Day: December 7, 2023

CP FCT refutes news on alleged Kidnapping in Maitama,Asokoro. …. says it’s mischievous, false and misleading

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The Commissioner of Police FCT Police Command, CP Haruna G. Garba has called on residents of the Federal Capital Territory to disregard the news making the rounds on social media alleging that there have been several kidnapping incidents in Maitama and Asokoro District, said the post is false and misleading. “This post is intended to create panjc and apprehension in the minds of the people”he said. The FCT Police Command assured members of the public of their safety and security as the Command has emplaced working strategies to safeguard life…

CRUDE OIL THEFT: Nigerian Navy arrests Motor Tanker Vinnalaris 1 Lagos

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The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base, (FOB) Igbokoda in Ondo on Wednesday 6 December 2023 at about 10:00pm detected and arrested in the early hours of Thursday 7 December 2023 at about 3.00am, a 77-meter-long Motor Tanker (MT) VINNALARIS 1 LAGOS.   The vessel had 17 crew members onboard at the time of arrest was caught engaging in illegal siphoning of crude oil from one of the well heads at EBESAN oil field about 7 nautical miles off the coast of Awoye riverine community in Ilaje Local Government Area of…

ZAMFARA NYSC secures release of another two abducted Prospective Corps Members

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The National Youth Service Corps has again secured the release of two females among the abducted Prospective Corps Members who were kidnapped in Zamfara on their way to the Orientation Camp in Sokoto.   It would be recalled that the Nigerian Army recently secured the release of a male and a female abductee, while efforts a were on-going to ensure the safe release of the remaining four Prospective Corps Members.   Meanwhile,the NYSC Director General, Brigadier General YD Ahmed has reassured Members of the public, especially the parents of the…

DG advises Corps Members to be Diligent, avoid shortcut to success,

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The NYSC Director General, Brigadier General Yushau Dogara Ahmed has urged Corps Members to be diligent at work and exercise patient in climbing the ladder of success.   The DG gave this advice in his address to the 2023 Batch ‘C’ Stream Two Corps Members when he visited the Nasarawa State Orientation Camp in Magaji Dan Yamusa, Keffi.   He charged them to avoid get-rich-quick syndrome and other acts of social vices that may have negative effects on their future.   General Ahmed also urged the Corps Members to serve…

It’ll cost $2bn to lay fibre cables across Nigeria — Minister

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The Minister of Communications, Innovations and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani has said that laying fibre cables across Nigeria will cost $2bn.   Bosun who revealed this while appearing on a Channels Television program on Tuesday, December 5, also disclosed that the Fifth-Generation (5G) network, exists in Nigeria.   He also said that the infrastructure that supported the advanced technology is not everywhere in the country.   The minister said, “The infrastructure that drives 5G is not something that is across the nation. So, if you are subscribed to 5G and…

How ritualists killed 18-yr-old OAU student, sold off body parts in Ogun

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Ogun State police command has given details of how an 18 year old undergraduate students at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile–Ife, who was assumed missing, was killed and his head, two wrists harvested and sold for N100,000 to organ traders.   The victim, Mr Quadri Salami was reportedly last seen on November 8, 2023 by the family.   After several attempts to know his whereabout failed, his father lodged a missing person complain at the Kemta Divisional Police Headquarters on November 14.   Meanwhile, after weeks of careful investigation, detectives…

NJC elevates 11 Justices to fill Supreme Court vacancies (Full List)

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The National Judicial Council (NJC) has cleared 11 Court of Appeal Justices for elevation to the Supreme Court.     NJC’s Director of Information, Soji Oye, said in a press statement on Wednesday, that the council took the decision at its 104th meeting after considering the list of candidates presented by its Interview Committee.   According to Oye, the Wednesday’s meeting of the council, chaired by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, who doubles as NJC’s chairperson, also recommended some heads of courts and other judicial officers for…

Prisoners from foreign countries working at construction sites in Nigeria – Oshiomole

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The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Adams Oshiomhole, has raised the alarm that prisoners from foreign countries are working at construction sites in Nigeria.   Oshiomhole spoke on Wednesday, when the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, appeared before the National Assembly Joint Committees on Interior for a budget defence session.   “Your ministry needs to regulate the issuance of the quotas very well as I have it on good authority that prisoners from foreign lands are working in Nigeria as construction workers”, Oshiomhole told the minister.   Oshiomhole,…

Committee of CMDs converge on Annual General Meeting in Abuja, as Pate declares Three Day Program Open

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The University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada UATH has played host to Committee of Chief Medical Directors and Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Hospitals In Nigeria CCMDFTH.   The Chief Medical Director , University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Professor Bissala Ekele who gave the opening remarks at the occasion on Thursday at Sandaralia Hotel, Abuja expressed delight for turning the challenges of Tertiary Hospital located in the FCT playing host to opportunities to showcase its activities.   Ekele who welcomed his colleagues from across the country, stated that their presence…

EFCC presents N76.5b budget proposal to House of Reps

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, presented a budget of N76.586billion (Seventy Six Billion, Five Hundred and Eighty Six Million Naira) as its budget proposal for 2024 to the House of Representatives’ Committee on Financial Crimes.   The proposed budget represents a 53.48% increase over and above the Commission’s 2023 appropriation of N49.901billion (Forty Nine Billion, Nine Hundred and One Million Naira). In the budget estimate, a total sum of N37.074 billion( Thirty Seven Billion, Seventy Four Million Naira) was proposed as personnel cost,…