Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Paul Boroh, has pleaded with youths from the Niger Delta not to panic or be agitated by the delay in the payment of their amnesty stipends.
The Kano State Commander of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Hamza Umar, on Thursday said his officers had raided and cleared five major drug joints in the metropolis.
Angry Taraba State government’s workers on Thursday shut down the state secretariat in Jalingo as they protested against the non-payment of their salaries.
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has again called for the restructuring of the Nigerian Federal system of government, saying that the current economic situation has exposed the many weaknesses of having a centralized government.
The Nigerian military on Wednesday said it has commenced the construction of roads into the Sambisa forest and Alagarno, which are strongholds of the Boko Haram Terrorist group.