Insecurity: Katsina Govt. Reviews Punitive Measures For Kidnapping, Rustling
The Katsina State Government has reviewed punishment for kidnapping and rustling to death sentences, as part of effort to control the menace.
Governor Aminu Masari...
Open Defecation: UNICEF Tasks States, Lgas On Elimination Strategy
The
United Nations Children’s Fund,UNICEF has called on all states and Local
Government Councils in the country to adopt strategy to rid the nation of Open
Defecation...
Hard Currency: NDLEA Arrests Suspected Smugglers
The National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency, NDLEA said it had apprehended two suspected hard currency smugglers at
the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.The agency made this...
Insecurity: NEMA Says 15,000 Women, Children From Zamfara, Sokoto Taking Refuge...
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA has said that over fifteen thousand refugees from Sokoto and Zamfara states mainly women and children are currently...
Banditry: Katsina Govt Urges FG To Take Measures For Farmers To...
The Katsina State Government has called on the Federal Government to speed action on security measures to enable farmers’ access their farmlands.
Governor Aminu Masari...
Nuclear Weapons Prohibition: ICAN, ICRC Urge ECOWAS To Sign, Ratify Treaty
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, ICAN and International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC have urged ECOWAS member states to sign and...
Insecurity: New IGP Adamu Pledges To Reorganise Police For Efficiency
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has vowed to re-organise the force for efficiency and effectiveness to adequately tackle the prevailing security challenges...
Oil Theft: Navy Hands Over 22 Suspects, 2 Vessels To EFCC
The Nigerian Navy in Warri, Delta State, handed over twenty two suspects and two vessels arrested over alleged unwholesome oil deals to officials of...
Tackling Menaces: Osinbajo Asserts Nigeria’s Fight Against Corruption, Insecurity On
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has assured the Nordic countries that the Federal Government’s ongoing efforts at fighting corruption and insecurity would be sustained in the...
Toilet Use: 47 Million Nigerians Indulge In Open Defecation — UNICEF
UNICEF has said that not less than
47 million Nigerians still indulge in open defecation in the country.Water Sanitation And Hygiene,WASH
specialist of UNICEF, Bioye Ogunjobi,...
Banditry: Police Says Gunmen Kill 5 Vigilante Members In Katsina
The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed that five persons who were members of the local vigilante were killed by bandits in Faskari Local...
Kaduna: Police Arrest Man Whose Kidnap Trick Led To Mob Killings
The Kaduna State Police Command said it had arrested the man whose false kidnap alarm led to the killing of three innocent persons at...
Crimes: Onaiyekan, Martins Task Government On Worsening Insecurity
The Archbishop, Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has urged government at all levels to do more in addressing worsening insecurity in the...
Journalism: Saraki Disowns NASS Clerk Over ‘Satanic’ Accreditation Guidelines
The
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has disowned the management of the
National Assembly led by the Clerk, Mohammed Sani-Omolori over the stringent
conditions imposed on...
NIMASA: Agency Donates Flood Relief Materials To Kano, Reaffirms Commitment
The
Nigerian Maritime Administration and safety Agency, NIMASA has reaffirmed its
commitment in rendering assistance to victims of flood and other natural
disasters living in different camps...
Boko Haram: FG Says Obasanjo’s Comments Divisive, Depressing
The
Federal Government has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s comments
imputing ethno-religious motive to Boko Haram and Islamic State’s West Africa
Province, as deeply offensive and patently...
Kidnapping: CAN Chairman Says Abductors Of Pastor, 14 Others In Kaduna...
The Chairman, Kaduna State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Reverend John Joseph Hayab has said that the abductors of a Pastor...
Bus Bombing: Egypt Security Forces React To Killing Of 12 Militants
The ministry said the
suspects were killed in gunbattles, but did not elaborate on the suspects’
identity or whether there had been any casualties or injuries...
Small Arms: ECOWAS Moves To Tackle Proliferation In Region
The
Economic Community of West African States, has said it remained committed to
assisting member states in preventing further diversions, theft and leakages of
small arms.A
representative...
