FEC To Purchase Hi-tech Equipment To Monitor Frequencies In Southeast, Others

A sum of N650 million (N653,886,584) has been approved by the federal government for the purchase of hi-tech equipment which monitors frequencies in the country, mostly in the South east. Isa Pantami, the communication minister, revealed this while speaking at the usual Wednesday Federal Executive Council meeting presided by President Muhammadu Buhari. He stated that buying a monitoring equipment was triggered by security considerations. “The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, sort the approval of...

Mobile Application to Report Rape And Gender Based Violence Launch In Adamawa

Due to incessant cases of rape and other Gender Based Violence being recorded in Adamawa State and other parts of Nigeria, an application that will help interface between a survivors and service providers has been officially launched in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. The mobile Application known as Smart RR was an innovation by a nongovernmental organization “Big Family 36 Foundation” and other developmental partners.  At the launch, the Founder Big Family Foundation Mr. Dirug...

One in Every Ten Persons May Have Contracted COVID-19 – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said about 10 percent of the world population may have contracted COVID-19. Mike Ryan, the executive director of the WHO’s health emergencies programme, made this known on Monday while speaking at  a special session hosted by the organisation’s executive board. According to Worldometer, over 35 million cases of the coronavirus have been recorded globally. But with an estimated 7.6 billion world population, according to WHO’s estimates, 760 million people...

NHRC Commends I-G on FSARS Ban

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) In Tuesday commended the Inspector-General of Police (I-GP), Mohammed Adamu for banning the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS). Mr Tony Ojukwu, the Executive Secretary of the NHRC, gave the commendation in Abuja,  while reacting to the recent ban on SARS and other special teams of the Nigerian Police from routine patrol duties ”His order is in line with the Commission’s recommendations following a report on the Presidential Investigation Panel...

ECOWAS lifts Sanctions Imposed on Mali After Military Coup

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday lifted the sanctions imposed on Mali in the wake of an August 18, 2020, military coup, citing Mali’s “notable advances towards constitutional normalisation” as the reason for the relaxation of the sanctions. The regional bloc announced the lifting of the sanctions in a statement by Chairman of ECOWAS Authority and President of Ghana, Nana Kuffo Addo. The lifting of the sanctions comes two days after...

Zamfara Govt Begins Own Gold Reserve

Zamfara government says it has started its gold reserve to reduce dependence on federal allocations. The state Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Rabiu Garba, told journalists in Gusau on Tuesday that, although, there was a federal government ban on mining activities in the country, “the state government was able to purchase the commodity from licensed miners. “At the moment, we have a pure gold reserve of over 30 kilos and as time goes by, we will...

Current regime trends stir revival of xenophobic conspiracy theorists

White privilege is a beast. It is an innate, naturally concocted following…it is therefore hard to extricate oneself from its snares. ―Don Okolo Man has disintegrated badly; his mind is still functional in the sense that it still wants to satisfy the musings of those like him. But the rest of him has acquired real estate in the pit of squalor where he now sits in comfort writing essays of disdain and mischievous husbandry in...

Northern Elders Forum Calls for Restructuring, Says Nigeria Has failed

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has advised Nigerians not to relent in their call for restructuring from the present government. The Forum agreed that that the Nigerian state has failed, especially in the area of security, adding that there was the need to look at the structure of the country in providing security for the people. The spokesperson of the forum, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, while speaking on Channels Television programme, Sunrise Daily, said the country...

Top Civilian JTF Commander, Babagana Idi Killed After Boko Haram Attack In Benisheik

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Operation Commandant of Youth Volunteer (CJTF) in Benisheikh community of Kaga  Local Government Area of Borno State, Babagana Idi was reportedly killed by Boko Haram insurgents. Security sources say that a team of CJTF in Benisheikh engaged Boko Haram insurgents in a fierce battle during which two Boko Haram insurgents were killed and captured one alive, while one of the gallant civilian JTF members lost his life. An inside source...

FG, South East Governors Commends Ugwuanyi for Completion of Administrative Block of the FRSC Academy Udi, Enugu

The Federal Government, Governors of the South East geo-political zone and other stakeholders commends the Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for the unflinching support towards the completion of the administrative block of the FRSC Academy. Speaking during the inauguration of the administrative block on Monday at the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Academy in Udi Local Government, Enugu State, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, represented by Jamiu Adelabu Abdukalreem, expressed deep...

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