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New AIG Zone 15 assumes office in Maiduguri

The newly appointed Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Zone 15, Mr Bello Makwashi, has assumed office in Maiduguri. ASP Geoffrey Atsache, the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer, disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri on Friday. “This is to inform the…

FG approves new salary, allowances increase for NIMC’s workers

…Approves N25bn Identity infrastructure upgrade Federal Government on Thursday has approved new salary, allowances increase for management and staff of National Identity Management Commission(NIMC) as a result of its centrality in driving Nigeria’s Digital Economy. Also the FG has approved…

27.4m Nigerians earn less than N100,000/ annum — SERAP

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has said at least 27.4 million Nigerians earn below N100,000 per annum. The report, presented in Lagos on Thursday, said the figure represented 48.9 per cent of persons living in poverty in the country.…

President Buhari celebrates former Gov. Shettima at 55 

President Muhammadu Buhari has described former Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State as one of Nigeria’s success stories “since the beginning of the recent democratic journey.” On the occasion of Shettima’s 55th birthday anniversary, September 2, the President said, “I’m…

Couple sold their soul for rent like Esau

I reported my neighbor to the police because I saw them colluding with our landlord to abuse their 15-year-old daughter. We live in Agege area in Lagos state. Our house is a face-me-I-face-you apartment. There are eight rooms on each…

Stakeholders identify causes of insecurity

Unemployment, farmers-herders conflicts, cultism, control and ownership of markets and motor parks are part of the causes of insecurity across the country, stakeholders in security sector, have observed. Some stakeholders, security experts and members of Civil Society Organisations, identified these…