The Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olukayode Egbetokun has directed Zonal Assistant Inspector Generals of Police and Commissioners of Police to deploy personnel and equipment to ensure adequate security throughout the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. He also ordered them to carry out patrols on major highways, flash points, worship and relaxation centres, among others, to have a hitch-free celebration. A statement …

The newly appointed service chiefs have promised to respect human rights while discharging their constitutional mandates. This is as they promised to rid the country of the insecurity bedevilling it. The Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Christopher Musa stated this on behalf of other service chiefs when they visited the Ministry of Defence in Abuja on Monday. However, Musa …

The Anambra State Government has offered a scholarship to Miss Nkechinyere Umeh, an indigene of the state who made the highest score in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). In a statement on Tuesday in Awka, the capital, the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh said that Nkechinyere scored 360 in the examination. Chuma-Udeh said that the student had …

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has approved the re-structuring of the Department of Multilateral and Donor Agencies, in line with his economic blueprint known as the ARISE Agenda. The ARISE Agenda is based on a five-point programme of related development components – Agricultural revolution, Rural development, Infrastructural maintenance/advancement, Security management and Education advancement. The Governor considers the ARISE …

Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, has received approval from the National Universities Commission to run additional undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The Registrar of the university, Omololu Adegbenro, quoting a letter by the NUC, said the approval followed the resource verification exercise conducted by the NUC in April. In a statement on Monday, the varsity named the approved programmes at the …

President Bola Tinubu on Monday said his administration would work closely with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and its international partners to fight the menace of drug abuse. He urged stakeholders to take a people-centred approach to address drug addiction, saying addicts are also humans who deserve understanding and support to recover from the downward path of drug …

Reprieve came the way of civil servants in Benue State as the Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, fulfilled his promise to commence payment of salary from 25th June 2023. Workers in the state last received salary in November 2022, while they were also owed arrears of five months in 2017 which the then governor, Samuel Ortom promised to pay but …

Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command have arrested a serving Inspector, who attempted to kill his colleague on duty, in Kafanchan, and cart away his rifle. The command also burst a rail line vandalisation operation, impounded the conveyance truck and recovered exhibits. In a statement, spokesperson of the state Police Command, Assistant Superintendent Muhammad Jalige explained: “The attention of …

The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) has said it remains the only government body saddled with the responsibility to checkmate the proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons in Nigeria. In a statement, the coordinator of the South West zone of the centre, Mr. Ben Sola Akinlade said the centre observed that …

The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, and Thursday as Eid-El-Kabir holidays. In a statement on Monday, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Oluwatoyin Akinlade said: “The Federal Government has declared Wednesday June 28th and Thursday June 29th 2023 Public Holidays in commemoration of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration and heartily felicitates with the Muslim Ummah at home and in the …