Police arrest journalist in attempt to force retraction
Nigerian broadcast journalist Dare Akogun is detained by police in Ilorin State, Nigeria, as a means to force him to retract statement he allegedly made implicating a state government official.
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Nigerian broadcast journalist Dare Akogun is detained by police in Ilorin State, Nigeria, as a means to force him to retract statement he allegedly made implicating a state government official.
The Federal High Court in Ilorin on Wednesday, convicted and sentenced a 29-year-old Chinese national, Gang Deng, to five years imprisonment for offences bordering on illegal mining and possession of minerals without lawful authority. Justice Muhammed Sani convicted Gang in a suit filed by Nigeria's anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against him.
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved promotion examinations for police officers scheduled to start from next year 2023 in line with the Public Service Rules.
The executives of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Kwara State chapter, have distanced themselves from the directive by the national
A Nigerian journalist and publisher of 234sportsng, Olukayode Thomas, has narrated how a self-acclaimed personnel of Department of State Services (DSS), Kwara State Command, identified as Janguza Salisu Hamisu threatened him to show up at the DSS's Ilorin on Monday without revealing the cause of the invitation. Thomas said the manner in which Hamisu spoke to him during a telephone conversation on Friday amounted to a threat to his life.