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4 Jan
The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) 213 Forward Operating Base Katsina, has sensitised veterans and serving officers on future planning
20 Dec
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command, has deployed 2,550 officers across the state to ensure the safety and security of lives and property during the 2024 Yuletide season. Spokesperson of the Oyo State Command, Samuel Opebiyi, in a statement, said the deployment, directed by the State Commandant, Commandant Augustine Padonu,…
14 Dec
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) RS8.3 Kogi Sector Command, on Friday, decorated 11 newly promoted officers and 22 marshals, urging them to increase their efforts in saving the lives of accident victims. Mr Samuel Oyedeji, the Kogi Sector Commander, congratulated the officers and marshals on their promotion during the ceremony held in Lokoja. He…
6 Dec
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, on Friday ordered the deployment of Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to head key zonal commands and the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex in Lagos. Their deployment was announced in a statement signed by the spokesman of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi. The newly…
5 Dec
The Federal Government has promoted 53,501 paramilitary officers of the agencies under the Ministry of Interior in 18 months. The Interior Minister, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo said this during the decoration ceremony of promoted officers of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) on Thursday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the paramilitary agencies…
24 Nov
The Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), DIG Hashimu Argungu (retd), has described the rejection of a massive sum of N174 million by detectives of the Raider team from Zone 2 Command, Lagos, and the swift recovery of N10 million from some policemen from Zone 16 Command Headquarters, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, as refreshing signposts…
14 Nov
The Kano State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has decorated 61 newly converted and promoted marshals to officers’ cadre in Kano. The state Sector Commander, Mr Umar Matazu, while decorating the officer’s cadre on Thursday in Kano said it is a significant development in the history of FRSC and historic landmark in…
8 Nov
The Yobe Police Command has denied a report on an online media platform alleging that two of its personnel were involved in the Potiskum robbery. In a statement by the command’s spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, in Damaturu on Friday, the command also denied shielding the accused policemen and disrupting court proceedings. He described the report…
7 Nov
The Oyo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, on Thursday, said two officers of the Oyo State Road Traffic Management Authority (OYRTMA), Oyedepo Samuel and Waheed Quadri, were assaulted by tricycle riders and hoodlums in Ibadan while performing their duties. According to Oyelade, the officers sustained severe injuries after they were attacked with…
26 Oct
The Nigerian Army Ordinance Corps (NAOC) on Friday pulled out five retired Major Generals in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the officers bade the army farewell at the headquarters of NAOC, Abalti Barracks, Surulere, Lagos. The reviewing Officer, Maj.-Gen Omotomilola Akintade, who spoke on behalf of the other four, said that…
7 Oct
The new Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos command, Kehinde Hamzat, has tasked officers and members of the public with discipline. READ ALSO:Accidents: Shettima orders FRSC to overhaul road safety measures Hazmat made the call in an interview with newsmen after taking over the parade in the command on Monday. He…
16 Sep
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has inaugurated an intensive three-day in-house training programme, meticulously crafted to enhance the operational efficacy and service delivery standards of its officers. READ ALSO:We have zero tolerance for corruption — GM, LASTMA This initiative, ceremoniously launched yesterday by Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation,…
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Federal Government has welcomed the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, expressing optimism that it will bring an end to the widespread civilian suffering in Gaza.
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Former Senate President and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT), Senator , has reacted to the reported remarks made about him by the former Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Nyesom Wike, stating that he would not join issues with him (Wike). Reportedly, Wike, during a live television interview over the…
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no The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that it took the decision to rebase the gross domestic product (GDP) and the consumer price index (CPI) because of the dynamism of the economy in terms of growth and recession. It also promised to unveil the rebased GDP and CPI by the end of January…
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Niger has freed an editor-in-chief arrested after his TV news channel aired a programme critical of the ruling junta, the broadcaster told AFP on Monday. Seyni Amadou, editor-in-chief of private broadcaster Canal 3 TV, was arrested on Saturday, in the latest crackdown on the press since the military took power in a 2023 coup. His…
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The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has flagged off the construction of the XeJet Flight Support and Engineering facility valued at about $10 million at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The facility, to be constructed by the Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) over a period of 18 months, will include…
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The Cross River State Police Command has failed to arraign the renowned environmentalist, Odey Oyama, in court. Odey, the Director of Rain forest Resource and Development Centre (RRDC), was to appear in Magistrate Court 1 Moore Road in Calabar today, January 20, 2025, by 12 noon, but up until 4 p.m., there was no information…
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The Kano operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have nabbed six motorcycle thieves who attacked and snatched motorcycles from members of the public forcefully. They were arrested in the Gurin Gawa and Bechi areas of Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state. Confirming the arrests of the suspects, the state’s NSCDC spokesperson,…
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The Northern Senators Forum has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic petrol tanker explosion that occurred at Dikko Junction in Niger State on Saturday, January 18, 2025, leaving many dead and others injured. In a press release signed by its Chairman, Sen. Abdulaziz Musa Yar’adua, the Forum stressed the avoidable nature of the disaster, pointing…
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The ongoing clamour for the establishment of a coastal guard has once again hit a brick wall at the House of Representatives. The Chairman of the House Committee on Navy, Dr Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, on Monday insisted that the idea is counterproductive since there is the Nigeria Navy (NN), which is well-rooted in maritime security…