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We’re Building Capacities To Counter Terrorists’ Misuse Of Emerging Tech

24.07.2025

The Federal Government has said it is equipping law enforcement agencies with enhanced capabilities to counter the misuse of emerging technologies by terrorists. The National Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Office of the National Security Adviser, Maj-Gen. Adamu Laka, made the disclosure on Thursday at the CTTEC Plus First National Workshop on...

N’West Youths Urge Tinubu To Appoint Ja’oji As Humanitarian Affairs Minister

24.07.2025

Following the appointment of Mr. Nebtawe Goshewa as Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), thereby vacating the position of Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, a youth group from the Northwest has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to consider the region particularly Kano for the replacement. Speaking after an emergency meeting in Kano...

Adeniyi Harps On Customs’ Role In Curbing Illicit Financial Flows

24.07.2025

Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has underscored the crucial role of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in tackling illicit financial flows (IFFs), during the opening of the National Conference on Combating Illicit Financial Flows in Abuja. Adeniyi noted that Customs’ daily operations involve rigorous monitoring of cross-border cash movements and negotiable instruments, enforcing mandatory...

Osun New Era Lions Club Carries Out Sanitation Exercise At Olugbeja Market

24.07.2025

The Osun New Era Lions Club, on Thursday, visited Olugbeja Market in Osogbo, where it carried out a sanitation exercise and donated cleaning materials to traders as part of its July service activities. During the visit, members of the club sensitized the traders on the importance of maintaining a clean environment and distributed essential cleaning...

Nigeria Collaborating With Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso To Tackle Insecurity – CDS

24.07.2025

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, on Thursday said Nigeria is working closely with the military authorities in Niger Republic, Burkina Faso, and Mali to strengthen efforts against transnational security threats in the West African sub-region. Speaking on the topic, “Global Fragility and Security Management in Nigeria” at the University of Ibadan, General...

Nigerian Army Conducts Human Rights Workshop For Troops In Taraba

24.07.2025

In a renewed effort to promote professionalism and adherence to human rights standards, the Nigerian Army Headquarters (AHQ), through its Department of Civil-Military Affairs (DCMA), has conducted a sensitization workshop for troops of 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sector 3, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) in Jalingo. The workshop, held on Thursday, is part of a strategic initiative...

I Will Come To Edo Again, Obi Declares Amid Threat From Okpebholo

24.07.2025

The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi on Tuesday declared that he will return to Edo, despite threats by the state governor, Monday Okpebholo. Obi made the declaration while answering questions from journalists in Awka, Anambra state capital over Okpebholo’s warning that his safety will not be guaranteed if he comes to the...

FCTA Extends School Term Over Teachers’ Strike

24.07.2025

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday approved a five-week extension of the 2024/2025 third-term academic calendar for public primary schools in Abuja, following the prolonged strike action by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT). New Telegraph recalls that the NUT had embarked on an indefinite strike on March 24, 2025, which lasted for...

Ogun, Rivers Top States With Death Row Inmates list

24.07.2025

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has recorded a total of 3,833 Inmates on Death Row (IDR) across custodial centres in the country, out of a national inmate population of 81,558. Spokesman Abubakar Umar told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday that Kano, Kaduna, and Lagos do not have the highest numbers of IDR, with...

UCH Gets Dual Global Accreditation In Cancer Care

24.07.2025

The University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan has earned dual international accreditation for its Department of Nuclear Medicine, positioning it as a global reference point in precision cancer care. Dr Olumayowa Kolade, Consultant in Nuclear Medicine, Molecular Imaging & Theranostics, Department of Nuclear Medicine, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday the hospital was recently...