This is the second fire incident in the last four months, with the first destroying hundreds of shops and property worth billions of Naira
Author: NAN
He said Tsare Teku II was a continuation of an earlier operation it launched in the first quarter of 2016 to tackle incessant attacks on merchant ships.
He said: “Between January 1 and April, pirates and oil thieves carried out 30 attacks on our waterways, which 16 of these attacks were successful.
Describing the act as barbaric, he expressed confidence that with the unanimity of purpose from all forces around the world, the workers and perpetrators of evil acts would not prevail
Former Imo State Governor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, who spoke to journalists in his Okohia country home on Saturday, alleged that some persons were compromised
Nigerians are under no illusion as to the enormity of the task of providing security to lives and property as well the need to re-awaken the consciousness of its citizenry on the general dangers associated with crime and criminality and the need to find lasting solution the protracted problems of kidnappings, cultism, armed robberies and terrorism
A statement by the spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, Dolapo Badmos, said members of the public alerted the police that some group of people suspected to be militants have invaded the community through the waterways, shooting sporadically
The DG, who decried the rise in piracy activities in the early part of this year, called for strategic initiatives and synergy among stakeholders to arrest the trend
In the central province of Henan, 15 people were killed and eight were missing after thunderstorms and strong winds forced 72,000 people from their homes and damaged 18,000 houses,
Altogether, about 8.6 million people have been affected by the flooding, according state media and local government reports
According to the statement, just less than 24 hours after the threat, the INEC office in Senator Abe’s South-East Senatorial District Headquarters, Bori, was burnt down.
NAN reports that some national dailies reported that Buhari had ordered the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to re-open investigations into the killing of Ige and Dikibo
In a statement on Saturday in Lagos, by its Coordinator, Ebipade Clement, and made available to The Eagle Online, the group taunted Tompolo over his letter to Buhari on how doctors amputated the leg of his father allegedly brutalized and arrest of his associates by the military, saying that Tompolo should also be faithful to recall how his past actions and militancy activities may have affected others or resulted to lost of innocent lives
It is no longer news that whereas the Certificate of Return issued to Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu bears two dates- 11th & 25th April, 2015, that of Dr Uche Ogah bears only one date- 11th April, 2015. However, it is a fact within the knowledge of Nigerians and the international community that the gubernatorial election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abia State on the 11th day of April, 2015 was declared inconclusive
The group, in the letter dated July 19, 2016, is specifically faulting the action of the Minister of Education in trampling on the autonomy of universities to self-regulate
On 21st July, 2016, one Jones ABIRI aka General Akotebe DARIKORO was arrested by this Service in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. DARIKORO is the leader of the Joint Revolutionary Council of the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF), which has been furthering separatist tendencies in connivance with other criminal gangs in the Niger Delta region. DARIKORO, who operates under the nom-de-guerre “General-Kill and Bury”, has confessed and owned up to some criminal activities committed by the JNDLF, which include
Speaking at the separate events, the State Deputy Governor, Barrister Kingsley Otuaro, while presenting the symbols of authority to the monarchs, urged the rulers to use their good offices to promote peace and rapid socioeconomic development in their various domains.
Otuaro said: “As the custodian of the tradition of your people, it is important that you do not, in words or action, give any cause to your subjects to doubt your ability to uphold the sanctity of their customs.
A statement by the Nigerian Army on Saturday said although the officers and soldiers are in stable condition, they have been moved to the medical facilities of the Army for care
“We still have a long way to go because out of 100 per cent, only 53 per cent were enrolled and the remaining 47 per cent are not in schools.”
In the health sector presentations made by Alex Bako, the State’s Immunization Officer, 95 per cent success was recorded in terms of outbreak response immunization
Ramota said the family decided not to make the ransom public since then for security reasons, as they thought they could resolve it internally.
She said the family had negotiated with the abductors to pay N40 million, which was not available, but had contacted the state government to augment so that he would be released
Umar, a retired Air Force officer, was a member of the presidential team investigating the arms deal in the country.
Trial judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, said he was minded to grant the defendant bail because the prosecution had failed to show that he would jump bail
“Own troops destroyed Boko Haram camps and captured a gun truck mounted with an Anti-Aircraft gun, an RPG tube, a Light Machine Gun, three AK-47 rifles and other logistic items of the terrorists