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    According to Channels TV, '' The political crisis in the Benue State House of Assembly assumed another dimension on Friday when the Nigerian police barred the 22 lawmakers who impeached Mr Terkimbi Ikyange as Speaker of the Assembly from gaining access to the legislative chamber for plenary. As early as 8 am, police vehicles had blocked the main entrance of the state House of Assembly The lawmakers then attempted to enter the chamber through another gate behind the assembly complex, but they met another police blockade there. This led to a heated exchange with a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Tajudeen Bakare, who led the operation. Bakare told the lawmakers that the information available to him indicated that there would be a breakdown of law and order. However, the lawmakers insisted they would sit anywhere in the state as allowed by the Constitution since the police had taken over the assembly. Mr Ikyange had rejected his impeachment declaring t

       The Roving Team of the Federal Operations Unit, Zone 'C' has seized container no. MRSU 3040288 found to carry military hard wears along Aba-Portharcourt road.   Examination was conducted in the presence of a representative of the owner of the container and found to contain the followings: 1. Eleven (11) bales containing new sets of sewn military camouflage. Each bale contain 400 pairs of sewn military camouflage. 2. Fifteen (15) cartons containing Altama combat boots. Each ca rton contains 20 pairs. 3. Some sacks of made up garment.4. Seven (7) wooden furniture kitchen cabinets. 5.Three hundred and thirty seven (337) packs of new foreign tiles, made in China. 6. Twenty seven (27) medical equipments, made in China. 7. Thirty four (34) rolls of water hose, made in China. 8. Some household items. The Comptroller in-charge of FOU Zone 'C', Ahmed Azarema said the owner's representative has been detained while investigation to get all those connect

      The Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti has said that decrepit waste compactors, often relied upon by PSP operators to cart away refuse, have constituted a major hindrance to effective waste disposal in the State. Durosinmi-Etti stated this in Alausa  on Thursday during the familiarisation and fact-finding visit by the Federal Commissioner for the Lagos State Office of the Public Complaints Commission, Mr. Abimbola Ayo-Yusuf. He said that the lack of adequate roadworthy compactors contributed in no small measure to weaken the capacity of PSP operators to serve their clients efficiently, thereby causing a delay in the frequency of evacuating waste in different localities within the State. “As evident from the re-certification exercise carried out in Alimosho Local Government Area for example, out of the 44 compactors presented for the exercise, only 17 compactors were certified to be in good working condition”, he said. He dec

     Lagos State Fire Service   on Thursday   promoted and decorated 131 fire officers with new ranks in recognition of their transformational leadership, dedication and diligence in carrying out their official duties. Speaking at the event, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Special Duties & Inter-Governmental Relations, Dr. Jemilade Longe congratulated the newly promoted officers for coming out successfully in the year 2018 promotion exercise and exhibiting discipline, selflessness, commitment and abiding by norms and values of the service of honour. He said the ceremony was designed to build a culture of excellence and appreciate outstanding officials who distinguish themselves through their performances in any given task. According to him, “The ability and readiness of the officers to promptly respond and cushion the effect of hardship being thrown at people whether by nature or human errors are qualities that stand them out among their counterparts”. He said as fi

      Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has identified transparency and accountability as essential ingredients in the fight against corruption. He also identified betrayal of public trust as the worst crime any public officer can commit against humanity and called for all hands to be on deck to fight corruption for a better Nigeria. The EFCC boss made this known on Friday, July 27, 2018, while delivering a speech entitled “Transparency and Accountability: Role In Nation Building”, during the inauguration of Public Transparency and Accountability Project, PTAP, organized by Grassroots Accountability Advocacy Foundation, GAAF, at Westpoint Hotel, Abuja. According to him, sustainable anti-corruption procedures like transparency and accountability were vital tools to achieving good governance at all levels of government adding that, “transparency and accountability in government business are mutually inclusive and not exclusiv

      The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday 25 July, 2018 arraigned the dou of Temitope Owolani (alias Patra Raphael) and Godwin Iyetor (alias Engineer) before Justice Adamu Turaki of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. They were arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence.   Specifically, the duo are being prosecuted by the Commission for alleg edly defrauding one Isiaku Ahmadu the sum of N1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira only) purportedly for the purchase of a Toyota Hiace bus.According to the petitioners, on 6 December, 2017, Ahmed transferred through his Fidelity bank account number 3173000418 the sum of N1.5million to Enwerem Christian's Eko bank account number 6018268684 as a part-payment for the purchase of the bus. After confirming receipt of the payment, the suspects neither delivered the bus to him nor refunded the money he paid to them. One of th

   A facebook user wrote this yesterday and he captioned all the pictures he shared  '' This is MGBEMENA STREET, AWADA, OBOSI, ANAMBRA STATE. This street has been under construction for some months now by some people who I don't even know if they are into road construction.  Don't even know the kind of materials they are using here, they will just leave a trip of sand and the rain with carry it away.  We can't pass through here anymore, except through Nwaziki Street or Ezeiweka.  I believe this was a project the government of Anambra State gave to some people, now they left it that way, risking the lives of people.  Please share this until the government of Anambra State see it. It is getting out of hand''.More photos below.

      President Muhammadu Buhari received delegation of Isoko traditional rulers and personalities to the State House, Abuja.More details later and one more photo below.

       1. The Nigerian Army has announced a major redeployment of senior officers in Command, Staff and other appointments. The posting affected Principal Staff Officers both at the Defence and Army Headquarters as well as General Officers Commanding (GOCs). The Theatre Commander Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Force Commander Multinational Joint Task Force are also affected by the posting. 2. The posting which also re-organized Operation LAFIYA DOLE was aimed at injecting new hands to further actualize the vision of the Chief of Army Staff COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai. 3. Those affected in the redeployment include Maj Gen AM Dikko who will take over as Theatre Commander of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Brig Gen AO Abdullahi as Acting Commander Sector 2, Operation LAFIYA DOLE and Brig Gen UU Bassey as Acting Commander Sector 3, Operation LAFIYA DOLE. Others are, Maj Gen CO Ude posted as Force Commander Multinational Joint Task Force Ndjamena, Maj Gen J Sarham as General Offic