Nigeria

Bayelsa State Government has enacted a law prohibiting open grazing of livestock in the state. Governor Douye Diri assented to the Livestock Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation Law 2021, at the Executive Chamber of Government House in Yenagoa. He said the essence of the law is to ensure harmonious living […]

Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for shooting down a Nigerian fighter jet which went missing earlier this week. The terrorist group made this claim in a video released on a Boko Haram social media channel on Friday, showing one of the militants standing on what the group claims is the […]

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu has directed key stakeholders in the police force to ensure there is tight security of all public spaces as Nigerians celebrate the Easter. The IG made this known in a Twitter statement released by the Police Force on earlier today. According to Adamu, […]

Ogun State government on Thursday launched the State Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun. At the event which was held in Abeokuta, the state capital, the state Governor Dapo Abiodun also decorated Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka as Super Marshal of the corps. The governor also commissioned scores of patrol vans […]

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, on Thursday visited Borno State after a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha-Jet went missing in the north-eastern state. Amao, who arrived in the state barely a day after the incident occurred on Wednesday evening, was briefed on ongoing search and rescue […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will begin a nationwide Continuous Voter Registration on June 28 across the 774 Local Government Areas ahead of the 2023 general elections. INEC’s chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Thursday during a briefing in Abuja. He also declared the indefinite […]

The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has warned that Nigerians who fail to enroll for the National Identity Number (NIN) are risking between seven to fourteen years imprisonment. Pantami made the comment at the sixth edition of the ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential media team […]

The strike which was scheduled to begin on Thursday followed an ultimatum issued to the Federal Government which expired on Wednesday March 31,2021. NARD President, Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, announced the commencement of the nationwide strike during an interview on Sunrise Daily – a breakfast programme on Channels Television. Ahead of […]

In view of the Easter celebration coming up on Sunday 4th April, 2021, Anambra Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has deployed five hundred and fifty 550 of its personel, both Officers and Marshals, as well as six hundred and fifty 650 Special Marshals for traffic control and […]

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has charged the new Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) to bear the responsibility of returning Nigeria back to its glory days when people can travel freely on the roads without fear of being waylaid, kidnapped or assassinated. […]