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The Controller General of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Mr. Haliru Nababa, has said one soldier and a police officer were killed late from the attack by yet to be identified gunmen who stormed the centre on late Sunday evening. According to a statement signed by Mr. Sola Fasure, Media Adviser to the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, he said 15 Soldiers, 10 Police Officers and 10 armed guards of the NCoS on duty fought to repel the attack. Regrettably, he said two officers of the Correctional Service are yet to be accounted for while one soldier and a policeman lost their lives during the attack, he said. During the attack, security officers on duty which comprised of 15 Soldiers, 10 Police Officers and 10 armed guards of the NCoS on duty fought gallantly to...

By J.D. Ephraim My understanding of the word 'restructure', is to organise something in a new way; to give a new or different structure to something. There are two systems of government - unitary and Federal. Nigeria is a federal Republic. By that we mean our system recognises a centre and the units. A federal system provides a mechanism which unites separate polities within an over-arching political system so as to allow each to maintain its fundamental political integrity. This is constituted by the distribution of powers between two governments- general and constituent- in a way designed to protect the existence and area of authority of both which, according to traditional norms, are considered to be co-ordinate governments. Therefore if federalism signifies the existence a...

The Our Lady Queen of Perpetual Help (OLQPH), Abuja Saturday hosted Wuse Deanery award ceremony and installation of patrons and patroness organized by St. Augustine's Tiv Catholic community (SATCC) Archdiocese of Abuja."The occasion which stated with Holy Mass officiated by a visiting priest, Rev. Fr. Vitalis V. Kondo." Delivering his sermon, Rev. Fr. Kondo admonished the congregation to put aside their cultural and ethics differences, emphasing that it is only by embracing peace and love for one another that we could be united to move the community forward. He stressrd that St. Augustine's Tiv Catholic Community has capable hands to make the difference in the development of the Catholic Church if they show interest and participate actively in it. He pointing out that, inspite of th...

Support for Ebira Women & Girl Child Initiatives, (SEWGCI) a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has commended ZUMUNTA Association, a US based organisation, for its Palliative Support Project worth N500 thousand For The Less Privileged in the country.  Mrs Hajia Aminat Daniya Hamza, the President of SEWGCI, who made this known in a press statement in Abuja on Thursday, said the donation would go a long way to alleviate the sufferings of the less privileged in the society.   Hajia Aminat said Zumunta Palliative Project in partnership with local NGOs in Nigeria has provided humantarian support to internally displaced people in the society and SEWGCI was lucky to be selected as one of their beneficiaries. "On this note, we wish to register our since...

The Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), Gospel Church, on Tuesday, launched a book entitled "Everlasting Gospel Leader of His Holiness, Olumba Olumba Obu, King of Kings and Lord of Lords" at the Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ) press Centre in Abuja. The spokesperson of the Gospel Church, Christ Shepherd Archibong, who disclosed this during a press conference, said the launching was aimed at showcasing the uniqueness, importance, profile and divinity of the Author. Archibong said the book had been published in the United Kingdom since 1999 but was the second time it is being presented to the general public after the first public presentation at Calabar in 2019. According to him, he recommends the book to the General public, describing it as the panacea to all problems whet...

Novel Association for Youth Advocacy (NAYA) A Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, has called on the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to create a separate budgetary allocation for Adolescent Youth Friendly Initiatives in FCT. Mrs Rosemary Adaji, the National Coordinator of the group made the call in Kuje, during a media chat and one-day workshop on adolescent and sexual reproductive health services. Adaji said there was need to establish and ensure evidence-based practices for adolescent and youth-friendly health services be integrated into existing routine services in primary health care facilities. According to her, there was need to promote adequate awareness and utilisation among young people of available adolescent youth-friendly health services in Primary Heal...

A significant step towards redeeming the pledge by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to intervene in the perennial electric power supply challenge in Maiduguri, Borno State, was taken Tuesday with the execution of the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) and Equipment Procurement contracts for a 50Megawatts (MW) Emergency Power Project in Maiduguri. The project which is an integral part of ongoing efforts to deepen the Corporation’s domestic gas utilization plan for the nation’s socio-economic growth has China Machinery Engineering Company (CMEC) as the EPC contractor while General Electric (GE) is the equipment manufacturer. Speaking at the contract signing event which held virtually, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, explained...