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The Kano State Police Command on Tuesday announced the arrest of 15 suspects and recovery of 20 stolen vehicles in different parts of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relation Officer, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa in Kano. He said that the arrest and recovery of the stolen vehicles were as a result of the command’s commitment to ending all forms of criminality in the state. Kiyawa said, ”We are fully committed towards combating cases of theft of motor vehicles and all forms of criminal activities in our areas of supervision. ”In the last one…
By Kamil Opeyemi Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the Opebi-Mende-Ojota Link Bridge and other arterial roads connecting the bridge will be ready for commuters by the Second Quarter of 2024. Sanwo-Olu was speaking with journalists at the Odo Iya Alaro area of the state, after inspecting the Opebi- Mende- Ojota Link Bridge, on Tuesday. The Governor Sanwo-Olu said the project conceived over a year ago is currently at about 65 percent competition stage. Governor Sanwo-Olu, who was accompanied by his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat and some members of the State Executive Council, members of the Lagos State…
By David Orji Hoodlums in their numbers on Tuesday attacked some members of a task force implementing the clearance of the access road into the TinCan Port, Lagos. It was gathered that the task force team had arrived the area in continuation of the task of moving vehicles and others that had created bottlenecks to ensure free flow of traffic in the area. However, confusion ensued when, less than 15 minutes to the commencement of the clearance activity thugs emerged wielding dangerous objects and threatening the task force officials to leave or be injured. In the process, an official of…
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday likened restrictions the Taliban has placed on women in Afghanistan to the treatment of Black people under apartheid in a lecture in South Africa organised by Nelson Mandela’s foundation. Yousafzai survived being shot in the head when she was 15 in her native Pakistan by a gunman after campaigning against the Pakistani Taliban’s moves to deny girls education. Since winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, Yousafzai, now 26, has become a global symbol of the resilience of women in the face of repression. “If you are a girl in Afghanistan, the…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Tuesday in Ikeja received nine repatriated Nigerians who attempted to stow away to Europe through The Gambia. Comptroller of the NIS at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Mrs Adesola Adesokan, advised Nigerians against stowing away to Europe. Speaking with newsmen on the development, she described stowing away as a death trap into which many Nigerians had fallen and had lost their lives. Adesokan said the nine stowaways received on Tuesday were handed over to immigration officials by officials of the Gambian Immigration Service. She noted that two of the stowaways almost drowned in…
By David Orji A retired Deputy Inspector General of Police AbduRahman Akano has died. His death was announced on Tuesday by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. In a statement by Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, he said Akano who hailed from Iragbiji in Osun State died at the Lagos State University Teaching. According to the statement, “DIG Abdulrahman Akano served the nation with dedication and distinction throughout his illustrious career, leaving an indelible mark on the law enforcement community.” He said the funeral rites to bid farewell to DIG Abdulrahman Akano will take place in Iragbiji, his…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, put before the House of Representatives a total budge proposal of N76.586 billion (Seventy Six Billion, Five Hundred and Eighty Six Million Naira) for year 2024. The proposed budget, according to the commission, represents a 53.48% increase over and above the Commission’s 2023 appropriation of N49.901billion (Forty Nine Billion, Nine Hundred and One Million Naira). “In the budget estimate, a total sum of N37.074 billion (Thirty Seven Billion, Seventy Four Million Naira) was proposed as personnel cost, N14.513 billion (Fourteen Billion, Five Hundred and Thirteen Million Naira) as…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it is ready to supply Niger Republic back with electricity whenever Nigeria lifts the ban on the country. The General Manager Transmission, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Kaduna Region, Mr Ganiyu Aliyu, stated while briefing journalists in Kaduna on the achievements of the region in 2023. He explained that the company can supply the neighbouring country without affecting its power supply in the region due to the capacity increase it witnessed. Aliyu said, “We have increasef our capacity very well, in fact I can say authoritatively, that we are comfortable here in Kaduna.…
Airtel Africa has launched Nxtra, a new data centre to sustain the continent’s needs and serve the fast-growing African digital economy. The Managing Director, Airtel Africa, Mr Segun Ogunsanya, said this in a statement signed by Mr Emeka Oparah, Vice-President Communications and CSR, Airtel Africa on Tuesday in Lagos. Ogunsanya said the aim of Nxtra was to build one of the largest network of data centres in Africa with high-capacity data centres in major cities located strategically across Airtel Africa’s footprint. Ogunsanya said the launch would complement the existing edge sites. According to him, Nxtra’s ambition will allow it to…
David Orji A social media user has accused the Nigerian Police of abandoninig its dilapidated barracks to attend climate change summits in Dubai. In reference to the presence of a delegation from the police led by the Inspector General, Kayode Egbetokun, at the Conference of Parties COP 28 summit in Dubai, the X user with the handle, Akwa Ibom 1st Son, attached some images showing poor conditions of some of the barracks of the police which he argued ought to be its priority. He tweeted, “Frame 1: A Police Barracks in Port Harcourt. Frame 2: Ijeh Barracks, Obalende. Frame 3:…