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    Governor Alex Otti The Abia State Government has placed a N25 million bounty on the killers of five soldiers at Obikabia junction, Ogbor Hill in Aba. News Rider reports that unknown gunmen had on Thursday, May 30, 2024 attacked a military checkpoint, killed five soldiers and burnt two patrol vans. The incident coincided with a sit-at-home order across the Southeast in commemoration of the Biafra Day celebration, as announced by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).  Unfortunately, the celebration turned bloody at Aba as unknown gunmen killed the soldiers and allegedly seized their rifles and escaped. But the State Governor, Alex Otti condemned the attack, just as he commiserated with the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja and the Military High Command in the country for the unfortunate incident.  He prayed for the peaceful repose of the souls of the gallant soldiers who died while in active duty. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Prin

  Dr Bosun Tijani The Federal Government has concluded plans to train 10, 000 civil servants on effective data management.  Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani disclosed this on Friday in Abuja during the Devsin Government programme organised for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).  Recall that the ministry recently inaugurated a free online data management course for civil servants, which was designed to roll out the incoming training programme tagged: “Responsible Data Management in the Public Sector." Tijani revealed that the course is expected to equip public servants on the fundamentals of ethical data management that bridged the theoretical aspects of the Nigerian Data Protection Act, 2003. He pointed out that the free course will commence with 10,000 civil servants in order to equip them on effective data management. “We live in a time when digital technology means that we are constantly collecting data and informa

BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Transparency International in Nigeria (TI-Nigeria) has unveiled campaign to end violent extremism, terrorism and terrorism financing in the Northeast.  News Rider reports that the project titled: ‘Community Mobilisation against Terriorism, Terriorism Financing and Violent Extremism in the North East’ is jointly financed by Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).  At a courtesy visit to Kaltungo Emirate on Thursday in Gombe State, the Executive Director of CISLAC/TI-Nigeria, Auwal Ibrahim Musa requested for increased community sensitisation against terrorism, terrorism financing and violent extremism.    He disclosed that the project was necessitated by the need to mainstream communities in conflict prediction process, while raising the consciousness of residents against terrorism, terrorism financing an

BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja Site of gully erosion in Anambra  The Ecological Project Office (EPO) has pleaded with the Federal Government to increase its allocation, saying that the current funding is grossly inadequate to address the barrage of intervention projects and requests from communities.  News Riders reports that currently, 2. 32 percent is set aside from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) for the management of ecological challenges nationwide.  The Federal Government gets 1.00 percent while the States and Local Governments receive 0.72 and 0.60 percent respectively. However, the 0.55 percent of the Federal Government's share is utilised by EPO in addressing ecological crisis.   In addition, the Federal government's one percent share is also distributed among four agencies such as National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), National Agency for Great Green Wall (NAGGW), North-East Development Commission (NEDC) and the National Agricultural Land D