The Chairman, Military Pensions Board (MPB), AVM Paul Irumheson, says the Federal Government has approved an electronic verification system for military pensioners to ensure sanity in pension administration. Irumheson stated this while addressing newsmen on the commencement of the electronic verification exercise nationwide on Friday in Abuja. He said the initiative was aimed at sanitizing military pension administration and elimination of issues of impersonation. The chairman said the board adopted an electronic verification system to reduce the risk of traveling from one place to another, and the cost of transportation owing to their old age.
“You may recall that on Feb. 15, I briefed this honourable press about the board`s intention or plan to move from physical verification to electronic verification for our military retirees.

The Nigerian Army says its recruitment is guided by the provisions of the constitution and not on ethnicity or religious sentiment. It said that it “remains steadfast in upholding professionalism and impartiality as an institution devoid of ethnic and religious bigotry.” The army’s spokesperson, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement on Tuesday, June 25, while reacting to a viral video that showed a man calling young men to join the military to protect their religion.

Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has inaugurated 120 armed officers of the Aviation Security (AVSEC) Special Force to beef up security across airports in the country. FAAN Managing Director, Olubunmi Kuku, during the exercise on Monday at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, acknowledged that the step is in line with global standards. She said, “This is for them to help us in terms of securing our assets as well as the people within the aviation environment, specifically at the airports.”

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has revealed that his government would not relent until banditry, terrorism and other forms of sundry crimes are brought to its knees in the country. Tinubu noted that it can be witnessed the country is experiencing a turning point, as most strategies being adopted by security forces were beginning to yield results.

Pastoralists in Nigeria have rejected the National Ranches Commission Establishment Bill 2024 which has scaled a second reading at the Senate, saying it is a recipe for chaos because it will not address the protracted farmer-herder clashes in the country. The bill, sponsored by Senator Titus Tartenger Zam (APC, Benue North West), is aimed at establishing ranches for herders in their states of origin. It also proposed a five-year jail term and N50, 000 fine for defaulters, when it eventually gets presidential assent and becomes an act of parliament. Besides other provisions that were seen by pastoralists as a direct onslaught on their major source of livelihood, the recommendation that herders should be relocated to their states of origin had elicited anger both at the hallowed chambers of the Senate and beyond.

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said that it hasn’t abolished patrol points in the southeast. It said contrary to reports in some sections of the media, its personnel will engage in patrols to ensure total compliance to road traffic laws. The spokesperson of FRSC, Corps Commander Olusegun Ogungbemide, said this in a statement on Sunday, June 23. Ogungbemide said the Zonal Commanding Officer of Zone 9 Headquarters Enugu, Assistant Corps Marshal Uche Chukwurah, who visited the Abia State Sector Command, Umuahia, was misquoted to have said the patrol points were abolished.