The Federal Government has been advised to commence the imposition of levies on vacant houses in the country, noting that such would address housing challenges. Ms Leilana Fartha, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Adequate Housing, made the suggestion on Monday, 23rd September 2019 at a news conference in Abuja.
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday said reports linking it to some social media handles including a Twitter account are fake as the Service has no presence on the social media.
An Inferno in the early hours of Monday, 23rd September 2019 gutted the head office of Unity Bank Plc located at Victoria Island, Lagos State. Although, the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, the bank through its verified twitter handle disclosed that the timely intervention of the Fire Service and other sister security agencies helped contained the inferno.
The Nigerian Army Theatre Command of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) has launched “Operation Positive Identification” against the fleeing Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in the North East.
The Nigerian Army on Friday said it has killed seven key commanders of Boko Haram operating along the Lake Chad region during a fierce fight with troops of the MNJTF and the Nigerian Armed Forces.
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has urged the state governors from the Northeast and their Northwest counterpart to emulate the Kaduna state government in talking insecurity through the deployment of technology.
