Saturday, 30 July 2016

Navy bombs Arepo creeks to dislodge pipeline vandals

Navy bombs Arepo creeks to dislodge pipeline vandals

The Nigerian Navy on Thursday began the aerial bombardment of Arepo creeks in Ogun State in an effort to dislodge pipeline vandals who have long been entrenched in the area. Reports indicate that the vandals tried to fight back with General Purpose Machine Guns, GPMG mounted on wooden boats but were overwhelmed. Security sources said that the decision to use aerial bombardment was borne out of the inaccessibility of the creeks by land and sea....
13 inmates escape in Kogi prison jailbreak

13 inmates escape in Kogi prison jailbreak

13 inmates of the Kotonkarfe in Kogi State reportedly escaped in the early hours of Saturday after bringing down the wall of the facility. It is still unclear how the inmates executed the plan but a security source told Vanguard that “It’s as if someone in the prisons did not do his/her job well and the prisoners took advantage of that to make good their escape.” It was learnt that some kidnapping kingpins paraded by the Department of State Services...
Environment Minister jogging with public servants at National Stadium Abuja (Photo)

Environment Minister jogging with public servants at National Stadium Abuja (Photo)

The Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed on Saturday led a team of public servants for the July 2016 Jogging and Exercise at the National Stadium, Abuja. Photo by Esther Agbarakwe. ...
Fear of violence: PDP candidate withdraws from Kano by-election

Fear of violence: PDP candidate withdraws from Kano by-election

The main opposition candidate in the Minjibir by-election, Auwalu Ubale Minjibir of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP withdrew from the race Saturday morning, just hours to the commencement of voting. Minjibir cited the violation of the agreement reached with other critical stakeholders in the election as the reason for his decision. He said that his ambition was not worth the blood of any member of the electorate. "We agreed on a number issues...
Buhari approves Board of Trustees for Ogoni clean up

Buhari approves Board of Trustees for Ogoni clean up

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the Governing Council & Board of Trustees for the Implementation of the Ogoni land Report. ...
Police calls for prosecution of Navy Commander who shot okada rider

Police calls for prosecution of Navy Commander who shot okada rider

The Network on Police Reform in Nigeria, NOPRIN has called for the investigation and prosecution of a naval officer who shot and critically wounded a commercial motorcyclist in Idah, Kogi State. Muhammed Idachaba was shot by Navy Commander Otuh Bassey on July 26 , 2016 after being frog matched for apparently contesting the right of way with the military officer who was driving a Sport Utility Vehicle. In a statement signed by its National Commander,...

Friday, 29 July 2016

FG has paid N63.12b to construction firms - Fashola

FG has paid N63.12b to construction firms - Fashola

According to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, the Federal Government has so far paid 70 construction companies the sum of N63.12bn for works done in the first quarter of 2016. Fashola said on Friday that following the payment, the firms had mobilized back to their  construction sites, and in the process, recalled over 5,000 workers that had hitherto been laid off. He stressed that the budget was an article of...

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