The House of Representatives yesterday urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to carry out a comprehensive mop-up of all arms, ammunition, AK-47 rifles, cutlasses, and other weapons in the possession of herders and individuals and to prohibit the public carrying of such arms and weapons. The House also asked the IGP, the Director General of Department of State Services (DSS), and the Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to comb Yagba forests in Kogi State, rescue all abductees and bring to justice all kidnappers that have made the forests their home.

Organized labour has insisted that despite breakdown in negotiations with the federal government on a new national minimum wage, the May 31st dateline has remain sacrosanct. This decision was reached by the Trade Union Congress, TUC, of Nigeria and the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, during an emergency National Executive Council meeting that was held today Monday, May 20, 2024. Earlier, the unions had accused the federal government of failing to demonstrate a sense of serious commitment to concluding the new national minimum wage process, saying the offer government was offering was insensitive to the current realities in Nigerians. 

383 women and children abducted 10 years ago by insurgents have been rescued from Sambisa Forest in Borno State.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has declared a couple, Kazeem Omogoriola Owoalade (alias Abdul Qassim Adisa Balogun) and Rashidat Ayinke Owoalade (alias Bolarinwa Rashidat Ayinke), wanted over dealing with illegal substances. The agency revealed this development following the arrest of four members of the syndicate in Lagos where a Sports Utility Vehicle was recovered and two houses already traced to them sealed for forfeiture to the federal government. On Sunday, this was made known in a statement by Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy.
Babafemi said that two members of the syndicate: Imran Taofeek Olalekan and Ishola Isiaka Olalekan were arrested on April 3, 2024, following their bid to export 3.40kg cocaine on a Qatar Airlines flight going to Oman through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL Tank Farm located at Kayode Street, Marine Beach, in the Apapa area of Lagos was this Friday afternoon gutted ablaze by fire outbreak. According to an eyewitness account, Mr Tunde Are, the raging inferno started at about 11:00 am and was still raging while effort was underway to call fire service. He said people were running to the scene in hope that they might contain the fire before a rescue team arrived to the place. 

The Senate had yesterday during the plenary passed for third reading a bill seeking to establish the North West Development Commission (NWDC).This followed the presentation of a report by the Committee on Special Duties read by its Chairman, Kaka Shehu Garbai (APC Borno Central), during plenary, the bill which was initially sponsored by Senator Barau Jibrin. During the presentation of the report, Shehu said, “The intent and purpose of the bill is structured for the socio-development of the North West Geopolitical Zone,” and pleaded that the Senate approves it.