13 BRIGADE TROOPS RESCUE 18 PASSENGERS AFTER BOAT HIJACKING. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.
13 BRIGADE TROOPS RESCUE 18 PASSENGERS AFTER BOAT HIJACKING Troops of 13 Brigade, Nigerian Army have successfully rescued 18 passengers, including 2 infants, following a hijacking incident on a passenger boat traveling from Nigeria to Cameroon on 11 January 2026. A distress call reported that suspected sea pirates, operating in two speed boats and a wooden boat, hijacked a passenger boat moving from Nigeria to Cameroon. The passengers were kidnapped along Kombo Fishing Port within Cameroon waterways. Responding swiftly, 13 Brigade troops deployed at Ikang pursued the criminals, resulting in an exchange of fire that caused one of the pirates’ speed boats to capsize. The pirates abandoned their victims and fled into the surrounding creeks. All passengers were rescued unharmed. Commander 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, Brigadier General PO Alimikhena commended the troops for their prompt and professional response, stating: “This successful rescue operation demonstrates the cour...
The Lagos State Government has paid accrued pension rights totalling N48 billion naira to over 10,300 retirees to underscore its committement to improve the welfare and well being of former staff.The Commissioner,Ministry of Establishments,Training and Pensions,Dr Benson Oke Akintola,who stated this yesterday tuesday while speaking at the 10th Retirement Benefit Documentation Seminar for employees who are due to retire from the Lagos State Public Service between July and December,2016 at Alausa,Ikeja said the State Government will continue to deliver tangible dividends of democracy in spite of the limited available resources.Dr Akintola,represented by the Permanent Secretary,Civil Service Pensions Office,Mrs Funmilayo Balogun said ''Prompt payment of the monthly salaries and allowances of all active workers by the Lagos State Government will continue to be our focus.This is because Government is ever conscious of the necessity to ensure the well-being of its workforce whose contributions to its achievements cannot be quantified''.Speaking earlier,the Director General,Lagos State Pension Board,Mrs Folashade Onanuga said that the total contributions credited into active employees Retirement Savings Accounts managed by the 10 Pension Fund Administrators approved by the State Government,from April 2007 to March 2016 is approximately N64 billion.She restated that the accrued pension rights of N48 billion paid by the present administration to over 10,300 retirees has increased the total amount remitted by the State Government as employee's pension rights under the Contributory Pension Scheme to N112.080 billion naira.aThe Retirement Benefit Documentation Seminar is a bi-annual event which is intended to prepare employees,retiring from the civil service,for a life of financial independence,as well as educate them on how to manage their health in retirement.One more photo below. 
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