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The Corps Marshal, Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), Mrs Gbemisola Akinpelu, said on Thursday that 95 persons had been prosecuted in 2020 for crossing expressways. Akinpelu, a retired Commissioner of Police, gave the figure in a statement signed by the Corps Head Public Affairs, Mr Kehinde Adebayo. Adebayo quoted her as speaking while briefing her officers at the headquarters. Akinpelu said that the number of arrests increased due to the officers stepping up the Operation Zero Tolerance to indiscriminate crossing of highways. She said that the operation in Lagos had been extended to many parts of the state. The Corps…
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Friday to attend the Thirty-third (33rd) Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. President Buhari will join leaders from the 55-member countries of the African Union to participate in the Summit with the theme, “Silencing the Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa’s Development.” The President will attend the 29th Forum of Heads of State and Government of the Participating States of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and the 27th Session of New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Heads of State and Government Orientation…
The Department of State Security (DSS) in Kano State has arrested a 29-year-old man, Sule Arome for allegedly parading himself as Assistant Commissioner of the Department in charge of the recruitment exercise. The state DSS Director, Mr Alhassan Muhammad, disclosed this while parading the suspect on Thursday in Kano. Muhammad said the suspect was arrested by operatives of the service during a raid at a criminal hideout at Hausawa quarters, Zoo Road, Kano. He added that the suspect had defrauded four persons on the pretext of aiding their recruitment into the service. According to him, the suspect collected N15, 000…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has commenced the sale of forms to elect new executives at the state and zonal levels whose tenure expires in 2020. The party disclosed this in a statement by its National Organizing Secretary, Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd), on Thursday in Abuja. Akobundu said that in line with the provision of Section 47 (1) of the party’s constitution (2017 as amended), all party officers shall hold offices for a term of four years. The four-year tenure of many state executives shall be expiring at various times in 2020, having been elected in 2016. “The…
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has raised alarm over rising cases of hunger in Africa. Abebe Hailer-Gabriel, the Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Africa, FAO, alerted on the development while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. He said that hunger was on the rise again in Africa, adding that it is reversing the gains and derailing the efforts made in the last few years. Hailer-Gabriel stated that a region beset with conflict, the uptick of numbers paint a grim foreboding, stressing that event of recent years had brought…
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has advised residents of Oyo state to do away with attitude, behaviours, and practices that could ignite fire outbreak. The state Director of NOA, Mrs Dolapo Dosunmu, gave the advice on Thursday in Ibadan during a sensitization programme, organized for members of the public by the agency. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the programme was also aimed at sensitizing the people of the state on security, prevention of Lassa fever, coronavirus, drug abuse and vandalism of public property. The NOA boss noted that the onset of the dry season since late 2019…
An NGO, the Association for Reproduction and Family Health, has urged married couples to embrace family planning for the healthy living of their families. Mrs Francisca Ezejiofor, the association’s Project Officer made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Thursday. Ezejiofor said that family planning had helped in safeguarding an individual’s health as well as improving the quality of life of couples and their children. According to her, it is an important strategy in promoting maternal and child health and also helped in avoiding pregnancy risk. “Family planning is one of the…
By Omoshola Deji In Athens, 510 BC, Cleisthenes instituted democracy to foster greater: accountability of institutions and leaders to citizens and the law. Today, the tenet is being flouted with impunity, especially in developing nations, where most of the heads of parliament are puppets of the president. Nigeria tops the list. While her legislature is failing in oversight and overlooking misconducts, that of the United States (US) prosecuted President Donald Trump and almost removed him from office. This piece evaluates the two countries’ legislative conduct, based on the proceedings of the Trumps impeachment trial. Process and History of US and…
A Police Inspector, Okon Essien, detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Yaba, for allegedly shooting and killing one Mr Hassan Stanley, has allegedly killed himself to avoid trial. The Command’s Spokesman, Bala Elkana, said that Essien was arrested at Akodo on Jan. 1, alongside three of his colleagues namely; Insp. Lawrence Adegboye, Insp. Olorunloju Olusegun and Sgt Ovbioghi Joseph. “The Police officers intercepted four suspects namely, Samson Ugonah, Omachi Godwin, Hassan Stanley and Prosper Okoye along Area 12, Offshore Oil Dangote Refinery Project, Akodo. “Insp. Essien is alleged to have shot at one of the suspects, Stanley, resulting…
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has commended Nigeria Police Force for its renewed zeal in fighting criminals, bandits, and kidnappers in Kaduna state. Rev. John Hayab the state’s CAN Chairman gave the commendation in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna. Hayab urged security operatives to keep the momentum until the state and country were freed from criminals. According to him, residents of Kaduna State have suffered untold hardship in the hands of bandits and evil men in recent years. “As a result of an increase in banditry, many have been chased away from their homes and villages. The sad…