Its Chairman, Mr Salisu Abdu told journalists in Dutse on Wednesday, that the agency received and resolved 200 complaints since inception in 2022.

“We have dual functions of attending to public complaints and investigating corrupt practices.

“I’m happy to say that within the period under review, we’ve won the public confidence, we received over 200 complaints and 75 per cent were resolved.

“We’ve also recovered public fund more than N300 million from 2024 to date. This is also another milestone,” he said.

He said the commission also invited five former and serving council chairmen for questioning, stressing that it has the mandate to invite any person found wanting for breach of public trust.

“It is not about those who left office, any person found wanting in breach of public procurement process, rules and regulations or anything.

“It is part of our mandate; it is not all about arrest, ours is invitation, we invite people when we have reasonable suspicion of involvement in alleged corrupt practices or any breach of public process,” he said.

The chairman said that land matters was a source of concern to the commission, as it constituted 75 per cent of the resolved cases.

He said the agency would scale up sensitisation activities to create awareness on the ills of corruption, as part of efforts to build a corrupt free society. (NAN)

The Police Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Alfred Alabo, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Jos.

Alabo, who said that the incident occurred on Tuesday night, however, said that two policemen were killed during the operation.

“The command wishes to inform the general public of the arrest of four suspects during a the foiled kidnap incident at Little Rayfield- Bukuru road.

“Sadly, two of our personnel attached to Force Investigation Department (IRT), on special duty in Jos, lost their lives while exchanging gunfire with the suspected kidnappers.

“The case is under investigation; further development would be communicated in due course,”he said.

Alabo urged residents of the state to remain calm, insisting that the situation was under control.

The command’s spokesman said that all efforts were being made to apprehend other suspects who escaped.

He said that all those involved in the incident would face the full wrath of the law. (NAN)

The Antonov aircraft went down on Tuesday night near Wadi Seidna air base, one of the army’s largest military hubs in Omdurman, northwest of the capital.

The army, which has been at war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April 2023, said the plane crashed during takeoff, killing and injuring both military personnel and civilians.

“After a final tally, the number of martyrs reached 46, with 10 injured,” the Khartoum regional government’s media office said in a statement.

The army-aligned health ministry had previously reported at least 19 dead.

Witnesses described hearing a loud explosion and seeing several homes damaged in the area. The crash also caused power outages in nearby neighbourhoods.

The ministry said emergency teams rushed injured civilians, including children, to a nearby hospital.

A military source cited a technical malfunction as the cause of the crash, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to comment to the media.