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Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday lamented the security challenges facing the country, calling on the Federal Government to create state police. They insisted that for Nigeria to overcome the challenges, the present police structure must be decentralized to make way for the establishment of state police across the country. The PDP governors spoke in Jos on Thursday when they visited Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State at the Rayfield Government House following the series of attacks by gunmen, which had claimed over 200 lives in the past month and destroyed properties worth millions…

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced a 20-year-old man, Olarewaju Seun, to 30 months imprisonment for raping a 3-year-old girl. The convict was arraigned before the court on June 6, 2022, on one count of rape. The charge read, “That Olarewaju Seun, on August 6, 2021, at Ado Ekiti within the jurisdiction of this court, raped a three-year-old girl, contrary to Section 31(1) of the Child Rights Law, Cap C7, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012. “The mother of the victim had in her evidence before the court said that her daughter did not allow her…

The Plateau State Police Command said it will restrict movement in six local government areas of the state where re-run elections are scheduled to be held on Saturday. The restriction is to take effect between the midnight hours of Saturday, February 3, 2024, and 5 p.m. The spokesman for the command, Alabo Alfred, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said the command had stepped up security measures to protect lives and property ahead of and during the poll. The statement read, “In a bid to ensure hitch-free rerun elections in areas where elections will be conducted on Saturday,…

The high rate of insecurity in Abuja has continued as kidnappers besieged more communities, the latest being the attack on a house situated 200 metres close to a military base in Pambara, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The abducted victim is said to be a director of the Federal Housing Authority. The kidnappers stormed the house around 12:30 a.m. on Thursday and reportedly gained access through the fence. As of the time of filing this report, the Army had yet to comment on the incident. This is coming days after kidnappers broke into a home…

Adebayo Adelabu, the minister of power, has expressed concern over Nigeria’s poor electricity supply situation and stated that it is a result of unpaid subsidy debts, among other problems. Adelabu suggested that Nigeria switch to a fully cost-reflective tariff regime if the federal government is unable to pay for subsidies owed to the market. The power minister also stated that the National Independent Power Plants (NIPPs) being operated and managed by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Plc (NDPHC) were currently suffering under-capacity utilization of below 25 percent due to gas supply constants. Adelabu made the assertions on Wednesday when…

National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members have expressed their displeasure over the non-payment of January allowance to carter for their needs. Chronicle NG reports on how Nigerians reacted to the trend. Ajebo Danny was dissatisfied with “companies and institutions that pay National Youth Service Corps members peanuts are also as wicked as the government. Some don’t even pay corp members at all, and you’re complaining of bad government; you’re a wicked person, and your business will crumble.” He added, “Corps members are not slaves! Scrap the irrelevance called National Youth Service Corps if you won’t pay people well. You cannot…

Bureau de Change (BDC) operators shut down services on Thursday in Abuja as a result of the unavailability of dollars. The chairman of the association, Abdulahi Dauran, announced this in the Federal Capital Territory on Wednesday. The development comes after a senate panel summoned Olayemi Cardoso, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), over the forex crisis. The summons was through its Committee on Banking, Insurance, and Other Financial Institutions, headed by Senator Adetokunbo Abiru (APC, Lagos). Senator Abiru disclosed this while speaking with newsmen after his panel met behind closed doors on Wednesday. Nigerians shocked over pricey iPhone…

President Bola Tinubu has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to keep its flames burning against the scourge of internet crimes and other acts of corruption. He gave the charge through Vice President Kashim Shettima in Abuja on Wednesday at a one-day public engagement on youth, religion, the fight against corruption, and the launch of the Fraud Risk Assessment Project for Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, organised by the EFCC. He noted that the disturbing contagion of cybercrimes has been a challenge and slur on the image of the nation, and the EFCC should spare no effort in…

Kidnappers have abducted two teenage sisters in Guita community, Chikakore in Kubwa, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. This is coming barely eight days after the Chikakore community protested to the office of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, over the terrible state of the major road linking their community, which they described as one of the causes of serial kidnapping in the area. The kidnappers returned last Sunday around 11:25 p.m. despite the patrol of military men and policemen in the area, SaharaReporters reported on Wednesday. It was learned that the kidnappers, numbering six, made away the…

Nigerian phone users have reacted to the new economic realities in shock, as the iPhone XR model is currently sold for a whopping N310,000 due to the increase in the dollar rate. Chronicle NG reports on how Nigerians reacted to the trend. David Onyema wrote, “If you like, don’t safeguard your phone with your life. The iPhone XR is now 310k and will probably increase again by tomorrow. If your phone gets stolen, damaged, or lost during this period, just know that you’re facing double tragedies. Mirex Moses said, “No matter what you do this period, don’t let anything happen…