issued the order after Ezeakolam was arraigned by the DSS on a four-count charge bordering on support for the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The charges allege that between 2025 and 2026 in Abuja and Abia State, the defendant provided moral support and disseminated information about IPOB through social media platforms, joined the outlawed group, posted messages aimed at inducing members of…

The family of Nnamdi Kanu has raised fresh concerns over what it describes as the continued harassment of the IPOB leader’s independent medical team by the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), nearly a year after divergent assessments of his health first surfaced in court. In a statement issued by family spokesman Emmanuel Kanu, the Okwu-Kanu family accused the agencies of systematically targeting physicians who conducted an independent examination of Kanu, arguing that the pressure constitutes an attempt to intimidate professionals for discharging their duties. The latest complaint follows a formal petition…

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately return to court and vacate the order freezing the bank accounts of the Osun State Government. In a personally signed statement issued on Thursday, the president said he was “deeply embarrassed” by the timing of the action, which came days before the state’s governorship election. Although the EFCC obtained a valid court order on August 5, Tinubu stressed that he had no prior knowledge of the move. “It has come to my notice that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) obtained a court order on…

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has criticised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for freezing an official Osun State Government account, describing the move as an abuse of federal institutions and a potential attempt to influence the state’s forthcoming governorship election. In a statement released on Thursday, Makinde said the anti-graft agency had exceeded its legal powers by restricting the account without following due process. “The ‘freezing’ of an official state government account without due legal process goes beyond the powers vested in the EFCC by the laws of our land,” he said. The governor linked the timing of…