Exactly six months into the abduction of train passengers along the Abuja-Kaduna road by terrorists, 23 of the victims are still held captive.
Read more: Abuja-Kaduna train 23 kidnapped passengers still in captivity 6 months after
The federal government has declared Monday, October 3, 2022 as public holiday to mark the nation’s 62nd Independence Anniversary.
Read more: Independence Day: Federal Govt Declares October 3 Public Holiday
The Katsina Customs Area Command has seized goods worth more than N79 million from August 2022 to date.
Read more: Katsina Area Customs Command impounds N79m contraband
The federal government has approved the purchase of four armoured vehicles at the cost of 580.5 million naira for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
Read more: Federal Govt Okays N580.5m For NDLEA Armoured Vehicles
President Muhammadu Buhari appoints and inaugurated the President, of Nigerian Youth Congress, NYC, Blessing Akinlosotu as a member of, the National Council on Climate Change alongside others.
Read more: Buhari appoints Blessing Akinlosotu, others as Members National Climate Change Council
Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have raided a bandits’ hideout, in continuation of their clearance operations in the Kuriga-Manini-Udawa areas, along the Chikun-Birnin Gwari boundary in Kaduna State.
Read more: Troops Raid Bandits’ Den, Rescue 3, Recover Arm, Ammunition In Kaduna
Three suspected human traffickers are now in the custody of the Imo State Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP.
Similarly, six underaged children, who are also among victims of child trafficking and a pregnant girl, have also been rescued.
Read more: NAPTIP rescues 6 children, pregnant girl, arrests 3 human traffickers
Alhaji Lawal Buhari, Chairman of Katsina State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB), has pledged that the agency will partner with Parents Teachers Association (PTA) in the state to ensure quality basic education.
Read more: SUBEB pledges to partner association for quality education in Katsina
