Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has insisted that there must be an enactment of a legislation to make vandalisation of electricity transmission installations a capital offence. He urged members of the National Assembly to speedily pass the bill seeking to criminalise the act. According to him, prescribing a capital punishment for the crime will reduce the incidents of vandalisation of the infrastructure.

The Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has rejected President Bola Tinubu’s decision to scrap the Ministry of Niger Delta and replacing it with a Development Commission. PANDEF’s decision was contained in a communiqué made available at the end of its meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday.

The government of United Kingdom (UK) donated advanced counter-Improvised Explosives Devices to Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) Theatre Command Joint Task Force in Maiduguri on Friday.

The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, yesterday, raised the alarm that just like New York City in the United States of America, USA, Lagos State is gradually sinking due to climate change. Speaking yesterday at a Strategic Management Meeting with MDAs and Stakeholders organized by the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Hamzat noted that the state faces imminent danger of submersion if proper steps are not taken to address the threats of climate change in the country.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sworn in Dr Abdullahi Usman Bello as Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). The brief swearing in ceremony preceded the Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The ongoing Council meeting has almost all members present with the exception of a few said to be out of the country for various national assignments.

As the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) sustains the ongoing demolition exercise to recover lands illegally grabbed by developers, the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike has directed all relevant security agencies to protect the demolition squad and ensure total recovery. He gave the order on Tuesday when he paid an on-the-spot visit to the site of the illegal development, alongside the Guards Brigade Commander, Director, FCT Department of State Security, Commissioner of Police, the Commandant, NSCDC, and other FCTA officials.