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IGP Tenure Elongation May Spell Doom On Nat’l Security

31.01.2025

A human rights lawyer, Hamza Nuhu Dantani Esq, has faulted the National Assembly passage of the Police Act which paved the way for the tenure elongation of Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun. The human rights activist insisted the IGP’s tenure extension, the sequel to President Bola Tinubu’s bidding for Egbetokun to remain in...

Osifeso Lauds Tinubu’s Commitment To Fight Against Hunger

31.01.2025

The Aare Atunluse of Awori Kingdom and the Chairman, Mapcotec Nigeria Limited, Aare (Surveyor), Dr Segun Osifeso has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his administration’s commitment to finding sustainable solutions to alleviate the sufferings of Nigerians. Aare Osifeso, who made these remarks during a chat with newsmen in Lagos on Friday, saluted President Tinubu’s...

Kano Govt Takes Bold Step With New Climate Change Policy To Combat Environmental Challenges

31.01.2025

The Kano State Executive Council has approved a comprehensive Climate Change Policy Framework to address environmental degradation and climate change. This was contained in a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa on Friday. Championed by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, the policy aims to protect public health, reduce emissions, and foster sustainable...

ACReSAL Trains Communities On Peace-Building, Climate Change Adaption

31.01.2025

The Zamfara Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) in collaboration with Nongovernmental Organization Health Standard Concern Organization (HESCO) has trained 200 selected from the three LGAs comprising Gusau, Kaura Namoda and Bungudu of Zamfara State to foster a culture of peace, non-violence, and environmental conservation. In a paper presentation by the Technical Officer of HESCO,...

KWSG Seeks Partnership For Large-Scale Farming

31.01.2025

The Kwara State Government has urged communities, commercial farms, and schools, with at least 10 hectares of contiguous cleared land, to partner with it in the large-scale production of soybeans, cassava, and sorghum. The initiative, spearheaded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, aims to boost agricultural productivity, enhance food security, and promote economic...

CSOs Lauds Ondo Govt Transparency, Urges FG To Address Inflation

31.01.2025

The Forum of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) has condemned the lack of transparency and accountability demonstrated by some state governments in budgetary allocations. Speaking at a press conference on Friday in Lagos, the leaders of the groups, from prominent Civil Society and Pro-Democracy organizations said other state governments should emulate Ondo State in practising an...

Sokoto Govt Purchases JAMB, Other Forms For Distributions To Indigenes

31.01.2025

The Sokoto State Government has approved the purchase and distribution of Joint Admission and Examination Board (JAMB)/UTME and Direct Entry (DE) forms for the 2025/2026 session to qualified indigenes of the state. According to a statement issued by the State Commissioner for Higher Education, Prof. Isa Muhammad Maishanu, the Executive Governor of Sokoto State, Dr...

CSOs Back Police, Says Reforms Will Improve Policing

31.01.2025

The Civil Society Groups under the umbrella of Concerned Citizens for Justice and the Rule of Law have thrown their weight behind Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, commending his efforts in ensuring national security and tackling crime across Nigeria. This came as they condemned the attacks on the IGP by Omoyele Sowore, describing...

FG, Foundation Launch Pilot Feeding Programme At Kaduna School

31.01.2025

In a significant step towards improving child nutrition and education, the Federal Government through the Renewed Hope National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (RH-NHGSFP), has launched a pilot feeding programme at Jere Tsangaya School in the Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The programme attended by the Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty...

Corps Members To Receive N77,000 Monthly From February

31.01.2025

The Director-General (DG) of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, on Thursday, said corps members will start receiving a new monthly allowance of N77,000 from February 2025. The NYSC DG made this announcement while speaking to the 2024 Batch ‘C’ Stream II corps members in Katsina State orientation camp. Gen. Ahmed...