Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Friday reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to ensuring that peace returned to warring communities in the state. The governor gave the assurance when he received the report of the Judicial Panel of Enquiry into the disputed Okpe-Urhobo Forest Reserve from the Chairman of the Panel, Justice …
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appealed to #ENDSARS protesters in Lagos on the need for patience and understanding inorder to arrive at logical conclusion of the grievances. Sanwo-Olu, made the appeal in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. …
Delta Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa (middle); Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ononye Mordi (6th left); Chairman, Branch Officers Committee of (NMA), Delta State, Dr. Nwose Emmanuel Ossai (7th right) and others, during a courtesy call by the Committee on the Governor in Government House Asaba. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Friday, reiterated the state …
…Directs Prosecution of 6 Officers; Reduces the ranks of 9 others By Kingsley Omonobi The Police Service Commission has approved the dismissal of ten senior Police Officers and the reduction inrank of nine others. The Commission also approved the punishment of severe reprimand for eight Officers, reprimand for 10 and letter of warning for three …
*Tasks president to drop service chiefs in first step *Says any reform in security without sack of security chiefs won’t achieve expected results By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-A support group of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC,has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for accepting to restructure the country’s security architecture following the worsening state of insecurity. The group …
Photo credit: @LhidhiasStanley By Henry Umoru ABUJA- DEPUTY President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo- Agege, All Progressives Congress, APC, Delta Central has condemned in very strong terms, the reported killing of a policeman in Ughelli, Delta State. Omo- Agege who describing the incident as serious and unfortunate, said that he supports full professional and thorough …
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0pQmg02H3k?rel=0] Vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has appealed to Ondo state electorates to keep the sun shining by voting massively for the Candidate of the All progressive congress, APC, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu in the forthcoming election in Ondo state. Also read:#EndSARS: Lagos Assembly issues 7 demands in support of protests Vanguard News The post Ondo Election: Keep the sun …
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Friday demanded proscription of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) over alleged high-handedness of the outfit. The assembly made the plea, following an emergency plenary called by the Speaker of the House, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, on the ongoing nationwide agitations for FSARS to be disbanded. The house also …
Recover G3 rifle, 1,402 rounds of live cartridges, others We have complied with IGP’s order on FSARS, SARS ― CP By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar The Cross River State Police Command on Friday paraded a gun running syndicate including a gunsmith who specialises in making automatic weapons for commercial distribution with network in Cameroon and other parts …
-tasks INEC, Police, Politicians On Credible Poll Election observer group, the Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA) has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as well as security operatives to ensure that Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo state is not only peaceful but transparent and credible. In its pre-election statement, the CTA also tasked the …
By Emmanuel Elebeke The Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST on Friday joins the rest of the world to celebrate this year World Post Day (WPD) on October 9, 2020. The WPD is a day set aside to mark the founding of the universal postal union on October 9, 1874. The celebration of the WPD commenced Fifty …
By Emma Amaize, Asaba Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, umbrella body of monarchs, leaders and stakeholders of the coastal states of Niger Delta, has voiced deep concern at the low-cut appropriations by President Muhammadu Buhari to projects in the Niger-Delta region in the 2021 Appropriation Bill forwarded to the National Assembly for approval. The group in …
The Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, has condemned the reported killing of a policeman in Ughelli, Delta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Etaga Stanley, a police corporal, believed to be an indigene of Ughelli South council area, reportedly lost his life on Thursday during #EndSARS protests in Ughelli town. …
…Says over N3 trillion for debt services massive By Chris Ochayi – Abuja The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has said the idea of new borrowing of over N4 trillion to finance a deficit in 2021 budget was worrisome. National Secretary of CUPP, High Chief Peter Ameh, who made the remarks, while reacting to …
By Onozure Dania A Lagos High Court, sitting in Igbosere, Friday, ordered a top Lagos civil servant Ms Olaide Ibraheem and a former lover of Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyitolu, the Director-General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), to pay N750,000 fine for forcibly taking over Oke-Osanyitolu’s N45million property. Ibraheem is the Director, Admin and …
Governor Yahaya By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, yesterday, at a closed-door with President Muhammadu Buhari, appealed to him to prevail on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, to begin oil and gas exploration in the Gongola basin. The Governor also urged the President to come …
Says Programme owes contractors N71.4b By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The interim Coordinator of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (retd) yesterday said that the programme, which was meant to train and rehabilitate ex-agitators, has been derailed from its original focus by endemic corruption. Dikio also told State House correspondents after meeting …
Yakubu …Says it will replicate what happened during Edo election in Ondo State By Henry Umoru AS the people of Ondo State vote in their preferred candidates in today’s gubernatorial election, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC disclosed that it has uncovered twenty- seven ( 27) Flashpoints where there might be security breaches. According to INEC, …
Promises support of farmers, commends Gov El-Rufai By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Thursday, congratulated the newly appointed Emir of Zazzau, Ambassador Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, on ascending the throne of his ancestors. This was contained in a statement signed by the National President of AFAN, Arc Kabir Ibrahim, where …
A High Court in Jos on Friday ordered that a policeman, Ruiya Auta, who allegedly killed a student of the University of Jos, be remanded in a correctional centre. Justice David Mann, gave the order, following an application by the Prosecution counsel, Chief Garba Pwul, SAN. Justice Mann ordered that the defendant should be transferred from …
