The Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Delta Safe have immobilised 14 illegal refining sites and recovered large quantity of stolen products in the Niger Delta region in the last two weeks. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko disclosed this while given update on military operations across the country between December 9 and December 23, on Thursday in Abuja. Onyeuko said the illegal site had 19 ovens, 13 cooking pots/boilers, 15 cooling systems, 15 reservoirs, five large dugout pits and 33 storage tanks. He added that a total of 896,500 litres and 70 polythene bags…
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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday, awarded N147million in compensation to 27 victims of police brutality. The panel is investigating violations of human rights by defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other police units. In his opening speech, the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Anthony Ojukwu said the #EndSARS event was historic. “By compensating the victims, NHRC is out to change the narrative of impunity. “The commission is ready to provide remedy where Nigerians’ rights are violated. “Where there is violation, there must be remedy, the commission has begun a journey to restore human dignity” he said. Ojukwu, however, submitted that…
Ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Maiduguri Thursday, the ISWAP fighters have leashed explosives on Ngomari, Ayafe and Bulumkutu areas of the town in Borno state. ASHENEWS learned from a source in Maiduguri that although the Nigerian military troops are reported to have been deployed to foil attack on Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, property are reported to have been destroyed and unascertained number of casualties recorded. Also, PRNigeria gathered that some surveillance military aircraft have been deployed to assist the ground troops forestall any impending attack by ISWAP elements.
By Justina Auta The National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) on Wednesday trained 80 females on cyber security, Artificial Intelligence (AI), among other topics, under its ICT and Mechatronics Skills Acquisition Programme. The Director-General of the centre, Dr Asabe Vilita-Bashir, disclosed this during the closing ceremony of the skill acquisition programme in Abuja. She said that the training would bridge the gender technology gap through innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship. She added that the training was necessitated by the need to ensure gender mainstreaming technological activities, achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and enhance skills of young females in Science, Technology, Engineering,…
Security is beefed up in Maiduguri and environs as President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to visit the town. The President would inaugurate viable projects executed by Borno state governor, Babagana Zulum’s administration during the visit to the state. These include the Custom flyover, 20km Custom-Muna dual carriageway. Buhari will also inaugurate the Centre For Distance Learning, University of Maiduguri, donated by Mohammed Indimi an oil mogul. The Commissioner of Police, Abdu Umar, said that the command has deployed substantial number of its personnel for the visit of Buhari to the state. Umar said in Maiduguri that personnel deployed include; men of…
Zamfara state Police Command have rescued a three-month-old baby and seized sophisticated weapons from bandits. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ayuba Elkanah made this known during an interview with newsmen in Gusau on Wednesday. He said that the victims were abducted from Ruggar Tudu village in Bungudu local government area of Zamfara. Elkanah revealed that the police operatives also arrested three suppliers of hard drugs to bandits, and recovered some items from bandits. They include one motorcycle, eight AK-47 rifles, one General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), one Rocket launcher, and five magazines. While giving an update on the…
By Abujah Racheal Nigeria recorded a new high of 4,035 new COVID-19 infections in 15 states on Wednesday showing close to 100 per cent increase over the 2,123 infections recorded on Tuesday. Lagos state maintained its lead on the table with 3,393 cases, up from 1,552 cases it recorded on Tuesday. Its total as at Wednesday was 89,355 infections. Other states are Rivers (260), Edo (62), Akwa Ibom (42), Kaduna (39), Ekiti (38) Oyo (38). Delta and Kano recorded 31 new infections each. Ogun State also recorded 30 new infections, while Abia had 26; Bauchi State had 15; Ondo State…
By Justina Auta The Girls Act of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) on Wednesday organised a football match to sensitise Waru community in the FCT on ending Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV). The event was organised in collaboration with the Strong Enough Girls Empowerment Initiative as part of activities to commemorate the 16 Days of Activism against GBV. Linda Raji, the Programme Officer of Strong Enough Girls Empowerment Initiative, said the event was to create more advocacy on human rights, ending GBV and involvement of all stakeholders to eliminate the practice. “This is us trying to catch them young and…
Kwara state governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has commended PRNigeria for its factual, fair and accurate reportage, especially in fact- checking and identification of fake news. The governor said this when Image Marchant Promotions Limited (IMPR) team – Publishers of PRNigeria and Economic Confidential – led by its founder, Yushau Shuaib paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House in Ilorin on Tuesday. Abdulrazaq assured that the state government will work with PRNigeria in awareness creation on the state government’s activities and capacity building for government officials in the state ministries, departments and agencies. He also pledged to join hands with…
The National Executive Council of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA-NEC) on Wednesday, adopted an online payment of practising fees for Nigerian lawyers from year 2022. This is contained in a communique signed by NBA President, Olumide Akpata and made available to newsmen on Wednesday. The communique was issued at the end of the quarterly meeting of the NBA-NEC held on Dec. 16. According to the resolution, “NEC resolves that with effect from January 1, 2022, payment for bar practicing fees by lawyers, shall be done online and no longer manually in banking halls “NEC commended the NBA President, Olumide Akpata…