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     The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Engr. Mustapha Maihaja has inaugurated five Emergency Operation Centres (EOC) to facilitate prompt search and rescue operations as well as humanitarian supports in the twelve (12) states worst affected by flooding. The five Emergency Operation Centres with eight personnel each includes; EOC “A” is to cover Niger and Kwara states; EOC “B” is to cover Kog i and Edo states; EOC “C” is to cover Benue, Taraba and Adamawa states; EOC “D” is to cover Anamabra and Delta states while EOC “E” will cover Rivers and Bayelsa states. The Emergency Response Centres will be responsible for planning, organizing, directing and supervising deployment of resources with the affected state governments and local authorities and communities. The primary objective is to localize the responses and expedite intervention to save lives and facilitate quick recovery. At command centre in Abuja, the Director General of NEMA and other

      Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike ; his wife, Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike and leaders of Rivers State joined the Aguma family for the outing service on Sunday at the Saint Paul's Anglican Cathedral after Saturday's burial of Late Attorney-General of Rivers State, Hon. Emmanuel Aguma (SAN).More photos below.

      The Economic and Finanes Commission, EFCC has been drawn to media publications alleging that it had frozen the account of Senator Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the opposition People's Democratic Party, PDP, in the September 22, 2018 Osun State governorship election and those of his family members, including the musician, David Adeleke. The Commission calls on members the public to disregard the report, which is patently false and con trived to dress the agency with a partisan garb in the unfolding political contest in Osun State. For the avoidance of doubt, at no time did the EFCC place a freeze order on any account belonging to members of the Adeleke family. The purported freeze order which has unfortunately been amplified by pliable sections of the media without any attempt at confirmation, is alien to the Commission and another example of fake news. The EFCC frowns at the seeming attempts by faceless forces to drag it into the political fray and, for the umpteent

         The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the resignation of Kemi Adeosun as minister of finance is an act of honour, strength, character and integrity. Yekini Nabena, acting national publicity secretary of the APC, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. In her resignation letter to the president, Adeosun admitted that her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) exemption certificate was forged. The former minister had said: “I have, today, become privy to the findings of the investigation into the allegation made in an online medium that the Certificate of Exemption from National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) that I had presented was not genuine. “This has come as a shock to me and I believe that in line with this administration’s focus on integrity, I must do the honourable thing and resign.” Reacting to the development, Nabena said in a statement: “Like all responsive and responsible governments concerned about the truth and due process, the federal governme

       FHQ ABUJA – 16th SEPTEMBER, 2018 PRESS RELEASE SECURITY ARRANGEMENT FOR OSUN STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION · THE SECURITY ARRANGEMENT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY DIG DOPS TO BE ASSISTED BY ONE (1) AIG AND EIGHT (8) COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE · TWO (2) POLICE PATROL SURVEILLANCE HELICOPTERS, THIRTY (30) ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS, TEN (10) ARMOURED PERSONNEL VEHICLES AND THREE HUNDRED (300) POLICE PATROL VEHICLES ARE ALREADY DEPLOYED TO COVER THE ENTIRE STATE INCLUDING DIFFICULT TERRAINS · THE OPERATIVES OF THE FORCE CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE AND INVESTIGATION DEPATMENT (FCIID), THE IGP MONITORING UNIT AND INTELLIGENCE RESPONSE TEAM (IRT) ARE ALREADY ON GROUND TO GATHER INTEELIGENCE,PREVENT AND ARREST, INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO ENGAGES OR ATTEMPT VOTE BUYING OR SELLING DURING THE ELECTION · THE FORCE WILL DEAL DECISIVELY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW WITH INDIVIDUAL(S) OR GROUP(S), NO MATTER HOW HIGHLY PLACED, WHOSE UTTERANCES OR CONDUCT IS CONTRARY TO

        President Muhammadu Buhari is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Reverend (Dr) Moses Iloh, the General Overseer of Soul Winning Chapel. President Buhari extends his heartfelt condolences to Rev Iloh’s family, friends, associates and the Christian community in Nigeria, who mourn the demise of an exceptional statesman and religious leader. The President affirms that the faith-based community and the nation will immensely miss the bold cleric who throughout his public life and ministry abhorred corruption, promoted morality and influenced his followers to seek righteousness that truly exalts a nation. The President trusts that Rev Iloh – the philanthropist, labour leader, humanist, sportsman, and great teacher of the gospel- will be long remembered and honoured as a worthy patriot who stood for social justice, peace and truth. President Buhari urges all who mourn Dr. Iloh, who has left a worthy and commendable legacy for other patriotic Nigerians to build u

      The Presidency wishes to make clear to all Nigerians, and particularly the global banking giant HSBC which said the second term of President Muhammadu Buhari would stunt the economy, that what killed Nigeria’s economy in the past was the unbridled looting of state resources by leaders, the type which was actively supported by HSBC. A bank that soiled its hand with ‘‘millions of US dollars yet-to-be-recovered Abacha loot’’, and continued until a few months ago to shield the stolen funds of one of the leaders of the Nigerian Senate has no moral right whatsoever to project that a “second term for Mr. Buhari raises the risk of limited economic progress and further fiscal deterioration.” Rather, we ask them to heed President Buhari’s constant refrain: return our stolen assets, then see how well we will do. From the facts available to our investigation agencies, HSBC’s put down on President Buhari is no more than an expression of frustration over the administration’s measur

    15TH SEPTEMBER 2018      PRESS RELEASE.        The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) charges President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately unfreeze the private account of the PDP governorship Candidate in the September 22, 2018 Osun election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, and those of his family members, including music star, David Adeleke (Davido). The party decries the freezing of the accounts as oppressive, tyrannical, provocative and a direct recipe for crisis in the state, given that the people of Osun are solidly behind Adeleke ahead of the election. In addition, the PDP directs its members, including state governors, officials at zonal and state chapters, national and states assembly members, all presidential and governorship aspirants as well as other stakeholders, particularly, in the southwest zone, to immediately commence movement into Osun state with their political machinery to campaign and support the PDP can