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The Federal Government said members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) are no longer posted to states deemed unsafe in the wake of worsening security conditions in the country. Several corps members have been abducted in some parts of the country during their one-year mandatory national service, raising fears about the sustainability of the scheme. But the Minister of Youth Jamila Ibrahim says the scheme has taken steps to secure NYSC members including posting them only to safe states. “As an immediate intervention of the government and the NYSC as an agency, we have actually stopped posting corps members to the very unsafe states,” Jamila said on Channels Television’s current affairs show Sunday Politics. “We have been doing it. We have been doing it in the past. There are states we have not been posting corps members to to ensure their safety,” she added. According to her, the security of corps members requires collaboration with other agencies of government. “When it comes t...

Fiery Enugu priest, Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka, on Sunday, tackled the President Bola Tibubu administration over the level of insecurity and hardship in Nigeria. Mbaka, who said there were many obstacles on Tinubu’s way to becoming the president, including the Naira redesign policy, said he succeeded by an act of providence. He, however, said the president was yet to exhibit political will towards solving the country’s problems. He singled out corruption in the oil sector, which he said was under a certain cabal, but regretted that President Tinubu was yet to go against them. The charismatic priest said these while delivering a homily at his Adoration Ministry in Emene, Enugu State. He asked the President to wake up, stressing that God was watching him. “Mr President, you can do it; to fix Nigeria is not difficult if the leader has the will power. “I know that this one will make national news but let it be. “What is happening in the oil sector? How many barrels are being produced and how many ...

Reports indicate the assailants hijacked two commercial vehicles in Inele Eteke Ogugu new road and made way with the vehicles and the passengers  The commercial vehicles belonging to God is God and ABC Transport left Lagos enroute to Abuja before it was ambushed. The Police in Kogi State say the DPO, Local Vigilantes and Hunters have been in the bushes in an effort to rescue the victims.  The police command has also deployed additional Tactical Squad comprising  Quick Response Unit, Police Mobile Force, Couter-Terrorism Unit, on the rescue mission. Its unclear how many passengers were on the vehicle at the time of the incident.

Gunshots were fired by the Police to disperse residents of Minna, the Niger State capital, who were protesting against the rising cost of living. As early as 7am on Monday, a group of women blocked Minna-Bida Road at the popular Kpakungu roundabout to express their grievances over the rising cost of food items. They were later joined by men, who stopped vehicles from moving. Efforts by the police to control the crowd almost resulted in violence as protesters asked police to leave, forcing the police to fire several shots in the air. One of the youths, Ibrahim Gana, said rice was sold at the cost of N2,000 per mudu at Minna markets while maize was N1, 000 per measure. “The Federal Government needs to take action to reduce the hardship being faced by the poor Nigerians. Things are becoming unbearable,” he said. Spokesperson of the Niger State Police Command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, could not be reached as at the time of filing this report. Daily Trust had reported how citizens across Nigeria ...