The FCT Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has intercepted 10 victims of human trafficking at Zuba motor park in Abuja. A statement on Monday in Abuja, by the NSCDC FCT Command Spokesperson, Mr Samuel Idoko, said the rescued victims, aged between 24 and 34, comprised of one male and nine female, who all claimed to be indigenes of Ondo State. He said that on interrogation, it was discovered that the victims were being sponsored for illegal migration abroad. “The victims were accosted at Zuba motor park, Abuja, by officers of the command, following a tip-off…
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas has promised that the 10th National Assembly will provide a legal framework to regulate the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the country.
President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria will continue to strengthen collaboration and lead in taking measures towards countering terrorism in Africa. Tinubu said this at the High-level African Counter-terrorism meeting on Monday in Abuja with the theme “Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Institution Building to Address the Evolving Threats of Terrorism in Africa”. He said that Nigeria’s Counter-terrorism capacities have been enhanced through enactment of the terrorism prevention and Prohibition Act and the establishment the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC). Tinubu said, “Dedicated to coordinating and implementing counter-terrorism strategies, the NCTC significantly enhances our capacity to detect, prevent, and respond to terrorist threats.…
Two Boko Haram Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) experts, Abubakar Mohammed and Bana Modu have surrendered to the troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force ( MNJTF) in Borno state.
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Kano State Command, says 70 per cent of inmates are awaiting trial across the custodial centres in the state.
A non-governmental organisation, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), on Monday, called for collective action to end the use of plastics suffocating the earth with its harmful products.
A financial expert, Mr Okechukwu Unegbu, has urged the Federal Government to dissipate more effort in arresting and prosecuting politicians accused of looting the treasury. Unegbu, a past president of the Chattered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), advised in an interview on Monday in Abuja He spoke against the backdrop of the recent arrest and prosecution of some Nigerians by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) for abusing and mutilating the Naira. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act 2007 criminalises abuse of the Naira. Section 21 of the Act listed spraying, dancing or stepping on the Naira…
At least 14 persons died in a head-on coalition involving two Toyota buses on Sunday in Kogi state.
ASHENEWS reports that terrorists on Friday killed six personnel of the Nigerian Army during an ambush while on fighting patrol in Shiroro local government area of Niger State.
In a bid to tackle the alarming mortality rates of pregnancy-related complications in remote areas in Africa, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has unveiled ground-breaking, portable ultrasound technology. The President of Gender Equality at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Dr Anita Zaidi disclosed this on the sideline of the WomenLift Health Global Conference 2024, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Addressing a global audience, Zaidi emphasised the dire need for accessible diagnostic tools in regions where healthcare facilities were scarce. “Every year, nearly 300,000 women and over four million newborns perish due to pregnancy-related complications,” she stated, underlining the disproportionate…