Bayelsa State House of Assembly, yesterday, passed the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) bill into law after its third reading at plenary. The passage of the bill will enable the state to domesticate the 2015 VAPP Act of the National Assembly at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja and stipulated holistic measures to protect the […]
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Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors, yesterday, declared that they have lost confidence in the neutrality and capacity of community policing to serve the purposes assigned to it in the Police Act 2020. Speaking shortly after their meeting in Abuja, they said the newly introduced community policing infrastructure was already being abused. A communiqué issued by […]
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36 governors meet in Abuja Angry senators declare govt incompetent, demand state of emergency on security APC assures of safe return of abductees Defence Minister rally Nigerians to resist kidnappers, bandits Fleeing terrorists kill 11 policemen, residents in Yobe In another bout of terror, armed bandits in military uniforms, yesterday, invaded Government Science College Kagara, […]
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Oyo Assembly calls for relocation, expansion of market We will help rebuild market, say governors Tension has eased at Shasha community in Ibadan, Oyo State after the violence that broke out at a popular foodstuff market last week. Though the market is still under lock and key as directed by the state government, residents were […]
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The kidnap students of Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, Niger State, has pushed some Senators into uncontrollable anger against the Nigerian Government. Senators Mohammed Enagi (APC-Niger South), Sani Musa (APC-Niger East), and Aliu Sabi Aliu (APC-Niger North) described as unacceptable, the worsening state of insecurity in Niger State and Nigeria in general. In a brief […]
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The Senate on Wednesday condemned in “strong terms” the kidnap of students and teachers of Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, Niger State, by unidentified gunmen. The upper chamber also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a “state of emergency on insecurity” in the country. The lawmakers further called on the President Buhari to “consider […]
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Those who are fanning ember of ethnicity using weekend’s mayhem at Shasha Market in Ibadan are mischievous, Kebbi State Governor Atiku Bagudu said on Tuesday. According to him, after a fact-finding visit to the ancient city by a delegation of North’s governors, they found out that a long-running leadership tussle in the market was the […]
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In line with the recommendation of Justice Isa Ayo Salami’s panel, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday broke the 18-year tradition of appointing policemen as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), with his recommendation of Abdulrasheed Bawa confirmation. Bawa, if cleared, will be the first EFCC’s Cadet to head the commission. He will […]
Continue ReadingHuman trafficking is a national embarrassment, says Ortom Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has expressed displeasure over the high rate of human trafficking across the country. The governor said the trend had become a major national embarrassment. Ortom spoke while playing host to the Director-General (DG) of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking […]
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Gunmen kill female student in Benue varsity, two others in Kaduna The United States, U.S., Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has disclosed that terrorists, Islamic fundamentalists and bandits killed 8,279 Nigerians in 2020. In the report, USCIRF, an independent government entity established by the U.S. Congress to monitor, analyse and report threats to religious […]
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