Chairman, Senate Committee on Cooperation and Integration in Africa, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, said the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is inflicting more injuries on Igbo people with its sit-at-home order declared every Monday. The former governor of Enugu State, who represents Enugu East Senatorial District, said in a statement that the order was a betrayal of South East interest and has grounded the South East economy. In a statement released on Sunday, Nnamani took stock of the implications and socio-economic consequences of the sit-at-home in the South-east zone and called for an immediate stop to it. “Most of our people live on the daily income. Think of the market women who depend on daily earnings to feed their families. Think of students writing examinations being denied access to the venues.

The Executive Governor of Zamfara State, His Excellency Bello Matawalle, has informed that the state government is no longer interested in dialoguing with bandits since they have rejected the olive branch earlier extended to them. The Governor who spoke in Gusau, the state capital, stated that instead of dialogue, security forces would sustain efforts to flush them out.

The Comptroller General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede has retired after serving for 36 years. Babandede was appointed as Comptroller General on May 15th, 2016.

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Professor Yusuf Aminu Ahmed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO)/Chairman of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC). This was disclosed on Friday in a signed statement by the Director, Information, Office of the Secretary Government of the Federation (OSGF), Mr. Willie Bassey.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Fatima Waziri-Azi as Director General (DG) of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).

Abimbola, I have read your piece, titled, WHAT DOES THE DSS REALLY REALLY DO?, published on the back page of 2nd September, 2021 edition of the Punch Newspaper. By my nature, I do not like joining issues and I know the Department of State Services that I represent and speak for does not like same. The reason is not farfetched. For me, I believe that people who have made up their minds about certain issues will hardly see the other side of the matter even in the face of glaring facts. While you may hold tenaciously to your opinions as duly expressed in the said article, I will educate you and many others who do not understand or appreciate what the DSS does.