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On 19 May 2024, bandits raided Dawaki, a community in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, kidnapping 20 people. This marked the start of a series of kidnappings in both urban and semi-urban areas. The GI-TOC has identified at least six other kidnapping incidents in the outskirts of urban centres in Kaduna, Zamfara, Katsina and Abuja that appear to have been committed by …

•Tasks govt on incentives to reduce cost of CNG conversion kits, installation Under no circumstances should anyone be allowed to install makeshift Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) kits or a welded tank on any vehicles, an industry expert, Olugbenga Awe, has said. The advice, he said has become imperative following last week explosion of a CNG vehicle during refuelling at a …

He urged the government to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice and to prevent such incidents from recurring. Peter Obi, the former Labour Party presidential flag bearer, has called on authorities to act swiftly in response to the killing of 16 young men in Nibo, Anambra State.  He urged the government to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice …

The Managing Director and CEO of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Sule Abdulaziz, revealed that Nigeria continues to provide 24-hour electricity to neighbouring countries Togo, Benin, and Niger despite domestic challenges, including the recent national grid collapse. Speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Tonight programme on Sunday, Abdulaziz said, “We supply Togo, Benin, and Niger. They get power from Nigeria …

Washington, D.C. – Former president Donald Trump said he will consider reimplementing a ban on taxpayer funding for abortion overseas as well as establishing religious exemptions for any government program that requires health insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization (IVF) during an Oct. 17 interview with EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo. The Catholic News Agency reports that the former president was interviewed …

…Trains stakeholders on Conflict Prevention, Violent Extremism, Crisis Management and Peacebuilding  By Isaac Eranga  A 3-day training workshop on Conflict Prevention, Violent Extremism, Crisis Management and Peacebuilding aimed at equipping community stakeholders in Imo State with skills to address conflict and ensure peaceful resolution, has been held in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The training workshop which was attended by …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON In a puzzling and shocking circumstance, another Commissioner of Police (CP), Peter Umoru Ozigi has assumed duty in Edo State, replacing CP Nemi Edwin-Iwo, who served for just two months. CP Edwin-Iwo took office on August 13, 2024, following CP Funsho Adegboye transfer to Force Headquarters, Abuja. This rapid succession of leadership is raising puzzles and shocks …

Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo is a svelte man by stature. He remains a very simple person, who welcomes everyone with an affable smile just as he is down to earth. But his small head harbours very sound and workable ideas that can transform the society. From the way he relates with and treats people who come across him, the man, who was …

President Bola Tinubu on Saturday evening returned to the nation’s capital, Abuja after a two-week working vacation in the United Kingdom (UK). The President, who arrived the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 7:15pm was received on arrival by top government officials including Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Chief of Staff to the President, Hon …

Rights campaigners, on the platform of Youth Rights Campaign, YRC, have released the names of 22 activists including the spokesperson, Hassan Taiwo Soweto, arrested by the police this Sunday morning at Lekki Toll Gate. YRC in a statement by Francis Nwapa, its National Secretary, while condemning their arrest, said: “We demand their immediate and unconditional release. We understand that they …