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Nigeria’s anti-corruption agencies have recovered roughly N900 billion (about $2.2 billion) in stolen assets over the last two decades, a new report by pro-democracy group, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), has said. In the report titled, ’20 years of Anti-Corruption efforts in Nigeria,’ the group chronicles significant achievements of the federal government’s leading agencies established to mitigate the endemic corruption …

Incumbent president of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, has won the country’s presidential election held on Saturday December 4. Mr Barrow, who contested the election under the flagship of the National People’s Party (NPP), polled 457, 519 votes to defeat his closest rival, Ousainou Darboe, of the United Democratic Party (UDP). Mr Darboe garnered 238, 253 votes. “Having received 457, 519 …

Nigeria’s poor security situation is being made worse by incessant jailbreaks, which have resulted in more criminals returning illegally to society, experts have told PREMIUM TIMES. Security experts and analysts blame the recurring prison breaks on an infrastructural deficit, overcrowding of cells, the prolonged trial of suspects, understaffing, poor remuneration and equipping of staff, inadequate technology, bribery and corruption, and …

Demand sack of NSA Northern youths have called for the review of security architecture and the immediate sack of the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd) over the massive killings and raiding of communities in the North by bandits, Boko Haram insurgents, ISWAP and other terrorist groups rampaging the region. The group, a coalition of Northern Youth Groups …

A 17-year-old, kidnapped by bandits in a rice farm on the outskirts of Kaduna, has been rescued by operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command. ”Our operatives stormed a kidnappers’ den on Saturday and rescued a 17-year-old victim,” ASP Muhammed Jalige, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), has said. He said in a statement, published by the Vanguard on Sunday …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has urged international donors to support the government in executing sustainable agricultural programmes to check food security. The governor made the call during a courtesy visit by the Joint Mission of the Federal Government of Nigeria, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) led by the IFAD Country Programme …

One Police officer and an unarmed private security driver attached to Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC are in critical conditions following attack by gunmen who allegedly were in the company’s rubber plantation to steal wet rubber cup lumps. The incident, which took place over the weekend, occurred while the victims were on their routine patrol around the company’s rubber plantation, …

In order to improve the nation’s security architecture in line with global standards and more effectively tackle challenges nationwide, the Buhari administration is asking security agencies to leverage more technology-driven solutions and intelligence-driven collaboration. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, stated this on Saturday at the graduation ceremony of participants of the Executive Intelligence Management Course 14 at the National Institute …

Nigeria needs not just achievers, but more importantly men and women who are bridge builders and unifiers, and who see the country’s ethnic diversity as a source of strength, and not as a point of difference. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, made the assertions on Saturday during the turbaning ceremony of some prominent persons in Bida emirate, Niger State. A statement …

Athens, Greece – Pope Francis apologized for the ways Catholics have contributed to division with Orthodox Christians during a meeting with Greek Orthodox leaders in Athens on Saturday. “Shamefully, patriarch, — I acknowledge this for the Catholic Church — actions and decisions that had little or nothing to do with Jesus and the Gospel, but were instead marked by a …