Day: January 13, 2024

Former Nigerian Military President, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB), has publicly expressed support for restructuring of Nigeria, two party system and acceptance of independent candidates in Nigerian elections. “I believe in restructuring, devolution of powers to the states to give them more powers and that means you are going to give them more resources to run their own affairs so that we run a federal government the way federation is run all over the world,” he said in an interview on Channels Television’s Inside Sources. Babangida, who governed Nigeria as…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at a meeting in Abuja Friday with governors of the All Progressives Congress revealed his plans to rejig Nigeria’s security architecture. He mentioned three brand new police formations, to augment the regular police. He said the deployment of forest guards was being considered, with better training, modern technological gadgets and weapons to strengthen security. He said the solid mineral and marine economic sectors will also be secured by special police. “We have a big marine economy, and I do not see why we should not have…

By NewsBits The Nigerian Army has tasked officers and troops on sensitivity to emerging threats within their operating environment and acceptable use of social media. Maj.-Gen. Hassan Dada, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division, Nigerian Army, gave the task on Saturday while declaring open a Security Sensitisation Lecture for Officers and Soldiers at the Headquarters 82 Division, Enugu.   Dada said that the lecture was aimed at educating the troops on emergent security issues, threats and how best army personnel could respond to them. He said that it was…

By NewsBits Enugu-based human rights organisation, the Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN), has announced the release of 16-year-old student detained for three months by the police in Enugu State. President of the rights group, Barr. Olu Omotayo confirmed the release of the victim to NewsBits on Saturday. Recall that CRRAN had petitioned Governor Peter Mbah concerning the unlawful detention of a 16-year-old secondary school student at the state police headquarters since October 2023, till date. The group appealed to the governor for an urgent intervention in a petition…

By NewsBits The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has applauded President Bola Tinubu for the approval of N683,429,268 billion as the 2024 Intervention Funds for public tertiary education institutions in the country. This was announced on Friday by the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Mr Sonny Echono, during the Fund’s strategic planning meeting with heads of beneficiary-institutions in Abuja. The President of NANS, Comrade Pedro Obi, told newsmen in Enugu on Friday that this monumental decision marks a significant milestone in the development of the educational…

By NewsBits The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has decorated 42 newly promoted officers in Enugu Maximum Custodial Centre within Enugu State. The decorated personnel included: one Assistant Controller of Corrections (ACC), other officers as well as those in rank-and-file of the service. Speaking before the decoration on Thursday in Enugu, Officer in-charge Enugu Maximum Custodial Centre, Mr Sunday Oyakhire, urged the decorated officers to justify their promotion by re-dedicating themselves to excellent and diligent service. Oyakhire thanked the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo; the Controller-General of Corrections (C-G-C), Mr…