The Senate has urged the Ministry of Finance to release all monies due to the North-East Development Commission and other relevant agencies to enable them address the humanitarian crises in the sub region.
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The incident was said to have occurred on Wednesday afternoon as the expatriate engineer working with Al madal construction company was inspecting the construction of Ikot Ibritam, Inen Ekeffe and Odoro Ikot to Ukanafun road construction project awarded by Akwa Ibom.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons says it has apprehended a senior official of a travel agency in Edo for suspected human trafficking offence.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has pledged that the Nigerian Army will support the effort of Zamfara State Government to end banditry in the state and other parts of the country.
The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested two men for alleged kidnap of one Mathew Isichei Chukwuebuka, 19, who was held in their custody for nine days.
The Sokoto State Police Command says it has arrested no fewer than seven persons, including two alleged homosexual couple, over suspected sodomy and other crimes.
The accused are Sunday Stephen, 36; Hassan Terrang, 26; Hassan James, 34; Adelaja Ariyo, 48; Anthony Ojukwu, 33; Bitrus Abednego, 22; and Lucky Anzaku, 20.
Comptroller Muhammed Abba-Kura, the Customs Area Controller, Apapa Custom Command, made this disclosure on Wednesday in Lagos during a news briefing on the arrest.
Reacting to the news of the death of their classmate, members of the 1973/77 Set of Olivet Baptist High School, Olivet Heights, Oyo, condemned the dastardly murder of Olakunrin and called on the Federal Government to restore confidence in the citizenry by promptly apprehending her killers, prosecuting them and putting an end to the rising spate of unchecked killings and kidnap of innocent citizens.
Biu, who spoke with newsmen in Maiduguri, Borno State, warned that the military’s final onslaught against the insurgents would be sustained until they were completely neutralised.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission in Adamawa, has alleged diversion of relief materials and agriculture input meant for Internally Displaced Persons in the state.
A former governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda, on Tuesday said that the challenges of banditry in the North West of Nigeria might have an international dimension.
President Muhammadu Buhari has frowned at those criticizing his administration over isolated security challenges in some parts of the country.
Magistrate O.A. Olagbende who did not take the plea of the defendant, ordered that be remanded in Ikoyi Prison pending advice from the Office of the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions.
The Benin Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons on Tuesday said it had arrested six persons for suspected human trafficking.
The Senate had in February 2018 organised a two-day National Security Summit chaired by Senator Ahmad Lawan when he was the Senate Leader.
The spokesman of the Command, Femi Joseph, announced the arrest of the suspects on Monday.
The Nigeria Police on Monday in Abuja paraded 13 suspects alleged to be involved in the kidnap of the district head of Daura (Magajin Garin Daura), Alhaji Musa Umar.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has charged troops of Operation Harbin Kunama 3 to be ruthless, aggressive and decisive against bandits in the North-West.
An Ilorin, Kwara State-based psychologist, Sherifat Adeyi, has urged parents to give their children sex education early enough in view of the increasing rate of rape cases.