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      Onitsha Fire: Governor Obiano Visits Anambra State Fire Service Command, Assures Of Revamp By Ejike Abana As part of efforts to ascertain why the Onitsha fire couldn't be quelled on time, Governor Willie Obiano visited the Anambra State fire service command headquarters in Awka. The Governor was recieved by the Director of Fire Service in the State, Mr Martin Agbili, Commssioner for Public Utilities and Mr Emeka Ezenwanne. Ater showing the Governor round the premises and some of their equipment, Mr Agbili briefed the Governor that they couldn't arrive the scene on time because of a little failure, explaining that the closest fire fighters who would have made it to the scene, would have been the Onitsha main market unit, but they were unfortunately fighting fire elsewhere. Mr Agbili stressed that even when the fire fighters got to the scene, people were initially chasing them, pointing out that his men managed to escape the scene.More photos below.

        The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has obliterated a Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) meeting venue and neutralized several of their fighters at Ngoske on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno State. The attack was executed today, 18 October 2019, following successive days of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions, which were aimed   at identifying locations housing the BHTs’ leadership as well as their rendezvous positions. Intelligence derived from the ISR missions led to the designation of 2 buildings within Ngoske that served as assembly areas for the terrorists from where they launch attacks against own troops positions and innocent civilians. Accordingly, the ATF detailed its ground attack aircraft to engage the hideout, scoring devastatingly accurate hits which led to the complete destruction of the 2 buildings as well as the neutralization of several terrorists. The NAF, operating in concert with surface forces, will sustain

       Her Excellency, Aisha Buhari(First Lady of Nigetria), who is also the Special Guest of Honour, is to be honoured at the 2019 forthcoming AFRICAN LEADING WOMEN AWARDS ORGANISATION, Awards Gala Night, with AFRICAN EXCEPTIONAL FIRST LADY AWARD, also to be Honoured are H.E. Fatima Bio(First Lady of Sierra Leone), H.E. Maryam Mairo Aminu Waziri Tambulwa(First Lady of Sokoto State), H.E.Rashida Yahaya Bello (First Lady of Kogi State) with many other outstanding African Women Leaders across the Continent  , The event is billed to hold on Friday the 8th November,  the gala night is tagged the GATHERING OF EXTRAORDINARY  AFRICAN WOMEN LEADERS. Venue: Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Abuja,Nigeria. Red Carpet: 6pm Main: 7pm. Enquiries: +2348033468079 Twitter @alwawards .IG @africanleadingwomenawards.

      The Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) has directed the immediate prosecution of four police officers for the alleged extra-judicial killing of late Segun Sholaja and Ogheneovo Ebobo. According to a statement issued by the Ministry, the Commissioner gave the directive sequel to the petition received from the families of late Segun Sholaja and Ogheneovo Ebobo as well as the review and thorough investigation and review alleged extrajudicial killing of the deceased persons by the four police officers, namely Inspector Fabiyi Omomayara, Sergent Olaniyi Solomon, Sergent Solomon Sunday and Constable Aliyu Mukaila of the Nigeria Police Force. It noted that in the course of the investigation initiated by the Office of the Attorney-General fresh evidence came to light indicting the concerned Police Officers. "This necessitated a review of the earlier legal opinion issued and the subsequent directive by Mr. Moyosor

       Owing to the growing rate at which tricycle and motorcycle operators mistake Riders Permit issued in their respective states for the National Drivers License (NDL), the Federal Road Safety Corps has clarified that they are two different documents and permit can never be used in the place of the NDL. According to the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, the NDL is a national security document that embodies drivers info rmation as contained in the national drivers database. All over the world, Drivers License is the only document that gives a trained, qualified and certified driver the right to drive on the road and Nigeria, having successfully acceded to the six United Nations Conventions cannot operate in contrast to global best practice in that regard. The idea behind NDL is to ensure that every driver on the road have their information captured in the database, for the enhancement of security of all road users and for intelligence gathering among the law enforc

      The EFCC, Kano Zonal office has arraigned one Abdullahi Tijjani before Justice O.A Egwuatu of the Federal High Court Kano on a one count charge of giving false information. Tijjani allegedly misled operatives of the EFCC by giving them false information wherein he alleged that a staff of Yankura Branch of Eco Bank Plc unlawfully withdrew the sum of Seven Million, Two Hundred Thousand Naira (N7,200,000) only from his corporate bank account. The matter has been adjourned to November 19, 2019, for commencement of hearing.

     The EFCC, Enugu Zonal Office on Friday October 18, 2019 arrested nine suspected cyber crime fraudsters at Mexmemphis Properties and Apartments, Maryland District, Enugu. The suspects, Precious Ibegbulem, Michael Odishi,Ebuka Kenneth, Akabuke Beluolisa, Chibueze Ezeagwu, Nnamdi Maduekwe, Kingsley Orazulike, Linda Chidera and Uche Nwosu were arrested following an intelligence report about their lifestyle and suspected criminal activities. On the strength of the information, the EFCC raided the home of the suspects and arrested them.More photos below.

      CAPTIONS Pic 1. President Muhammadu Buhari receiving the report of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Drug Abuse from the Chairman of the Committee retired Brig.-Gen Buba Marwa at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday (18/10/2019) Pic 2. From left: President Muhammadu Buhari; First Lady, Dr Aisha Buhari; Wife of the Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo and Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Drug Abuse, retired Brig.-Gen Buba Marwa during the presentation of the report of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Drug Abuse to the President at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday (18/10/2019). PRESS RELEASE: President Muhammadu Buhari says winning the war against drug abuse remains one of the critical elements of the Next Level mandate of this administration. Receiving the report of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Drug Abuse, PACEDA, Friday in the State House, Pres

     It was a Black Wednesday for the people of Anambra state when a very popular market in Onitsha was set ablaze by a fuel tanker.According to a facebook user identified as Aghatise Crux Eseosa who shared two photos from the mortuary where her remains is being taking care of captioned the photos '' And the woman and her son,the victim of yesterday fire outbreak at Onitsha is from Ejighinandu village Awka-Etiti,Umuobi Kindred.Indigene of Awka ,married to Awka-Etiti''. ''.More details later and more photos below.

      I watch Wendy Williams show Monday to Friday so I know what it is for her to get a Star on the Hollywood walk of Fame.Few weeks ago I reported that Wendy will get a star,and the ceremony had come and gone.There are several captions on her social media.'' To all my   #WendyWatchers   - I am eternally grateful for all your love and support. Thank you. I love you for watching! 💜💜💜 . . . Dress:  @dolceandgabbana Hosiery:  @skims Jewelry:  @thecaratlab Sneakers:  @renecaovilla 💄  @merrellhollis 💇🏽‍♀️  @dsantiagobeauty 👠  @willie_thethird  ''.''  My son shine! 💙💙💙⭐️⭐️⭐️  ''.More photos below.

 Nollywood Actress Adunni Ade shared two touching photos of her mother in the hospital yesterday.She captioned the two photos ''  I didn’t wanna post this but I wanna celebrate this Strong Woman. You don’t deserve half of the negativity but you’ve always pulled through and this isn’t different. I wanna celebrate you while you’re still here. I loved you before I met you, I still love you until tomorrow. Not yet mama! My Fighter! ❤️❤️  ''.More photos below.

     INFORMATION: The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has enjoined the Indian Government to support Nigeria's film industry with the technology that will enhance the quality of films produced in the country. “Bollywood is the biggest film industry in the world in terms of quantity, closely followed by Nigeria, but while we are proud of what Nollywood is doing in terms of content, I think we still need to do more in the area of technicality and technology. ” “I want India to avail Nigeria of the opportunity to train not just our budding producers and film directors, cinematographers and the like but probably if India can stretch its hands of friendship to our Film Corporation so that they can be able to improve the technical quality of our films. “I still believe that in the area of content, we have very rich content, very fecund imagination but I think in terms of the quality of the films, we still need to do much more and I don’t think there is