Author: Vera
President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to reconstitute the Board of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in other to eliminate politicization of the interventionist agency. Delta State Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, who made the appeal on thursday, said, instability in the commission’s board has contributed to the systemic institutional failure of the agency. Governor Okowa who is the chairman south-south Governors forum made the appeal in Asaba at the launch of a book “Resource Dependence Violent Conflict and Economic Development in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria”, written by Dr Micheal Tidi, Chairman Warri South Local Government Council. The…
The General Manager of Lagos State traffic management (LASTMA), Engr. Olajide Oduyoye, has returned N52,000 collected illegally from a motorist by one police officer in Lagos The LASTMA Boss, Engr. Olajide Oduyoye who revealed this in a statement on Monday said, “On Monday, I investigated a case of extortion involving a lady whose vehicle was arrested wrongfully when a police squad attached to the LASTMA Enforcement Unit went to enforce the law on one-way driving without LASTMA personnel. “While making arrests, this innocent motorist was also picked up and her vehicle brought to the headquarters. The vehicle was not booked…
As part of his yuletide plans to enhance safe, secure environment for all Anambra citizens and to ensure a peaceful Christmas and new year celebrations in the State, the Commissioner of Police (CP) John B.Abang has directed all Area Commanders, DPOS ,PMF and other striking units in the State to intensify raids on black spots and criminal hideouts. The CP also directed them to sustain the ongoing stop and search/ tactical operation duties and night patrols in order to deny miscreants and criminal elements the opportunity to operate within the State. The CP further directed the Department of Operations to…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he had no quarrel with the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams. The former president said he had refused to grant Adams’ request to visit him when he was president and after he left the office. Obasanjo said he had a reservation for Adams’ past way of life, which he said, was not in accordance with his standards and principles. Obasanjo said his meeting with Adams at the residence of a chieftain of Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, in Lekki was not on a reconciliatory mission. Obasanjo in a statement by his Special Assistant on…
Delta state governor Ifeanyi Okowa has felicitated with foremost lawyer and Owelle of Ogwashi-Uku, Chief George Uwechue, SAN as he celebrated his 82nd birthday. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, the governor extolled the octogenarian for his sterling contributions and accomplishments in the legal profession. He said that as a senior lawyer, former member of the House of Representatives and a former Chairman of the Body of Benchers, Chief Uwechue had contributed immensely to the growth and development of the legal profession in the country, having been called to the Bar in 1966. “As…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the director-general of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli. This was contained in a statement on Monday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. The President also appointed Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim as the new DG of the agency. The statement titled, ‘President Buhari Appoints Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim As Director-General, NAPTIP’. Ireads, “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim as the new Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). “A holder of BSc (Sociology), Masters…
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has vowed to check brands faking in order to grow the economy of the nation and also protect brand owners. The organization believes by doing so, local industries doing the right thing would be assisted to grow their businesses, accrue more revenue, employ more workers as well as export their products. SON also said it would be all out to check the nefarious activities of the product counterfeiters via effective collaboration and enforcement. According to the Director General, SON, Mallam Farouk Salim, product cloning short-changes brand owners and the consumers of their hard earned…
National President, Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) Tony Nwabunike has been honoured with the “Freight Forwarder of the Decade Award’ at the 2020 edition of the Shipping World Magazine Achievers Awards. Nwabunike’s emergence for the award followed massive and overwhelming stakeholders’ votes against other nominees, which was in recognition of his versatility in the business of freight forwarding with over 27 years of progressive experience in Nigeria’s maritime industry. Speaking with Journalists on the significance of the award to him, he noted that being crowned the most outstanding freight forwarder in the last 10 years was a huge…
Cross River State Command has confirmed the murder of an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Egbe Edum, by gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday in Calabar. Edum before his murder was the Borno State Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP). Addressing journalists in Calabar, the police spokesperson, Irene Ugbe, said the ACP came to Calabar to see his family after being away for a very long time before the ugly event occurred. The police spokesperson stated that, Edum was attacked while he was waiting for his wife to pick him up after his car broke down along the Murtala Mohammed Highway…
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu has frowned at the lackadaisical attitude of banks and financial institutions in Lagos State to the security of bank facilities and cash in transit. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi disclosed this in a press release issued on Thursday, December 3, 2020. The statement said, the Commissioner of Police,at a meeting held on Tuesday, December 1,2020, with Banks and Cash In Transit officials, at the conference hall of the police command, GRA, Ikeja, kicked against conspiracy, security lapses and unprofessionalism suspected to have been exhibited by banks and CIT officials in…