Nigerians on Tuesday set agenda for the new service chiefs. They expect more respect for human rights and innovation in the fight against insurgency, banditry and kidnapping. The National Assembly, governors, the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), major socio-cultural groups and other eminent Nigerians want the service chiefs to “hit the […]
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18,360 community policing officers recruited – IG Adamu Police Inspector General, Mohammed Adamu has said 18,360 community policing officers (CPOs) have been screened, vetted, recruited and trained. This was as the Acting Chairman of the National Salaries and Wages Commission (NSWC), Ekpo Nta, said a new salary structure for policemen would soon come into force. […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday evening, hosted the Ooni of Ife, Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, in his official residence in the State House, Abuja. The royal father was said to have arrived the Aso Rock Presidential Villa at about 8.30pm for the meeting. Although details of the meeting and their discussions were not […]
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The reduction in the duties on vehicles and tractors from 35 to about 10 per cent may take off next week, the Nigeria Customs Service said on Tuesday. Comptroller-General of Customs, Hameed Ali, who disclosed this to journalists in Abuja, said the management of the service was expecting an official communication from the finance ministry […]
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A leader of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, says the 2023 presidential election is not feasible until there is a change in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. “I don’t see the practicability of an election in 2023 without a change of the constitution with all the inequities and iniquities […]
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Oyo State Government has deployed 200 operatives of the Oyo State Western Nigeria Security Network, code-named Amotekun, in Ibarapa Local Government Area of the state. Of late, there has been crisis between Ibarapa indigenes and Fulani herdsmen accused of perpetrating crimes ranging from kidnappings, killings, rape to invasion of farmlands with their cattle in the […]
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The Police Command in Anambra says it has uncovered a ‘baby factory’ where young girls are being impregnated and their babies sold by human traffickers. Chief Superintendent of Police Haruna Mohammed, the command’s spokesman, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Awka, said 10 suspects were arrested and five newborn babies rescued. According […]
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Crowds still at enrolment centres, operators hint of 50 million collected NINs Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has prevailed on members of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) chapter of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) NIMC chapter to shelve their planned strike, promising prompt resolution of their […]
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Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Olafayo Amao The new Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Olafayo Amao, was born on September 14, 1965, in Enugu. He hails from Osogbo in Osun State. He enlisted into the Nigerian Air Force on January 19, 1984, as a member of the 35 Regular Course of the Nigerian […]
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‘It’ll trigger capital flight from Nigeria, other developing countries’ CBN warns against fresh lockdown, retains MPR MPC faces policy dilemma in face of stagflation, contraction, Emefiele admits The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed confidence that the COVID-19 vaccine rollout across different parts of the world would boost confidence in the economy despite rising infection […]
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