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        President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep sadness over reports of the killing of some Christian youths during an Easter procession Sunday night in Gombe, and reprisal killing of the law enforcement officials allegedly responsible for the tragic incident. Describing the violent actions as “very unfortunate,” the President extends condolences to the families of the victims , while wishing the several injured speedy recovery. Joining the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Gombe State chapter, and the State Government in appealing for calm, President Buhari also decried the reckless driving as well as “quick resort to self-help and mob action.” According to him, “We must always be mindful of the peaceful action of others while resisting the urge to take the laws into our hands notwithstanding the gravity of provocation.” The President commends the leaderships of the police and the National Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for step...

       GOOD evening my Distinguished Personal PERSON, Your are highly welcome to the commissioning & Exhibitions of Cells and Items on Display @ the Female Prisons Kirikiri LAGOS NIGERIA Date: THURSDAY 25th April 2019 Time: 11.30am prompt.pls no African time oo Venue: The Female Prisons Environment, kirikiri APAPA . SPECIA guest of Honour; HONORABLE MINISTER OF INTERIOR @ GEN DAMBAZZAU & CONTROLLER GENERAL OF THE NIGERIAN PRISONS WILL BE THERE LIVE. RSVP SIGNED AMB.CORNELL UDOFIA FOUNDER OF CMC GLADIATORS         4 DEPUTY CONTROLLER OF PRISONS LAGOS @ DCP LIZZIE EKPENDU ANNOUNCER. SHE WILL BE INDUCTED FORMALLY AS OUR MATRON AT THE EVENT BY ASSISTANT CONTROLLER GENERAL OF PRISONS @ TUNDE LADIPO. SEE YOU THERE BY HIS GRACE.

      President Muhammadu Buhari received Emir of Qatar, HH Tamim Bin Hamad at the State House, Abuja today. UPDATED: PRESIDENT BUHARI RALLIES QATAR ON INVESTMENTS, RECHARGE OF LAKE CHAD Investments in sectors like petroleum, power, aviation, agriculture, railways, and many others, featured prominently as President Muhammadu Buhari hosted the Emir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-thani, at State House, Abuja, on Tuesday. Also on the front burners was the recharge of Lake Chad with water from the Congo Basin, so as to grant succour to the more than 30 million people adversely   affected by the shrinkage of the lake over the years. "We invite you to invest in our refineries, pipelines, power sector, aviation, agriculture, education, and many others, so that you can have your management here to oversee the investment. We need your expertise," President Buhari said. On the receding Lake Chad, he said of the over 30 million people affec...

        The Air Task Force (ATF) for Operation DIRAN MIKIYA has neutralized no fewer than 10 armed bandits at Sububu Forest area in Zamfara State. This was achieved yesterday, 22 April 2019, while the ATF was responding to a request for close air support by ground troops of Sector 7 Area of Responsibility of Operation SHARAN DAJI, who had come into contact with armed bandits in Shinkafi Local Government  Area (LGA). Accordingly, the ATF dispatched 2 Alpha Jets and an attack helicopter to provide the needed support and also conduct armed reconnaissance over identified locations in Shinkafi LGA as well as Sububu and Dumburum Forests and environs. At Sububu Forest, one of the Alpha Jets spotted a group of armed bandits, who fired at the aircraft with their rifles, whilst running for cover. The Alpha Jet engaged the bandits, neutralizing no fewer than 10 of them while others escaped with injuries. The NAF, working in consonance with surface forces and other se...

         Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences (Taskforce) Unit have arrested a notorious thief responsible for robbery and pick-pocketing across the metropolis. The Taskforce Chairman, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi disclosed that the suspect was nabbed on Costain Bridge in Surulere by the Enforcement and Monitoring patrol team of the Agency during a routine patrol of the area. In his words, "The suspect and three others, presently at large, were nabbed after they jumped down from a commercial bus on Costain Bridge immediately they suspected that a patrol team of the Agency was trailing them right from Ojuelegba". According to CSP Egbeyemi, the task force has received series of complaints from commuters on activities of these criminals using a commercial bus to rob victims of their valuables, prompting officers of the Agency to embark on a regular patrol of every nook and cranny of the State. He stated further that prelim...

      Preparations are in top gear as the Lagos State Government will host President Muhammadu Buhari on an official visit to Lagos on Wednesday, 24th April 2019. During the one-day working visit, a number of State projects will be commissioned including the rehabilitated 10-lane Oshodi - Muritala Muhammed International Airport Road; the 170-Bed ‘Ayinke House’ (Maternity Hospital)) at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) Ikeja; the Lagos State Theatre at Oregun, Ikeja; new 820 Mass Transit Buses and the multi-level Oshodi Transport Interchange along the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway. In order to ensure a free flow of traffic during the visit, the State Ministry of Transportation has notified members of the public, especially motorists, about traffic diversion on some major roads as part of efforts to ensure a hitch-free movement. According to the statement, the Presidential visit will hold between the hours of 9.00am and 3.00pm during which traffic alo...

      During Easter Sunday service at St Mary's Anglican Church Ukpo it was announced that a mandatory levy has been ordered to raise funds for construction of a new secondary school at Akaezi Ukpo then Prince Engr Arthur Eze stood up and cancelled the levy and donated exactly the amount needed for the project. In his speech Ozoigbondu insisted that where there are means the poor s hould not be made to pay levy " ndi be anyi we cannot continue to press the poor to pay levy. Since there are means I cancel all levies to raise funds. Tell me the amount you need and I will give it to you. We must allow the poor especially elderly to enjoy peace" Going further Prince Engr Arthur Eze dolled out a whooping ten million naira for all the elderly in the church. Prince Engr Arthur Eze, also gave out cheques of ten million naira each for all the schools in Ukpo for their 2019 upkeeps. These are aside the total project cost for the construction of the new secondary school at Akaez...

      Some troops of 72 Special Forces (SF) Battalion Makurdi, deployed for internal security operation in Katsina - Ala Local Government Area of Benue State, have averted what could have been a terrible clash between two Tiv clans - Shitile and Ikyora in the early hours of today Monday the 22nd of April 2019. The efforts of the troops was sequel to information received about the planned attack on Katsina - Ala town by Shitile armed bandits. Hence, the 72 SF Battalion troops laid an ambush along the suspected route where they intercepted the armed fighters/attackers. Consequently, there was an exchange of fire between the armed fighters and the soldiers. Five armed militia met their waterloo during the encounter. The following items were recovered: a. 1 x General Purpose Machine Gun b. 2 x AK 47 Rifles c. 198 x 7.62 mm rounds of NATO Ammunition d. 16 x 7.63 mm rounds of Special Ammunition e. 2 x Vehicles f 7 x Motorcycles The Nigerian Army hereby applaud...

     The Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP M.A Adamu NPM, mni has ordered the immediate arrest and prosecution of all persons involved in the unprovoked and gruesome attack on Police officers who were on a legitimate mission to arrest some suspected armed robbers and receivers of a stolen vehicle in a community in Cross River State. The attack which occurred on the 17th April, 2019, at Ogoja Community, was masterminded and executed by one Ikenga, a notorious receiver of stolen property, and his gang members. Four (4) Police officers attached to IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT) unit were seriously and grievously wounded, with deep matchet cuts on their heads and other parts of their bodies. The detectives (the victims of the savage attack) are investigating a case of a stolen Toyota Sienna Bus earlier reported by the Master Chapel Church, a Pentecostal church based in Lagos. The detectives had, after a painstaking investigation, arrested four (4) male suspects - ...

      Senator Shehu Sani is ranting this morning,he took to his facebook page to write two sensitive states. The first statement he wrote '' The nation is still using archaic & rudimentary security strategy to confront Banditry;We can’t use 20th century solutions to a 21st century crime.The use of Drones,interceptors & Satellites navigational equipments is indispensable & the time is now''.Then the second statement he wrote '' The Boyish State Governor’s mouthpiece who is yet to condemn the murder and kidnappings of the tourists & condole the families of the deceased,is quick to attack me & blame the victims for not getting permit.Little wonder he is a zip for their Bodybags mentality''.One more photo below.

       Detectives from Ondo State Police Command are on the trail of a man, who allegedly sold his mother with hunchback to suspected ritualists for seven million naira. Police are also on the trail of the suspected ritualists, who are believed to have targeted the 60 year-old victim, because of her hunchback. The woman identified as Mrs. Rukayat Abodunde, was abducted by two gunmen who came to her home in Ayetoro Street in Ondo town, pretending to have come to buy fish from her, according to  The Nation . The newspaper said the abduction reportedly took place around 10pm, without indicating the actual date of the incident. According to the report, the suspected kidnappers reappeared few days after the abduction of the woman to demand refund from her son, after they discovered that the hunchback was not natural, but caused by an accident. Police believe that the woman had been killed. Police spokesman, Femi Joseph, a Superintendent of Police, confi...

           In an action that broke the old tradition of staying above politics, the Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Rt. Rev. Fr. Stephen Mamza delivered a homily in which he spoke angrily against President Muhammadu Buhari, whom he described as “sleeping on duty as Commander-in-Chief.” This is not a fair comment. There is so much that has changed in the past three to four years in and around Yola, and the Catholic Church in particular that a true assessment would show that but for the Change Administration of President Buhari, things would have continued the way they were, or even get worse. These could not have happened if a Commander-in- Chief was asleep. Bishop Mamza was, and is still a strong member of the Adamawa Peace Initiative, API, composed of religious and community leaders which did the lovely work housing and feeding 400,000 displaced people from Northern Adamawa and Borno States in 2015. The API also did the extraordinary work of easing ...