Today, life is much better in Emotiti’s village. Following a recent intervention by the Niger Delta Development Commission, children in Emotiti’s village no longer trek to the river every morning for bathing or washing. Thanks to a solar-powered water project executed by NDDC
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Abdullahi said: “We have already deployed 100 to Dikwa and we are preparing 30 for Munguno, while 20 of our men were drafted to Nganzai Local Government Area
He said: “We have decided to auction the commodities to members of the public, while the money would be remitted to the Federal Government account
Ayinla said the tanker, marked FST 309 XR, was caught by the officers of the command while discharging the 11,000 litres of PMS at Satabest filling station, located along Ijoka Road, Akure
The Commandant of the corps, Ibrahim Abdullahi, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri on Sunday
The state NSCDC Commandant, Ibrahim Abdullahi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri on Sunday.
According to Abdullahi, the command has observed that some black marketers are using golf cars to convey fuel, which is later discharged into gallons
He said the intensified patrols by the command had led to the arrest of an ex-militant leader and his gang, whom he said were being prosecuted
Oaken said: “We received information from our Lagos State Command when we started seeing some online publications alleging that a female Civil Defence officer shot dead somebody in Lagos
It would be recalled that the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director if the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, had last week solicited the help of the NSCDC in curbing the sale of petrol by black marketers and untoward behaviour by petrol station owners
Abdullahi said the command had so far recorded 10 complaints of food theft by residents of Jidari Polo Area in the state capital.
He said the command had arrested two culprits aged 25.
The statement said Gana made the disclosure while responding to comments made by Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on the need to replace officers and men of the corps who lost their lives on various assignments in the North East
He explained that apart from the vandals prosecuted, the corps also arrested and transferred 32 cases of misconduct to other relevant sister agencies for prosecution, while it mediated in 108 civil cases
He said: “Why we must stop their activities is the fact that we do not even know where they are taking these jerry cans of petrol to.
“Some of these people can be hiding under the trade and be supplying Boko Haram.
“So, we will like to advice our contractors in all the nine states covered by the NDDC to know that the searchlight is going to beam on them from all quarters, not just from the commission
Dambazau said the security agents would not only monitor illegal miners but also fish out their sponsors to achieve the diversification plan of President Muhammadu Buhari from crude to solid minerals
The suspect is alleged to have collected N300 each from the 9,000 IDPs currently taking refuge in different camps in Maiduguri.
The IDPs were people dislocated by the Boko Haram terrorists.
Folarin said: “It is true one of our officers attached to the Ooni’s palace was shot dead by some unidentified persons in front of a private residence of the Ooni.
“What we are doing is to check the borders and ensure that no one will takes advantage of their porous nature to import arms and hand them over to the wrong hands,” he said
The NSCDC boss said he was at the Commission to congratulate Magu on his well deserved appointment as the nation’s anti-graft czar and to wish him well
Bunu that the tankers were impounded on Saturday at an undisclosed location within the state, adding that the product was meant for Abuja, Jos and Kano, but was allegedly diverted to Kaduna