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Usman Alkali Baba Orders Distribution of Additional Equipment.

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the immediate distribution of additional equipment for use by officers and men of the force before, during and after the 2023 general elections. They include batches of uniforms, kits, accouterments, and anti-riot equipment comprising bullet-proof vests with armored plates, ballistic helmets, long and short-range tear gas for civil disorder management, and stun guns. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi in […]

todayNovember 8, 2022 106 1

News

Buhari calls for Urgent actions on Climate Change.

President Muhammadu Buhari, has called for urgent actions particularly developed countries, to tackle the effects of climate change in Africa. Buhari, who was represented by, Minister of Environment Mohammed Abdullahi, made the call yesterday in Egypt, on the sidelines of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27. He said this year, a lot of countries have witnessed disastrous extreme weather events from terrifying wildfires in the United States, to […]

todayNovember 8, 2022

Security

Chikezie Obasi take on US and UK Warning of its Citizens.

A public affairs analyst, Chikezie Obasi, yesterday said in as much as the information passed by the United States and the United Kingdom concerning the warning of its citizens of imminent terrorist attacks in Nigeria may be credible, he sees it as meddling in the internal affairs of Nigeria. Obasi, who made this statement as a guest on the Urban Radio breakfast program The Parliament, suggested that in a bid […]

todayNovember 4, 2022 34

News

United States Orders Non-Emergency Staff and Families to Leave Abuja.

The United States US has ordered its non-emergency diplomatic staff and their families to leave Abuja, citing a heightened risk of terrorist attacks which could happen with little or no warning, targeting malls, markets, hotels, restaurants, bars, or schools. The latest US security move comes after the embassy on Sunday urged Americans to limit their movements due to an elevated risk of terror attacks in Nigeria, specifically in Abuja, a […]

todayOctober 28, 2022 27

News

Federal Government to Maintain Calmness despite Terror Advisories.

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said that the Federal Government won’t be scared by the terror advisories released by the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom. Mohammed yesterday during a briefing after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo declared that the US acted within her rights to advise her citizens living in Abuja and parts of the country […]

todayOctober 27, 2022 14

Economy

AGF Abubakar Malami Says IPOB Leader Kanu Not Acquitted

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has reacted to the decision of the Appeal Court to discharge leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, saying the IPOB leader has only been discharged but not acquitted. Malami who stated this in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Umar Gwandu, said the decision handed down by the court of appeal was on a single […]

todayOctober 14, 2022 20

National

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-RufaI, has condemned the lynching of two herders by mob in Birni Gwari LGA of the state.

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-RufaI, has condemned the lynching of two herders by mob in Birni Gwari LGA of the state. Recall that two herders suspected to be informants to bandits were lynched by mobs in Birnin Gwari LGA. In a statement issued yesterday, Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, Samuel Aruwan said the governor, while condemning the mob action, cautioned residents to be law-abiding and […]

todayOctober 3, 2022 24

National

Gunmen kill five soldiers on patrol in anambra

Gunmen have killed at least five soldiers in the Umunze community in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State in an incident which occurred yesterday at about 12:30 p.m. beside a branch of the Zenith Bank close to the popular Nkwo Umunze market in the area. The gunmen were said to have opened fire on the soldiers who were in an army-marked Sienna patrol vehicle, killing five of them […]

todaySeptember 29, 2022 21

National

The Presidency has Refuted Claims to Automatic Weapons for States Security Outfits.

The Presidency has refuted claims that some states have been authorized to buy automatic weapons for their security outfits after the Governor of Ondo State Rotimi Akeredolu alleged that if the Federal Government could allow a security outfit in Katsina State to carry arms, nothing should stop him from doing the same for officers of Amotekun. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on media and publicity Garba Shehu yesterday […]

todaySeptember 28, 2022 20

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