FRSC deploys 11,000 Marshalls , 795 vehicles, 283 bikes, 76 ambulances for Easter

The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC has deployed 11,000 road marshalls, 795 vehicles, 283 bikes and 76 ambulances across the country to ensure safety on the roads during the Easter celebrations.

The Head, Media Relations and Strategy of the FRSC, Mr Bisi Kazeem disclosed this in a statement he issued in Abuja on Wednesday.

The statement said that the huge deployment of personnel and equipment will check the misuse of the roads which had in the past, resulted in high incidence of road traffic crashes, especially during festive seasons.

“Nigerians will be once again on the road to visit their homes and loved ones in the spirit of Easter celebration marking the death and resurrection of Christ.

“It is in a bid to arrive at their destinations early that most transporters and private vehicle owners drive recklessly and overtake wrongfully, thereby, undermining their safe arrival.

“In a bid to make more money, most transporters resort to overloading and the resultant effect is crashes which in turn lead to loss of lives and property.

“The Corps Marshal’s vision is to increase Traffic Management of the Corps to ensure smooth travels before, during, and after the festive season to minimise the occurrence of road crashes," the statement said.

The statement further said that the commission would check all cases of wrongful overtaking, overloading, reckless driving and dangerous driving.

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Two businessmen get N200,000 bail for receiving stolen laptop.

A Grade 1 Area Court in Lugbe, Abuja on Wednesday heard how two businessmen, Musa Yahaya, 35 and Olasogba Olawale, 38 received a stolen laptop computer from a burglary suspect.

The accused persons, both businessmen and residents of Federal Housing Authority, FHA Lugbe, Abuja, are standing trial for receiving stolen property in contravention of Section 317 of the Penal Code.

The Prosecutor, Miss Vivian Oporomo, had told the court that one Abdulakez Alabi of Piwoyi Village Lugbe, reported a case of stolen laptop bag at Lugbe Police Station on March 14, 2016.

She said that one Favour Oyiekon broke into the complainant's house on the same date and stole a laptop bag containing N175,000 cash and a laptop computer worth N90,000.

Oporomo said that Oyiekon was apprehended and upon interrogation, confessed that he sold the stolen laptop computer to the accused persons for N5000.

The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge and were granted bail by the presiding judge, Mr Garba Ogbede in the sum of N100,000 and one surety each in like sum.

He ordered that the sureties must have reasonable means of livelihood and  reside within the jurisdiction of the court.

He adjourned the matter till April 5, 2016.

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Photos of disgruntled Arik Air passengers

See photos of disgruntled Arik Air passengers bemoaning their lot at the airport.

They say it happens a lot these days. Hope Arik management arrests the situation before it translates to something more ugly.

“They are a very incompetent bunch in that Arik Air. I cannot believe that they have a serious managerial team. Most of their employees seem disgruntled, incompetent and unhappy. They usually transfer their aggression to the customers and its a lose-lose situation for everyone," a passenger told The Herald.

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At last, Senate passes 2016 budget

After many weeks of delays and uncertainties which included disappearance and padding of the budget, the Senate has passed the 2016 Appropriation Bill into law.

The upper chamber of the National Assembly communicated the development in a series of tweets on Thursday.

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The #Budget2016 is hereby passed.
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Senate President @bukolasaraki puts the question and Senate adjourns to 2pm today.
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"We have tried to reduce the size of the budget towards getting a sustainable
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The Senate will do its part in oversight and amend laws such as the public procurement act"- Senate President @bukolaSaraki
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'We noted the initial hiccups of the #Budget2016 and believe the 2017 process will be better"- Senate President @bukolasaraki
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Senate President @bukolasaraki says its now left to the executive arm to implement.
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Senate President @bukolasaraki appreciates all Senators for their statesmanlike behaviour towards passing the #Budget2016

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See what soldiers recovered from Boko Haram in a recent operation... lol

Nigerian troops have been conducting clearing operations to mop up remnants of Boko Haram terrorists in the Northeast.

In one of the latest operations covering Abukarti, Baradili, Borgozo, Gaijaribul Abukar, kolomi, Marguba, Umarumi and Yasori areas, one of the recovered items was a dead cow.

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Troops gun down 58 Boko Haram terrorists in Borno

The Defence Headquarters on Wednesday announced that Nigerian troops killed 58 Boko Haram fighters in an operation at Musari village in Borno State.

The Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar said that 2 hand grenades and 52 motorcycles were recovered in the operation from the insurgents.

@DefenceInfoNG#Troopskilled 58 terrorist & recovered 2 hand grenades, 52 motorcycles, at Musari village.@RabeAbubakarDDIpic.twitter.com/Kp9OmYfgRE

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FG to pump in N350b to check economic recession

The Federal Government is set to pump in not less than N350b in the coming months to stabilize the wobbling economy.

This was disclosed by Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun at the end of a two day retreat for the thirty six state governors and members of the National Economic Council.

She said that the money would help to offset debts owed local contractors most of which have laid off their workers.

She added that state governors were advised to reduce the number of political appointees and aides as a means of reducing cost of governance.

“We deliberated extensively on the drop in revenue, particularly as to how it affects the state governments and their ability to pay salaries and obligations. The general resolve of the house and consensus was that there was need to bring in more cost efficiency in their operations.

“In particular, to look at the setting up of the efficiency unit within the state governments, to rationalise expenditure and, of course, to increase IGR. To that end, there was a need to generate data because data is the basis of any revenue collecting efforts.

“The federal and state inland revenue services collaborate to do joint audits to invest in revenue, relevant technology and efforts to improve collection. There is a need to develop incentives for both federal and state revenue generating agencies to ensure that there is an alignment of interest.

“There is a focus at state level on property and consumption taxes to help in improving revenue in a fair manner. Tax payer education must be intensified and to expand the tax base and ensure that there is a buy-in in the revenue collection agencies from the populace.

“State governors were encouraged, where possible, to rationalize numbers of commissioners and general political appointees and, in addition, cost control measures to be identified and implemented on an on-going basis and there was a sharing of best practices from a number of states that could be applied elsewhere.

“From the Federal Ministry of Finance in anticipation of the approval of the budget, we have virtually lined up about N350 billion which we would be pumping into the Nigerian economy in the forth coming months. We explained our rationale and the processes that we have put in place, safe guards to ensure that this money actually achieves the desired objective which is to stimulate the economy,” she said.

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