The Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kaduna State, Mr Babangida Dustinma has tasked operatives of the intelligence department of the command to intensify efforts in gathering credible information to tackle security challenges in state.
The commandant stated this while taking over the affairs of the Command from his predecessor, Assistant Commandant General, Modu Bunu on Wednesday in Kaduna.
Dustinma said that intelligence gathering will help in stopping criminals before they unleash terror on the society.
He also called on the public to provide credible information that will help the corps in protecting lives and properties.
Dutsinma promised to leverage on the synergy already established by his predecessor with other security agencies in the state, saying that the collaboration would continue.
He advised under-performing officers to brace up or be shown the way out of the service.
Dutsinma commended his predecessor for lifting the Corps to an enviable standard, and promised to sustain the tempo.
In his remarks, Bunu who is now in charge of Operations at the NSCDC Headquarters, thanked officers and men of the command for making his tenure a success.
He also thanked Gov. Nasir El-Rufai for his support to the Command and appealed to him to continue in that spirit with his successor.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report that the event was graced by heads
of all security agencies in the state.
Teenager gets 80 strokes of the cane for smoking marijuana
A Shari’a Court l sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna on Thursday sentenced a 19-year-old girl, Zainab Abdullahi, to 80 strokes of the cane for smoking marijuana in public.
Delivering judgment, the Judge, Malam Muhammad Shehu-Adamu, sentenced Abdullahi after she pleaded guilty to the offence.
Shehu-Adamu held that the 80 strokes of cane was a punishment stipulated for people who engaged in taking intoxicants (Hadd) and cannot be reversed.
He urged the Muslim Council of Nigeria to continue with their good work and try to reform the convict in the possible way they can.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Ibrahim Shuaibu, told the court that the police arrested Abdullahi on the road smoking marijuana.
Shuaibu told the court that the convict had earlier been convicted and was serving a jail term due to her inability to pay a fine of N7,000, until a religious organisation named Muslim Council of Nigeria paid the fine.
Also speaking in court, Abdulrahman Sadiq, a member of the council commended the court for instilling value and promoting peace in the society praying the court to reduce the punishment for the convict.
