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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...

BIG FIRE AS A FUEL TANKER FELL AT THE ENTRANCE OF A FILLING STATION IN IBADAN.(PHOTOS).

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 Fuel Tanker On Fire In Basoroun, Ibadan A loaded fuel tanker fell at the entrance of a filling station in the Basoroun area of Ibadan on Friday and caught fire. According to reports, no lives were lost in the fire, although the crowd had gathered around the blaze. More details later and more photos below.

NICK JONAS AND PRIYANKA CHOPRA WELCOMED A BABY VIA SURROGATE AFTER FOUR YEARS OF MARRIAGE. (PHOTOS).# CONGRATULATIONS.

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Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra welcomed a baby via surrogate after four years of marriage. They both tied the knot in 2018 in a Lavish wedding in India. Nick Jonas shared a picture write up which says " we are overjoyed to confirm that we have welcomed a baby via surrogate. We respectfully ask for privacy during this special time as we focus on our family . Thank you so much". One more photo below  

POLICE ARRESTED 5 POLICE OFFICERS SPOTTED IN A VIRAL VIDEO ASSAULTING A LADY. (PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE

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SGT Jude Ogudu and 4 others spotted in the viral video assaulting a lady have been arrested by the Edo State Police Command. They are currently being held in the detention facilities of the State CID. The case is being investigated by the X-squad unit of the Command. In that viral video he was attacking a lady in black skirt and even short severally on the floor.  More photos below. 

NIGERIAN ARMY WOMEN'S CORPS TAKES IT SENSITISATION VISIT TO 1 DIVISION AND NIGERIAN DEFENCE ACADEMY KADUNA. (PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE.

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NIGERIAN ARMY WOMEN'S CORPS TAKES IT SENSITISATION VISIT TO 1 DIVISION AND NIGERIAN DEFENCE ACADEMY KADUNA In an effort to deepen the understanding and appreciate the efforts of the female troops, their command responsibilities and contributions to national security, the Nigerian Army Women’s Corps (NAWC) embarked on a sensitization visit to 1 Division Nigerian Army and Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna. Delivering the lecture on behalf of the Commander NAWC Colonel DE Adamu, the Chief of Staff NAWC Colonel BS Omoge briefed the female participants on the History of the Corps, Roles and Responsibilities, Deployment of NAWC Personnel as well as the Leadership Opportunities. She then rounded up by emphasizing the need for female soldiers to be confident, discipline and professional in the discharge of their constitutional duties. This is aimed at achieving the mission of the Corps which is “To Administer and Train Professional Female Personnel to Support the NA Operational Engagement...

ABIODUN ALABI APPOINTED AS NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE FOR LAGOS STATE. (PHOTO).#CONGRATULATION.

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  The Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Usman Baba has appointed Abiodun Alabi to take over from Hakeem Odumosu as Lagos State commissioner. CP Alabi is expected to take over the reins as Lagos Police Commissioner on January 24, 2022 to replace Hakeem Olusegun Odumosu who was promoted Assistant Inspector-General of Police last month.

GUNMEN ABDUCT BAYELSA COMMISSIONER FOR TRADE & INVESTMENT,OTOKITO FEDERAL. (PHOTO).

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Gunmen have kidnapped the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Trade and Commence, Mr Otokito Federal Oparminola. According to investigations, Otokito was kidnapped by heavily armed men from his residence at Otuokpoti, Ogbia Local Government Area. Sources said the gunmen invaded the community at about 11pm, Thursday night and fired severally shots to scare people away before they proceeded to Otokito’s residence where he was whisked away to an unknown destination.  

I AM NOT A DRUG KINGPIN- OBI CUBANA. (PHOTO).

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Narrating his experience with the drug enforcement agency, the club owner told blogger, Daddy Freeze, that he felt so low to be linked to drugs. I’ve never felt so low. To me, it is repulsive,” he said. “I was never linked to anything, but they said somebody paid money into my account and I believe that the agency in question is a very responsible one. I know that at the end of the day, they would make their findings public,” the socialite added.  

THERE WON’T BE FANFARE AT MY INAUGURATION, WE WILL NOT WASTE THE STATE’S RESOURCES ON JAMBOREES- SOLUDO. (PHOTO).

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  Anambra State Governor-Elect, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, on Thursday, said that there won’t be fanfare during his inauguration on March 17. He said that funds for such would be used to address more important development issues in the state. Soludo made it clear that he had adopted an open governance model that would guarantee transparency and accountability to Ndi Anambra; insisting that his administration would not waste the state’s resources on jamborees. The former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor said that he would move from the inauguration venue to his office and from there to the slums in Onitsha and environs particularly Okpoko community where he plans to clean up. He said that those who would be appointed into the government must be ready to work as “there is no time to waste”, saying that he was determined to revamp Anambra’s economy and place the state on the global map. “I’ll be heading to Okpoko immediately after the inauguration. I’ll put in eight hours of...

‘‘SEEING IS BELIEVING,’’ PRESIDENT BUHARI THUMBS UP EL-RUFAI AFTER COMMISSIONING PROJECTS IN ZARIA, KADUNA - GARBA SHEHU. (PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.

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‘‘SEEING IS BELIEVING,’’ PRESIDENT BUHARI THUMBS UP EL-RUFAI AFTER COMMISSIONING PROJECTS IN ZARIA, KADUNA   President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday continued the inauguration of projects executed by the Kaduna State Government, with stops at Zaria, heaping encomiums on   Governor Nasir El-Rufai saying, ‘‘I am pleased to be associated with your successes and initiatives.’’   Speaking at the palace of the Emir of Zazzau, Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, the President noted that within the context of scarce resources and prevailing economic reality, the Kaduna State government has done well for the people.   ‘‘As they say in Hausa ‘Gani ya Kori ji’ (seeing is believing),’’ he said.   The President, who is on a four-day official visit to the State, had on Thursday commissioned projects in Kafanchan and Kaduna metropolis in the State.   On Friday in Zaria, the northern senatorial district of Kaduna, the President inaugurated the remodelled Sabon Gari market with 3,400 sho...

GOV. ABIODUN BAGS APC NATIONAL PROGRESSIVE WOMEN AWARD. (PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.

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Abiodun bags APC National Progressive Women award The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun has won the All Progressive Congress (APC) National Progressive Women award for his leadership style and promotion of women inclusion and empowerment in his administration.  The award was presented to the governor by the Vice President of Liberia, Dr. Jewel Taylor at the Gala Nite of the 1st APC National Progressive Women Conference 2022, held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.  The organisers of the two day event, while presenting the governor's award to his wife, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun, who was supported by the deputy governor, Noimot Salako Oyedele and female cabinet members, noted that the governor has been in the forefront of women emancipation and empowerment in the country. They further noted that Ogun is one of the only two states in the country with females as deputy governors. The objectives of APC National Progressive Women Conference according to the body, is "to ind...

EFCC DOCKS MAN FOR ALLEGED N26.6BN INVESTMENT FRAUD IN LAGOS. (PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE.

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The Lagos Zonal Command of the EFCC, on Friday, January 21, 2022, arraigned one Funmi Adenmosun before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on a 10-count charge bordering on conspiracy and money laundering to the tune of N26, 600, 000,000 (Twenty-six Billion Six Hundred Million Naira).  He was arraigned alongside two companies: Home Trust Savings and Loan Limited, and Rare Properties and Development Limited. One more photo below  

WITNESS REVEALS HOW SUSPECT DEPOSITED FAKE €482,000 IN BANK.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.

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The trial of Saidu Abdu Abdullahi, a self-acclaimed Malaysian-trained software engineer, continued today, January 21, 2022, before Justice A.O. Awogboro of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, with the first prosecution witness, PWI, Chuks Igboerika, revealing to the court how the defendant had deposited fake Euro notes to the tune of €482,000 at the Ajah-Lekki branch of Access Bank.  Abdullahi, who was arraigned by the EFCC in November 2021 on a three-count charge bordering on an alleged €482,000 (Four Hundred and Eighty-two Thousand Euros) counterfeit fraud, allegedly deposited the fake Euro notes 93 different times into 58 different accounts at the branch between April and August 2021.   

COURT JAILS INTERNET FRAUDSTER ONE YEAR IN LAGOS. (PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE

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  The Lagos Zonal Command of the EFCC, on Friday, January 21, 2022, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Raji Olasunkanmi to one year imprisonment for possession of fraudulent documents used to perpetrate internet fraud. He was convicted by Justice Mojisola Dada of  the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.  Operatives of the Commission, acting on the intelligence,  had arrested him along with some other suspected internet fraudsters on August 13, 2021 around the Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos. Following further investigation, he was brought to court and charged with one-count amended charge bordering on possession of fraudulent documents. He pleaded "guilty" to the amended charge. 

READ THE INEC CHAIRMAN SPEECH TODAY AT THE FIRST QUARTERLY MEETING WITH MEDIA ORGANISATIONS 2022.(PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE.

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REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE CHAIRMAN, INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC), PROF. MAHMOOD YAKUBU, AT THE FIRST QUARTERLY MEETING WITH MEDIA ORGANISATIONS FOR THE YEAR 2022 HELD AT THE INEC CONFERENCE ROOM, ABUJA, ON FRIDAY 21ST JANUARY 2022   The President Nigeria Union of Journalists Media Executives National Commissioners The Secretary to the Commission The Director General of the Electoral Institute Directors and other Senior Officials of the Commission Members of the INEC Press Corps Ladies and Gentlemen   1.​ I warmly welcome you to our first regular quarterly consultative meeting for this year. On behalf of the Commission, therefore, let me start by wishing you all a happy and blissful New Year.   2.​ On another happy note, let me congratulate our friend and brother, Comrade Chris Isiguzo, on his re-election as President of the Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ) at its 7th Triennial Delegates’ Conference in October last year. We appreciate the existing st...

ANAMBRA STATE GOVT MARKS BUILDING FOR DEMOLITION WITHIN MAIN MARKET, ONITSHA. (PHOTOS).

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  Anambra State Government Marks  Building For Demolition Within Main Market, Onitsha A building under construction within the Main Market, Onitsha has been marked for demolition by government of Anambra State. A joint task force including the Physical Planning Board, Nigerian Army, Nigeria Police, Civil Defence Corps, Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra, among others embarked on the special enforcement operation. ABS gathered that there was no approval from relevant authorities for such building to be cited in a place, originally designated as park for the market. The developers were given one week ultimatum to remove the structure or risk demolition. Executive Chairman of the State Physical Planning Board, Barrister Chike Maduekwe cautioned against building without approval which always defaces the environment. Meanwhile as soon as traders in the premises saw the enforcement team, they rose and started shouting in jubilation, commending Governor Obiano for coming to their ai...

14 NEWLY PROMOTED OFFERS DECORATED BY MURI,AIG POLICE ZONE 13 UKPO,ANAMBRA STATE. (PHOTOS).

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AIG Police Zone 13 Ukpo, Anambra State, Umar Muri, today, 21st January 2022, decorated fourteen officers from the zone who were recently promoted by the Police authority. The officers include CSP Ndidiamaka Alifi Oguamalam, CSP Ibrahim Jauro, CSP Anthony Adeyi and CSP Mbanefo Regina-Jane, all from Anambra State Police Command. Others include  DCP Fidelis Ogarabe, DCP Victor Erivwode, ACP Matthew Ezeh, ACP Princewill Ijeoma, ACP Fidelia Okorie and ACP Ukwa Bernard Amaga, all from Enugu State Command. SP Nkeiruka Nwode, SP Daniel Gamede and SP Gabriel Gamede, all from Police Zone 13 headquarters Ukpo were equally decorated by the AIG at the event. Decorating the Police officers, AIG Muri charged them to continue to ensure that justice is served to the rich and poor, as well as people of all religious persuasions at all times,  and thanked God and the Police authority for the promotion, which he noted, will help in improving the officers' welfare packages. While calling for stric...

EFCC ARRAIGNS CAR DEALER FOR N2M FRAUD IN GOME.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.

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EFCC Arraigns Car Dealer for N2m Fraud in Gombe The Gombe Zonal Command of the EFCC, on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 arraigned a Car dealer, Ahmadu Dauda Jadda, before Justice J.A. Awak of Gombe State High Court on a one count charge of stealing to the tune of N2,000,000.00 ( Two Million Naira) only. Jadda, who deals in used vehicles, was alleged to have approached the complainant to purchase a Volkswagen Sharon bus at N2, 000,000. He offered to pay N1.200, 000 in two weeks and the balance in four equal installments. After taking possession of the vehicle, the defendant only paid N500, 000. And, all efforts by the complainant to recover the balance or his vehicle, failed. Investigation by EFCC revealed that the defendant upon taking possession of the vehicle, promptly sold it and diverted the proceed for personal use.