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…Tells citizens not to panic By Joseph Erunke THE Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the deployment of police helicopters to tackle the increasing rate of criminal activities in the country. IGP Mohammed Adamu The helicopters were specifically meant for aerial surveillance for major cities in the South-West and North-West of the country….
Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture Prince Gbolahan Lawal has said the government-owned Integrated Rice Mill at Imota, a Lagos suburb, will be completed in seven months. Lawal, who spoke yesterday during a facility tour of the mill in order to assess the progress of work being done, expressed satisfaction about the progress of work so…
ABUJA- Governors of oil producing states Thursday met in Abuja over the recent appointment into the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. NDDC The meeting which held at the Bayelsa state governor’s lodge, Maitama, Abuja has in attendance Governors Udoh Emmanuel, Godwin Obaseki, Rotimi Akeredolu, Seriake Dickson of Akwa Ibom, Edo, Ondo and Bayelsa states respectively…
KATSINA – Worried by the spate of killings, banditry, kidnapping and other security challenges bedeviling the state, Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has on Thursday warned armed bandits terrorizing the state to stop. Masari This was as he threatened to deploy all measures at it disposal as a government to deal decisively and…
Makurdi…..Benue State Commission of Education, Prof. Dennis Ityavyar has disclosed that the state government has set up a committee to clampdown on operators of illegal schools across the state. Ortom The Commissioner who made this known yesterday in Makurdi said the government was worried at the level of proliferation of illegal schools in state assuring…
Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Agency (Task Force) have begun a clampdown on illegal commercial motorcyclists plying restricted routes, including inner streets. Agency Chairman Mr. Olayinka Egbeyemi, a Chief Superintendent of Police, said in a statement that the clampdown began yesterday, adding that 125 motorcycles had been impounded for flouting…
…As Wase condoles with victims of Plateau flood disaster By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA-Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila has urged youth in the country to shun religious violence and resist the temptation of killing innocent people in for religious sake. Femi Gbajabiamila The speaker who spoke at the National Christian and Muslim…
…commissions Pontoon, Waiting Shield in Ndokwa By Festus Ahon ASABA-SPEAKER of Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, said the State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa is determined to create sustainable economic development across the 25 Local Government Areas of the State. Okowa Oborevwori at Iyamu Community, Ndokwa East Local Government Area during the Commissioning…
An accident involving the convoy of Zamfara state Governor, Alhaji Bello Matawalle has claimed the lives of two police personnel attached to the governor. Matawalle Yusuf Idris, the Director-General on Press Affairs to the governor, confirmed the incident in a press statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Gusau….
Oyo State government has called on people living close to flood-prone areas to vacate pending the period the present heavy rains would recede to avoid loss of lives and valuable properties to the flood. This came as Ekiti State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources Gbenga Agbeyo warned people against erecting structures on waterways to…