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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra Command, on Friday said no casualty was recorded in the tanker that burnt at Upper Iweka in Onitsha. The state Sector Commander, Mr Andrew Kumapayi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of petrol with no registration number, caught fire about 2:30.a.m. on Friday. “The tanker caught fire due to electrical fault in the engine of the vehicle. The driver started shouting fire! fire!!, the neighbouring houses tried their best to put out the fire. “But Fire servicemen, FRSC officials, and the Policemen responded promptly and…
Following the raging controversy on the recently launched Western Nigeria Security Network popularly known as ” Amotekun” by the Southwest Governors, a Lagos based group, the Save Lagos Group (SLG) has challenged the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to let the good people of Yoruba nation know his position on ‘Amotekun’. The group said that Tinubu could not be claiming to be one of Yoruba leaders and sit on the fence over this germane issue of national importance. Challenging Tinubu, in a signed statement by the Convener of the group, Comrade Adeniyi,…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N716.298 billion to the three tiers of government for the month of December 2019. This was announced at the FAAC meeting chaired by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Alhaji Mahmoud Isa-Dutse on Thursday in Abuja. The N716.298 billion comprised revenue from Value Added Tax (VAT), Exchange Gain and the Statutory Revenue. According to FAAC as at 15th January, 2020, the balance in the Excess Crude Account (ECA) was $324.968 million. The gross statutory revenue for the month of December…
January 15th is a day set aside to commiserate with the members of the Nigerian Armed Forces in what is called The Armed Forces Remembrance Day. A day to celebrate the men and women who laid down their lives to protect the sovereignty of the country. This was formerly celebrated on the November 11 to coincide with the Remembrance Day (Poppy Day) for the Second World War but it was changed to January 15th to coincide with the end of the Nigerian Civil War aka The Biafran War which ended after the surrender of Biafran Forces concluding a 30-month war…
Following the discovery of an alleged illegal private orphanage, Du Merci Children Development Ministry, Kano State Police Command says it rescued 19 children from its possession. The State Police Public Relations Officer DSP Abdullahi Haruna, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen in Kano on Thursday. Haruna noted that a suspect and his wife, now at large, connived and sourced for the children through unlawful means. He disclosed that a medical doctor with a private clinic in Kano facilitated the procuring of pregnant women whose babies are handed over to the suspect after delivery. He added that the investigation is in…
A prosecution witness in a defilement case against a cleric, Abdulsalam Salaudeen, on Thursday narrated how he allegedly caught the defendant in the act with a hidden camera. Mr Ebenezer Omejalile, a social worker and child protection consultant, testified before an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court. He was led in evidence by Mr Akin George, the lead state prosecutor. Salaudeen, 43, who resides at No. 16, Awoyemi St., Ikotun, Lagos, is facing a charge of child defilement contrary to Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos, 2015. Omejalile told the court that a hidden camera was set…
Lagos State Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday announced a cabinet reshuffle, with the appointment of three new members. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Gboyega Akosile, indicated that eight cabinet portfolios were affected by the redeployment. They include ministries of Local Government, Special Duties, Wealth Creation and Employment, Tourism, Arts and Culture, Home Affairs, Waterfront Infrastructure, Central Business District and Urban Development. Sanwo-Olu said that three commissioners were moved around, while two special advisers were assigned new roles as commissioners. The affected commissioners and their new portfolios are the Commissioner for Special Duties, Dr Wale…
No fewer than nine persons were on Thursday burnt to death in a lone accident involving a Toyota Hiace bus at Ijebu-Ife on the Sagamu – Benin Expressway. Mr Clement Oladele, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta. Oladele said that the accident, which happened a 3.20 p.m., involved 19 people. He said that the ill-fated bus was conveying 17 adults and two children before the incident. The FRSC boss stated that 10 other passengers were rescued with three of them sustaining serious injuries. He said that…
President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, said on Thursday that Nigeria has made significant progress over the last twenty years since the country’s return to democracy in 1999. Lawan stated this in a speech delivered at the 17th Edition of the Daily Trust Dialogue with the theme “Twenty Years of Democracy in Nigeria: Strengths, Weaknesses and Opportunities”, which held in Abuja. The Senate President, who was the Special Guest of Honour at the event, was represented by the Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi (APC, Niger North). Lawan said, “Representation, appropriation, and legislation are critical…
Former Imo Governor Emeka Ihedioha says the Supreme Court judgment which declared Sen. Hope Uzodinma winner of the 2019 governorship election in the South-Eastern state came to him as a “rude shock”. “The judgment did not reflect the wishes of the people as expressed on election day; it is unfair,” Ihedioha said in a press statement he signed and issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday in Owerri. He said: “I do not agree with the judgment because it did not take care of the sensibility of the people, but my Deputy, Mr Gerald Irona, and I,…