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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has formed a committee to examine a story published by an online medium alleging that police officers pay up to $10,000 in bribes to advance in their careers. Mr. Ikechukwu Ani, the PSC’s Head of Press and Public Relations, said this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. According to Ani, the study alleged that certain police officers paid a $10,000 bribe to get a special promotion from the PSC. According to him, the allegation was made in a petition on behalf of some disgruntled senior police officers by one Chijioke Okonkwo, according to…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained 11 alleged online fraudsters in the Borno local government areas of Jere and Maiduguri. Wilson Uwujaren, its spokesman, said this in an Abuja statement on Wednesday. Olatunji Sherif, Bright Felix, Jude Magaji, Jonah Jondi, Ojobaro Abdullahi, Jerry Zizighi, and Micah Joseph were among those detained on Wednesday, according to him. Mari Ayuba, Ibrahim Abdullahi, Adam Abiodun, and Victor Chinonso Okolieaboh are among the others. Uwujaren said that they were apprehended in a sting operation as a result of reliable information on their suspected illegal activities. We are not recruiting now, EFCC…

On Thursday, a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Makurdi ruled that 59-year-old Kelvin Iorfa be held in a detention facility for legal counsel. Iorfa was accused with assault and attempted culpable murder. Mrs Roseline Iyorshe, the Magistrate, did not accept Iorfa’s plea for lack of jurisdiction. Iyorshe directed the police to forward the case file to the Director of Public Prosecutions in Benue for legal advice. She postponed the matter until June 8 for additional consideration. Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Inspector Godwin Ato, informed the court that Jenkies Shade of KM 4 Gboko Road, Makurdi reported the matter to the State…

China intends to start constructing a lunar base using moon soil in five years, according to Chinese media, with the ambitious plan set to begin this decade. According to local media, more than 100 Chinese scientists, researchers, and space contractors recently convened in the central Chinese city of Wuhan to explore strategies to develop infrastructure on the moon. According to Changjiang Daily, Ding Lieyun, an expert from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a team is creating a robot called “Chinese Super Masons” to manufacture bricks out of lunar soil. “Building a habitat on the moon is required for long-term lunar…

An eagerly anticipated malaria vaccine developed by Oxford University has received its first clearance in Ghana, where the African nation is stepping up its fight against the illness spread by mosquitoes that claims a child every minute. The initiative is one of several aimed at combating the illness that claims more than 600,000 lives annually, the most of them youngsters in Africa. The development of vaccines has long been hampered by the malaria parasite’s complex structure and lifetime. The World Health Organization (WHO) last year authorised the first malaria vaccine, Mosquirix, developed by British pharmaceutical giant GSK (GSK.L). However, the…

Some foreign media outlets and think institutes have recognised that they were misled about Labour Party nominee Peter Obi’s prospects of winning the 2023 Presidential election. Mr Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, made the announcement in London after wrapping up his engagements and talks with media outlets and policy institutes. According to media sources, the minister travelled to Washington and London to defend the legality of the just ended general elections and to redress the imbalance in the distorted narrative that had dominated the airwaves. The minister told reporters at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House,…

A seven-story building under construction in Lagos State’s Banana Island, Ikoyi district, has fallen. The event occurred at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. When some of the construction workers on site had closed for the day, the structure collapsed in, according to news reports. However, several of them were hurt as a consequence of the collapse. Amodu Shakiri, a spokesman for the Lagos Fire and Rescue Service, verified the occurrence. Six injured in building collapse in Marseille “We got a call around 3:58 p.m.,” he said. We are actively investigating the allegation that no one was killed beneath the debris.”

The National Population Commission (NPC) has postponed the census training for enumerators and supervisors that was scheduled for April 13 indefinitely. Chairman of the Census Committee, Dr Ipalibo Harry, addressed media in Abuja on Wednesday. Harry promised that the delay would have no effect on the Population and Housing enumeration, which was planned to take place from May 3 to May 7. He said that the commission was prepared to conduct a legitimate census and that training for quality data managers and others had already been completed. The enumeration committee chairman said that a new date for enumerator and supervisor…

The Nigerian Army began a three-day capacity-building course on Protocol and Liaison Duties on Wednesday in order to improve the competence of officers in protocol and liaison tasks, as well as military diplomacy. The course was held by the Army Headquarters’ Department of Special Services and Programs under the topic “Enhancing the Nigerian Army Protocol and Liaison Capability for Efficient Service Delivery.” The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, noted at the workshop’s start that the workshop arose from the necessity for more efficient coordination of all Nigerian army liaison, special and ceremonial events, as well as other…

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has spoken out against the House of Representatives’ planned mandatory five-year service licensure of doctors. The organisation stated its position in a statement published following its emergency extended National Officers’ Committee (NOC) meeting. This is stated in a statement signed on Tuesday in Abuja by the President, Dr Innocent Orji, the Secretary-General, Dr Kelechi Chikezie, and the Publicity and Social Secretary, Dr Musa Umar. According to media sources, the amendment bill, sponsored by Rep. Ganiyu Johnson, is titled “A Bill for an Act to Amend the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act, Cap. M379,…