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Point News247 reports that just a few years after the demolition of the large Ojodu Berger market by the Lagos State Government for developmental purposes, a new shopping plaza has been built. The shopping complex which has just been launched, is located opposite the old market and was built to enhance trade and commerce. The new complex named Goshen Land Plaza and built and owned by Pastor (Dr.) Yemi and Mrs. Peju Fajuke, it is a 240-shop facility in the strategic border location of Ojodu Berger, Ojodu LCDA in Lagos state. The grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony was done…

Point News247 reports that the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba is holding a two day Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. In a brief press statement from the Force Public Relations Department and made available to the National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP stated that, “The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc, the host – His Excellency Udom Emmanuel, Executive Governor of Akwa-Ibom State – other guests and participants during the opening ceremony of a 2-day Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers –…

The Edo State Government has warned residents to desist from indiscriminate refuse disposal across the state, noting that improper waste disposal in drainages and water channels may render the huge investment made by the government into flood alleviation ineffective. Point News247 reports that the Project Coordinator, Edo State Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (Edo NEWMAP), Dr. Tom Obaseki, during an inspection of the Ogiso-Osunde flood control site in Ikpoba-Okha local council, expressed displeasure at the huge pile of waste scattered along the newly provided drainage system. Obaseki urged citizens to support the government’s efforts at tackling the problem of…

Point News247 reports that the House of Representatives has called for the declaration of a national emergency on ritual killings across the country. This formed part of the resolutions reached by the lawmakers on a motion of urgent public importance entitled ‘Need to Curb the Rising Trend of Ritual Killings in Nigeria’. Mr Toby Okechukwu, the Minority Leader of the House, moved the motion during Wednesday’s plenary at the lower chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja. The motion comes amid the incessant killing of innocent Nigerians for ritual purposes, with one of the latest being the murder of Sofiat…

Point News247 reports that theEdo state chapter of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN) has urged the State Governor and the nation’s security agents to swing into action and ensure its chairman Alhaji Abdulhamid Baba-Saliu who is popularly known as Baba Petrol, is rescued from the kidnappers’ den. It was earlier reported that the Edo State IPMAN Chairman was kidnapped on Monday at the entrance to his house in Jattu, Etsako West Local Government, Edo State, South-South Nigeria. His driver was shot and killed in the process, while another occupant of the vehicle they were riding in sustained gunshot injuries.…

Point News247 reports that the Federal Government says it had recruited 40, 000 police officers in the past four years, in an effort to re-energize and improve the personnel of the force to tackle increasing security challenges in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed this in his remarks while declaring open a two-day retreat for Senior Police Officers in Uyo, on Tuesday. Buhari, who was represented by the Minister of Police Affairs, Dr Maigari Dingyadi, said the federal government also granted assent to the Nigerian Police Trust Fund Act and carried out an upward review of salaries and allowances of…

Point News247 reports that apathologist, Dr. Sokunle Soyemi, on Tuesday, told an Ikeja Coroner’s Court that the first autopsy performed at Warri, Delta State, on the late Sylvester Oromoni Jnr., a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, was botched. Soyemi said this while testifying for Lagos State Government at an inquest set up to unravel the cause of Oromoni’s death. “Your honour, these are a few of the things he did not do. I will say that he did a botched autopsy. Your honour, this is the cause of the controversy concerning this case,” Soyemi said. He was led in evidence…

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, Tuesday, took swipe at the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN) over his position that the judiciary is held responsible for delays in the trial and delivery of judgements on corruption cases involving politically exposed individuals. Point News247 reports thatCJN, in a statement through his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Ahuraka Yusuf Isah, said that the position of the Chief Law Officer of the country appears to be one-sided. Justice Muhammad said, “The Nigerian judiciary is not here to lay claim to being perfect but when the political…

Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has noted that currently, Nigerians are expressing resentment against what he termed autocrats, mediocre, ethnic champions, incompetent and visionless actors in the country. Point News247 reports that the former military head of state made the remark during a visit by the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Iyorcha Ayu, along with the members of the National Working Committee at his Hilltop Mansion in Minna, Niger State. The former military leader, who read from a prepared speech, explained the need by leaders of the party to cash in on the present…

Point News247 reports that the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO) has commenced a language proficiency training for officers and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to enhance their skills and mastery of the three major indigenous Nigerian languages as a panacea to breaking communication barriers during operations, Intelligence gathering and information sharing amongst others. Declaring the program open, the Comptroller General NSCDC, Ahmed Abubakar Audi, described the language training program as very central and germaine to the corporate existence of the Corps as a grassroot security outfit saddled with the onerous responsibilities of protecting lives and…