The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has sanctioned no fewer than 147 personnel for various acts of misconduct, including complicity in contraband trafficking within custodial centres. The Controller-General of Corrections, Sylvester Nwakuche, disclosed this on Tuesday, May 5, in Abuja, reiterating the agency’s commitment to sanitising the system. In a related development, the service destroyed a…
By Adebayo Yusuf Youths have been called upon to volunteer for the Red Cross Society. Director of Programme and Partnership, Nigerian Red Cross Society, National Headquarter, Dr Manir Jega made the call at a Leadership Symposium organised by Nigerian Red Cross Society, Oyo state branch, as part of activities lined up for the World Red…
The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Zubaida Umar has reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to proactive disaster management, with a focus on strengthening collaboration with key stakeholders across the country. She made this known while receiving a delegation from the Simulation and Crisis Management Directorate of the Department of State Services during…
The Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, in his unwavering commitment to ensuring the protection of lives, property and critical national assets across the state, inaugurated the Kaduna State Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) Peace and Security Committee. Governor Uba Sani wrote on his verified Facebook that, “In furtherance of our unwavering commitment to safeguarding…
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has ordered a non-governmental organization, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, to pay N100 million as damaged to two operatives of the Department of the State Services, DSS, for unjustly defaming them in some publications. The court also ordered SERAP to tender public apologies to the…
By Michael Adeyemo The Oyo State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Ademola Aderinto, has urged residents to adopt daily environmental sanitation as part of efforts to maintain a cleaner and healthier state. Speaking to newsmen in Ibadan while reviewing his first 100 days in office, Honourable Aderinto said the state government is no longer…
Abia South Senator, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has dumped the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and joined the Labour Party, LP. The Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party in Abia State, Emenike Iroegbu, who disclosed this development, said the lawmaker had officially aligned with the party. Abaribe’s latest movement adds another chapter to a political career marked by…
The Social Democratic Party, SDP, North-West Zonal Congress has elected new zonal officials, with Hon. Salihu Suleiman from Kaduna emerging as the National Vice Chairman for the zone. This was contained in a statement issued by the chairman and secretary of the electoral committee, Adamu Idris and Titus Madaki, at the end of the congress…
Borno State Police Command has reiterated its zero-tolerance stance on torture and human rights abuses, warning officers to strictly adhere to professional conduct in the discharge of their duties. The directive was issued on Monday, May 4, 2026, during a briefing at the Police Headquarters in Maiduguri, where Commissioner of Police, CP Naziru Abdulmajid, addressed…
The police in Katsina State have launched a manhunt for bandits responsible for the killing of 11 persons in communities in Kankia Local Government Area. The state Commissioner of Police, Ali Umar-Fage, gave the directive following a series of attacks on villages in the area, according to a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Abubakar…