10,000 Police Officers Undergoing Training On Digital Skills, Says IGP
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, on Wednesday said 10,000 police officers are currently undergoing training on digital skills. Baba also said the Nigeria Police Force has acquired drones as part of new technology to curb crimes and unmask criminal elements. He said the training was due to the security situation in the country and how to overcome the menace. Baba...
3 persons crushed by trucks on deplorable East-West road
Rivers - Three persons have been crushed to death by heavy duty trucks at Akpajo, Eleme, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The incident occurred on Thursday 15th August. Eyewitness, Fyneface Fyneface said "collapsed bridge on the East-West road and attendant traffic jam", caused the loss. Another eyewitness, Nornubari Kote, claimed that impatient truck drivers crushed the trio to death. Kote said the deceased persons...
FG, USTDA sign $1.1m grant for Abuja independent power project
Mele Kyari, group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says electricity is a luxury only the elite in the country can afford. Kyari made the statement at the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit in Abuja on Tuesday. The summit with the theme, ‘Widening the integration circle: technology, knowledge, sustainability partnership’, saw the signing of a $1.1 million grant...
Apongbon Fire: FG Serves Lagos Bridges Occupants Eviction Notice
The Federal Government on Wednesday gave all traders and other illegal occupants under over 20 bridges in Lagos a final ultimatum to vacate before March 31 or face forceful eviction. The Director, Highways, Bridges and Design, Oluropo Oyetade, gave the ultimatum during an emergency meeting. The meeting was between the Federal Ministry of Works delegation and Lagos State Government officials to...
Kaduna Govt Constitutes Governing Councils For KASU, Other Tertiary Institutions
The Kaduna State Government has announced the constitution of governing councils for the Kaduna State University, Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, College of Education, Gidan Waya, and the College of Nursing and Midwifery. The government also appointed a new board for the Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital. Hussaini Adamu Dikko is appointed chairman of the Governing Council of KASU, with Ismail Sanusi Afieza representing the organized...
Inside Abba Kyari’s N50m Bail For Drug Offences
Federal High Court in Abuja has granted suspended DCP Abba Kyari N50 million bail in a charge in which he and two of his siblings were accused of failing to declare assets to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. NDLEA had filed the 24-count charge against Kyari and his brothers — Mohammed Baba Kyari and Ali Kyari. In a ruling...
Police arrest kidnapper of missing boy in Sotitobire church, Ondo
The Ondo State Police Command, on Friday, confirmed the arrest of a man identified as Elike Chubuzor, suspected to be the abductor of a one-year-old boy, Gold Kolawole. Little Kolawole went missing on the premises of a popular church, Sotitobire Praising Chapel, at Oshinle area of Akure, the Ondo state capital. The boy was abducted during the church service by unknown...
COVID-19: Kaduna State Govt Approves Resumption Date For Tertiary Schools
Kaduna State government has approved Monday January 25, 2021 as resumption date for all tertiary institutions in the State. It also said assessment on COVID-19 for all secondary and primary schools are ongoing while resumption will be announced once the excercise is approved. A statement on Sunday evening by the Ministry of Education, said the approval came after an assessment team had gone...
Nasarawa LP Starts Door-To-Door Campaign For Peter Obi
The Labour Party in Nasarawa State has begun a door-to-door campaign across the 13 Local Government Areas of the state for its presidential candidate, Peter Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed. Speaking with newsmen in Lafia on Monday, State Chairman of LP, Alexander Emmanuel, said the party decided to start the campaign because it has a target of getting...
APC Governorship Candidate Now Song Composer For Party’s Muslim-Muslim Ticket – Gov Ortom
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has lambasted the state’s governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2023 election, Hyacinth Alia, over the latter’s campaign utterances. Reports shows that Alia had, while campaigning in Mbatiav, Gboko on Sunday, reeled out how he would spend Benue’s money if elected governor of the state in 2023, stating that his...
