President Bola Tinubu has sympathized with traders whose goods were destroyed in the Karu Abuja market inferno on Thursday, revealing that his administration will render support to the victims. The fire, which destroyed goods worth millions of naira, was put to an end by officials of the Federal Capital Territory Fire Service, Federal Fire Service, and Julius Berger Fire Service. “President Bola Tinubu receives the news of the fire incident, which affected sections of Karu Market in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with deep sadness,” the President’s Special Adviser on Media & Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale said in a State House statement on Friday.

The Chairman, Military Pensions Board (MPB), AVM Paul Irumheson, says the Federal Government has approved an electronic verification system for military pensioners to ensure sanity in pension administration. Irumheson stated this while addressing newsmen on the commencement of the electronic verification exercise nationwide on Friday in Abuja. He said the initiative was aimed at sanitizing military pension administration and elimination of issues of impersonation. The chairman said the board adopted an electronic verification system to reduce the risk of traveling from one place to another, and the cost of transportation owing to their old age.
“You may recall that on Feb. 15, I briefed this honourable press about the board`s intention or plan to move from physical verification to electronic verification for our military retirees.

The Nigerian Army says its recruitment is guided by the provisions of the constitution and not on ethnicity or religious sentiment. It said that it “remains steadfast in upholding professionalism and impartiality as an institution devoid of ethnic and religious bigotry.” The army’s spokesperson, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement on Tuesday, June 25, while reacting to a viral video that showed a man calling young men to join the military to protect their religion.

Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has inaugurated 120 armed officers of the Aviation Security (AVSEC) Special Force to beef up security across airports in the country. FAAN Managing Director, Olubunmi Kuku, during the exercise on Monday at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, acknowledged that the step is in line with global standards. She said, “This is for them to help us in terms of securing our assets as well as the people within the aviation environment, specifically at the airports.”

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has revealed that his government would not relent until banditry, terrorism and other forms of sundry crimes are brought to its knees in the country. Tinubu noted that it can be witnessed the country is experiencing a turning point, as most strategies being adopted by security forces were beginning to yield results.

Pastoralists in Nigeria have rejected the National Ranches Commission Establishment Bill 2024 which has scaled a second reading at the Senate, saying it is a recipe for chaos because it will not address the protracted farmer-herder clashes in the country. The bill, sponsored by Senator Titus Tartenger Zam (APC, Benue North West), is aimed at establishing ranches for herders in their states of origin. It also proposed a five-year jail term and N50, 000 fine for defaulters, when it eventually gets presidential assent and becomes an act of parliament. Besides other provisions that were seen by pastoralists as a direct onslaught on their major source of livelihood, the recommendation that herders should be relocated to their states of origin had elicited anger both at the hallowed chambers of the Senate and beyond.