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The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has said that it is illegal for vigilante groups to carry arms.null The IGP said that the work of the vigilante groups is to gather intelligence and make them available to the police Vigilante groups in Nigeria are always armed with all manner of weapons, which they even use most of the time to fight crime. But in an interview with Channels Television on Monday, the IGP said that they are carrying illegal arms. He also maintained that all checkpoints in terms of roadblocks are banned. “Vigilante groups are supposed to be working…

ABUJA – Since the beginning of this year, the Armed Forces of Nigeria have neutralised 158 criminal elements and arrested 52 criminals across the country, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said. The minister, who disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, said this is in addition to scores of other terrorists and armed bandits killed during air strikes, adding that a total of 684,856 barrels of stolen crude oil, 1,724,000 litres of stolen Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) and 500,000 litres of Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK) have been recovered during the period under review. “Since the beginning of this…

Nearly three-quarters (73%) of distribution heads surveyed predicted they would add to their headcount in the coming year, compared to just a third (33%) in 2020, although managers have become more “pragmatic” with their hiring in order to get budgets signed off. This has led to a trend of redundancies in one region followed by redeployment in another, as managers reconsider the priority status of some countries. Combined with travel restrictions, this has caused a shift from the “fly-in, fly-out” model of sales, with more firms focusing on building a local presence to maintain and build their client base. ‘2021…

Olam, a leading food and agribusiness conglomerate, has emerged as an employer of choice in the African region for 2020. The agri-business firm, which has extensive market operations in Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast and South Africa, among others, emerged with a strong score during an HR Best Practice survey conducted by Top Employers Institute, a global authority on recognising excellence in people practice. The survey conducted by the institute covers 600 people development practices across 10 topics comprising talent strategy, workforce planning, talent acquisition, onboarding, learning & development, performance management, leadership development, diversity and inclusion, career & succession management, compensation…

The immediate past Vice Chairman, Abeokuta North East LCDA, Honourable Lanre Shotunde has congratulate the immediate past Governor of Ogun State and Senator representing Ogun Central, Senator Ibikunle Amosun. Shotunde in a statement said hailed Senator Amosun on his birthday:Felicitation! “Special birthday greeting to a leader per excellence. A man of enviable integrity, wittiness and exemplary pragmatism. Today, the world celebrate the weight of your person even as you add another year in the land of the living.” “I’m lending my voice in prayers that the rest of your life be the best of your life and that you continue…

By Elvis Eromosele Africa is big on agriculture. It has to be. It is the second-largest continent in the world. It is also the second most populous. So, there’s plenty of space to farm and over a billion mouths to feed. It is no surprise therefore that an estimated 65 per cent of Africa’s population relies on subsistence farming. Subsistence farming, or smallholder agriculture, by definition, is when one family grows only enough to feed itself. Nigeria is the most populous country on the continent. Although it depends heavily on the oil industry for its budgetary revenues, Nigeria is predominantly…

January is almost over but there’s still a list of great football matches and entertaining movies that will surely make you cry, laugh and yell at the top of your lungs in excitement. So, get ready to escape into the world of quality entertainment with GOtv! If you are into dystopian and science fiction, free up some time during your weekend to watch The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, which airs on Saturday, 23rd January at 7pm. Followed by The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 airing on Sunday, 24th January at 7pm. Both movies on M-Net Movies 4 (channel 3). Follow the journey of Katniss Everdeen, Gale, Finnick…

LAGOS- State chairmen of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West have commiserated with the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel as well as members and supporters of the PDP in the State over the death of the State Party Chairman, Udo Ekpenyong. In a statement on Sunday, by the Chairman of the State Chairmen, Dr Sikirulai Ogundele, the death of Ekpeyong was described as a great loss to the PDP, most especially in Akwa Ibom State, where he served devotedly with his time, energy and resources. Dr Ogundele while consoling the PDP family, government and the entire…

Akinwale Ojo Towards the forth coming local government election in Lagos state, an aspirant in Oshodi-Isolo Local Government  Hon.Abiola Taoheed Oladipupo has seek the supports of his  community through the Centra Development Committee (CDC) central zone shogunle. According to an adage which says Charity begins at home, the aspirant whose campaign slogan is “Ileri Oluwa 2021” while seeking the support of the elders and leaders of the community said  going by the political  history of Oshodi-Isolo Local government among the seven wards that make-up the local government Shogunle is the only ward which hasn’t produce a chairman. “I seek your…

The prices of foodstuff, particularly local rice and tomato have dropped significantly in major markets in Enugu metropolis. A survey conducted by NAN on Saturday showed that the prices of stoned, de-stoned local rice and tomatoes had dropped further. A 50-kilogramme bag of de-stoned local rice now sells between N22, 000 and N23, 000 as against N26, 500 and N28, 000 sold in December. Also, a 25 kilogramme bag is sold between N11, 000 and N12, 500 as against N12, 000 and N14,000 in December. A rice dealer at Ogbete Main Market, Mr Dan Joseph, attributed the fall in price…