Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has charged the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Haliru Nababa to double his efforts on intelligence gathering in order to fortify and prevent breaches to the Custodial Centres beyond the use…
Abimbola Abatta (Ogun) and Matthew Denis (Abuja) To reduce the number of inmates awaiting trial in the country as part of the efforts to decongest the prison population, the Federal Government has proposed a maximum of one-year trial period. The…
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting in Ibadan with the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, in respect of his rift with Bola Tinubu, a…
The House of Representatives has said the probe of N165billion budget for Correctional Centres is not a political fight between the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola and the Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila. The lower house said the investigation is a…
…Expert suggests mechanism to checkmate corruption in Nigeria’s security agencies Abimbola Abatta and Ariemu Ogaga The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, disclosed its resolution to probe the utilisation of the N165 billion two years budget of the Nigeria Correctional Services…
The Chief Press Secretary to Osun Governor, Ismail Omipidan, has declared that former Governor of the State and Interior minister, Rauf Aregbesola, is not God and therefore, cannot determine the fate of his principal, Adegboyega Oyetola. He said this on…
By Ismail Azeez, Osogbo The Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Osun State chapter, Prince Gboyega Famodun has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba and presidency to call the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola to order over…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure Teachers and parents have been called upon to be more committed to upbringing of children for a better society following the high rate of cultism, drug abuse and ritual killings among the youths in the country.…
By Joel Oladele and Abimbola Abatta The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday held the long awaited inauguration of the State Chairmen at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. The inauguration, which held amid tight security, witnessed the absence…
Sequel to the self-confession of the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, of being the brain behind the copious anti-party activities of a pressure group, The Osun Progressives (TOP) under the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC) recently…
