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PRESS BRIEFING ON THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF NASARAWA STATE POLICE COMMAND, PRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE NASARAWA STATE, CP MAIYAKI MUHAMMED BABA, psc(+), ON DECEMBER 30TH , 2022 AT THE POLICE COMMAND HEADQUARTERS SHENDAM ROAD, LAFIA. Gentlemen of the press, It is with great delight that i welcome you to today’s press briefing for the end of the year, 2022 aimed at showcasing the Command’s activities in executing its mandate of protection of lives and properties, apprehending criminals and maintenance of law and order under my leadership. I wish, to express my profound gratitude to the Inspector-general of Police, IGP. Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, NEAPS, fdc, CFR for finding me worthy of heading this Command as the 27th Commissioner of Police in the State, traditional rulers, sister Security Agencies in the State and Media practitioners, for their continued support and collaboration.  My profound appreciation goes to the Executive Governor of Nasarawa State, His Excellen...

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State was this afternoon received in audience by President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR at State House, Abuja. The duo discussed critical matters bordering on the socioeconomic and infrastructural development of the Gateway State, especially in the area of road infrastructure, where Ogun State has the highest number of federal roads throughout the Federation. Governor Abiodun sought the Federal Government's support on the reconstruction and rehabilitation of federal roads in the State.  The Governor also updated President Buhari on the progress made thus far on the Gateway International Agro-Cargo Airport being constructed by his administration, among other key projects since the President's last visit to the State. More photos below. 

30th December 2022 PRESS RELEASE   RESCUE OF A KIDNAPPED VICTIM, DEATH OF A SUSPECTED KIDNAPPER, AND RECOVERY OF ONE PUMP ACTION GUN AND CARTRIDGES On 28/12/2022  at about 2215hrs, acting on a tip-off that a victim (name withheld) was kidnapped at Ugborikoko, and  the kidnappers were heading toward Agbarho with the victim's car. The DPO Agbarho Division  deployed operatives to the Warri-Ughelli express-way to carry out intensive stop and search with a view to rescuing the victim and arrest of the suspects. While the Police were carrying out this task painstakingly, they intercepted a Mercedez GLK SUV (registration number withheld) that matches the description of the victim’s vehicle. The suspect Oghenetega Ovwa ‘m’ aged 25yrs of Ugborikoko, who was driving the vehicle, was arrested and upon searching the vehicle, one pump action gun with six (6) rounds of cartridges were recovered. During the course of the investigation, the suspect confessed to being a member of the...

ABDUCTED FEMALE OFFICER NOT YET RESCUED, SEARCH EFFORT STILL ONGOING  The attention of the Nigerian Army (NA) has been drawn to some  publications circulating in the social media insinuating the rescue of Lieutenant PP Johnson, a female officer who was abducted on Monday 26 December 2022 while visiting her grandmother in Aku-Okigwe in Imo state, shortly after completion of her Cadet training and subsequent commissioning as a Lieutenant into the Nigerian Army. A video footage of her abduction had emerged in the social media where her abductors claimed her abduction was in line with their fight for Biafra against the Nigerian State. It is instructive that the officer’s circumstance as a woman and a Nigerian citizen of South Eastern extraction did not dissuade her abductors from dehumanizing her in their mindless attempt to commit atrocities under the guise of fighting for Biafra. This evidently is another pointer to the myriads of crimes being unleashed by IPOB/ ESN on Ndigbo, t...

PRESIDENT BUHARI MOURNS SOCCER LEGEND, PELE, SAYS HE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN  President Muhammadu Buhari joins world leaders in expressing grief over the death of Brazilian soccer legend, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pele who died  on Thursday.  The world’s greatest ever football player succumbed to death after suffering a debilitating bout of cancer. He won three World Cups and scored over 1,281 goals, becoming the original football icon in a long career for which he was named the “Player of the Century” in the year 2000.  In a tribute to the football legend on behalf of all Nigerians, President Buhari says, “May he rest in peace. He led a good life and made a huge contribution to the development of global football in particular and world sport in general.  “He had an enormous generousity of spirit and humility despite his greatness as a footballer and sportsman. He also built bridges across nations, races and even religions. He was a UN Ambassador of ...

Happening now; Our very own Amazon honoured and conferred a chieftaincy title in her home town Abba. She's now CHIEF CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE (ODE'LUWA N'ABBA).. Chieftancy title Odeluwa (meaning the writer of the globe)In her hometown Abba in Anambra state, Nigeria.  Congratulations are in order. More photos below. 

University Vice Chancellor dies suddenly in Lagos The Vice-Chancellor of Achievers University, Owo, Professor Samuel Aje, is dead. The Vice-Chancellor was said to have travelled to Lagos for Christmas break last week Friday and passed on in the early hours of Thursday. The cause of Aje’s death who assumed as the institution’s Vice-Chancellor in June 2020, was still unknown at the time of filing this report. Confirming the death, the Head of Media and Protocols of the university, Mr Adebayo Olagunju, said the institution awaits the cause of the VC’s death. He described the sudden death of Prof. Aje as “sad and unfortunate” and said the whole university community was shocked when the news first broke out. “The family would soon issue further details on the incident,” Olagunju stated. A senior lecturer in the school, on condition of anonymity, also said the death of the Vice Chancellor was shocking and devastating. “We were very shocked when we heard the news of his death. There was no si...

PRESS STATEMENT  Prof. Samuel Aje: We’ve Lost An Intellectual Giant, A Trailblazer - Akeredolu  Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, CON, received the devastating news of the death of Vice Chancellor of Achievers University, Owo, Professor Samuel Aje with a heavy heart.  Governor Akeredolu expressed his heartfelt condolences to the immediate family of the late Professor and the management and staff of Achievers University, Owo.  The Governor said the passage of Professor Aje represents an irreparable depletion of intellectual giants whose enviable positive impact in the academia has been inspirational.  According to the Governor, the demise of the Professor prods remarkably nostalgic moments.  Governor Akeredolu recalled that on several occasions, he had cause to hold series of meetings with late Professor Aje during the formative stage of Achievers University when they both served, alongside other eminent personalities, as members of t...

1,955 Police Recruits Pass Out As Constables In Kaduna After six months of rigorous training, 1,955 police recruits passed out as constables from the Kaduna Police College on Wednesday under the 2022 batch of the recruitment scheme of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) which had a total of 10,000 recruits nationwide. The ceremony which took place simultaneously in four Premier Colleges and 12 Police Training Schools across the country, wraps up the six months of highly challenging rigorous, physical, and intellectual training which also signified the transition of the recruits into mainstream professional policing duties with the right orientation to meet emerging security challenges within the dictates of the rule of law. At the ceremony, the inspector-general of police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, who was the reviewing officer said it represented another giant stride of the federal government under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari towards repositioning the Nigeria Police Force (N...

Soludo Opposes Deputy, Lauds Security Agencies For Setting Roadblocks In Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has passed a vote of confidence on security agencies for setting up checkpoints around the state, in contravention of his deputy’s recent stand on road blocks. Deputy Governor Onyekachukwu Ibezim last Saturday confronted soldiers who erected barricades at Amansea, a border town near Enugu State, causing heavy gridlock for Christmas travellers. Mr Ibezim had during the statewide traffic control tour said it was unacceptable to the government that the motoring public would spend a long time and burn petrol on traffic because of artificial gridlock caused by soldiers. But in a statement by Chief Press Secretary Christian Aburime on Wednesday, Governor Soludo said “until the insecurity situation comes down to near zero, we will continue to have the roadblocks in place.” He alleged that criminals wanted the security officers to leave the roads, but his administration would en...

Today, the 30th day of December 2022, the Honourable Attorney-General of Lagos State, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN, appeared at the Yaba Magistrate Court before Her Honour Chief Magistrate C.A. Adedayo for the remand proceedings of ASP Drambi Vandi who was alleged to have murdered Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem which sad event occurred on the 25th of December, 2022 at Ajah Roundabout, Ajah.  In a statement by the Honourable Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, the remand proceeding was filed pursuant to Section 264 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law 2015 (As amended).   The remand request had attached to it one count of Murder contrary to Section 223 of the Criminal Law Ch. C17 Vol. 3 Laws of Lagos State, 2015, an affidavit deposed to by O.R. Saliu (Ms.) an Assistant Director in the Ministry of Justice and the copy of the statement of the Suspect ASP Drambi Vandi.  The Chief Magistrate granted the request of the Honourable Attorney-General ...

"My deep condolences to all of Brazil, and in particular to the family of Edson Arantes do Nascimento. A mere "goodbye" to the eternal King Pelé will never be enough to express the pain that the entire football world is currently embracing. An inspiration to so many millions, a reference yesterday, today and forever. The love you always showed me was reciprocated in every moment we shared even from distance. He will never be forgotten and his memory will live forever in each and every one of us football lovers. Rest in peace King Pelé". Football legend, Pele, is dead  Pele, the Brazil footballing legend and three-time World Cup winner, has died at the age of 82.  Joe Fraga, his agent, broke the news on Thursday evening. One more photo below.