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PSC PROMOTES OVER 8,000 POLICE OFFICERS. (PHOTO).

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 PSC Promotes Over 8,000 Police Officers On Wednesday, the Police Service Commission (PSC) approved the promotion of 8,053 senior police officers. Earlier in the week, 11 Commissioners of Police were promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspectors General (AIGs), and 16 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) were elevated to the rank of Commissioners of Police (CPs). Additionally, 21 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) were promoted to DCPs, and 57 Chief Superintendents of Police (CSPs) moved up to Assistant Commissioners (ACPs). According to a statement by the PSC's spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, the total number of promotions included 1,348 Superintendents of Police (SPs) promoted to Chief Superintendents, 876 Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) promoted to Superintendents, and 5,829 Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) promoted to DSPs. Among those promoted were Anjuguri Manzah, DCO at Onne Port Division; Ihunwo Josephine, Zonal Public Relations Officer, Zone 13 Ukpo; M...

AJIMOBI EXPRESSES SADNESS WITH ELECTION VIOLENCE, KILLINGS+ASSURES PERPETRATORS WILL BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.#PRESS RELEASE.

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      pockets of violence that characterized Saturday’s election, which led to the death of a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Temitope Olatoye,and others, as highly depressing and regrettable. In a statement by his Special Adviser, Communication and Strategy, Mr Bolaji Tunji, on Sunday, the governor said he was saddened by the turn of events, which he said was antithetical to the pervading peace in the state. He said that the desperation and do-or-die that attended the election was uncalled for since the candidates in the governorship and Assembly election were in the race to serve the people and not themselves. Commiserating with the families of Olatoye and others who reportedly lost their lives in the election, the governor assured the citizens that the perpetrators would be brought to justice irrespective of their political affiliation and status. The governor warned that the state government would not allow any individual or group to truncate...

1 NIGERIAN,32 KENYANS ETC DIED IN THE ETHIOPIAN AIRLINE CRASH TODAY AS ALL PASSENGERS LOST THEIR LIVES.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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      The Nigerian is identified as Pius Adesanmi,was a Professor based in Canada.  Read the Press Release below: WE SYMPATHIZED WITH THE FAMILIES OF THOSE THAT LOST THEIR LIFE IN ETHIOPIAN AIRLINE INCLUDING A NIGERIAN NATIONALITY WHO IS A PROFESSOR. 157 Dead As Ethiopian Airline heading to Nairobi Crashes this Morning. A statement from the office of the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, confirmed the crash, saying: “The Office of the PM, on behalf of the Government and people of Ethiopia, would like to express its deepest condolences to the families of those that have lost their loved ones on Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 on regular scheduled flight to Nairobi, Kenya this morning.” An Ethiopian Airlines flight between Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, has crashed, killing 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard. Nobody survived the crash. This is the picture of the plane before take off. REST IN PEACE. More ph...

LAGOS SPEAKER OBASA WINS,OGUNDIMU RETURNED.#PRESS RELEASE.

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          The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa has been re-elected to represent Agege State Constituency 1 in the state Assembly. Equally, colleague from Agege Constituency 2, Hon Oluyinka Ogundimu was returned to the House to represent the constituency. Both Obasa and Ogundimu were elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Annoucing the result at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collation centre in Agege, the Returning Officer for Agege Constituency 1, Professor Saibu Olufemi Muibi of the University of Lagos stated that Rt. Hon Obasa scored 17,665 votes to beat his closest rival from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Auwalu Taure Maude who scored 4,743 votes. The Returning Officer for Agege Constituency 2, an Associate Professor also from the University of Lagos, Anthony Kayode Adebayo declared Ogundimu the winner of the election in the constituency having polled a tot...

RE: ARMY SIEZES JOURNALISTS’ VEHICLE, BARS THEM FROM COVERING ELECTIONS .#PRESS RELEASE.

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         The attention of Headquarters Sector 2, Operation LAFIYA DOLE has been drawn to a publication on Daily Trust online platform, which stated that: Nigerian Army seized the vehicle of a Daily Trust journalist and stopped him from covering elections. This Headquarters wish to state emphatically that, no journalist was held hostage as claimed in the report, however, troops stationed at ORO 3, in Damaturu, among other locations within the Sector’s area of operations, were carrying out routine checks on vehicles as part of security measures during the elections, encountered a journalist from Daily Trust, who was impatient and insisted to be granted privilege without going through the routine security checks. Consequently, the journalist contacted the Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations Sector 2, on phone, who immediately went to the scene to facilitate the early clearance of the journalist, while the troops continued with their routine check...

APM REJECTS OGUN GOV POLLS RESULTS.#PRESS RELEASE.

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         Published March 10, 2019 Tunji Bosun, Abeokuta The Allied Peoples Movement has rejected the ongoing election results being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The APM Campaign Director General, Sarafa Ishola, said this on Sunday at the party’s secretariat at Leme, Abeokuta. Ishola said the election began peacefully on Saturday, but was allegedly hijacked by hoodlums and “unidentified uniformed men” during the collation stage. He said the results of the election were manipulated in favour of APC. He said the APM had petitioned INEC in the state to investigate the “infractions” and stop announcement of results forthwith. The DG expressed concern that, despite the complaints, the INEC has started announcing the results. Ishola said the APM rejects the results as being announced, declaring that “it was hijacked, compromised and did not reflect the wishes of Ogun people.” “The people of Ogun state has been raped,” Ak...

MULTINATIONAL JOINT TASK FORCE TROOPS HUMBLE BOKO HARAM.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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      In continuation of Operation YANCIN TAFKI which was launched last month, troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force, comprising Air and Land Components from Chad, Cameroon, Niger Republic and Nigeria have for the second time in about 10 days, dealt a devastating blow on Boko Haram Terrorists. Last night, Boko Haram Terrorists operating along the Kamadougou River, between Niger and Nigeria, attacked troops location in Gueskerou, about 30 kilometers from Diffa in Niger Republic. However, troops showed valour and gallantry by fiercely defending their location and killing 27 terrorists, destroying 6 Gun Trucks and capturing several equipment, arms and ammunition. A few terrorists who escaped the fire fight were observed running towards Gashigar in Nigerian territory and were being pursued as at the time of issuing this Press Release. In a related development, between 3 and 6 pm today, MNJTF troops also confronted Boko Haram Terrorists around Abadam, in the gener...

ARMING OF THUGS BY POLITICIANS TO IMPERSONATE MILITARY PERSONNEL.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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      Credible intelligence available to the Nigerian Army (NA) has confirmed the kitting of political thugs with military uniforms and arming of same, to impersonate soldiers and perpetrate various crimes in the furtherance of the activities of their political bosses. Sadly, these thugs have severally been wrongly viewed and addressed as real military personnel on various social and mainstream media cha nnels including blogs, chat rooms and messaging platforms thereby bringing the reputation of the NA on several occasions to disrepute. The NA understands that most civilians caught in the callous onslaught of these murderous thugs might not be able to distinguish between a genuine soldier from an impersonator, especially when they are armed with military-type weapons. However, several of such arrested impostors have given useful information that has led to unravelling the level of criminal involvement of some politicians in arming thugs for their depraved selfish gain...