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     One of my reporter Chinenye Genevieve is reporting today with some photos,and she captioned it ''Another Tanker!!!!!.An accident just happened this evening by 6pm between a fuel tanker and a trailer at Maje along Minna-Suleja road. Incase you’re planning to ply that route now, it is advisable you delay your movement a bit as firefighters have just arrived the scene.It is still burning!.More photos below.

        BBC News  on the 26/6/18, announced the arrest of Josephine Iyamu aka Madam Sandra, agency nurse. She was Convicted of trafficking girls from Benin to Germany as Sex Slaves. She was arrested at the airport on her return to London. She was a Nurse in the day & human trafficker otherwise. She was running for election into the Edo State  House of Assembly under the umbrella of APC. You will not believe she was running for election on a ticket for women's rights, Same group of people whose human rights she violated.More photos below.

       Lagos - The Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Kpotun-Idris has warned politicians in the country to desist from giving arms to political thugs as Nigeria prepares for the 2019 general elections. Idris, while speaking on Thursday in Lagos at a one-day retreat on Electoral Logistics in preparation for the 2019 general elections organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) urged  politicians not to see election as a "do or die" affair. He also cautioned against hate speeches describing it as the ember for violence that should be eliminated from the country's political space in order to ensure a violence-free polls next year. Idris noted that hate speech and animosity have been identified as some of the major causes of electoral violence in Nigeria. The Police chief also called on politicians to avoid conducts likely to cause violence at polling units, such as canvassing for votes, wearing of party insignias, dissu...

       29th June, 2018. APC Governors under the auspices of "The Progressives Governor's Forum" just arrivied  Jos. They are in the State to commisserate with the Governor and people of Plateau State over the attacks which engulfed the State leaving behind more than 200 person's dead.More details later and more photos below.

     Rivers State Government has flagged off the construction of the State Secretariat of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Rivers State. Speaking during the ground-breaking event in Port Harcourt on Friday performed by the NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba , Governor Wike stated that the State Government will also finance the construction of the Rivers State Secretariat of the Trade Union Congress (TUC). Governor Wike said that the State Government is embarking on the projects in appreciation of the cordial working relationship with Rivers workers. He said: "We have worked harmoniously with labour. They have not troubled this administration with unnecessary strikes . In order to build stability, we have set up a structure that will enhance the performance of labour. "This project must be completed by December. I don't want to hear excuses. The contractor has been mobilised. We will also build a secretariat for the Trade Union Congress ". He sa...

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo attends the funeral service of Chief (Dr.) Mrs. Olutoyin Olusola Olakunri, at the Diocese of Lagos, St. Paul’s Church, Breadfruit, CMS Lagos.Also in attendance is Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo,Governor Ambode and Bishop Adeboye and his wife. More photos below.

      The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, May 29, 2018 arraigned Dr. Abdu Bulama, Hon. Mohammed Kadai, Abba Gana Tata, Muhammad Mamu and Hassan Ibn Jaks before Justice Hammada Isa Dashen of the of Federal High Court, Damaturu, Yobe State on a-7 count charge for the offence of criminal conspiracy to commit Money Laundering to the tune of over N229, 000, 000.00 (Two Hundred and Twenty Nine Million Naira) onl y. Dr. Bulama was a former Minister of Science and Technology during the regime of the previous government and the Coordinator of Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organization, while Hon. Mohammed Kadai was a former Commissioner for Integrated and Rural Development in Yobe State and the Deputy Coordinator of Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organization, Yobe State. Their prosecution followed a petition to the Commission through intelligence report that the defendants agreed among themselves to make and receive cash payment above threshold outside fina...

      The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commenced a 3-day Legal Conference for NAF field commanders and legal officers at the Air Vice Marshal (AVM) EE Edem Multipurpose Hall, NAF Base Maiduguri. The Conference, which has the theme “The Role of Military Lawyers in Contemporary Military Operations”, is one of the human capacity building initiatives of the current NAF leadership aimed at enhancing the knowledge of participants to enable them more effectively tackle legal issues associated with the performance of their constitutional roles. The Conference is featuring lectures on topics such as “Targeting”, “Application of the Law of Targeting to Modern Battlefield”, “Command and Individual Responsibility in Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC)” and “Rules of Engagement (ROE)”, which are being delivered by highly experienced resource persons. At the opening ceremony on 27 June 2018, the Special Guest of Honour, the Executive Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, who wa...

      Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday evening visited the scene of the tanker explosion which occurred on Otedola Bridge inward Ojodu Berger along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, describing the incident as sad and unfortunate. The incident, which occurred at about 5pm, was said to have left over 50 vehicles burnt and nine people dead. Governor Ambode, who visited the scene at about 9:30pm where he was briefed by Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations, Mr Seye Oladejo, among other emergency response agencies, particularly commiserated with the families of the victims and those who lost their properties to the incident. Addressing journalists at the scene after assessing the situation, Governor Ambode also directed the emergency responders and relevant government agencies to ensure the immediate removal of all the burnt vehicles from the road so as to open it up again for traffic. “This is quite unfortunate; we are...

       PRESS BRIEFING ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIAN ARMY DAY CELEBRATION 2018 BY THE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF T GEN TY BURATAI AT MAIDUGURI BORNO STATE ON FRIDAY 29 JUNE 2018 Protocol 1. I am most delighted to welcome you, distinguished members of the Fourth Estate of the Realm to this press briefing which is the first major event in the series of activities lined up to mark this year’s Nigerian Army Day  Celebration 2018. This Press Briefing is in line with the Nigerian Army’s resolve to carry every Nigerians along in our activities, I am therefore here today to brief you on the activities scheduled for the week-long event to commemorate this year’s Nigerian Army Day Celebration. 2. Let me begin by reminding us on the reason for this celebration as well as give us a brief history of the Nigerian Army Day Celebration. The unfortunate 30-months long Nigerian Civil War was announced by a shot that was fired on the 6th of July 1967 at Garkem which is in present ...