Security challenges
12 May 2024
interrogating Shehu’s Boko Haram, other security challenges in Nigeria
12 Apr 2024
The former Governor of Oyo State and Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Rasidi Ladoja, has attributed the ongoing security challenges facing various sectors of the economy to the accumulated lapses of previous administrations.
22 Mar 2024
The Anwar-ul Islam Movement of Nigeria has called on governments and all political elites to renew their intentions, prioritise nation building and cut the cost of governance to rebuild the country. The group noted that despite the huge palliative reeled out to people, poverty and hardship remain the lot of the populace. Speaking during the…
9 Mar 2024
Governor Dauda Lawal has reiterated his administration’s commitment to supporting the Zamfara State Security Trust Fund. A former Inspector-General of Police, MD Abubakar, is Chairman of the Fund. During the commissioning ceremony in Gusau, the state capital, Lawal urged other states to establish similar funds, harmonize plans and foster a regional approach to security issues,…
18 Jan 2024
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has signed an Executive Order prohibiting traditional rulers from issuing consent letters for mining across the state. The Governor signed the Executive Order on Thursday at the Council Chambers, Government House, Gusau. A statement by the Governor's spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, explained that the initiative is part of measures check…
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Genetically engineered mosquitoes with toxic semen could be a new weapon against tropical disease, Australian scientists said after trialling the novel pest control method. The "toxic male technique" aims to breed mosquitoes that express venomous proteins in their semen, killing off females after mating. Female mosquitoes are targeted because only they bite and drink blood,…
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Five years since Covid-19 started upending the world, the virus is still infecting and killing people across the globe -- though at far lower levels than at the height of the pandemic. Here is the current state of the play. - 'Still with us' - Around 777 million Covid cases and more than seven million…
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In Frank Aig-Imoukhuede, you can hardly get an extrovert artist. From the literary statesman who has now scored 90 golden goals in the match of life, it is indeed too late to have a loquacious personality.
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When President Bola Tinubu signed the South East Development Commission (SEDC) into law, the region rejoiced, believing that many years of neglect by successive federal administrations, since the end of the Nigerian Civil War in 1970, were finally being addressed.
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Operatives of the Osun State Police Command have begun an investigation into the alleged sale of a house belonging to the late Pa Azeez Rauf by one of his sons, Mutiu Rauf Okunola, who allegedly exhumed his parents' corpses buried in the premises.
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Worried by the rapid spread of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has directed hospitals nationwide to strengthen Infection Prevention and Control
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As independent oil producers intensify and strengthen their footprints in the onshore segment of Nigeria’s upstream petroleum sector, stakeholders have hinted at options to curb the rising challenges that may hamper the sustainability of their operations.