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Concerned by the worsening state of insecurity across the country, foremost Pan-African and humanitarian Organisation, NBM of Africa Worldwide, has declared a seven-day fasting and prayer programme for the safe release of more than 45 pupils and teachers reportedly abducted from schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The declaration was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday …

Edo State Police Command has arrested a suspected member of a notorious kidnapping syndicate and recovered the decomposing body of one of three women abducted from their residence in Iyowa Community, Ovia North-East Local Government Area of the state. The development was contained in a press release issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Eno Ikoedem, dated June 2, …

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has launched an investigation into allegations of unauthorised access and disclosure of information from its Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) database. The commission disclosed this in a statement issued by Mohammed Haruna, National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), on Tuesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Delta, Rep. Benedict Etanabene, has urged former President Goodluck Jonathan to accept calls to contest the 2027 presidential election. Etanabene, representing Okpe/Sapele/Uvwie Federal Constituency of Delta in the House of Representatives, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. He dismissed the assertion …

Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman has been elected President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for the 81st session after defeating Andreas Kakouris of Cyprus in a closely contested vote. Rahman, secured the highest votes, in an election, which took place at the UN headquarters on Tuesday in New York. In a secret-ballot election, Rahman secured 99 votes to Kakouris’ …

The Federal Government has intensified national preparedness and response measures against the possible introduction of the Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Disease (BEBOV), currently reported in parts of East and Central Africa. This is vontained in a statement issued by Mr Ado Bako, Assistant Director of Press and Public Relations in the ministry, on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, the move …

The United Nations says some weapons looted during the Libyan conflict in 2011 have ended up in the hands of extremist groups in Nigeria. Izumi Nakamitsu, the UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, stated this at the UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday as delegates gathered to tackle the global spread of illicit firearms. The UN’s top …

Operatives of the Edo State Security Corps (ESSC) have arrested three suspects over an alleged attempt to unlawfully dispose of a company’s delivery truck and its consignment of sachet water in Benin The suspects were intercepted following intelligence reports that led security operatives to a Toyota Dyna truck belonging to a sachet water manufacturing company based in Asaba, Delta State. …

Nigeria’s Supreme Court Justice, Mohammed Baba Idris, has declared that judicial independence remains the bedrock of democracy, warning that any attempt to subject the judiciary to political, financial or institutional influence could undermine constitutional governance and the rule of law. Justice Idris made the assertion on Monday while delivering the keynote lecture titled, “The Repositioning for Effective Justice Delivery and …

…Calls for nationwide action against insecurity The leadership of the NBM of Africa Worldwide, a Pan-African organisation, has expressed deep concern over the growing wave of child abductions and worsening insecurity across the country, warning that the trend poses a grave threat to Nigeria’s future and national development. In a statement issued on Monday by its President, Dr. Charles Chimezie …