Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Sunday, said military offensives alone could not sustainably resolve the security crisis in the North-West. Rather, he said it would take a mix of kinetic and non-kinetic strategies to restore calm in the troubled region. “Unless we want to engage in an endless war of attrition, there cannot be a military solution to the crisis …

The management of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed as false and unfounded claims that its personnel were collecting loans from inmates of custodial centres. In an interview with newsmen on Monday in Abuja, NCoS Public Relations Officer, Assistant Comptroller of Corrections Abubakar Umar dismissed the claim, adding that NCoS personnel have more credible sources for obtaining loan facilities. Umar …

A suspected car smuggler identified as Abdulwasiu Salawudeen has been arrested in Yauri Local Government Area (LGA) of Kebbi State for allegedly killing a Customs officer, Aminu Abdullahi in the line of duty while attempting to smuggle in one Toyota Corolla. In a statement on Monday, the state Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Dr. Ben Oramalugo said …

No fewer than 3,000 Nigerian youths are to benefit from the capacity-building programme midwife by the National Council for Arts and Culture in collaboration with the Peoples Republic of China in the latter part of the year. The Director General of, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Segun Runsewe revealed this to newsman when he received in audience …

African Heads of State and Government on Sunday reiterated their commitment to integration, development and cooperation in the continent. The leaders, representing the Bureau of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) and Chairpersons of the eight Regional Economic Communities (RECs) as well as Regional Mechanisms (RMs), concluded the AU’s Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya with the adoption …

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, on Sunday, directed the suspension of the ongoing Egungun festival over reported cases of violence, arson and looting of shops in the city. In a statement on Sunday by his Personal Assistant on Media, Mr. Oladele Ogunsola, the monarch expressed concern that some hoodlums were taking advantage of the Egungun festival to perpetrate …

Reprieve came for five persons, who were kidnapped by some gunmen in Isanlu Isin, in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State on Thursday, as the state police command announced their rescue in a statement on Sunday. Late Saturday night, the operation of the command’s tactical team and the community’s vigilante, led by the state Police Commissioner Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi reportedly …

The Federal Government through the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), in collaboration with the Lagos State Government, has commenced the demolition of shanties and extortion points leading to the Lagos ports, to enhance trade facilitation and improve the security and safety of port users in the state. A statement by the authority said the operation, which commenced on Sunday, would be …

The lifeless body of a 53-year-old woman, Amarachi Nwanozie has been discovered near her farm at Ngwama village, Isiala Ngwa South LGA of Abia State. Her corpse was discovered naked by men of Abia State Community Policing/Vigilante Service two days after the victim was declared missing by her husband. A village source told newsmen that the farmer, who was popular …

The Accountant General of the Federation, Mrs Oluwatoyin Madein has urged service providers for the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System to permanently resolve challenges in the payroll platform. The accountant general made the call at a meeting with IPPIS service providers in Abuja on Sunday. She said that the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) had initiated …