The Edo government shut down three secondary schools in the Akoko-Edo LGA after intelligence reports of a mass abduction of students.
NEDC has strengthened partnerships with environmental and security organisations to address desertification and safeguard development projects in Yobe.
Security operatives arrested 13 suspected cultists during an initiation ceremony in the Eleme local council area of Rivers.
Last week, Wale Oriade, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was kidnapped.
He urged citizens to remain calm, vigilant, and cooperative with security agencies.
Tinubu orders withdrawal of police escorts from VIPs
The base transferred 420 bags of foreign parboiled rice to the Customs Service Seme Area Command and another 55 bags to the Western Marine Command.
Mr Amupitan urged the candidates to ensure that the message of non-violence and mutual respect cascades to their supporters at all levels.
“I will not negotiate or pay ransom to bandits. The moment we start paying, they will open shop on our heads and keep kidnapping people,” the Niger governor said.
NSCDC says its operatives have nabbed two suspects for vandalising a community transformer.
