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The Nigerian Correctional Service is adopting multi-dimensional ways to address overcrowding in custodial centres across the country, its spokesman, Abubakar Umar, said on Sunday. Umar, in Abuja, said that one such way was through the construction of mega custodial facilities […]

Twenty-five victims of an attack by bandits in Agojeju-Odo community, in the Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State, have been buried. The deceased, which included two women and four children who were killed by armed men last Thursday, were […]

No fewer than 50 contractors, consultants, and staff members of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies of the government are being investigated by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission under phase five of its ongoing tracking of constituency projects […]

The police in Lagos State have arrested a dismissed Nigerian Naval officer for allegedly impersonating a serving military officer and assaulting residents. The unnamed suspect was said to have been apprehended while he and his boys were beating a hotel […]

Five states; Kogi, Kebbi, Jigawa, Bauchi, and Kano states, have subsidised Hajj fares for 10,260 intending pilgrims for the 2024 exercise, with a combined sum of N9,120,997,990 billion. The subsidy payments by the various states’ governments follow the announcement of […]

Some retired soldiers have again warned the Federal Government to be careful with its decision to rehabilitate and reintegrate some repentant terrorists who have gone through the government’s deradicalisation programme, Operations Safe Corridor. The OSC which began under former president […]

Agro Rangers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have repelled an attack by suspected bandits on the Federal Government’s grain silo in the Dutsinma Local Government Area of Katsina State. The spokesman for the NSCDC, Mr Buhari Hamisu, […]

Over 40 million lines have been disconnected since the expiration of the February 28 deadline set by the Nigerian Communications Commission for the linkage of NINs to SIMs. However, long queues at the enrolment centres, telco agents not gathering all […]

The Borno State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of eight suspects in connection to the alleged murder of a Lecturer at the Department of Physical Health Education at the University of Maiduguri, Dr Kamar Abdulkadir. Abdulkadir was murdered in […]

Renaissance Capital Africa report suggests that 2024 has a positive outlook for Nigeria with a strengthening currency and a rise in oil prices. Its latest report on economy review says that at the March 28 level of N1,303/$, the Nigerian […]