Calling for an end to sexual exploitation of women and girls, Nigeria’s First Lady, Remi Tinubu has emphasised the need for speaking out against abuse. According to a statement by her media aide, Busola Kukoyi, Mrs Tinubu spoke at a ...
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Feed SubscriptionGunmen Kill 1,127 Persons, Abduct 518 In October — Report
A monthly security report released by a private security and intelligence firm, Beacon Consulting Ltd, said Nigeria recorded 935 security incidents and 1,127 deaths in the month of October, 2023. The report released on November 15, 2023, said 518 persons ...
Read More »Police Debunk Rumoured Shootout With Immigration Personnel Over Borno Outpost
The Borno State Police Command has debunked social media reports alleging that its operatives and officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) exchanged fire over the control of an outpost at 777 Housing Estate in Maiduguri, the state capital. The ...
Read More »FG Partners AI Tech Company For Learning Efficiency
Federal government is partnering with Anthology, a notable Artificial Intelligence (AI) tech company in the world, on blackboard technology, to aid learning efficiency. The minister of education, Prof Tahir Mamman, while receiving in his office, the Anthology delegation in Abuja ...
Read More »NDE To Develop Roadmap On Job Creation, Poverty Reduction
National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has commenced the process of developing a clear-cut roadmap for job creation and poverty reduction within the framework of the Renewed Hope Agenda of the federal government. Minister of state for labour and employment, Nkeiruka ...
Read More »Monetary Reforms Yielding Positive Results – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria said that its monetary policy reforms are beginning to have positive effects on the country’s economy. Reacting to the just-released inflation rate for October in a statement issued by the Director of the Corporate Communications ...
Read More »Tension In Delta Community As Women Reject New Monarch
Palpable tension has enveloped the ancient Ewu-Urhobo kingdom in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, as the womenfolk in the kingdom, embarked on a peaceful protest in condemnation of what they tagged ‘forceful imposition and planned installation of ...
Read More »Army Defuses 642 Unexploded Ikeja Cantonment Bombs
The Nigerian Army, on Thursday, said it had so far disposed of a total of 642 unexploded bombs recovered from the Ikeja Military Cantonment. The service, under an operation codenamed, “Exercise Clean Sweep,” commenced the recovery and disposal of bombs ...
Read More »Community Leader Decries Illegal Dredging On East-West Road
The collapsing Amekpa/Affirsere bridge at the Ughelli axis of the East-West road in Delta State, has been attributed to the adverse effects of the ongoing illegal dredging in the Delta community. A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in ...
Read More »PSC, NPF consider 65 years as police retirement age
The Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force are contemplating the extension of the police retirement age to either 65 years or 40 years in the service. The move, it was gathered, followed the retirement of several competent police ...
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