Today, the 9th of December 2023, another set of Course Participants are passing out of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) Bwari, Abuja. The successful students, comprising high level senior officers have been prepared for Command appointments in their respective services and organisations, are graduating after ten months of intensive specialized studies. The Institute for Security Studies was conceived to Read More
The Nigeria Football Federation has decried the recent spate of robbery attacks on players and officials of football clubs travelling by road in the country to honour matches in the domestic Leagues, while appealing to security agents to devise further means of protecting road users in the land. NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi, Friday, said the Federation is disturbed Read More
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has forwarded to both the Senate and the House of Representatives request for approval for new loans of $8, 669, 168, 559billion and €100 million. Tinubu, in separate letters read on the floor of both chambers Tuesday , explained to the federal lawmakers that the loans were earlier requested by President Muhammadu Buhari as contained in 2022 – Read More
The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has trained farmers in Akwa Ibom state on modern farming techniques ahead of the forthcoming planting season. Blueprint reports that HOMEF trained the farmers on how to formulate organic pesticides and fertiliser locally without addition of chemicals. The organisation noted that the decision to train the farmers was necessitated by the alarming rate Read More
The General Officer Commanding 3rd Armoured Division Nigerian Army, Major General AE Abubakar, has identified the use and consumption of illicit drugs as the major factor fueling insecurity in Nigeria. Major General Abubakar, who is also the Commander Operation Safe Haven Jos, stated this in Manchok, Kaura local government area of Kaduna state, during a one-day drug free advocacy campaign Read More
The Senate through its committee on National Identity and Population, declared Thursday that there is no accurate data to plan Nigeria. Specifically, the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi, made the lamentation when a delegation from the National Population Commission (NPC) led by the Chairman, Nasir Isa Kaura, paid his committee, courtesy visit. “Public analysts say that Read More
The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji Geoffrey, has said that for the country to maintain sustainable and national development, food security, safety and economic growth becomes a priority. According to the Minister, reducing the risk of food insecurity in the country will require technological solutions towards collaborative efforts across agriculture, food science and technology, nutrition and Read More
Barely a fortnight after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared an immediate State of Emergency on food insecurity to tackle the increase in food prices, his spokesperson said, Nigeria has mobilised over half a billion dollars for innovative, profitable, equitable and sustainable food systems transformation initiatives. This development, indeed, portends a good omen for the agriculture sector. Vice President Kashim Shettima Read More
Governor Dauda Lawal has appealed to the African Development Bank (AfDB) to incorporate Zamfara state into phase 2 of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) programme. The governor appealed while making a presentation Saturday during a meeting between Northwest Governors and the President of the AfDB, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina. The SAPZ programme aimed to end the export of raw agricultural Read More
Reputable financial adversary service firm, KPMG is confident that Nigeria’s inflation would berth at 30 per cent this year. This is as another reputable financial firm in Nigeria, Afrivest says, there is no hope inflation would recede any time now. Currently, inflation. Stands at 26.72 per cent as at September.The reports said, recent reforms such as the fuel subsidy removal) Read More
The Kaduna state government has concluded arrangements in collaboration with Operation Safe Haven and other security agencies to resettle Southern Kaduna communities displaced by bandits back to their ancestral homes, Governor Uba Sani has said. Addressing journalists shortly after the state security council meeting at Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House, Kaduna on Wednesday, Governor Sani, who was flanked by the Read More
The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), board headed by Gbenga Elegbeleye has called on the various clubs in the league to ensure adequate security measures across stadiums. This was contained in a circular to all NPFL Clubs on Wednesday urging them to create a secured and enjoyable match venue for all stakeholders in the league. The circular reads: “As we Read More
A northern group, Arewa Think Tank has faulted United States’ (US) security advisory to its citizens not to visit certain Nigerian states, just as it commended National Assembly’s plan to ban the use of dollars in Nigerian domestic transactions. The United States and few other foreign missions had recently advised their citizens not to stay in hotels and not to Read More
The acting Chairman/CEO of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Mallam Jalal Ahmed Arabi, has appealed to the Saudi Arabian service provider, the Mutawiff of African Non-Arab Countries , to significantly enhance services for Nigerian pilgrims in the Masha’ir. During a meeting at the Hajj House in Abuja with chairman of the establishment, Dr. Ahmad Abbas Sindi, the NAHCON boss stressed Read More
Disturbed by the trend of increasing number of people living in extreme poverty which began in 2013, former President Muhammadu Buhari quickly moved into action by strategically putting in place two key policies of a national social investment programme and a national food security plan to boost farming activities by introducing the Anchor Borrower’s programme aimed at making it easier Read More
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state on Monday the passing of Dr. Ado Ibrahim, the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, was a painful and personal loss to him, describing the late monarch as a father- figure and trusted confidant. The governor said the departure of the revered first class Royal Majesty had left a void that could not easily be filled, adding Read More
Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Zulum, on Friday, said there is no community in the state that is still under the control of Boko Haram insurgents, stating that the security situation has improved by over 85 percent. The governor stated this while fielding questions from State House correspondents after meeting behind closed doors with President Bola Tinubu, at the Read More
The Ondo State Security Network codenamed Amotekun corps Tuesday assured the people, especially travelers that security operatives are working round the clock to ensure hitch-free yuletide season. The commander of Amotekun, Akogun Adetunji Adeley, gave the assurance while parading 33 suspected criminals at the corps headquarters, Akure. Amotekun said the arrested suspects included kidnappers stealing okada, snatching syndicates, burglary and Read More
“It is a known mantra that organisations are charged to think outside the box. We, at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, have decided to think without the box if we are to achieve our mandate.” – Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abu Kyari. The Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is set Read More
The Kogi state Commissioner for Information and spokesman for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship campaign, Kingsley Fanwo, has called on security agencies to immediately invite the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) over alleged ‘concocted lies’ capable of undermining security efforts in the state. The APC spokesperson, in a statement issued, Thursday, said Muritala Yakubu’s latest claim Read More
The Pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Thursday, tasked the federal government and security agencies to take more decisive actions to arrest fast-degenerating security situations in the country. Afenifere, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, pointed out that reports from various parts of the country indicated an upsurge in acts of banditry, especially kidnapping. Stressing Read More
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) alleged murder of one Gabriel Nwafor over his refusal to join the terrorists group on 26th of January, 2023. The killing of Gabriel which was witnessed by his closest friend, Okoukoni Ehizokhale Godstand, who shared an apartment with the deceased, took place in Olo community in Ezeagu local government area of Enugu state. Narrating Read More
Security operatives have rescued 18 people, who were on Wednesday abducted from their homes at Kanya in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi state. According to Ahmed Idris, a media aide to Governor Nasir Idris, the council chairman, Hussani Aliyu-Bena, confirmed the rescue of the victims on Thursday. Idris in a press statement on Friday in Birnin Kebbi, the Read More
River basins across the country have all it takes to sustain food production, if well harnessed. UMAR ABDULWAHAB reports. The minister of water resources and sanitation Professor Joseph Utsev recently started a nation-wide tour of Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority (LNRBDA), an agency under his ministry, with Kwara being his first port of call. The minister said the choice Read More
The Senate Tuesday raised the alarm that the country may experience an acute food crisis if the current alarming insecurity situation was not immediately curtailed. This is as it seeks for adequate military presence in Niger East. The red chamber stated this while deliberating on a motion sponsored by Senator Sani Musa (APC Niger East). The motion was titled, Read More
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