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The acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, on Wednesday, has told the leadership of the House of Representatives that the Nigeria Police Force lacks adequate resources to face the emerging security challenges in the country. Baba urged the House to create a special fund for police operations which will allow the security outfit to respond to emergency needs. During …

The Senate President Ahmad Lawan, has called for the strengthening of the Nigeria’s Justice System amidst rising insecurity in the country. Lawan spoke in Abuja on Wednesday at a one-day Roundtable organised by the National Institute of Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) and Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the senate president …

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the withdrawal of senior police officers from the rank of Chief Superintendent of Police and above attached to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. He hinged the decision on the operational requirements of the force. In a letter dated April 15, 2021, addressed to the EFCC Chairman and signed by the …

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, have outlined reforms they want in Correctional Service Centres and the Nigeria Police Force. These reforms, they said, will enable the agencies to operate optimally in different states and enhance their performance. They called for police reform as well as the delisting of the Correctional Service …

And we know that the federal, state and local governments are not using the QE to buy bonds or bail out the ailing industries. The states and LGs are not even paying workers! A huge part of these monies ends up being looted! Obaseki returned fire that as an investment banker he stands by his words. This is how he …

Subscribers under the aegis of the Association of Telephone, Cable Tv and Internet Subscribers of Nigeria has commended the Federal Government for lifting the ban on new Subscribers Identification Module card registration. The ATCIS National President, Sina Bilesanmi, in a statement on Monday, appreciated the government for listening to the voices of subscribers by ending the ban. The association, he …

Gunmen on Tuesday night abducted some students of Green Field University in Kaduna State. The private varsity is located along the Kaduna–Abuja Highway in Chikun Local Government Area, and also the first private university in the state established about three years ago. The latest incident is the first major attack that bandits will launch on communities around the Kaduna-Abuja Highway …

Unknown gunmen have reportedly attacked the Divisional Police Headquarters, Adani in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State. The attack was said to have happened in the early hours of Wednesday. Two of the police officers on duty were reportedly killed and several others injured, while the police station was burnt. Sources confirmed that the attack on the police station …

Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that touched off worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S. Chauvin, 45, could be sent to prison for decades, the CNN reported. According …

No fewer than nine persons were killed in Anambra State in different circumstances on Monday. While two policemen and three others were killed during an attack on the Anambra Zonal Police Headquarters in Ukpo, Dunukfia Local Government Area of the state, four others were killed in cult-related violence. The attack on the police headquarters happened around 4am. A source said, …