The Marine Patrol team of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Cross River has rescued a three-week-old baby suspected to be a victim of child trafficking at the high sea. The Cross River Comptroller of NIS, Mr. Okey Ezugwu, who briefed the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the incident in Calabar, said that the suspected child trafficker, Mrs. Maureen Awokara, was arrested on Dec. 19 at the high sea. Ezugwu said that the suspect...
The Department of State Services (DSS) says the service is collaborating with other security agencies to ensure that adequate measures are put in place for protection of lives and property before, during, and after the yuletide. Dr. Peter Afunanya, the Public Relations Officer of the service, gave the assurance in a statement issued in Abuja, calling on citizens to be more vigilant and report strange movements and all suspicions around them to security and law...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it has suspended its nine months old strike conditionally. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President, said this during a news conference at the end of its emergence National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ASUU had embarked on strike since March 23 to press home its demands which include funding for the Revitalization of Public Universities, payment of...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Monday issued fresh directives on how to curtail the spread of the virus, imposing a five weeks restriction on large gatherings. Mr Boss Mustapha, the PTF Chairman, and also Secretary to the Government of the Federation, made this known at the national media briefing in Abuja. According to him, President Muhammadu Buhari has authorised the PTF to engage with the states and FCT to deploy legal structures...
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr. Ahmad Abdurrahman, has called for an investigation and intense search to re-arrest the fleeing suspects from the state’s command Criminal Investigation Department (CID) cell. On Dec. 20 at about 9:30 p.m., 17 suspects remanded in police custody by the court for different offences escaped from the command’s state CID’s cell after breaking the cell’s key and resisting efforts of personnel on duty to restrain them. Abdurrahman gave...
Christian faithful in the country have been admonished to use the occasion of the Christmas celebration to touch the lives of the needy in society. The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Enugu State Chapter, Rev. Ositadinma Edeh, gave the advice on Monday in his Christmas message in Enugu. Edeh stated that it was necessary to reach out to the less privileged to enable them to share in the joy of the season....
The Presidential Task Force (PTF), on COVID-19, has said that Lagos, Kaduna, and Federal Capital Territory (FCT), account for 70 per cent of Coronavirus infections in the country. Chairman of PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha made this known during a national briefing on Monday, in Abuja. Mustapha said that two major indicators highlight the current increase in cases and transmission across the country. “Over the past four briefings,...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said that the Federal Government was substantially ready for a successful COVID-19 vaccination to save the lives of citizens. Ehanire made this known on Monday in Abuja while briefing the Senate leadership on the Federal Government’s plans to procure COVID-19 vaccines worth N400 billion for citizens. The minister noted that the country which had successfully fought polio would use the same storage facilities (cold chains) to store...
A group of fishermen under the aegis of the Association of Badagry Fishermen (ABF) has cried out against alleged destructive activities of commercial boat operators on Lagos waterways. ABF Chairman, Sunday Ayedogbon, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Badagry that the boat operators worked all nights on waterways in contravention of 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. as directed by Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA). Ayedogbon said that the illegal operating hours...
The Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) in Kebbi has completed two road projects out of three appropriated to the state in 2020, the agency’s Maintenance Engineer, Mr. Rilwanu Usman, has said. Usman told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview, in Birnin Kebbi, on Tuesday, that the projects were completed in view of their economic and agricultural importance to the people of the state. “The works completed are Malando- Ngaski – Warra Road,...
