NSITF to Strengthen Risk Management for Better Service Delivery
By Chinedu Echianu The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) says it is intensifying efforts to expand its internal risk management framework as part of ongoing reforms to enhance the Fund’s efficiency and effectiveness in delivering social security services nationwide. Managing Director and Chief Executive, Barrister Oluwaseun Faleye, gave this assurance while receiving a delegation […]
FG Inducts 1,187 New ASPs, Tasks Graduates on Ethics
QBy Oluwakemi Kindness The Federal Government has commissioned 1,187 newly graduated cadets of Regular Course 7 of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, inducting them into the Force as Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs). The Passing Out Parade, held on Saturday in Kano State, marked the completion of five years of academic and professional training, during […]
2025 HerGame Girls Championship Kicks Off in Abuja
By Arinzechi Chukwunonso The 2025 HerGame Girls Football Championship has officially kicked off at the Area 3 Sports Complex, Abuja, with intense competition, rising talent, and renewed hope for the Nigerian girl child. Now in its second edition, the grassroots tournament has quickly become one of the country’s most credible platforms for discovering young female […]
Aquatics Federation Hails NSC Plan to Build Olympic Swimming Pools
By Arinzechi Chukwunonso The Nigeria Aquatics Federation has applauded the National Sports Commission (NSC) for approving the construction of Olympic-standard swimming pools for the next three hosts of the National Sports Festival (NSF), beginning with Enugu and Bayelsa. The decision, one of the key resolutions reached at the National Council of Sports meeting in Calabar […]
Labour Hails Security Agencies as Four Defence Ministry Directors Regain Freedom
By Chinedu Echianu The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has applauded security operatives for securing the release of four Directors of the Federal Ministry of Defence who were kidnapped on 10 November 2025 along the Kaba–Lokoja highway. In a press statement issued in Abuja and signed by the National President, Comrade Shehu […]
FG Rolls Out ECOWAS Biometric ID Card to Enhance Regional Travel
By: Aremu Toyeebaht The Federal Government has officially launched the ECOWAS National Biometric Identity Card (ENBIC), positioning Nigeria as a regional leader in digital identity and security. The card is expected to improve cross-border verification, strengthen intelligence gathering, curb irregular migration, and reduce cross-border crimes across West Africa. At the Abuja launch, Minister of Interior […]
Senate Denies Ransom Payment in Kebbi, Niger Kidnappings
Senate spokesperson Yemi Adaramodu has reiterated that the Federal Government did not pay ransom to secure the release of victims abducted in Kebbi and Niger states, insisting that rescue operations should not be judged by the absence of graphic evidence or publicised firefights. Speaking on a televised interview on Friday, Adaramodu pushed back against public scepticism […]
IGP Egbetokun Directs Nationwide Community-Focused Policing
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has stressed the critical role of intelligence in combating violent crime, directing all Commissioners of Police to strengthen community-based networks nationwide. Speaking to senior officers in Abuja on Thursday, IGP Egbetokun said: “The fight against violent crime is won first in the field of intelligence. […]
NCPC Flags Off Screening for 2025 Christian Pilgrimage to Israel, Jordan
By Chinedu Echianu The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) has commenced the screening exercise for intending pilgrims ahead of the 2025 main pilgrimage to Israel and Jordan. A statement signed by the Commission’s spokesman, Celestine Toruka says the exercise was formally flagged off on 27 November 2025 in Ikeja, Lagos, where the Executive Secretary of […]
Union Raises Alarm Over Worsening Insecurity, Demands Creation of State Police
By Chinedu Echianu The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has urged the Federal Government and state governors to urgently overhaul the country’s security architecture through the creation of state Police in order to stem the rising wave of violence, kidnappings, and displacement across the country. Speaking at the Union’s National Executive Council […]