Internally Displaced Persons camps
1 Apr 2024
A suspect has confessed that two Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) providing humanitarian services in Borno State paid him and his partners to burn down Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in the Monguno area of the state. Security analyst and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, in a statement on X, said the suspect who appeared in a…
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The Cross River State House of Assembly has granted a request by the state governor, Senator Bassey Otu, to proceed on a three-week annual leave. Governor Otu, in a correspondence dated March 10, 2025, informed the State House of Assembly that he will commence his annual leave from March 11 to April 8. The governor…
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The suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central at the Senate, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has taken her case against the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to the global stage. This was as she tabled her plight at the Women in Parliament session held at the Inter-Parliamentary Union Meeting (IPU) at the United Nations in New York.…
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The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a trade bloc in East Africa said it is set to hold its 43rd Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government on Wednesday. The summit is to discuss the evolving situation in South Sudan following the security crisis in the country. The summit will be held virtually, the…
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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has successfully recovered 19 stolen vehicles, which had been taken from various locations across the FCT between January and February 2025. The recovery operation extended beyond the Federal Capital, with some of the stolen vehicles found in Jos, Niger, and Kaduna. This was disclosed in a statement by…
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The Nasarawa State Government has officially taken over the prosecution of Timileyin Ajayi, who is accused of the gruesome murder of Salome Adaidu, a corps member. In a statement issued on March 10, 2025, the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Hauwa Jugbo, confirmed that her office would lead the legal proceedings against Ajayi. “The…
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The Police Command in Rivers has arrested five suspected kidnappers following credible intelligence ON their operations and hideouts. SP. Grace Iringe-Koko, spokesperson for the command, disclosed this to journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, stating that operatives also recovered a cache of arms and ammunitions from the suspects. She alleged that the suspects were responsible…
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The Ogun State Government has reaffirmed the importance of e-commerce in the imagined global economy, stressing the development as a driver of financial inclusion, a catalyst for wealth creation, and an enabler of economic resilience. Speaking at the introduction of a digital marketplace, Atlaxa, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Commissioner for Industry, Trade, and…
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Minna Branch, has raised concern over the alarming increase in reckless shootings and extra-judicial killings by police officers in Minna, the Niger State capital, in recent times. This was contained in an official letter signed by Barr. Isyaku Barau, Chairman of the NBA Minna Branch, to the Commissioner of Police,…
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An interest group, Arewa Revival Project (ARP), has rejected the 48-hour ultimatum issued to Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, by Arewa Youth Assembly for Good Leadership (AYAGL) to reverse the suspension of Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The ARP Project Coordinator, Mr. Muttaka Ibrahim, stated this at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. Ibrahim described AYAGL’s approach…
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission says it has initiated a contingency plan to mitigate unforeseen consequences of the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger. The Commissioner, Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Abdel-Fatau Musah, said this at the meeting of ECOWAS Committee of the Chiefs of Defence Staff (CDS) on Tuesday…