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NSCDC Partners NAPTIP In Fight Against Human Trafficking, Child Abuse, Others
Zamfara State Commandant of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Sani Mustapha has vowed to collaborate with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, in the fight against human trafficking, sexual exploitation and child abuse. This was disclosed in a press statement signed by the spokesperson of the command, Ikor Oche. According to the statement, Commandant...
17 Newly Promoted Police Officers Decorated With New Ranks In Sokoto
A total of 17 Police officers at Zone 10 Sokoto were on Thursday decorated with their new ranks. Mr Lawal Daura, the Assistant Inspector-General (AIG), who led the proceedings in Sokoto, said that the promotions were based on the recommendation of the acting Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun and the approval of the Police Service Commission. “Out of the...
Reps Urge FG To Auction All Police Barracks Over Poor Maintenance
The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to auction all police barracks across the country. The lawmakers also asked the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Police Affairs to liaise with the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) to immediately assess the value of all federal owned barracks across the country and announce a public offering for...
IOCs: Senate Investigates Poor Implementation Of PIA
The Senate has mandated its Committees on Petroleum-Upstream, Downstream, and Gas to conduct a holistic investigation into the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), with regard to the potential exits of International Oil Companies (IOCs) from Nigeria. It passed the resolution following its consideration of a motion on the “Urgent need for an inquiry into Implementation of the Petroleum...
‘An Unnecessary Joke’ — S’court Tackles Atiku On ‘belated’ Attempt To Submit CSU Evidence
The Supreme Court described Atiku Abubakar’s attempt to file fresh evidence from Chicago State University (CSU) after the duration stipulated by the constitution had elapsed as an “unnecessary joke”. Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general election, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), had challenged President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February...
Proscription Of IPOB As Terror Group Illegal, Court Rules, Awards Nnamdi Kanu N8bn Damage
The Enugu State High Court on Thursday ruled that the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, by the Southeast Governors’ Forum in 2017 amounted to administrative abuse, hence null and void. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the IPOB leader, had approached the court to seek the voidance of the prescription based on the fact that IPOB is a registered organisation,...
Let’s Build Our Nation Together, Tinubu Says After Supreme Court Victory
President Bola Tinubu says he welcomes the ruling of the Supreme Court on Thursday affirming his victory as the duly elected President in the Feb. 25 presidential election. The apex court had dismissed appeals filed by the candidates of PDP, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Labour Party challenging the victory of President Tinubu. Reacting to the judgement, the Nigerian...
Buhari Salutes Tinubu On Supreme Court Victory, Urges Obi, Atiku At Work With President
Ex-President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed the Supreme Court verdict that upheld President Bola Tinubu’s election, asking the opposition to team up with the Nigerian leader. Buhari said this in a statement by his spokesman Garba Shehu, minutes after the apex court dismissed appeals by Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Atiku Abubakar. “Now that...
INEC Delisting Our Bayelsa Guber Candidate Is Premature – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says delisting its candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva from the list of governorship candidates for the November 11 Bayelsa governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is premature. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, said this in a statement in Abuja. “The attention of the APC has been drawn to the updated list...
Enugu Govt Targets 690MW, 20-Hour Power Supply By 2030
Enugu State Government says it plans to transit from an energy-poor state to a commercially viable electricity market generating over 690 megawatts of electricity and at least 20-hour per day power supply by 2030. The government also says the urgency of the state in enacting the Enugu State Electricity Law to take immediate advantage of the 2023 constitution amendment and...
