The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has today warned school principals against mobilising school children from the southeast for the Nigerian independence Day celebration. Spokesperson for the proscribed terrorist group, Emma Powerful, gave the warning today that whoever mobilises students for the celebration during the 1st October should have themselves to be blame.

Minister of Works and housing, Dave Umahi has apologises to the ministry workers for locking them out yesterday. There was a protest yesterday at the ministry of works premises at Mabushi, Abuja when the minister directed that late comers should be locked out of the premises for reporting late for work. The minister got to his office ahead of some senior officials of the ministry where he directed that all late comers should be locked out and be denied access to their respective offices.

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, says it has not negotiated any meeting with the federal government that may lead to the averting of the pending industrial action that has already being pencilled to commenced on Tuesday, 2nd October, 2023. This is coming as all is set for the NLC, TUC across the country to fully comply with the directive of proceeding on with industrial action as proposed by the NLC to press home their demand with the federal government over subsidy removal.

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kebbi Command, has handed over a 22-year-old suspected victim of human trafficking to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). The Comptroller of the NIS in the state, Mrs Rabi Bashir-Nuhu, made this known on Monday in Birnin Kebbi while addressing newsmen.

The Imo State Police Command announced it has arrested 3 personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and 2 from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for allegedly extorting and harassing residents of the state. This was disclosed on Tuesday by the Command’s spokesperson, ASP Henry Okoye, adding that a 37-year old police Inspector was also arrested for the same offence.

The acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has raised an alarm over the increase in the smuggling of goods and illicit drugs across borders. Speaking during an interactive session with officers and men of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone B during a working visit to Kaduna State, the customs boss warned those engaged in such criminal behaviour to repent.

A Nigerian Educationist living in America, Prof. Busari Shamsudeen Akande has revealed why Nigerian parents and student chooses to visit Ghana or Togo for education as against Nigerian tertiary institutions. Akande said one of the reasons is that these two countries are considered by many as safer than the volatile Nigeria, also stable electricity supply and requirement for skilled workers are another quality these countries posses despite their higher tuition fees.

The United Nation International Children Education Fund, UNICEF has said that about 50% of out-of-school girl-children who are not attending any basic education in Nigeria are children from the northeast and the northwest part of the country. UNICEF Education Manager, Jutaro Sakamoto made this known in Abuja yesterday during an education conference organised by the French institute in Nigeria.

The Universal Basic Education Commission has disclosed that Nigeria currently needs an additional 20,000 schools and 907,769 classrooms to be able to absorb the over 10.5 million out-of-school children in the country. Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr Hammid Bobboyi, made this known while briefing the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, SAN, on the activities of the Commission.

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has today warned school principals against mobilising school children from the southeast for the Nigerian independence Day celebration. Spokesperson for the proscribed terrorist group, Emma Powerful, gave the warning today that whoever mobilises students for the celebration during the 1st October should have themselves to be blame.

The Department of State Services (DSS) has established the new directorate of Public Relations and Strategic Communications and has appointed Peter Afunanya as the pioneer Director of the directorate.

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja disclosed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the purchase of 12 attack helicopters for the Nigerian Army (NA). The COAS made this disclosure on Tuesday during the opening of the maiden Nigerian Army Aviation Seminar, adding that the 12 MD 530F Cayuse attack helicopters would improve the operations of the Nigerian Army aviation unit as has already been done in countries like the United States, Pakistan, Egypt and others.

The Federal Government (FG) has declared Wednesday, 27 September 2023 as public holiday to mark the Eid-ul-Maulid celebration, the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). This was made known on Monday in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Oluwatoyin Akinlade on behalf of the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo.

Kano State Government through Hisbah (Sharia police), on Wednesday, confirmed that it has procured a set of furniture, food items, as well as clothing materials for N1,800 intending couples under its mass wedding scheme with over N800 million as budget. Commissioner for Information, Halilu Baba Dantiye confirmed to the Guardian that the mass wedding ceremony was part of the state palliative initiative. He hinted that a plan was underway to unveil the distribution of grains to the less privileged amid criticism on how interventions that were meant to cushion the impact of the removal of fuel subsidy was converted to fund mass wedding.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has sympathized with the Muslims following the tragic collapse of a section of the historic Zaria Central Mosque in Kaduna State while observing Friday's prayers session at about 4 pm leading to the death of 10 people. In a statement on Saturday, CAN President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, sympathized with the families who lost loved ones in the unfortunate incident and prayed for the quick recovery of the injured.“In this moment of sorrow, we stand united as one people, acknowledging the importance of mutual respect, understanding, and peaceful coexistence among the various religious communities in Nigeria. Tragedies such as this remind us of our shared humanity and the need for solidarity during times of crisis.“We commend the swift response of the relevant authorities and emergency services in rescuing survivors and providing necessary medical attention.