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The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the distribution of over a million copies of a handbook produced by the Nigeria Police Force on election guidelines.The handbook is titled, ‘Revised Standard Operational Guidelines/Rules for Police Officers and Other Law Enforcement Agents on Election Security Duties’.The strategic distribution covers the force headquarters, zonal and state police commands, formations and trickles down to ...

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yakubu Maikyau has deplored the working conditions of officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force.According to a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the NBA, Habeeb Lawal, Maikyau made this known when he paid a courtesy call on the Inspector General of Police, Baba Usman, at the Force Headquarters in Abuja.Describing the working condition of police officers as pitiable, the NBA President not...

The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has postponed the forthcoming 7th National Youth Games billed for Asaba, Delta in February.The ministry in a statement said the postponement was due to the upcoming General Elections.It added that a new date will be announced after the elections.The Games was earlier billed for February 8 to February 18. By Israel Adebiyi...

A Somali senior army commander has been killed in an Islamist attack on a military base north of the capital Mogadishu.Colonel Abshir Shataqey and a number of other soldiers died when al-Shabab stormed the facility in Hawadley town at dawn.The base was seized from the militants in October.The latest fighting comes a day after the government announced it had recaptured the key port of Haradhere in central Somalia, which had been under jihad...

The Edo State Government has charged operatives of the Edo State Security Vigilante Network to ensure the protection of lives and property, eschew violence and discharge their duties within the ambit of the laws.The Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu gave the charge at the graduation of Batch A trainees of the network, comprising 574 operatives drawn from the six local government areas of Edo North.They completed a two-week intensive training session, held at the ...

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has declared that the Senate is ready to approve the 23.7 trillion naira debt restructuring request made by President Muhammadu Buhari in December last year.The senate also blamed the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, for stalling the approval of the request by delaying the provision of the necessary document containing details of the Ways and Means Advances....

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The African Super League is set to debut in the year 2023, with its maiden edition. The club football competition was agreed to take place in the continent last year by the African soccer governing body after UEFA rejected it....

Shakhtar Donetsk president Rinat Akhmetov has pledged todonate 22 million pounds to the Ukrainian war effort followingthe transfer of Mykhailo Mudryk to Chelsea.The Premier League side signed Mudryk from Shakhtar on ina deal worth up to £89million pounds, a transfer record forUkrainian football.Akhmetov said the money would help a project named Heartof Azovstal  aimed at helping Mariupol defenders and the...

Italy's most-wanted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro hasbeen arrested in Sicily after 30 years on the run.Messina Denaro was reportedly detained in a private clinic inSicily's capital, Palermo, where he was receiving treatment forcancer.He is alleged to be a boss of the notorious Cosa Nostra Mafiaand he was tried and sentenced to life in jail in absentia in2002 over numerous murders.More than ...