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PRESS RELEASE  CSR REPORTERS Set for 2021 Edition of its Annual Philanthropic Organizations' Awards The stage is set for the 2021 edition of CSR REPORTERS philanthropic award. According to Eche Munonye, Publisher and Editor-In-Chief of the publication: “The purpose of CSR Reporters Philanthropic Award is to recognize, appreciate and celebrate the organizations that are in the forefront of the laudable culture of giving back to the society in the year under review and its objective is to encourage and motivate others to join in.”  the theme of this year’s award is ‘CELEBRATING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY FRONTRUNNERS’ He further explained that as a news platform that primarily shines the spotlight on those organizations and well-meaning individuals who are at the forefront of the laudable culture of giving back to the society, they thought it wise to celebrate those who do not just focus on profit, but are committed to building a just and equitable society. 'As we ...

Five persons have been crushed to death in a fatal accident along Tombia-Amassoma road, leading to the newly opened Bayelsa State Airport. The accident which happened on Thursday evening, August 19, was said to have involved a Venza car and two tricycles heading towards Amassoma community. According to an eyewitness, Mr Stephen Jones, the driver of the Venza lost the control as a result of the downpour and rammed into two oncoming tricycles, leading to the death of five passengers with others injured. He said that men of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) had evacuated the corpses and deposited them at a mortuary in Yenagoa, while the injured persons were taken to hospital for treatment. However, an official of the Bayelsa State Command of the FRSC, who did not want his name mentioned, said the accident occurred due to speeding by the Venza driver. "The driver lost control and rammed into the tricycles,” he told Daily Trust The Tombia-Amassoma road is said to have witnessed heav...

The Lagos State Police Command has again arrested two male suspects, Desmond Ikechukwu Okafor (21) and Egwuonwu Gift Iyke (34) who allegedly conspired together and kidnapped an 8-year-old child, Daniel Chukwudi, on 11th July, 2021. A statement released on Saturday August 21 by the spokesperson of the state police command, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, says the kidnap was planned and executed by the victim's neighbour, Desmond Okechukwu Okorafor who, using his unhindered access to the family, lured the victim from his parents' home at Aboru, Ipaja, and adopted him to Ajangbadi area of Lagos where he was kept in custody for six days before he was rescued.  ''Twenty -four hours after the evil act, the suspects reached out to the victim's parents and demanded 2.5m Naira ransom as a condition for his release from captivity or else he would be killed.  Following report by the distraught parents, operatives of the State Intelligence Bureau began a painstaking, diligent investiga...

The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) on Saturday, 14th August, 2021, honoured  Dr. Iyke Kanu with a Special Recognition Award during their 2021 Annual FCT Nurses Week/Scientific Workshop help inside the auspicious Abuja International Conference Centre. NANNM weeklong workshop with the theme: A Voice to lead, a vision for future Healthcare, came to a crescendo with the award dinner under the chairmanship of Comrade Ayuba Wabba mni, the Nigeria Labour Congress and ITUC Global President who was ably represented by Comrade Olusegun Rotimi, while the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha was the Special Guest of Honour. NANNM is the umbrella body for all the registered nurses and midwives across the country. During her speech, the President of NANNM, Comrade Deborah Yusuf, noted that Dr. Kanu is being honoured as an accomplished businessman and a professional who has made significant contributions and outstanding achievement to support, ...

Wanted drug dealer caught in church as another excretes 68 wraps of heroin at Lagos airport . In strings of operations, NDLEA seizes 2,504.8kg of narcotics in Edo, Ondo, Kaduna, Kano, Kogi A major drug dealer wanted for attempting to export 69.65kilograms of cocaine, heroin and cannabis to the United Kingdom through the NAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, has been arrested at a church in Ojodu, Ikeja area of Lagos state. Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, had traced the wanted drug dealer, Stephen Afam Ikeanyionwu, on Sunday 15th August, 2021, to a popular pentecostal church at Mike Ajari street, Ojodu Berger, where they arrested him soon after he stepped out of the church service. His arrest followed the interception of a consignment of illicit drugs weighing 69.65kg going to the UK through the Lagos airport on Thursday, 12th August, 2021. The illegal baggage had been sent to the airport for export through a freight...

PMB attends Luncheon in Honour of Yusuf and Zahra Buhari to conclude their Wedding Ceremony in Abuja on 22nd Aug 2021.More photos below.

In reply, please quote,  Ref No. CZ.5300/FPRD/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.4/35           Date: 22nd August, 2021 The Director of News   ……………………………. PRESS RELEASE VIOLENT ATTACKS IN THE SOUTH-EAST: POLICE ARREST MILITANTS’ SPY GIRL    Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, working with the Military and other security forces, have arrested one 22-year-old female suspect, Gloria Okolie, for her complicity in the series of deliberate and well-coordinated attacks on security formations, other critical national infrastructure including INEC offices and killing of security operatives in the South-Eastern part of the country. The suspect, a native of Umutanza in Imo State, was arrested following ongoing investigations and implementation of special operation, Operation Restore Peace, to amongst other things, break the information, drugs and arms supply chain to the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Networ...

 PRESS RELEASE AN END IN SIGHT FOR NARD STRIKE AS DOCTORS/ FG AGREE ON ALL ISSUES.   A silver lining emerged last night over the three weeks old strike by the Nigerian Association of  Residents Doctors(NARD) at an all-stakeholder meeting, summoned   by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige at the instance of President Muhammadu Buhari.    The meeting which had the most high-powered representation since    negotiations with doctors stretched for 11 hours, ending 1 a.m. Saturday, with all the consolidated 12-point demand by NARD, the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) and other affiliates of NMA   resolved.     In his opening speech , the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige said the President directed him to side step every technicalities and re-commence conciliation, especially  in the background of the alternative dispute resolution window, p...

  Former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo went on his knees to pay homage to the New Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III. If you are 25 or 35 years old and you are a KING, Obasanjo will kneel and bow to you. A man who knows the importance of culture and tradition.

 EYEWITNESS REPORT - A Suspected Armed Fulani Bandit Likita Abubakar Was Arrested in Alushi Junction , Close to NNPC Petrol Station,  Keffi - Akwanga Road Nasarawa State, with multiple Ammunitions. The Suspect was on Motorcycle while A Private Honda accord Car was following the Suspect not knowing that the Fulani Bandit Carry Ammunition's. It was a Case of Accident but the Accident was not that serious. However at the Scene of the Accident, Youths Notice Ammunitions inside a Sack. While the Suspect was trying to Take Off , Youths decide to Arrest the Suspect and later hand him over to the Police and FRSC . More photos below.

Nigerian Army troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI have arrested one Yusuf Saleh, a suspected Boko Haram Urea Fertilizer supplier at Bayamari village in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State. The suspect was nabbed by the vigilant troops following actionable information. A total of thirty eight 50 Kg bags of Urea were recovered from the suspect. Urea fertilizer was banned by Government because of its usage in the manufacturing of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) by terrorists. The suspect is currently helping  investigators with useful information. Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have been commended for their vigilance and swift response in arresting the suspect. They are also encouraged not to allow any form of distraction from the marauding terrorists, whose ranks have suffered acute manpower depletion  as a result of ongoing kinetic and none kinetic operations conducted by troops. Law-abiding people of North-East Nigeria are assured of the...