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Point News247 reports that Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has confirmed the appointment of CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, as the 25th indigenous Force Public Relations Officer. The confirmation was disclosed in a press release signed by the Admin Officer of the Force Public Relations Department,SP ANJUGURI JESSE MANZAH. CSP Adejobi was appointed in acting capacity on 16th February, 2022 after taking over from CP Frank Mba who was nominated by the Inspector-General of Police for the Senior Executive Course at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos. BACKGROUND: Adejobi studied Archeology and Geography (Combined…

The Customs Area Controller of Tincan Island Command, Comptroller Kunle Oloyede has stated that his three points agenda as the Controller. of the command are; discipline, increase in revenue and trade facilitation. The Controller stated.this recently when the executives of the Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria (AMJON) paid a courtesy visit to the controller in his Tincan office. Speaking to the group of journalists on his resumption at the command, he said he was given a daily target of N2.5 billion from the N1.5 billion that it used to be before his taking over at the command about six…

President Muhammadu Buhari and all other political leaders have been urged to wake up from their slumber and nip in the bud the incessant killing of innocent NigerIans. A presidential aspirant under Accord party, Prof. Christopher Imumolen gave the charge Wednesday while briefing journalists in Lagos. Prof. Imumolen stated that,a war has been declared on the Nation, attributing the cause of the continuous attack on Nigeria to lackadaisical attitude of the leaders. He stated that,” I begin to ask myself how did we get to this situation and it is as a result of the lackadaisical attitude of the leaders…

Lekki Concession Company Limited (LCC) has announced its formal return to tolling operations at the Ikoyi Link Bridge Toll Plaza. Managing director and chief executive officer of the company, Yomi Omomuwasan who made this known Friday in a press release available to pointnews stated that while they return formally Friday,April 1st,2022, no toll payment will be paid until April 16,2022. The release states, “Following months of engagement with key stakeholders within Eti-Osa /Lekki-Epe area, Lekki Concession Company Limited (LCC) hereby officially announces the formal return to tolling operations on Friday, 1st April, 2022 at the Ikoyi Link Bridge Toll Plaza.…

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali has been commended for the professional role played in the leadership crises facing the Association of National Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) and for ordering the immediate reopening of the secretariat. ANLCA president,Hon. Iju Tony Nwabunike gave the commendation in a press statement made available to pointnews on tuesday in Lagos. While Nwabunikethanked the IGP for not being biased in the matter affecting the Association,he pointed out that,”The IGP’s fairness and commitment to peace in ANLCA has been very instructive right from his days as AIG Maritime. The president also opined that, his…

According to a UNICEF/WHO special report focused on Africa, launched today at the World Water Forum in Dakar, Senegal, achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets on water, sanitation and hygiene in Africa will require a dramatic acceleration in the current rates of progress. Point News247 reports that the special report is seeking urgent action to be taken on a continent where water scarcity and weak sanitation and hygiene services can threaten peace and development. Between 2000 and 2020, Africa’s population increased from 800 million to 1.3 billion people. About 500 million people gained access to basic drinking water and…

The Mbonu23 Campaign Organization, an organization backing presidential hopeful, rising political star, and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential contender Okey Samuel Mbonu, has opened its National Campaign Headquarters in Abuja. Point News247 reports that this was contained in a Media Statement signed by Campaign Spokesperson, Charles Adeyinka. The organization says it will be opening six (6) more regional offices, across the six regions of Nigeria, and two (2) international offices in Washington, DC and London, UK, for Diaspora engagement; thus signaling that the Mbonu 23 Organization, plans to make the 2023 presidential elections a global campaign for the heart and…

Point News247 reports that aYaba Magistrates’ court sitting in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria has ordered that a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Nice Omininikoron, be remanded for 30 days at the Ikoyi custodial centre for the alleged murder of Oluwabamise Ayanwole. Bamise, a 22-year-old Fashion Designer, went missing after boarding a Lagos BRT vehicle and her corpse was later found with some body parts allegedly missing. The court ordered that Omininikoron, the BRT driver, be remanded following an application by the police on Friday. This is a developing story…

Point News247 reports that the Lagos State Government has suspended the operations of the National Union of Road Transport Workers Union (NURTW) from the State’s parks.Gatekeepers News reports that this suspension follows the recent claims and counterclaims over the control of the union. The Commissioner of Information & Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso who announced the suspension in a statement said that “The Government has a duty to ensure the safety of lives and property of all Lagosians and visitors.” The statement read, “… there is an urgent need to douse the unnecessary tension generated by the leadership tussle in the NURTW…

Point News247 reports that a 13-year-old girl was brutally gang raped in Lagos State, south west Nigeria. A medical doctor, Mistura Shogunle, on Wednesday, narrated how a 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by seven men in her neighbourhood. Shogunle testified before the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court at the trial of a 20-year-old fashion designer, Rasheed Fashola. Fashola who is being charged for conspiracy and defilement of a child had pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge. Led in evidence by the state counsel, Olasunbo Abiodun-Muniru, Doctor Shogunle, working at the Mirabel Centre (a sexual assault referral centre),…