The Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Muhammad Dingyadi, says the rate of violent crimes and secessionist agitations in some parts of the country has attained unacceptable heights. Dingyadi said this Monday in Abuja at the opening of a retreat on “Strengthening Interagency Collaboration and Organisational Effectiveness for the Ministry of Police Affairs and Relates Agencies”.…
...Devt Fallouts of Okowa’s denial of governorship zoning ...Free-for-all fight in 2023 Preparatory towards 2023, the Ijaws of Delta State are aiming at producing the next governor of the state, while the Deputy governor may emerge from their close neighbours, the Itsekiris. Both ethnic nationalities are from Delta South Senatorial District. This revelation is coming on…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad has warned newly sworn in Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court Justice Salisu Garba that he will not condone any act of recklessness from him. Muhammad gave the warning at the swearing-in ceremony of Justice Garba as the substantive Chief Judge of the Federal…
The Federal Government says deployment of digital technology is key to reducing the Unit Operating Cost (UOC) of producing crude oil in Nigeria to 10 dollars per barrel by December 2021. Mr Bitrus Nabasu, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, made the assertion on Monday, at the ongoing 2021 Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS) in…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has stated that the envoys of the United States (US), United Kingdom (UK), Canada and the European Union (EU) in Nigeria have expressed their support for the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari over its efforts in demanding for the use of social media "responsibly" in the country. The New Diplomat…
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), on Monday has directed all the broadcasting stations in Nigeria to suspend the use of their Twitter accounts. According to the NBC, the directive is in compliance with the suspension of Twitter’s operations in Nigeria. Recall that the Federal Government had announced an indefinite suspension of the operations of Twitter…
Popular Nigerian media personality, Okoeguale Ehizojie better known as Dada Boy Ehiz, has announced the arrival of his first child. Ehiz, a first time father took to his verified Instagram page @dadaboyehiz to share the good news with fans. The on-air-personality who is obviously already enjoying fatherhood shared an adorable photo of himself with his child…
Ashaka Police Station in Ndokwa East of Delta State has been razed to the ground by unknown armed men in the early hours of Sunday, June 6. In a press statement released by the spokesperson of the Delta State Police Command, DSP Bright Edafe, the command stated that the armed men who were shooting sporadically,…
Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Hakeem Odumosu has made revelation on how the leader and founder of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly known as T. B. Joshua passed away. The New Diplomat had reported that his church, SCOAN, had in a statement issued on Sunday confirmed…