The Managing Director of the Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), Alhaji Abubakar Yelwa, has called for a law to make life jackets compulsory for boat users across the country. Yelwa made the appeal while reacting to the boat mishap in Patigi LGA, Kwara state, which claimed about 100 lives on Monday. Alhaji Yelwa on Wednesday in Ilorin, during the flag-off of the distribution of the 2023 HYPPADEC-subsidised fertilisers for 5,795 farmers in kwara said “The fatality recorded in the unfortunate boat mishap in Patigi on Monday was due to the failure of the boat passengers to use life jackets.

About 100 persons returning from a wedding in Egbu village, Pategi LGA in Kwara state to Niger state were drowned in a boat mishap.
It was learned that the boat was overloaded with over 100 passengers and with none wearing a life jacket and not minding the consequence of such behavior by the ferrymen, all the passengers meet their end. The victims large numbers of them were women and children returning to their village, Egboti, in neighbouring Niger state from across the Egbu village in Kwara to meet their ill-fate.

The Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mallam Balarabe Shehu has described fake news, and hate speech as the biggest threats to the peace and unity of Nigeria. The NBC boss has warned broadcast stations in the country against relying on news from social media to build and disseminate their news broadcasts. Mallam Shehu gave the warning in Umuahia on Monday during the 10th edition of media training for media practitioners, organized by Vision Africa Radio Station, warning that unverified news is not worthy of airing.

The Federal Government has declared 12th June 2023 as Public Holiday to honor this year's Democracy Day. This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday in the nation's capital by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Nigerians on the occasion. She said; “Nigeria’s democratic journey has, like in many other climes, encountered both stormy and smooth sails, but the ship of State, its institutions, and most importantly, the Nigerian people have remained steadfast on the tenets of democratic governance.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu tasked security and intelligence agencies in Nigeria with the importance of sharing information and intelligence among themselves. “You can’t have disharmony in an orchestra. We must focus on one tunnel, share information, and share intelligence. You cannot hoard information. You cannot hoard intelligence,” Tinubu said when he toured the new Office of National Security Adviser and facilities at the National Counter Terrorism Centre, Abuja. He said his administration had recognized that in order to achieve economic revival, prosperity, and development, security should be of optimum priority.

Terrorists over the weekend, killed and kidnapped scores of people in Sokoto and Zamfara communities. According to reports over sixty persons lost their lives to the senseless attacks by marauding bandits. In Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara state, dozens of people were killed while about 30 girls were kidnapped. While in Raka, Raka Dutse and Filingawa communities in Tangaza LGA of Sokoto, more than thirty persons were feared dead. The immediate past chairman of Tangaza local government, Bashir Kalenjeni, who confirmed the incident said many villagers sustained gunshot injuries, while several others were still missing. We wanted to bury them in the night, but the bandits came back and dispersed us. As at this (Sunday) morning, the deceased are still there unburied,” Kalenjeni said.