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  • Says the Police Radio will bring the Police closer to the people The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni today, 31st March, 2021 commissioned the new Nigeria Police Radio, 99.1FM, Abuja. The Nigeria Police Radio, which is one of the legacy projects of the Force within the past 2 years will help bring the police closer to the people and bolster partnership and good working relationship between the police and the people. The IGP, in his key note address, noted that the radio station will provide community-based radio broadcast services. It will serve as a veritable avenue for the Nigeria Police to engage, enlighten and inform the public on policing activities and other security-related matters. The IGP further noted that the radio station will air programs targeted at involving the citizens in the security of their localities especially on ways to spot and report crimes and other necessary steps to take in the event of a crime or security emergency. The IGP thank...

ABUJA, MARCH 31, 2021: Fresh batch of 418 Nigerians from Saudi Arabia joined others on Wednesday bringing the total returnees to Nigeria to 1071 within three days. Representing Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman NIDCOM, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media welcomed the returnees and promised that everything will be done to make them comfortable in Nigeria. He reiterated NIDCOM appeals to those still wishing to leave the country due to one challenge or the other to have a rethink especially if they do not have any job to do abroad to remain at home and think of what to do for themselves. Speaking in the same vein, the DG NAPTIP, Mrs Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, appreciated the efforts of the Saudi Arabia Government to liaise with its counterparts in Nigeria to enable a thorough operation of bringing Nigerians, in Saudi Arabia, home. She said the Agency is equally profiling all the returnees and counselling them as part of the rehabilitation process. It will be recalled that more than 1000 ...

  Speaking to BBC Igbo, the veteran actor stated that feminism isn't our culture as Africans.   He said when a woman leaves her parents and follows her husband, she's to do whatever her husband wants her to do.   He further stated that in most cases of domestic violence, women are to blame because they are no longer submissive.   He also complained that women today don't know how to do basic things like cooking to keep their husbands happy, despite getting a formal education.   He said his mother didn't get a formal education, yet she cooks a variety of dishes very well in a way that's pleasing to his father. "Any woman who cannot cook cannot call herself a woman, no," he said.   He continued: "This thing called feminism, that's what leads to women getting beaten in marriages. "When you talk to a woman, she will respond to you. When she responds to you, you won't be able to bear it so you'll stretch out your hand and beat her up....

A 13-year-old pupil gave birth to a baby boy during a Mathematics examination in the ongoing Primary Leaving Examinations in Mpigi District, Uganda.   The incident happened at St Balikuddembe Primary School, Jalamba Ward in Buwama Town Council, Mpigi District on Wednesday morning, March 31.    According to Mr Godfrey Ssema, the head teacher of the school, the girl developed labour pains during a Mathematics examination.   "After 20 minutes, she alerted the invigilator who called colleagues and rushed the girl to a nearby medical centre," Mr Ssemanda said.   Ms Goreth Mirembe, the nurse at the clinic said that after helping the girl to deliver, she was taken back to the school to complete her paper in an isolated environment. Mr Ssemanda said that the invigilator gave the girl extra 45 minutes to write the examination.   Speaking to Daily Monitor, the girl’s parents attributed their daughter's pregnancy to last year’s Covid-19 lockdo...

  Authorities in the United Kingdom have slammed a £125,000 fine on Loveworld TV channel, owned by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, for airing conspiracy theories about Covid-19 that were unproven. On December 1st 2020, the TV channel had aired a 29-hour programme called the Global Day of Prayer, during which several unfounded claims were made about the coronavirus pandemic. These claims included the notion that the outbreak was ‘planned’, that the ‘sinister’ vaccine can be used to implant ‘nanochips’ that can control and cause harm to members of the public and the theory that the virus was somehow caused by 5G. Following a detailed investigation by Ofcom, the communications regulatory body in the United Kingdom, it was concluded that the programme breached broadcasting rules by sharing ‘potentially harmful’ claims about COVID19. This marks the second time in a year that Ofcom has petitioned Loveworld for making unsubstantiated statements about coronavirus. In a statement released, Ofcom c...

  KDSG Security Update: Wednesday 31st March 2021. Eight killed, four injured in attacks spanning Chikun, Giwa and Kajuru local government areas. Eight people have been killed, and four injured by armed bandits in separate attacks dotted across Chikun, Giwa and Kajuru local government areas. These were outlined in reports made by security agencies to the Kaduna State Government. At Kan Hawa Zankoro, near Ungwan Yako in Chikun local government area, armed bandits shot at a vehicle, which then somersaulted, leading to the deaths of six persons, and leaving four others injured. Those who lost their lives in the crash are listed as: - Aisha Bello - Uwaliya Alhaji Shehu - Ramatu Sani - Muhammad Shehu - Aminu Ibrahim - Ibrahim Abdu The injured are: - Zainab Alhaji Usman - Surayya Bello - Khalifa Sani - Ushe Sani In another incident, armed bandits attacked locals at Iburu in Kajuru LGA, and killed one Amos Yari. Furthermore, armed bandits invaded Hayin Kanwa village, Fatika district, Giwa...

  For purpose of effective and efficient distribution of the dividends of Democracy through the 3R Mantra of the Shared Prosperity Government led by Senator Hope Uzodimma, the Imo State Government has reshuffled 3 commissioners. They are: Hon Noble Obiaso Atulegwu Commissioner For Entrepreneurship moved to Ministry of Lands and Urban Planning Barr Enyinnaya Onuegbu moved from Ministry of Lands and Urban Planning to Ministry of Power. Hon Sunday Umeh moved from Ministry of Science and Technology to Ministry of Entrepreneurship.

  The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commissions, EFCC Abdulrasheed Bawa today Wednesday March 31, 2021 charged Nigerians to be vigilant and play their part in checking the illicit flow of the nation’s resources out of the country. He gave the charge in his office while receiving a report on illicit financial flows from a coalition of Nigerian Civil Society Organizations led by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda, HEDA. According to him, “it is one thing for properties to be taken to the UAE and the UK, it is another thing that we here in Nigeria are ensuring that you don’t have the opportunity to take them out in the first instance. That is why we want to be proactive in our approach to law enforcement and the fight against corruption in this country. “And then of course part of our mandate to ensure that proceeds of crime are identified and repatriated for the benefit of all Nigerians. It is not an easy task, it is something that cut across jur...