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NSCDC seals 3 illegal Private Guard companies in FCT

NewsDeskNgOct 19, 2023October 19, 20230

By Palma Ileye FCT Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has sealed three Private Guard Companies, PGCs, for operating illegally in Abuja. This is contained in a press release issued yesterday by ASCI Okomanyi Comfort, CDPRO, FCT Command. According to the statement, the NSCDC, FCT Commandant,...

Farmers/Herders clashes: NSCDC boss harps on comprehensive review of operational strategies to combat crimes

NewsDeskNgOct 19, 2023October 19, 20230

By Palma Ileye As part of strategies to control farmers/ herders clashes and improve security in schools as well as ensure general security of lives and property in Gombe State, the State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has demanded the deployment of more personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil...

Interior Minister reaffirms commitment to prioritize Staff welfare

NewsDeskNgOct 19, 2023October 19, 20230

By Palma Ileye Minister of Interior Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has restated commitments to prioritize Staff welfare while stressing the need for professionalism to ensure productivity and effectiveness in the Ministry. Tunji-Ojo stated this yesterday, at the Maiden edition of the Town Hall meeting, since his appointment as Minister, with Members...

Cervical cancer: Osun govt begs residents to embrace vaccine

NewsDeskNgOct 19, 2023October 19, 20230

Osun State Government has allayed the fears of the populace with regards to the mass cervical vaccination campaign. It said the vaccine will cushion the effect and spread of cervical cancer in the State. This was made known by the Special Adviser to the Osun State Governor on Public Health,...

‘No crisis in Senate’ – Akpabio insists after visiting Tinubu

NewsDeskNgOct 19, 2023October 19, 20230

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has debunked insinuations of a brewing crisis in the upper legislative chamber, insisting that disagreement in the Parliament was a normal phenomenon in any democratic setting. The clarification came following a reported shouting march, Tuesday, unraveling a crisis between two gladiators – Akpabio and...

Residents groan as four days blackout hits Umuahia suburb

NewsDeskNgOct 19, 2023October 19, 20230

Residents of Amuzukwu and some adjourning streets in Umuahia, Abia State capital, have lamented four days of darkness following power outage from the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC. The power outage, which started on Sunday evening, was yet to be restored, even as of Thursday morning when this report was...

NNPCL names media expert Soneye as spokesman

NewsDeskNgOct 18, 2023October 18, 20230

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has appointed media guru and publisher of Per Seconds News, Mr Olufemi Oladapo Soneye as its Chief Corporate Communications Officer (CCOO). Soneye is a seasoned journalist with full-time and freelance experience at some of the world’s most respected publications in Nigeria, Australia, and the...

Despite banditry activities, we are committed to actualising Bobi Grazing Reserve – Niger govt

NewsDeskNgOct 18, 2023October 18, 20230

The Niger State Government has reiterated its commitment to actualising the Bobi Grazing Reserve located in Mariga and Mashegu Local Government Areas of the state, inspite incursion of bandits into the reserve. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Abubakar Usman, disclosed this at the stakeholders meeting on Bobi Grazing...

Troops neutralise three suspected bandits, recover arms, ammunition

NewsDeskNgOct 18, 2023October 18, 20230

The Nigerian Army said troops of 2 Battalion, acting on actionable intelligence, staged an ambush against marauding insurgents at Udowa general area in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Army Public Relations, said in a statement that during the operations, troops...

Basil Maduka co-conspirator with Lamidi Apapa, not known to our party

NewsDeskNgOct 18, 2023October 18, 20230

The Labour Party, LP, has called on the media and the general public to disregard those it described as agents of destabilization who will stop at nothing to ensure the party lives with unnecessary cracks. This is even as the LP reiterated it has no faction, insisting that Julius Abure...