Similarly, Governor Kashim Shettima and some members of the National Assembly from Borno State on Wednesday met separately with service chiefs over insecurity and relocation of residents from three communities to the Bakassi Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri. ...
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Buhari orders clampdown on armed bandits, kidnappers, others
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday gave a marching order to security operatives to deal ruthlessly with bandits terrorising Zamfara State and its environs. He equally sanctioned same measure for kidnappers and others engaged in acts compromising security nationwide. The president gave ...
Read More »Federal Government acquires N5.4 billion firefighting equipment
The Federal Government has acquired a state-of the-art aircraft’s firefighting simulator worth N5.4 billion (£11.5 million). The equipment was on Monday inspected and tested by Nigerian officials in London ahead of their shipment to Nigeria. Head of delegation and Minister ...
Read More »Inter-religious group moves against extremism, intolerance, disunity, others
Worried by the constant whipping of the nation’s fault lines of religion and ethnicity by the political class and others for selfish ends, the National Inter-Faith and Religious Organisations for Peace (NIFROP) is beginning an aggressive campaign against what it ...
Read More »Senate approves FG’s mid-term expenditure framework, police fund bill
The Senate yesterday passed the 2019-2021 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) of the Federal Government prior to the passage of the N8.83 trillion 2019 budget. Adopting the report of its Finance Committee during plenary, the upper ...
Read More »Tribunal grants PDP’s request to access materials for Kano guber poll
The Election Tribunal sitting in Kano has ordered Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) access to electoral materials used for the gubernatorial poll. PDP’s candidate, Abba Kabiru Yusuf, had challenged the declaration of Governor Abdullahi ...
Read More »CAN donates relief materials to victims as Police confirm 21 killed in Kajuru attacks
Worried by the deplorable condition of the victims of armed banditry in Kajuru, the Kaduna State Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) yesterday donated relief materials worth millions of naira to over 7,000 victims of various attacks in the area. The ...
Read More »Buhari tasks security agents on Kaduna killings, cult’s violence in Rivers
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday condemned the recent violence in Kaduna State, which culminated in the death of no fewer than 20 residents of Adara Community. He stated this in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and ...
Read More »Reps move to reinstate 43 suspended PENCOM employees
The House of Representatives may have finalised arrangements to order the reinstatement of 43 employees whose appointments were suspended by the National Pension Commission (PENCOM). The House, Ad-hoc Committee, led by Emmanuel Agbonayinma investigating alleged disappearance of N33 billion pensions’ ...
Read More »DBN disbursed N31b loans to 35,000 beneficiaries in two years, Okpanachi tells World Bank
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN), Tony Okpanchi, yesterday told the World Bank that DBN disbursed N31 billion to 35,000 beneficiaries in the last two years. He said the facilities were given to the ...
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