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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has rescued 15 minors who were allegedly trafficked and sold for N2 million each after a member of a suspected syndicate reportedly posed as an official of a civil society organisation to deceive their parents.

Global food prices increased for the second consecutive month in August, with climate-related shocks, geopolitical tensions and disruptions to trade raising fresh concerns about the outlook for food supplies, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, FAO.

According to Okereke, the training was designed to strengthen the capacity of community leaders, journalists and civil society groups engaged in defending environmental and human rights within host communities.

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has highlighted the transformation of forfeited assets into public institutions, with its chairman, Ola Olukoyede, saying a university recovered through an asset-forfeiture case has been converted into a federal university and is already serving thousands of students.

Nigeria Police Force has reported that its tactical team prevented an attack on the convoy of Mustapha Gubio, the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Borno State, and other political figures travelling along the Kareto-Damasak road.

African Democratic Congress, ADC, chieftain Dino Melaye has mocked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over details of his educational qualifications contained in the personal particulars submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the 2027 presidential election.

Pakistan has begun one of the most significant changes to its military command system in decades, replacing a long-standing coordination arrangement between the army, navy and air force with a new structure that gives the Chief of Defence Forces, CDF, direct operational authority over the country’s armed forces.

Benue State Government has approved an investment agreement estimated at N378 billion for the development of the National Food City Project at Ogyoma Akpa in Otukpo Local Government Area of the state

Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, CDCFIB, has released specific dress requirements for candidates shortlisted for the oral interview stage of its ongoing 2024/2025 recruitment exercise.

suspects were arrested following a police patrol operation in the Labo-Wesley area of Ibadan, which later developed into a wider investigation into the alleged possession, circulation and production of counterfeit euro notes.

The Controller of the NIS in Abia State, Mrs Justina Nkechi Owa, made the call on Wednesday when she received the Commissioner of Police, Abia State Command, CP Wilfred Afolabi, at the Immigration Command office in Umuahia

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has uncovered attempts by Nigerian and Mexican criminal networks to establish large-scale methamphetamine production facilities in forested areas of Ogun and Oyo states, raising fresh concerns over the growing international dimension of Nigeria’s illicit drug market.

Tunisia’s Court of Cassation has upheld lengthy prison sentences against dozens of opposition figures and activists accused of conspiring against President Kais Saied, bringing to a close a three-year legal process that has become a major point of contention over the independence of the country’s judiciary.