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MODERN POLICING: COALITION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS HONOURS IGP Applauds Unprecedented Improvement of NPF in Human Rights, Discipline, Welfare, Infrastructural Transformation The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, NEAPS, fdc, CFR, was on Thursday 30th March, 2023 at the IGP Conference Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja, honoured by the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations for Good Governance with the well-deserved award of Grand Defender of Democracy in recognition of his giant strides since assuming leadership of the Nigeria Police Force. The Coalition which comprises leaders of 37 Pro-Democracy and Civil Society Organizations, conferred the honour on the IGP during a solidarity visit to the Louis Edet House. They applauded the effective leadership qualities of the IGP which has led to an unprecedented improvement in the Nigeria Police Force, particularly with regard to human rights compliance, discipline, welfare, infrastructural transformation, d...

Suspected Herdsmen Attack Secondary School In Oyo, Southwest Nigeria; Injure Students, Teachers According to the report, the herdsmen invaded the school farm with their cows to graze after the school had just finished its morning devotion and students were preparing to settle down in their classrooms to continue their second-term examination. It was learnt that efforts by students and teachers to drive away the herdsmen were met with fierce opposition. Mrs Grace Alamu, the school principal, confirmed the incident to Vanguard on the phone and said the incident had been reported to the police.

‘Lagos diversity should propel prosperity, not division’ – Sanwo-Olu   •Guber poll’s outcome surpasses previous elections despite attendant challenges, says REC     In Lagos, the wheel of governance will now race on higher gears, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu pledged, Thursday, when he received his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).  The Governor won his re-election in a landslide victory in the gubernatorial elections conducted penultimate week, polling 762,134 votes to defeat his rivals.   Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, were joined by their wives, cabinet members and All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders to receive their Certificates of Return at the INEC office in Yaba.    The electoral commission also presented certificates to all the 40 House of Assembly members-elect at the event. Sanwo-Olu said his second term mandate was won on the strength of Lagos’ diversity, proclaiming that his re...

FG APPROVES CONSTRUCTION OF CIVIL AIRPORT IN BENUE, AS AIR PEACE RESUMES ABUJA-MAKURDI FLIGHTS APRIL 30th March, 2023   The Federal government has granted approval to the Benue state government for the construction of a Civil Aviation airport in Makurdi, the state capital. Commissioner for Information, Mr Mike Inalegwu disclosed this on Thursday, while briefing newsmen after an emergency state Executive Council meeting at Government House, Makurdi. According to him, Benue was among the states in the country that secured licences from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authorities for the construction of Civil Aviation Airports in their respective states. Inalegwu also stated that the state government has gotten approval to allow Air Peace to commence commercial flight operations at the Nigerian Airforce Airport Makurdi, effect from 17th April 2023. Mr Inalegwu recalled that the state government had earlier gone into partnership with Air peace for the commencement of civil flight oper...

BENUE FAMILY REPORTEDLY REJECTS COFFIN BROUGHT BY THEIR SON-IN-LAW FOR BURIAL OF HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW, SAYS "IT'S NOT BEAUTIFUL" 30th March, 2023      Benue family reportedly rejects coffin brought by their son-in-law for burial of his mother-in-law, says "it A family has reportedly rejected a coffin brought by their son in-law for the burial of his mother-in-law in Tombo Mbatie, in Buruku local government area of Benue State.  Facebook user, Bem Raphael Aondongu, who disclosed this on his page, said the incident happened on Thursday, March 30, 2023. “In the early hours of today, an undisclosed family rejected a casket brought by son in-law for the burial of mother in-law,” the post read.  “As the TIV tradition demands, when a mother or a father dies, the first female child who is married is saddled with the responsibility to make provision for a casket for the burial of any of the deceased parents. "And for the maintenance of tradition, the first female child in c...

ACTDA Boss Commences Movement to Recovering  Government Owned Lands By Chinelo Ajulufo The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Awka Capital Territory Development Authority (ACTDA), Mr Ossy Onuko has vowed to recover every government land illegally occupied by land grabbers within Awka Capital territory. Mr Onuko said this  at Agu Awka during the re-marking and partial demolition of some illegal structures erected by some individuals on government owned lands. "We are resolute in our determination to restore and preserve the land administration system in Awka Capital territory, hence the movement l," he said. The ACTDA Boss advised Ndi Anambra to always enquire the status of a land from relevant Authorities like  Ministry of lands, ACTDA and Physical Planning before purchasing any land, which he said wouldl curb wastage of their resources. The team also went to Kamali close to Okpuno Awka where a structure obstructing access road was partially demolished and to ...

BLESSING CEO has been Arrested!!  Late Bimbo's wife family came to pick her this morning again while she was in the company of Ivd, she's been avoiding all the court hearing and arrest. Watch video below. 

2023: How Zamfara citizens witnessed thousands of soldiers, police, para military in 2-Day election  2023 elections has come and gone, Nigerians especially the ally's to  Governor Matawalle of Zamfara State  would never forget the level of external sabotage that played out to unseat His Excellency Governor Matawalle, though Zamfara APC tagged Matawalle's 2nd term loss to his involvement in suing the federal government together with some serving governors before the Supreme Court of Nigeria, praying the court  to force the apex Bank to allow Nigerians to continue to spend the old Naira notes till the end of 2023 which the presidency saw, as face to face combat with President Muhammadu Buhari, being the one who gave the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN order to implement the redesign of #200, #500 and #1000 naira notes. Governor Matawalle of Zamfara State, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi, Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano and Nasir El Rufa'i of Kaduna state after winning their case a...

Actor Yul Edochie and wife, May, lose their first son, Kambilichukwu Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie and his wife, May, are bereaved as they lost their first son, Kambilichukwu Leo Yul-Edochie, on Wednesday, March 29.  According to reports, Kambilichukwu had read throughout the night on Tuesday in preparation for his exams on Wednesday. After his examination on Wednesday, he joined his friends to play football. While playing, he slumped and developed a seizure. He was immediately rushed to the Mother and Child hospital where he was confirmed dead. Kambilichukwu turned 16 in January 2023 and his parents took to social media to celebrate him. So sad! May his soul rest in peace, Amen.  

ASUU Dissociates Itself From Activities Of Professors/ Lecturers Who Rig Election ASUU has since dissociated itself from being part of the activities of professors or lecturers being used by INEC in national elections. Any professor or lecturer doing any work for INEC is doing that as a person and has nothing to do with ASUU as a union. ASUU before used to send its members to INEC for participation in monitoring the election process or to serve as returning officers at various levels of the elections process but since it noticed that these members turn out to be vultures and scavengers in those elections it has since ceased from doing that because this is not the first or second time such manifestations are witnessed. The vulture professors are on their own and not in the name of ASUU in those elections. Secondly ASUU itself as a union is struggling to survive. ASUU is almost non existent in some universities. Some Vice Chancellors prefer running their universities without ASUU to ASUU...

NAFDAC Takes War Against Bleaching Cream To South-East March 30, 20230 …Warns on increase in cancer The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has urged journalists and entertainers within the South-East to join the agency in its current war against use of bleaching cream. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, made the call on Wednesday in Enugu during an address at the South-East Media Sensitisation Workshop on Dangers of Bleaching Creams and Regulatory Controls. Adeyeye, who was represented by Dr Leonard Omokpariola, Director of Chemical Evaluation and Research, noted that there was an imperative to warn people of South-East and Nigerians in general to the harmful effects of bleaching creams including cancer and damage to organs. According to her, other dangers are skin irritation and allergy, skin burn and rashes, wrinkles, premature skin ageing and prolonged healing of wounds. “Last year, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation...

 ‘Kidnappers are on break, bandits on holiday’, Ngige lauds naira redesign  30 March 2023    The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige says the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) achieved some “sound benefits” as it curbed insecurity and vote buying during the 2023 general elections. The minister, who spoke on Wednesday during Channels Television’s Politics Today programme, however, admitted that the implementation of the policy was not smooth. Ngige said, “The policy is not smooth in its implementation. I admitted that. But whether it is a good policy? Yes, it is a good policy. “It wasn’t smooth; it came with some pain but overall, did we get some sound benefits from it? Yes, we did: people didn’t buy votes on the line (queue) during the elections. “I used to go for elections and I know what I see. There was no cash exchange for votes. It wasn’t easy anymore. Kidnappers are on break, they are strike so to say or recess. Bandits, they...

Lawyer bags 7-year imprisonment for alleged N1.1bn fraud 30 March 2023  A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced Umar Hussaini, a private lawyer to the late Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Dikko, to seven years’ imprisonment with an option of fine. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, in a judgment, found Hussaini guilty of the two-count charge preferred against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in the charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/74/2020 and filed by the ICPC on behalf of the Federal Government, Hussaini, who was the sole defendant, was charged with laundering the NCS funds to the tune of N1.1 billion. After Justice Ojukwu convicted Hussaini, two witnesses, one of whom was a legal practitioner, Mr Amobi Nzelu, testified about Hussaini’s good character, while praying the court for a leniency. They begged the court to give the sentencing with an option of fine....