By Kelvin Obambon President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has initiated a major overhaul of Nigeria’s internal security structure, approving the recruitment of 30,000 additional police officers and ordering the immediate withdrawal of police personnel from Very Important Persons (VIPs) across the country. The directive, announced on Sunday, November 23, 2025, by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to…
By Kelvin Obambon President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has issued a directive for the immediate withdrawal of police officers currently assigned to provide security for Very Important Persons (VIPs) across the country. Henceforth, the responsibility for armed protection of VIPs will shift to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The directive was announced on…
By Ovat Abeng Engr. Professor Joseph Tagbo Nwabanne of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) Awka, Anambra State, on Thursday, 20th November, 2025 delivered the 117th Inaugural Lecture of the University on the topic: “From Waste to Energy: Unlocking Nigeria’s Biomass Potentials.” The inaugural lecturer, in his opening remarks…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, has announced strengthened security measures across schools and churches in the state. The announcement was contained in a statement signed and made available to Journalists in Awka on Sunday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga. According to Ikenga, the measure…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Niger state says fifty students abducted from St Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwara LGA, have escaped from captivity. In a statement on Sunday, Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, chairman of the Niger state chapter of CAN and Catholic bishop of Kontagora diocese, said the pupils…
The Federal Government’s Nigeria First Policy has recorded another milestone as the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction has launched its 1Government Cloud Enterprise Content Management System, (ECMS), as part of the efforts to realise paperless civil service. The ministry went live on the 1Gov ECMS platform at its headquarters in the Federal…
The Federal Government, through the National Universities Commission (NUC), has placed a ban on the award of honorary doctoral degrees to serving public officials. The commission said the decision followed the alleged misuse of such degrees. The Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu, announced the ban Saturday while receiving a report from a committee…
Three international airlines canceled their flights departing from Venezuela on Saturday, the day after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration warned major airlines of a “potentially hazardous situation” when flying over the country. Brazil’s Gol, Colombia’s Avianca and TAP Air Portugal canceled their flights departing from Caracas on Saturday, according to Flightradar24 and the official website of Simon…
By Ovat Abeng Drug traders in Onitsha market, Anambra State have cried out to Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo to urgently intervened and stop excessive illegal revenue collection activities in the market. They lamented that the illegal activities has become a daily norm in the drug market, also know as “Ogbogwu market” without any government intervention…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Police Command said it has recovered a three year old girl sold to a suspected buyer in Calabar, Cross River State. The recovery notice was contained in a statement issue to journalists in Awka on Saturday, by the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga. The statement read;…