Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Nigeria, Mr Adnan Bostaji is dead. The late Saudi Arabia Ambassador died in his sleep in the early hours of Tuesday. The late Bostji was said to have returned from the Kingdom to Nigeria on Sunday evening and was planning to come to office on Tuesday when they found him dead in his sleep. “We are right now in the hospital from where we are making arrangement to fly his remain to Saudi Arabia,” a source said. A statement from the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Abuja said: With the deepest sense of sadness…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed-doors with the leadership of the National Assembly. Senate President, Mr Ahmed Lawan, and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, attended the meeting which started by 3:00 p.m. at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. However, the agenda of the meeting has not been made public. But sources said the meeting may not be unconnected with last week’s resolution of the National Assembly on the current security situation in the country and the fate of the service chiefs. Senate had last week charged President Buhari to declare a national security emergency while the…

Police on Monday said the community policing service would be purely voluntary and the constables to be recruited would not receive any salary. State commissioners of police, who stated this in separate interviews with The PUNCH on Monday, said police commands had started meeting traditional rulers and community leaders with a view to recruiting constables for the community policing initiative. Federal Government had on January 23 directed the police hierarchy to commence recruitment of special constables nationwide preparatory to the implementation of its community policing policy. Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, in a wireless message directed state police commands…

Three persons were feared dead while several others were injured as police and tricycle operators clashed in Ijora, Lagos, yesterday. Tricycle operators and commercial motorcycle riders (Okada), had taken to the streets of Lagos protesting the ban handed by the state government on some routes and local government areas. Police were alleged to have accosted the protesters, who made bonfires on the streets, and engaged them in a fight that left three persons dead and many others injured. The victims included a student, a woman in an Ilorin-bound vehicle, and a tricycle operator. However, police public relations officer, Mr Bala…