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FG releases fresh regulations for Covid-19 On President Mohammadu Buhari Wednesday issued Coronavirus Disease Health Protection Regulations 2021. The President, through a statement from the Ministry of Information and Culture, said a physical distance of at least two metres shall be maintained at all times between persons at all gatherings. Notwithstanding the provision of Regulation 1, he also insisted that no gathering of more than 50 persons shall hold in an enclosed space, except for religious purposes, in which case the gathering shall not exceed 50% capacity of the space. The President...

Edo: Obaseki, Police synergise on curbing insecurity On By Gabriel Enogholase, Benin Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has tasked the Commissioner of Police, Mr Philip Ogbadu to ensure that the state was free of crime, saying that government will work closely with the Police to provide adequate security for Edo residents. Obaseki gave the charge during a meeting with the Police Commissioner at Government House, in Benin yesterday. He expressed dismay that no reasonable progress has been made in the investigations into the jailbreaks which occurred during the #EndSARS protests in the sta...

ABUJA – The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, said over 4,000 inmates have been freed nationwide so far under the Federal Government Amnesty Programme launched in 2020. Aregbesola said this during the inauguration of 53 operational vehicles purchased for the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) on Tuesday in Abuja. The minister said the exercise had gone a long way in reducing the number of inmates in the service nationwide. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had granted presidential pardon to 2,600 inmates of Correctional Centres nationwide in ...

The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, said over 4,000 inmates have been freed nationwide so far under the Federal Government Amnesty Programme launched in 2020.

Edo cell break: Civil rights group gives CP 48-hour ultimatum to publish names, photographs of escapees Published Civil Society Organisations in Edo State have issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the state Commissioner of Police, Johnson Babatunde Kokumo to publish the names and photographs of suspects who escaped the State Criminal Investigation Department cell on new year’s eve or face the wrath of the law. The CSO’s under the aegis of Network of Civil Society Organizations of Nigeria (NOCSON) said the state’s Commissioner of Police needs to urgently wake up to duty. Acting President of the...