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Police Warns Against #October1stProtest, Says Protesters Will Be Prosecuted
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Hakeem Odumosu, has instructed operatives to disallow societies, under whatever disguise, from staging rallies or protests on October 1. He read the riot act on Wednesday during a security meeting with the Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers and Heads of Department at the State Headquarters in Ikeja. Odumosu warned that the command will not...
UNIDO Partners Abia Govt To Develop Industrial Road-Map
United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNIDO is partnering Abia State Government for the development of industrial policy and strategy, a framework that will serve as a guide for the industrial development of Abia. Speaking during the public presentation and hearing of the industrial policy draft document in Umuahia, Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu said the programme was important as...
FSARS Personnel To Be Issued Guns Only When Responding To Violent Crimes
In line with directives of the Inspector-General of Police on measures to curb the excesses of policemen attached to the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, (FSARS), and other tactical units, the Commissioner of Police, Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FSARS, Imohimi Edgal, embarked on measures towards implementing the police boss’s directives. According to him, henceforth, no personnel of the Federal Anti-Robbery Squad...
FG Orders Fresh Verification Of N-Power Beneficiaries
The Federal Government has directed Batches A and B beneficiaries of the N-Power Programme who were earlier omitted from the payment of their stipends to report to their various state focal persons for verification and revalidation. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, gave the directive in Abuja on Tuesday. She stated that efforts to resolve unpaid...
#EndSARS: Reps Unveil 30-Day Plan To Tackle Police Brutality
The Speaker House of Representatives, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila, has unveiled some of the plans by the House, aimed at tackling police brutality in the country. In a statement signed personally on Wednesday, Gbajabiamila said over the next 30 days, the House will work with the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), civil society and with Nigerians of good conscience to draft new...
Bill To Prohibit Secret Cult, Similar Activities Passes First Reading In Abia Assembly
Abia State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed into first reading the Bill to prohibit secret cult activities, possession and use of offensive weapons and for other matters. ABN TV reports that The Bill is sponsored by the Majority Leader, Hon. Solomon Akpulonu. Also passed into first reading on Tuesday is the Abia State Public Procurement (Amendment No. 1) Bill 2020,...
Tinubu, Others Accused Of Fraud, Tax Evasion, Money Laundering
Dapo Apara, a Nigerian chartered accountant, has accused a former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu; a consulting firm, Alpha-beta, and a former commissioner in the state, Akin Doherty, of money laundering, fraud, tax evasion, and sundry corrupt practices. Mr Apara, in writ of summons deposed to at a Lagos high court, claimed that Mr Tinubu and Alpha-beta reneged on...
We Don’t Need Any Financial Assistance To Build Anambra Airport, Obiano Tells FG
Ahead of the April 2021 proposed opening of Anambra International Cargo Airport, the Executive Governor of Anambra State, His Excellency, Chief Dr. Willie Obiano, has boasted that the state is not in lack of the financial resources to complete the airport. Speaking during his visit to the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, yesterday, Governor Obiano, also revealed that when completed,...
“SARS Has Gone Beyond Reforms”, Desmond Elliot Backs #ENDSARS
The member representing Surulere Constituency in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Desmond Elliot believes brutality by men of the Special Anti-Robbery (SARS) is beyond reforms. Desmond said this on Friday while addressing #EndSARSProtesters at the Lagos Assembly complex in Ikeja. “It has gone beyond having hotlines or doing reforms. As the Deputy Speaker rightly said, we really need to look...
I’ll Be In Ondo, The State Is Important To Us – Oshiomhole
Former National Chairman, All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole says he will be in Ondo State for Saturday’s governorship poll. He predicted that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu would win the election. According to Oshiomhole, Edo election had come and gone, but that Ondo poll was more important to the APC right now. He said by the special grace of God, Akeredolu would win...
