The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced that the Abuja-Kaduna train services would resume on Monday, May 23, 2022. The Corporation also said early morning and night train operations along that route would no longer be available to passengers. This was made known on Monday in a statement issued by NRC Spokesperson, Yakubu Mahmood.
The Governor of Anambra State, Prof Charles Soludo, has revealed that after his visit with the detained leader of the proscribed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra land (IPOB) at the headquarters of the Department of State Security (DSS) on 13th May 2022, for a broader consultation to ensure lasting peace in the eastern region, that Kanu was not pleased over “sacrilegious killings of innocent persons, kidnappings and all forms of criminalities, including the brutal enforcement of the senseless sit-at-home, perpetuated by sundry groups claiming to be acting for or on behalf of IPOB.”
In a bid to strengthen Nigeria’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing framework, President Muhammadu Buhari assented to 3 bills on Thursday in the Council Chamber, State House. The signed bills are Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill, 2022; the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill, 2022 and the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Bill, 2022.
The media space was greeted with outrage following the gruesome killing of one, Debora Yakubu, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto state by her fellow students over alleged blasphemy. It was gathered that the victim made a blasphemous comment in their student's WhatsApp group over a heated argument that lead to the ugly incident. It was reported that one of the students in the group posted religious stuff on the platform that lead Debora into attacking the person for using the academic platform for religion which degenerated into a heated argument, and Debora lost her temper by making a blasphemous comment against prophet Muhammad (SAW) of Islam.
The National Assembly joint committee on Land Transportation has yesterday called on the Chinese government to help Nigeria track down the criminals that are still keeping captive passengers that were abducted in a Kaduna-Abuja bound train on 28th March 2022. The Chairman Senate Committee on Land Transportation, Senator Abdulfatai Buhari, made this appeal on behalf of Nigerians during the committee's oversight visit to the Obafemi Awolowo train station in Ibadan, Oyo state capital yesterday, admitting the leaders were heartbroken after leaving the abducted passengers in captivity for 45days.
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) appealed to members of the public to cooperate with the Service in order to improve service delivery, especially in the area of passport administration and issuance. This was made known on Sunday by the Acting Comptroller General of Immigration, Isa Jere Idris, adding that travelers should apply for passports early to avoid any passport issuance delay.
