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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Ogun 1 Area Command, Idiroko has decorated over 50 newly promoted officers and men of the Service who were successful during the last promotional examinations carried out by the Service's Commission (NCSSC). The decoration exercise had 16 personnel promoted from the rank of the Superintendent of Customs (SC) to the…
24 Jan
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has announced it will sanction officers found guilty of violating its standard operating procedures regarding applications. In a circular issued on Tuesday, the commission expressed concern over reports alleging that some officers were fast-tracking applications at the expense of others, in violation of its guidelines. The CAC stated that it…
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…
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The Kaduna State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists(NUJ) has commended Governor Uba Sani for remitting N548 million to the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Endwell fund scheme following the resolution of the dispute that had lingered since 2021. The union which made this known in a communique after its monthly congress, also praised…
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The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has advanced the implementation of the Africa Mini-grids Programme (AMP) in Nigeria, signing grant agreements for the development of 23 mini-grids across six geopolitical zones. The initiative, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), aims to expand clean energy access and…
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Freed Palestinian inmates were greeted by a cheering crowd in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah Saturday, after Hamas released three Israeli hostages from the Gaza Strip in the fourth exchange under the group's ceasefire deal with Israel. Three other buses carrying freed Palestinians also arrived in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis,…
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Three buses carrying Palestinian prisoners released by Israel as part of a ceasefire deal arrived in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis on Saturday, an AFP correspondent reported. The prisoners, many wearing grey prison uniforms, were greeted by hundreds of Gazans who gathered around the buses as they approached the city's European Hospital. The…