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22-03-22 NHRC INTRODUCES TOLL FREE CODE FOR SEXUAL OFFENSES REPORTING The National Human Rights Commission has got a short code for Sexual and Gender Based Violence reporting. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Mr. Tony Ojukwu stated this in Abuja at a multi-agency task team meeting on Sexual and Gender…
Kaduna State government says 34 people have been confirmed dead while over 230 houses and shops were burnt following Sunday’s attack in Kaura local government area of the state. In a statement by the State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan saysfour locations were attacked by…
Kaduna state government has declared 24-hour curfew in Jema’a and Kaura Local government areas of the state with immediate effect. A statement by the State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs Mr Samuel Aruwan says the imposition of the curfew was to assist the security agencies to stabilize the…
The Department of State Services (DSS) hereby alerts the public of a sinister plan by some elements to stoke violence in parts of the country particularly the North Central. The aim is to cause ethno-religious crisis, ignite reprisals and heat up the polity. In a bid to achieve this, the…
The North-East Development Commission (NEDC) says it’s developing a comprehensive ten year master plan for the rebuilding of the North East region ravaged by insurgency. The Managing Director of the NEDC, Muhammed Alkali stated this at a consultative meeting with stakeholders in Damaturu on the proposed North- East Stabilisation and…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recovered drugs from a 52 years old father of four. The suspect named Okeke Adolphus Anayochukwu was found with 20.75 kilograms of the black liquid cocaine, upon his arrival at the Abuja airport. He explained that he was a business man dealing…
19/3/22 ARSON/IMO A Police division in Umuguma, Owerri west local government area of Imo state has been set ablaze by gunmen at the early hours of Saturday.Sources say the gunmen who invaded the station attacked…
Ban/Immigration officers 19/03/22 Two officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service at the Lagos International Airport, have been banned from working in any Nigerian airports over extortion. Their On Duty Cards have also been withdrawn permanently, to serve as deterrent to others. Their banned followed an investigation by at team of…
18/03/22. Police/Criminals Not less than Thirty suspects have been apprehended by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force for complicity in banditry, kidnappings, terrorism, killing and other violent crimes in Nigeria most especially in the North Central region.This was revealed in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP…
The Nigeria Police Force has ordered the immediate and indefinite suspension of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) Chairperson of the Edo State Police Command, Mrs Helen Atekha Odemwingie.The suspension follows a trending picture of the PCRC chairperson and other members seen wearing black uniforms similar to that of the…
