DSS to name sponsors of foreign flag protests

There was calm in Kaduna metropolis on Tuesday following the 24-hour curfew imposed by the state government as residents stayed

Nasarawa Government says that it is ready to pay the new N70,000 minimum wage to civil servants in the state. Mr Peter Ahemba, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Governor Abdullahi Sule on Public Affairs, stated this on Tuesday in Lafia when visited the office of the Correspondents’ Chapel, Nasarawa State. He said that the…

The Kano State government has further reviewed the 24-hour curfew, now imposing it between 6pm to 6am. Addressing journalists on Tuesday at the Government House, Kano State Commissioner of Police, CP Dogo Salman, said the decision was reached after a security council meeting with the state government. Commissioner Salman stressed the government’s commitment to maintaining…

Violence, and particularly sexual violence, is happening "daily" in and around displaced persons camps in part of east DR Congo, a survey from an MSF research group said on Tuesday. The M23, which had lain dormant for about a decade, launched an offensive in North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at…

The Kano State Police Command has arrested a notorious armed robber and recovered two AK-47 rifles with 47 rounds of live ammunition. The public relations officer of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, told journalists in Kano that on August 5, 2024 at around “2am, a resident of Yandadi Village, Kunchi LGA, Kano State reported…

A coalition of Northern social movements has asked President Bola Tinubu to hold members of his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) responsible for the destruction and looting of public property during the #EndBadGovernance protest in Kano. The movement, under the platform of the Nigeria Patriotic Front Movement (NPFM), faulted the president’s national broadcast for failing…

Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz as her running mate Tuesday, opting for the Minnesota governor as the partner most likely to complement her in a historic -- and bruising -- bid for the White House. Walz had been on a shortlist with a string of other Democratic figures seen as broadening Harris's appeal as she…

The Department of State Services (DSS) said it has arrested some sponsors of foreign flag-flying protesters and insurrection in the country. Spokesman of the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, told newsmen today at Defence Headquarters that their identities would soon be made public, urging Nigerians to be patient.

The Katsina State Government has relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed on the university town of Dutsinma in Dutsinma Local Government Area. The Director of Press to the Secretary to the Katsina State Government, Abdullah Yaradua, in a statement on Tuesday, announced that the acting governor, Faruk Lawal Jobe, approved the review of the 24-hour restriction…

The police in Borno have confirmed the arrest of nine protesters for allegedly displaying Russian flags in Maiduguri. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Yusuf Lawal, made this known this on Tuesday while providing a situation report to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri. He said that the suspects were arrested…