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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved special promotion for outstanding police officers to reward excellence, hard work and competence in the course of duty. The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, stated this on Tuesday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The IGP said the President also promised to renovate and build new barracks…
A FEDERAL High Court in Abuja on Tuesday heard why the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) sponsored a publication declaring the candidate of Hope Democratic Party (HDP) in the last presidential election, Ambrose Owuru, wanted. Lawyer to the EFCC, Ibrahim Audu, told the court that the commission resorted to the publication when Owuru failed…
The Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria (AWAM), a body of waste disposal operators, has vowed to take waste disposal and management system in Lagos State to the next level. This was part of the commitment made by the new members of AWAM during their inauguration, as over 300 Private Support Partnership (PSP) operators pledged…
Chiamaka Nwaogu, widow of Mr. Chimaobi Nwaogu, a commercial motorcycle operator who was killed by a soldier, Lance Corporal Ajayi Johnson, has cried out to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to come to the aid of her family. GovernorIkpeazu Chimaobi was killed by the soldier on August 7, at his village, Umuokereke Ngwa in Obingwa council area,…
By Afe Babalola I AM a good beneficiary of quality primary education as my formal classroom education ended at primary school. Everything I am today is due to the quality education inculcated in me by my teachers at Emmanuel Primary School, Ado-Ekiti in those days. It was this that made it possible for me to read…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has again come under fire over recent killings of some Catholic priests and other Nigerians. The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, His Eminence John Cardinal Onaiyekan and the Director of Legal and Public Affairs of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kwamkur Vondip, expressed concerns over increasing insecurity in the country. They especially…
A guard, Asimiyu Lawal, was on Tuesday arraigned at an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing N12million from the safe of a hospital in Mushin, Lagos, property of his employer, Dr. Ayantola Oladipo. Lawal, of 6, Olawoye Street, off Kola bus stop, Alagbado, Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of constructive damage and stealing…
Residents of Aboru, Alabede and Ipaja areas of Lagos State have hailed the government for clearing drainage in the areas. They said the monthly cleaning would improve the people’s living condition and prevent flood during the rainy season. Workers of the company handling the cleaning, Quality Sanctuary Ltd, were seen working on the project on…
Petroleum Resources ministry keeps muteResolve P&ID controversy urgently, HOSCON tells FGSays issue would impact on oil output, host communities By Udeme Akpan, Michael Eboh & Princess Owoh The Federal Government, yesterday, urged Nigerians to ignore the ostentatious claims by the Process and Industrial Developments, P&ID, Ltd, on compilation of Nigeria’s assets for attachment over a…
THROUGH their managements, three South African companies – MTN Nigeria, MultiChoice and Shoprite – on Tuesday condemned the attacks of foreign nationals in South Africa. The firms said that their mission in Nigeria was purely business. Reacting to the resurgence of xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in its home country which has led to death and…