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Easter: IG orders tight security, deployment of personnel to churches
As Christians in Nigeria join others around the world to mark the 2025 Easter celebrations, the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered tight security measures across the country to ensure a peaceful and hitch-free holiday.
In a statement on Friday by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the IGP extended warm Easter greetings to the Christian faithful, urging them to reflect on the values of hope, renewal, and sacrifice which the season represents.
Egbetokun directed all Commissioners of Police and supervising Assistant Inspectors-General of Police to intensify visibility policing, intelligence gathering, and extended surveillance in their jurisdictions.
He also directed the strategic deployment of personnel to churches, recreational centres, highways, and other public places to forestall any security breach during the festivities.
“The IGP hereby directs Commissioners of Police across all State Commands and Formations, and their supervising Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, to enhance visibility policing, extended vigilance, and intelligence gathering to ensure a safe and secure festive celebration for all citizens.
“He also emphasises the critical importance of enhanced patrol and strategic deployment of personnel to places of worship, recreation centres, major highways, and other public spaces to deter criminal activities and provide swift responses to any security challenges that may arise,” the statement said.
He also called on Nigerians to cooperate with law enforcement agencies by providing timely and credible information to help prevent any potential threats to public safety.
While urging citizens to remain vigilant, Egbetokun advised moderation in celebrations and warned against reckless driving on the highways throughout the Easter period and beyond.
He said, “The IGP calls on members of the public to cooperate with the Police and other security agencies by providing timely and credible information that could assist in preventing the breakdown of law and order during this period.
Citizens are therefore urged to remain security conscious, act with moderation, and avoid reckless driving on highways during the festive period and beyond.”
The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has arrived at the Senate for the hearing on the ₦1.48 trillion budget of the state.
According to reports, Ibas was accompanied by other key officials, including members of the economic team to appear before Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on Emergency Rule in Rivers State.
The Senate had weeks ago reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring that the people of Rivers State were not shortchanged following the declaration of emergency rule by President Bola Tinubu on March 18, 2025.
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The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting in Maitama, has granted bail to suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, in the sum of ₦50 million.
Delivering the ruling on Tuesday, Justice Chizoba Orji dismissed the Federal Government’s request to have the senator remanded in prison custody pending the outcome of her trial. Akpoti-Uduaghan is facing a three-count criminal charge.
Justice Orji stated that the court found no justification to deny bail, noting that the defendant had shown a willingness to stand trial.
In addition to the bail sum, the court ordered Akpoti-Uduaghan to provide one surety—someone of integrity who owns a landed property within Abuja.
The decision was anchored on Section 36 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), as well as Sections 163 and 165 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015.
The court has fixed September 23 for the commencement of trial.
Senator Natasha is being arraigned on a three-count charge of alleged imputation intended to cause harm to Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.
The Trump Organization has revealed plans to manufactured smartphone christened Trump’s Smartphone (T1).
It said that T1 smartphone will be “built in the United States” in line with the U.S. President Donald Trump’s push for more stateside manufacturing.
Owned by U.S. President Donald Trump, the company on Monday announced that the T1, a gold-colored device would retail for $499.
The smartphone will run Google’s Android operating system.
CNBC reported that the Trump Organization says the phone will be “built in the United States” — but experts note the phone was likely designed and would be manufactured by a Chinese firm.
The device will have a 6.8-inch AMOLED display, a kind of screen that is made primarily by South Korean firm Samsung. LG, another South Korean firm, also produces the screen, as does Chinese firm BOE.
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