The Kogi State Government has said that the temporary closure of schools across the state is a preventive step taken on the basis of credible intelligence and the overriding need to put protective measures in place around schools to safeguard pupils, students and teachers. While speaking to newsmen in Lokoja on Tuesday, the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, explained that the decision was not borne out of panic, but of responsibility,...

Four suspected human traffickers have been arrested during a raid on a popular hotel in Onitsha, Anambra State by operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP. The also rescued 17 victims during the operation carried out with military support at the facility located in the 33 area of the commercial city, also led to the arrest of two additional suspects allegedly linked to baby trafficking across states in the...

FCTA workers and the Joint Union Action Committee have been directed to resume work immediately. This is contained in a statement by General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, Comrade Benson Upah and Secretary General of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria TUC, Nuhu Toro, asked all affiliates to comply with the directive in the interest of industrial peace and harmony in good faith. The Unions had a conciliatory meeting with the Minister of...

The disputed Onitsha Main Market was open, but only a few traders were present early Monday morning. As early as 6  a.m., streets in parts of Anambra State were deserted; vehicular movement was rare on the roads, while school buses were empty of pupils. The order by Anambra State Governor Prof. Chukwuma Soludo for markets to open on Mondays further aggravated the fragile security situation in the early hours of the day. However, at about...