Less than twenty days to the general elections across the country, authorities of the Nigeria Police Force, on Tuesday, ordered the immediate redeployment of Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, Assistant Inspectors-General of Police and Commissioners of Police to departments, commands and formations. Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, who gave the order, explained that the redeployment was in line with his manpower development policy of placing round pegs in round holes, adding that his mandate included strategies to strengthen the operational structures of state commands. Baba, who spoke through the force spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said DIG Danmallam Mohammed had been redeployed to…

An unidentified man was on Tuesday hit by a police bullet in the Sapon area of Abeokuta as some hoodlums attempted to invade a branch of the First Bank in the Ogun state capital. As earlier reported, angry youth went on rampage in protest against the shortage of cash and hike in the price of the premium motor spirit, commonly called petrol. Earlier in the day, the youth had set bonfires on major roads in the state capital. The violent protest spread to Sapon, Panseke, Oke ilewo, Abiola way, Adatan, Kugba, and other areas in Abeokuta, affecting traffic. A worker…

Rescuers raced against time early Wednesday to pull survivors from the rubble before they succumbed to cold weather two days after an earthquake tore through southern Turkey and war-ravaged northern Syria. The death toll climbed above 7,900 and was expected to rise further. The last two days have brought dramatic rescues, including small children emerging from mounds of debris more than 30 hours after Monday’s pre-dawn quake. But there was also widespread despair and growing anger at the slow pace of rescue efforts in some areas. “It’s like we woke up to hell,” said Osman Can Taninmis, whose family members…

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Moscow intensifies winter assault, Kyiv expects new offensive Moscow pressed its intensifying winter assault in eastern Ukraine, bringing tens of thousands of freshly mobilised troops to the battlefield, while Kyiv predicted areas in the northeast or south could be part of an expected Russian offensive. Ukraine's military said on Tuesday that 1,030 Russian troops were killed over 24 hours, the highest daily toll of the war. The figure could not be independently verified, and Russia has also claimed to have killed large numbers of Ukrainian troops in recent weeks. For its part, Russia said it had inflicted 6,500…