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LAGOS EXPRESSES READINESS TO COMMENCE WORK ON FOURTH MAINLAND BRIDGE ... Engages Relevant Stakeholders in Eti-Osa LCDA As part of efforts towards effective take-off of construction works on the Fourth Mainland Bridge project, the Lagos State Government today engaged relevant stakeholders at the Secretariat of Eti-Osa East Local Council Development Area.  The Stakeholders Engagement, 14th in the series for the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for the project was specifically held for residents of Abraham Adesanya, Ten Families, Oke Ira Nla, and other affected adjoining communities within Eti-Osa East Local Council Development Area.  The Special Adviser to Governor on Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Aramide Adeyoye, said there was a need to always engage the people of the area to give them the opportunity to fully review the project as it affects them and take their feedback on how to make the project better.  Adeyoye, who was represented at the meeting by the Pro...

KDSG Security Update: Thursday 8th December 2022. Troops neutralize nine bandits in fierce battles in Giwa LGA. - Camps cleared, over a dozen women and children rescued.  Troops and Special Forces of the Nigerian Army made further gains in ongoing offensives as they neutralized a total of nine bandits during fierce battles in some locations in Giwa LGA.  It was disclosed in feedback to the Kaduna State Government that the troops cleared a bandit camp at a river line around Rafin Sarki and neutralized five bandits in the vicinity, while many others fled.  In another leg of the fierce encounter, the troops and Special Forces cleared a hideout around Galadimawa forest, where four bandits were engaged and neutralized. More than a dozen kidnapped women and children were rescued by the troops, having been abandoned by their captors.  On clearing the camp, the combat-ready officers and men recovered five locally made firearms, five rounds of ammunition, four cartridges, a r...

Kaduna Teachers To Protest On Monday Over Unpaid Salary The newly recruited secondary teachers by Kaduna state government are set to stage a peaceful protest on Monday 12th December 2022. According to them, the protest is as a result of the seven months salaries they are owed by the state government under Governor Nasiru El-Rufai. Recall that the teachers were handed letters of offer of provisional appointments on 19th July, 2021. According to them, they had to wait until 17th May, 2022 before they were deployed. Since their deployment, the government has not paid them their salaries despite the high cost of living the country is currently facing, they said.  They are calling on all the teachers concerned to converge at the state secretariat, ministry of education on Monday 12th December, 2022 to demand for justice for their unpaid seven months salaries. Over four thousand newly recruited teachers are expected to take part in the protest, they said.   

CP Ammani vows to fish out perpetrators of attack on truck and burning of unspecified number of persons in Enugu _*- Reassures commitment to fish out assailants and emplace adequate security in the area, while dispelling rumours of the truck being loaded with firearms, ammunition and militants*_ The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Ahmed Ammani, fdc, on 08/12/2022, in company of the 82 Division Garrison Commander of the Nigerian Army Enugu, Brig. Gen. M. K. Ibrahim, DCP Olasoji Akinbayo in-charge of Operations, DCP Fidelis Ogarabe in-charge of the State CID Enugu and other Senior Police/Military Officers and the Chairman of Isi-Uzo Local Government Area, Honourable Obiora Obeagu, visited the scene of the attack and burning of a truck and unspecified number of persons, at Umuhu in Eha-Amufu community of the Local Government Area, along Eha-Amufu/Nkalagu Road, for on-the-spot assessment of the incident. 2. The Commissioner, while commiserating with the families of those wh...

ZAMFARA POLICE COMMAND RECORDS ANOTHER BREAKTHROUGH  Arrests Ten (10) Suspects  for  Banditry Related Cases, Repels Bandits Attack,  Recovers Two (2) AK 47 Rifles, Large Quantity of Dried Leaf Suspected To Be Indian Hemp. REPELLED BANDITS ATTACK AT ZURMI AND SHINKAFI LGAs AND RECOVERY OF TWO (2) AK 47 RIFLES, TWO MAGAZINES AND 104 ROUND OF LIVE AMMUNITION On 5th December, 2022 , Police Tactical operatives while on confidence building patrol along Zurmi and Shinkafi LGAs received a distress call about bandits plan to attack some villages of the two LGAs.  The Police operatives mobilized to the locations and engaged the bandits to serious gun battle that lasted for hours. Luckily enough, the bandits were repelled by the superior fire power of the Police operatives, forcing them to retreat back to the forest with possible gun shot wounds. Two AK 47 Rifles and 104 rounds of live ammunition belonging to the bandits were recovered at the scene.  ARREST OF TWO SUS...

‘Transgender’ Bags Two Year Jail Term for Internet Fraud in Makurdi The Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, December 8, 2022, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Oblete Sunday Nazarethe before Justice N. I. Afolabi of the Federal High Court, Lafia, Nasarawa State on one count charge bordering on Internet fraud.  

DBANJ released on self recognizance after ICPC could not find anything incriminating on him. He is clean. It is an embarrassment to the entire country that such a huge allegation of 900m Naira without any evidence, yet made public unconfirmed. The Chairman and entire officers of ICPC must be deeply sad and embarrassed also that their decent organization was used for such a shameful publicity against an innocent man. Only few organizations and persons stood and waited to verify the claims. Nigeria is evil. The Minister that claimed to have instructed ICPC, when she only cashed into already ongoing investigation must now be ready to explain to world. We still demand, provide the details of the government authority he allegedly collaborated with, provide the account and amount allegedly traced to Dbanj’s account. This is to say big thank you to Chief Mike Ozekhome SAN and my Learned Senior Barr. Babs for the leadership. Special thanks to all officers of ICPC for treating Dbanj kindly thro...

ICPC docks NSCDC Official over Alleged N12.2m Employment Scam The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has dragged a Superintendent of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Solomon Ogodo, to the dock over allegations bordering on forgery, employment racketeering and fraud. ICPC, in charge no: CR/503/2022 brought before Honourable Justice M.S. Idris of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, sitting in Jabi, Abuja, accused the defendant of defrauding unsuspecting job seekers to the tune of Twelve Million, Two Hundred Thousand Naira (N12,200,000). In the 5-count charge, the Commission told the Court that the accused person on different occasions hoodwinked members of the public into parting with different sums of money in the guise of securing employments for their relatives in the Nigeria Correctional Services (NCoS). The Court was further informed of how Mr. Ogodo, with the intent to commit fraud, forged offers of provision...

Anambra State Government Presents Certificate of Recognition To The Traditional Ruler Of Umuomaku   ....charges him to use the Throne and unify the Community Today, The Governor of Anambra State Prof Chukwuma Soludo presented a Certificate of Recognition to HRH Igwe Livinus Obinna Ezenwa, Onunekwulu Ora ll of Umuomaku, as the new traditional ruler of Umuomaku Community in Orumba South L.G.A of the State. The Governor in his remarks during the event which took place at Exco Chamber Government House Awka, charged the monarch to use his position to unify the community so as to build and sustain peace in the community and beyond. He also commended the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and community affairs, Hon. Tonycollins Nwabunwanne for his efforts towards ensuring that peace is being restored in the community and other communities in the State. It could be recalled that, after several reconciliatory meeting to end the conflict which rocked the community in the past an...

Immortalise Late Lawmaker, Okafor By Living Out His Legacies- Soludo Charges Family Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has called on the family of the late lawmaker representing Awka Constituency One and Majority leader  the State House of Assembly, Dr. Nnamdi Okafor to immortalise the late lawmaker and live out his legacies. Governor Soludo made the call at St Patrick's Cathedral, Awka, where the funeral mass took place. According to the Governor, immortalising the lawmaker entails carrying out some of the principals that he lived for and transmit same to his children, saying that it is the only way to sustain his legacies in perpetuity. While communicating his condolences to the family, Professor Soludo described Dr. Okafor's demise as a great loss to the entire state and his immediate family in particular. The Governor called on the congregation to take advantage of the State health insurance scheme and conduct regular checks on their health, because the li...

ACTDA Demolishes Illegally Acquired Properties On Proposed Government House, Awka Officials of Awka Capital Territory Development Authority (ACTDA) have demolished and recovered illegally acquired lands and properties within the new Government House, Awka. The officials who were led by its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Ossy Onuko, had officers from the various security agencies, members of the vigilante, among others. Explaining the essence of the exercise, the ACTDA Head of Development Control, Mr. Charles Ekwunife said that the agency had issued more than five warnings to the developers to stop work but none was obeyed. Mr. Ekwunife revealed that the area where they erected the illegal structures was the land meant for the new Government House which he said that construction was seriously ongoing. The ACTDA Head of Development Control warned developers within the Capital Territory to always visit the Agency's office in Awka to ascertain the authenticity of th...

Anambra Chief Judge, Anyachebelu Discharges Five Inmates, Grants Bail To Five Others. Anambra State Chief Judge, Justice Onochie Anyachebelu has discharged five inmates and granted bail to five others at Amawbia Correctional Centre, to mark the end of this year's jail delivery exercise. The cases for which they were detained include murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, burglary, stealing among others. The inmates discharged include Messers Chinedu Nnalue, Ifeanyi Ifekwulugo, Obinna Nwafor, Sunday Matthew and Michael Obiejesi. While those granted bail were Sunday Nwoye from Ebonyi State, Echezona Ugwueze, Uchenna Mgbike, Arinze Kenneth and Chukwuemeka Ozogbo. Delivering judgement after taking submissions from officials of the state Department of Public Prosecution, DPP, Anambra State Ministry of Justice, and a social welfare officer at the facility, Justice Anyachebelu charged judicial officials to be more proactive and responsive in the discharge of their duties, so that no inno...

GOV. ORTOM TO KIDNAPPERS: BENUE WILL NOT TOLERATE YOU Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has sent out a warning to kidnappers operating in the state, stating that he will not relent on the war against their activities. Ortom disclosed this on Thursday following his sympathy visit to his Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Chief Ekpe Ogbu who was recently kidnapped by herdsmen. He said, “We are not going to relent on this war and there is no way we will compromise and allow kidnappers to have their way in this state. “I challenge our people to rise up and not to allow kidnappers in their communities. When you suspect them, don’t hesitate to involve the security agencies so that they will not come back again. “There is no way we can add value to the development of our state when we have kidnappers all over the place terrorising our communities. “There is no way foreigners will come here and invest in our state with challenges like this. There is no way we can do everything o...