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President Muhammed Buhari has approved the adoption of a community police system to combat growing security threats across Nigeria, the IG of Police has said. The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, made the announcement Tuesday at the Forum of Northern Traditional Rulers in Kaduna. The event deliberated on critical security issues, especially as they affect the north. PREMIUM TIMES reported …

Nigerian lawmakers have allocated N23.7 billion as severance gratuity for outgoing lawmakers of the National Assembly. The sum will also cover allowances for incoming legislators, their aides, funds for National Assembly induction and inauguration of the 9th Senate. The benefit was captured as a separate line item in the 2019 appropriation bill passed by the lawmakers on Tuesday. The amount …

At least 26 people were feared killed and several others injured in a suspected Boko Haram attack on Monday at the Madagali area of Adamawa State. Locals said suspected Boko Haram’s gunmen rode on motorcycles in large numbers into Kudakaya village in Madagali at about 7 p.m. The spokesperson of the police in the state, Othman Abubakar, confirmed the attack. …

The House of Representatives on Tuesday said the National Assembly would transmit the approved 2019 Budget of N8.92trn to President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday. Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Rep. Mustapha Dawaki, made this known while briefing newsmen after plenary in Abuja. Dawaki explained that the increase in total budget from N8.83trn was due to the inclusion of …

The National Assembly on Tuesday approved N160bn for the payment of the new minimum wage for federal workers and payment of severance benefits. The decision followed the unanimous endorsement of the 2019 Budget presentation by the lawmakers at separate plenaries which held simultaneously in both houses and presided over by Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker Yakubu Dogara at the …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki is subsidising the training of youths in in-demand tech fields, such as Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Machine Learning. The 6-week training programmes are being run by Curators University and held at the Edo Innovation Hub, Institute of Continuing Education (ICE), Benin City.  According to the government, over 250 youths have been trained in …

Edo State Government has assured investors that necessary information required to make investment decisions are easy to access from relevant agencies of government in the state. This was disclosed during a meeting between officials of the state government, the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) and the Open Governance Partnership (OGP), in Benin City. Senior Special Assistant to the Edo State …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City – Edo Police Command has given contradicting accounts of the gruesome murder of its officers at Afuze Divisional Police Headquarters in Owan East local government area of the state, last month. The conflicting accounts were noted last week when the state commissioner of police CP Dan Malam Mohammed briefed the press on the achievements of …

Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), today (Monday), began the issuance of the new passport booklet with 10-year validity period at the agency’s Headquarters, Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari had on January 15, 2019, launched the enhanced polycarbonate passport booklet, which is embedded with the National Identity Number. Fielding questions from journalists, The NIS Public Relations Officer, DCI Sunday James, said the new …

At least 1.4 billion Facebook members have been predicted to die before 2100, as a result of which dead members on the social media platform could outnumber the living members by 2070, according to research report published by the Vanguard. A new analysis conducted by researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute (part of the University of Oxford, England) said  the …