The United Nations (UN) has allocated $20 million dollars to urgently ramp up the response to the alarming food security and nutrition crisis in the north-east of Nigeria.UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq disclosed this at a news conference on Tuesday at UN headquarters in New York.With nine million dollars from the Central Emergency Response Fund…
Edo State government, yesterday, said 20 people were kidnapped contrary to earlier reports of 31 people being kidnapped, in the Ekehen, Igueben Local Government area railway station attack, last Saturday. It was also revealed that seven of those kidnapped have been rescued. News updates from the Igueben incident, the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris…
Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested and paraded five notorious pipeline vandals, who specilised in breaking and damaging crude oil pipelines for illegal oil bunkering activities in the Niger Delta region. The suspects were arrested by operatives of the Anti-kidnapping unit of the state command after acting on credible intelligence. The state’s police spokesperson, Asinim…
The Kuje Custodial Centre located in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory came under attack late Tuesday night apparently to free jailed criminals, despite an earlier warning by the country’s intelligence service. A prison source told reporters that the State Security Service had “earlier today (Tuesday)” warned of an impending attack on Kuje prison. The source, however,…
