Intensify operations against bandits- COAS charges troops
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has charged troops of 8 Division and Operation HADARIN DAJI (OPHD) to intensify their operations against bandits marauding in parts of ...
Breaking: Supreme Court affirms Buni’s CECPC leadership lawful, says APC is right
The Nigerian Supreme Court has affirmed that the leadership Governor Mai Mala Buni as Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is legal and ...
In Zamfara, Matawalle receives APC membership card, calls for unity
The Zamfara state Governor, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, Wednesday, obtained his membership card of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at Maradun south 001 polling unit, few weeks after defecting from the ...
PRAWA, CSO Forum fault executing inmates to decongest custodial centers
Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) and the CSO Forum on detention and corrections in Nigeria has called on both the federal and state governments to desist from the execution ...
80 percent of healthcare centers operate below standard – CODE report
The Connected Development (CODE), has through its social mobilisation and accountability movement in Africa @followthemoney, said 80 percent of the 90 healthcare centres in 15 states of Nigeria, falls short ...
Taraba under Ishaku has lost opportunities, ex-acting gov alleges
A former acting governor of Taraba state, Alhaji Garba Umar (UTC) Wednesday lamented that Taraba state within six years under the present administration has lost several great opportunities due to ...
Enugu council workers, primary school teachers to get minimum wage
There is the likelihood that primary school teachers and staff of local governments in Enugu state may receive start receiving their own N30,000 minimum wage which their counterparts at the ...
Umrah: NAHCON tasks pilgrims on Saudi regulations
In anticipation for the resumption of Umrah for external pilgrims, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has called on intending Umrah pilgrims and respective Licensed Tour Operators to take ...
FG determined to curb gender-based violence – Osinbajo
The federal government has restated its commitment to total eradication of Gender Based Violence (GBV), assuring also efforts in ensuring care and justice for survivors across the country. Vice President ...
Abducted Chibok girl, ISWAP husband, 77 others surrender
Seven years after, a former student, who was part of the over 200 abducted girls from Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno state, has reportedly surrendered alongside her Boko Haram-ISWAP ...
Police arrest 2 fake ASP, others in Delta
Delta State Police on Wednesday arrested two fake Assistant Superintendent of Police, Mr Bankole Odusi, and Samuel Idowu on their way to Imo state. They were conveying a Tokumbo vehicle ...
Bandits free 3 re-abducted Bethel students
Three of the remaining 97 abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna state, who escaped from their initial abductors, were released on Tuesday after payment of ransom.The three students ...
El-Rufai condemns Kauru attack as bandits kill 6
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna state has condemned bandits attack on Monday across Ungwan Magaji, Kigam, Kisicho and Kikoba villages in Kauru local government area which led to the killing ...
Arms Control Centre: Military Chiefs, Police partner to mop up illegal weapons
…IGP vows to fish out, punish agencies impersonating NCCSALW Newly established National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW), Military Chiefs, and the Inspector-General of Police ...
Mompha’s ‘fraud’ indictment: EFCC opens up
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has dissociated itself from claims by Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, circulating in the social media, that he was advised by the commission to ...
Of late, like never before ritual killing has taken a new dimension. This is despite the efforts of the government ...
The one-year memorial prayer for the late father of Kwara state governor was held recently in Ilorin with large attendants ...
BENJAMIN SAMSON in this piece examines the quest by the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) to implement the UN Security ...
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Exclusive breastfeeding practice: SCI calls for protection of mothers, increased support
Save the Children International has called for an increased support and protection of mothers as well as awareness creation for an optimal exclusive breastfeeding practice in Nigeria. The Acting Country ...
APCON registrar tasks APAAC on deepening practice in advertising sector
The Registrar/CEO of Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria APCON, Dr Olalekan Fadolapo has called on the Advertising Practitioners Association Abuja Chapter, APAAC to continue to deepen the practice of advertising ...
Stakeholders harp on funding, improved education, others to curb insecurity
Stakeholders have recommended more funding, equipping of the security agencies and improved education as possible solutions to curb insecurity in the country. They made the recommendations at the just concluded ...
