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Insecurity: Tinubu, Govs To Deploy 130,000 New Forest Guards Nationwide
President Bola Tinubu has authorised the creation of a national forest guard system and directed the hiring of more than 130,000 armed personnel to protect Nigeria's 1,129 forest reserves in an effort to reduce the country's growing levels of insecurity. The initiative, approved during Monday’s expanded Federal Executive Council meeting, mandates each state to recruit between 2,000 and 5,000 forest...
Onuigbo Mourns Akeredolu, Says Late Governor Lived Life Of Service
Member representing the South East on the Governing Board of the North East Development Commission, Rep. Sam Onuigbo, has described as painful, the death of the former Governor of Ondo State, His Excellency Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu CON SAN. Hon. Onuigbo stated this in a condolence message released on Thursday afternoon, in Umuahia. Recalling Akeredolu’s life of service first as a...
Yahaya Bello: AGF Accuses Kogi Governor, Ododo Of Obstructing EFCC From Performing Its Duty
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has described as “insufferably disquieting”, the obstruction to the arrest of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, by his successor, Usman Ododo. In a statement on Thursday, the AGF said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should not be obstructed from carrying out its lawful...
“Future Of Nigerian Army Rest On Your Shoulders” – GOC 3 Division Tells Army Officers On Conversion Exercise
The General officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division Nigerian Army and Commander Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) Major General AE Abubakar has emphasized that the future of the Nigerian Army rest on the shoulders of the young officers who must have mastery of basic military skills to take up emerging security challenges. He made this known on Monday 6th of May...
Edo Gov. Express Confidence In APC’s Candidate
Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has expressed confidence that the All Progressives Congress will win big in the upcoming by-elections in the state. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua. The governor was said to have made the declaration while receiving defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party at Okada, the administrative...
2027: UNN Pro Chancellor Charges S’West Govs To Support Tinubu
The Pro Chancellor and Chairman Governing Council of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and an All Progressives Congress leader in Ekiti State, Kayode Ojo, has called on South-West governors to endorse President Bola Tinubu as the sole presidential candidate for the 2027 general election. Ojo who belittled the assemblage of some politicians under the African Democratic Congress as “a no...
Report: 23 Dead In Northern Nigeria During Hunger Protest
An analysis by the CLEEN Foundation has shown that six people were killed in Niger State during the August 2024 #EndBadGovenance demonstration. The body also disclosed that 23 persons were killed in the protest, and they were all drawn from the north. The foundation made this known on Thursday in Minna, Niger State, where it presented the report titled “Report on...
30-Year-Old Farmer Dies From Lassa Fever In Cross River
An outbreak of Lassa fever has been confirmed by the Cross River State government in the Obubra Local Government Area (LGA) after a 30-year-old male farmer from the Unincha community passed away. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Henry Egbe Ayuk, announced the outbreak in a public statement yesterday revealing that the deceased succumbed to the disease on February 17...
Tinubu To Intervene In UI Students’ Victimisation – NANS Urges
NANS has pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to intervene in order to prevent further victimization of students at the University of Ibadan. NANS Senate President, Afeez Babatunde Akinteye, made this declaration via a statement made available to DAILY POST on Wednesday. According to the Daily Post, the institution recently increased the school fees of students, a decision that has been condemned...
Consider Bicycle For Transportation, FG Tells Nigerians
The Federal Ministry of Transportation has disclosed that it is considering the use of bicycles as an alternative means of commuting as it promotes a cleaner environment and a healthy lifestyle. The Director, of Road Transport and Mass Transit Administration, Musa Ibrahim, stated this at the one-day stakeholders sensitization meeting held in Abuja recently. According to Ibrahim, the idea is to enhance...
