As part of its corporate social responsibility, a leading online newspaper and television, ABN TV have donated reflective jackets to Abia state police command in efforts to drive effective service delivery in the state especially in enhancing the free flow of traffic.

Receiving the items, the Commissioner of Police Abia State Command, CP E. Ene Okon expressed gratitude to the news medium for the kind gesture.

According to the police chief, for the first time in a long while, he is seeing a media outfit offering support to the police, assuring that the items will be utilized for the overall good of all road users in the state.

CP Okon also commended ABN TV for its fairness and objectivity in news reportage, calling on others to emulate them.

“I have been following ABN TV for some time now. Let me be a bit modest. Their reportage of the activities of this police command is well noted. And I cherish their balanced investigative reports and I take time to read their report about the command. I commend you for that and urge you to keep it up” he said.

He also expressed the readiness of the command under his leadership to reduce criminal activities to the barest minimum and ensure that indigenes and residents sleep with their eyes closed.

In his comment, Director ABN TV, Ifeanyi Okali said the medium will continue to offer the needed support to the command especially in reporting its activities to enable the public to know their efforts in controlling crime in the state.

As part of its corporate social responsibility, a leading online newspaper and television, ABN TV have donated reflective jackets to Abia state police command in efforts to drive effective service delivery in the state especially in enhancing the free flow of traffic.

Receiving the items, the Commissioner of Police Abia State Command, CP E. Ene Okon expressed gratitude to the news medium for the kind gesture.

According to the police chief, for the first time in a long while, he is seeing a media outfit offering support to the police, assuring that the items will be utilized for the overall good of all road users in the state.

CP Okon also commended ABN TV for its fairness and objectivity in news reportage, calling on others to emulate them.

“I have been following ABN TV for some time now. Let me be a bit modest. Their reportage of the activities of this police command is well noted. And I cherish their balanced investigative reports and I take time to read their report about the command. I commend you for that and urge you to keep it up” he said.

He also expressed the readiness of the command under his leadership to reduce criminal activities to the barest minimum and ensure that indigenes and residents sleep with their eyes closed.

In his comment, Director ABN TV, Ifeanyi Okali said the medium will continue to offer the needed support to the command especially in reporting its activities to enable the public to know their efforts in controlling crime in the state.

A mother of four, Mrs Janet Ayoola, lost her 39-year-old marriage to her husband, Olajide Ayoola, for denying him sex for seven years.

An Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Monday granted the request of Janet’s estranged husband, Olajide, for dissolution of the marriage.

The Court’s President, Mr Adeniyi Koledoye, said that since the petitioner insisted on divorce after several interventions, the court was left with no option than to grant him his wish.

“The court hereby pronounces the marriage between Mr Olajide Ayoola and Mrs Janet Ayoola dissolved today. Both of you henceforth cease to be husband and wife.

“Two of you should go on your separate ways unmolested. The court wishes both of you well in your future endeavour,” Koledoye ruled.

He, however, ordered Olajide to pay severance of N200, 000 to Janet for her to move on with her life.

The 70-year-old pensioner had earlier approached the court to terminate his marriage, accusing his wife of starving him of sex.

“Janet who stayed under the same roof with me refused me to make love to her for a good seven years. She will not even allow me to touch her, let alone sleep with her,” the petitioner told the court.

Ayoola said that his wife wanted to terminate his life so as to inherit his property.

“She had attacked me both physically and spiritually,” he said.

The embittered husband said that Janet lacked care for him.

“My wife had to employ some domestic staff who came to wash my clothes and cooked for me.

“Janet was an ungrateful woman. I had established businesses for her severally but the businesses collapsed due to her inability to manage them well.

“ My wife is a fighter; she fights me and everybody on the street,” Ayoola said.

The petitioner said that the respondent lacked respect for him and also instigated their children against him.

He pleaded with the court to end their marriage on the ground of lack of love.

“Please court terminate our marriage because my wife may succeed one day by killing me in my sleep,” he begged.

The respondent denied all the allegations.

She made a fervent plea to the court not to annul their marriage, saying that she still loved her husband.

The 58-year-old businesswoman said that she did not starve her husband of sex.

“My husband asked me to leave our room for another room, claiming I snored.

“I never made any attempt to kill my husband nor instigated any of our children against him,” Janet said.

The mother of four said that her husband always refused her food for reason best known to him.

(NAN)

The Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) Port Harcourt Zonal Head, Usman Imam has warned youths to stay away from all acts of criminality and easy money.

Imam spoke after the Ten million man walk against corruption organised by the EFCC and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Imam declared that young people must be vanguards of the fight against corruption because their future depends on it.

“The future that the Nigerian youth deserves is not going to be secured through corruption and engagement in acts of criminality such as cybercrime, advanced fee fraud and money laundering. They can secure a blissful future through the pursuit of legitimate businesses and vocations.

“The youths must shun criminality and strive to rescue the country from the grips of corruption. They are to take ownership of the anti-graft war. For this reason, it is imperative that we sensitize them and recruit them to fight in the anti-corruption army.

“This message is inviting all Nigerian youths from all nooks and crannies to say no to corruption and together we can win the war. If everybody is determined and we wrestle down corruption then we can build functioning and effective institution and take our position within the committee of nations.

“Wherever the youths are found, they should embrace this call and tell themselves that they will fight corruption, say no to corruption also stay away from it.

“The youths should stay away from looking for easy money through internet fraud, cybercrime and 419 instead they should embrace hard work and find ways to make it as a society.” He said.

The State Coordinator, NYSC, Rivers State, Mr Chinwendu Chukwu represented by  Assistant Director, Corps Inspection and Monitoring, Mrs Agulue Okoye reminded corps members that they are change agents that are expected to trigger the change in any part of the country where they are found.

” We want to use this medium to tell other organizations that the NYSC is the willing bride that most organisations come around to partner with because our youths who are also leaders of tomorrow are change agents and they trigger us the different change we need in the different corners of the nation.

” Corps members are agents of change and they are youths as well, their involvement in this walk is to further sensitize the public on the effects of corruption in the society,” he said.

He assured EFCC that Corp members will carry the fight against corruption down to their different places of primary assignments.