The race for jobs in Nigeria’s paramilitary agencies has drawn nearly 1.91 million applicants, despite only 30,000 vacancies being available, according to the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB). Figures released on the board’s official recruitment website reveal huge regional interest, with Kogi State topping the list at 116,243 applicants, followed closely…
The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says the Federal Government is set to establish a National Paramilitary Academy. Tunji-Ojo said this on Wednesday when the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Malam Ali Muhammad Ali, led a delegation on a courtesy visit to his office in Abuja. The minister said that…
More than 20 civilians were killed and 100 others injured in an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Sinnar city in central Sudan, according to local aid groups. The Sinnar Youth Gathering, a local voluntary group, reported that the RSF “indiscriminately” shelled the Sinaar market and the Al-Muwazafeen neighborhood on Sunday. Meanwhile,…
