Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Security: No Going Back on




Security: No Going Back on Okada – Fashola

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Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, Tuesday, said that his administration is not going back on the ban of commercial motorcyclists popularly known as okada. Speaking on the theme “Growing Our Investment in Security”, at the 6th Annual Meeting on Security held at The Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, Fashola said that the crime rate in [...]
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Military Church Bombing: IEDs Built Inside Jaji Barracks

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According to The Sun newspaper, the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) used in the bombing of a military church in Jaji, Kaduna State might have actually been manufactured within the army cantonment.  The intelligence was made known just as a Board of Inquiry (BoI) set up by the military commenced work to investigate the bombing.
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‘Labour Minister To Resign Or Else…’ – Anti-Corruption Network

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For the crime of defrauding the federal Government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Labour Minister, Chief Emeka Wogu has been asked to resign by an anti-corruption network. In a statement signed by its executive secretary, Dino Melaye , the Minister was not fit to occupy public office. An excerpt from the [...]
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Toll Gates To Be Re-Introduced To Lagos Ibadan Expressway

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The Minister for Works has stated that toll gates would be re-introduced to the Lagos Ibadan expressway. He said that the tolls would be used to maintain and carry out repairs on the roads. The Minister for Works, Mr. Mike Onolemenmen stated this  during the tour of North/South road from Lagos-Ibadan road where he also revealed [...]
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Northern Leaders Condemn Boko Haram; Seek Way Forward

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Northern leaders, yesterday, spoke in unison, condemning the activities of members of Boko Haram sect, just as they lamented that the security situation in the north was fast deteriorating, Vanguard newspaper reports. Former United Nations Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, raised alarm that the activities of members of the Boko Haram sect [...]
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Fuel Subsidy: Deregulation is the Only Way to Develop Economy – FG

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The Presidential Task Force on Fuel Subsidy Claims has revealed that the total amount of fraudulent fuel subsidy claims by oil marketers is N232 billion. Speaking at the 18th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja, Vice-President Namadi Sambo said the Federal Government believed in deregulation and expected that it was the way the economy should go [...]
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DG State Security to Media: Stifle Boko Haram of Publicity

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The Department of State Security has given assurance that the activities of fundamentalist Islamic sect, Boko Haram would soon be brought to check, Vanguard newspaper reports. Speaking at the opening of the one week training for media practitioners in Abuja, Director General of the Department of State Security, Ekpenyong Ita assured that the service and [...]
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Boko Haram Days Are Coming to an End – DG SSS

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The Director General of the State Security Service has assured the members of the security agencies and other agencies that the days of affliction from Boko Haram would soon be over. He said this on Monday at a one week training programme for media practitioners in Abuja. He said that the agencies were working hand in hand with the [...]
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Just 8 Weeks For Lagos-Ibadan Road Repairs

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Minister for Works, Mike Onolememen has reassured Nigerians that the repairs to be effected on the Lagos-Ibadan road would take a period of 8 weeks. He said that the project was now being handled by Messrs Julius Berger Plc, and Reynolds Construction Company Limited. He compared the project in terms of cost and duration to the [...]
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Ex-Union Bank MD, 19 Directors to Face Panel Over Shares Crash

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According to The Citizen newspaper, former Managing Director of Union Bank, Bartholomew Bassey Ebong and 19 others  directors are to be probed by the Investment Securities Tribunal (IST), for the crash in the bank’s shares between 2006 and 2007.
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Thursday, 6 September 2012


Bosom Friends Lured Man to Death, Used Him to Appease Deity in Ondo State

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The Ondo State Police Command have unearthed the sacrificial killing of Mr. Olufemi Ogunkorede, 56, by his bosom friends. ThisDay newspaper learnt that Chief Babatunde Olumofe with two other friends of his – Mr. Sunday Akeju and Eso, all childhood friends of the deceased, hatched the plot to invite late Ogunkorede from Lagos to a fictitious funeral in Erusu Akoko, Ondo [...]
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Fires Razes 4 Buildings, Over 50 Stalls In Labawo Market Ibadan

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An early morning inferno in the popular Labawo Market, Ogunpa, Ibadan yesterday claimed the wares of traders running into millions of naira as 4 buildings and 50 shops were engulfed in flames. However, no life was lost in the unfortunate incident. The market is reputed for stocking all sorts of chemicals, leather and building materials [...]
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President Jonathan to Forward Names of Replacement for Power, Defence Minister to Senate On House Resumption

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President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the Minister of State for Power, Mr Darius Ishaku to take charge of the Ministry of Power pending when a new Minister is appointed. Jonathan who made the disclosure at the inauguration of the reconstituted Presidential Action Committee on Power and Presidential Task Force on Power said he would forward [...]
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Dana Airline To Resume Operations As Federal Government Lifts Ban

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Following rigorous technical, operational and financial audit on Dana Airline after the June 3rd crash of one of its planes which claimed the lives of all 153 passengers on board, the Federal Government has cleared the airline to resume its operations. The move has generated outcry from Labour activists, Lawyers and families of the victims of [...]
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Minister of Petroleum’s Sudden Trip to UK Fuels Speculations

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The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Dieziani Alison-Madueke trip to the UK has fuelled speculations about the reason for her trip. The minister who is not on leave, suddenly left for the United kingdom last week. Most have speculated that she travelled for medical reasons while others have said that she travelled for a ‘personal matter’. The Director [...]
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Nigerian Navy Rescues Singaporean Oil-Tanker from Pirates

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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), reports that a Singapore-owned oil tanker hijacked by pirates, Tuesday, has been rescued by the Nigerian Navy. The oil tanker which had 23 Indian sailors on board, was seized in the Gulf of Guinea, but was freed by the Navy who sent in two ships and a helicopter to the scene. All crew members are reported [...]
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Cynthia Okosogu Murder: Police Recover Nude Photos of Murdered Victim, Others

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The investigating team of the Cynthia Okosou murder have hit pay dirt. The police have recovered nude photos of the murdered girl and other victims from a laptop belonging to one of the suspects. The photos which numbered up to 50, showed the victim while she was being sexually assaulted with bite marks all over her [...]
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State Governors Not Favourably Disposed to Introduction of N5000 Note

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Just a few hours after the approval of the National Economic Management Team on the new currency, there are indications that state governors are not favourably disposed introduction of  the new currency. According to state governors, they were not informed of the approval of the plan to introduce the new currency, stating that to the best of their [...]
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Federal Government to Take Charge of Reconstructing Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

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The Federal Government has decided to take over the reconstruction of the Lagos – Ibadan expressway from construction firm Bi-Courntey. Bi – Courtney has been on the job since 2009 and are currently still in talks with the Federal government as to the early construction of the roads. In a press briefing, Minister of Works, Mr Mike Onolememen, [...]
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EFCC Tackles NGO’s; Calls Them Avenues For Money Laundering

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has launched an attack on NGO’s within the country, labelling them as money laundering units. The head of the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering,  Angela Nworgu, levelled these harsh allegations at the NGO’s in a seminar held for non-financial institutions at Abuja. She says that according  to a research carried out by the Financial [.