Twenty-four girls who were abducted from a government boarding school in Maga, Kebbi State, last week have been released, the presidency announced. President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday welcomed the girls’ release and called on security agencies to intensify efforts to rescue other students still held captive. The girls had been abducted at dawn on 17 November after armed assailants struck the government girls’ boarding school in Maga — just moments after a military detachment reportedly...

…VIPs may use NSCDC President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says henceforth, police authorities will deploy Police officers to concentrate on their core policing duties.  The President had ordered the withdrawal of police officers currently providing security for Very Important Persons (VIPs) across the country; however said VIPs who require protection will now request well-armed personnel from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). A statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Presidential spokesman, that the president gave...