The Adamawa Police Command, working alongside the state Ministry of Justice, has launched a three-day capacity-building training aimed at equipping 108 police personnel with enhanced skills to manage Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases more effectively. The participants, drawn from GBV desks across 54 police divisions, gathered in Yola on Tuesday for the opening of the programme….
Armed military officers, reportedly acting on the orders of a former Chief of Naval Staff, blocked efforts by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, to halt an alleged illegal development at Plot 1946 in Gaduwa District, Abuja. The confrontation occurred on Tuesday when FCT officials arrived at the site to demolish structures deemed…
Authorities in Enugu State, southern Nigeria, have arrested thirteen male suspects following an armed assault on police personnel in Akpakume, a community in Udi Local Government Area. Police spokesman, Superintendent Daniel Ndukwe, said on Wednesday that a homemade single-barrel gun was recovered after the confrontation, which occurred on 3 November. According to Ndukwe, police officers…
Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd.), has charged newly promoted Nigerian Army officers to remain loyal, disciplined, and committed to the sustenance of democracy in the country. Buratai gave the advice on Tuesday in Abuja during the decoration ceremony of Col. Ibrahim Bunza and Col. Adetunji Idowu of the Nigerian Army Corps…
The Federal Government has unveiled a virtual interactive tool to enhance understanding and implementation of the code of conduct for public officers. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, launched the platform on Tuesday in Abuja. The initiative developed by the Technical Unit on Governance and Anti-Corruption Reforms (TUGAR)…
Justice Yusuf Halilu of an Abuja High Court on Tuesday ordered the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) do everything within his power to produce five former senior police officers for prosecution. Halilu issued the order on Tuesday after prosecution counsel Rimamsomte Ezekiel expressed disappointment over the former officers’ absence in court in spite of being served…
