The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has unveiled its first-ever Unified Training Manual and standardised professional Course Badges as part of efforts to strengthen professionalism and ensure uniformity in personnel training across the Service. The initiative introduces a single Service-wide training doctrine for all NCoS training institutions and replaces the 2019 Training Manual. The revised manual, according to the Service, has been comprehensively updated to reflect contemporary realities, evolving correctional practices and emerging professional demands. It provides a common framework for training across various cadres, disciplines and specialised areas, with the aim of ensuring consistency in the delivery of instructions nationwide.…
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The Borno State Government has commenced the resettlement of 1,198 households from the Government Girls Senior Secondary School (GGSSS) Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp in Mafa to their ancestral communities in Ajiri Maf Ward of Mafa local government council. The exercise is part of the state government’s ongoing efforts to facilitate the safe and dignified return of internally displaced persons to their ancestral communities, restore livelihoods and enable affected families to rebuild their lives. The resettlement programme is being implemented under the leadership of Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, with the committee chaired by Engr. Bukar Talba. The exercise is supported…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said major ongoing road projects across the territory will be completed and commissioned by December 2026 as part of President Bola Tinubu’s Christmas gifts to FCT residents. Wike disclosed this on Tuesday during an inspection of critical infrastructure projects across the territory, including the Arterial Road N1 linking Wuye with Ring Road 2 (RR2), Tunga Madaki-Zuba Road, and the 5.6-kilometre Zaudna-Kabba-Kagini rural road network near Dei Dei. The Zaudna-Kabba-Kagini project also includes the installation of solar-powered street lights, with the minister stressing that the road would improve connectivity and…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has reaffirmed its commitment to transparency, accountability and due process as an independent panel begins investigation into the reported deaths of 33 suspected illegal miners in the custody of its Niger State Command in Minna. The Commandant General of the Corps, Prof. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, joined the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, and other senior officials of the ministry and its agencies at the inauguration of the 10-member investigative panel. The panel is chaired by Jonathan Kure, a retired Deputy Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), and comprises professionals…
By Disu Kamor, On the morning of Tuesday, May 12, 2026, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission stormed the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital in Akwa Ibom State. Their target was Professor Eyo Effiong Ekpe, Deputy Chairman of the hospital’s Medical Advisory Committee and, by most accounts, the only practising cardiothoracic surgeon in the entire state. According to a medical worker at the hospital, the officers arrived after 9 a.m. while the professor was in the middle of an operation and asked them to wait; they refused, dragging him from the theatre, brutalising him, and hauling him…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command, has arrested two women for allegedly producing adulterated fruit juice in Badagry, Lagos State. The suspects, aged 48 and 50, were apprehended following a five-day surveillance operation carried out by the NSCDC in collaboration with an Army formation in the area. The Command’s Civil Defence Public Relations Officer, SC Oluwaseun Abolurin, disclosed this in a statement, saying the suspects were allegedly involved in the production of a fruit drink branded “Barkas Juice.” According to the statement, the product was allegedly produced using water, artificial flavourings, sweeteners, colourants and other…
Yobe state governor, Mai Mala Buni, has opened discussions with a Russian investment company, Legion Investment Moscow, over plans to establish gas-powered electricity plants for the state’s proposed Agro-Industrial Zone. The initiative is aimed at providing reliable electricity for agro-processing, manufacturing, storage and other industrial activities expected to take place within the zone. The development was disclosed in a statement issued by the Director-General, Press and Media Affairs to the Governor, Mamman Mohammed, following a visit by a delegation from the Russian firm to the Government House in Damaturu on Monday. The delegation, led by Leonid Khasiev and accompanied by…
The Edo State Consumer Protection Committee says it will commence full enforcement of the ban on sachet gin and locally produced herbal mixtures popularly known as “Agbo” across the state from Tuesday, September 22, 2026. The committee said the grace period given to traders and other stakeholders to comply with the directive expired on Sunday, September 20, paving the way for enforcement of the ban. Chairman of the committee, Mr Iyamu Osaro Culture, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday, warning traders and members of the public against selling, hawking or hoarding the affected products. According to him, anyone…
By Our correspondentFor many students of the Taraba State College of Nursing Sciences, Jalingo, a hostel is expected to be a place of rest after long hours of lectures, clinical training and academic activities. But for students living in some hostels outside the college premises, that sense of security appears to have been shaken following an alleged overnight attack that has triggered fear, anger and a renewed demand for better protection. Hundreds of students took to the streets on Monday in a peaceful protest following the alleged invasion of a female hostel located outside the institution’s main campus. The protest…
The Theatre Commander, Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), Major General Ibikunle Ajose, has charged 925 newly trained Borno State Forest Guards to be fearless, decisive and professional in supporting ongoing operations against terrorists and other criminal elements in the North-East. Ajose gave the charge on September 20, 2026, at the graduation ceremony of the Forest Guards following their two-week in-theatre acclimatisation training at the North East Theatre Training School (NETTS), Buni Yadi, Yobe state. Addressing the graduates, the Theatre Commander said their knowledge of the local terrain, languages and communities would complement ongoing military operations and…