Showing posts with label state. Show all posts
Showing posts with label state. Show all posts
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Former bank chief Jim Ovia sets up mega school in Agbor, Delta State
GRAPHIC PHOTOS: Six men set ablaze By Landlord in Ogun state for smoking Indian hemp
According to Premium Times, six young men accused of smoking Indian hemp and gambling have been set ablaze in Abeokuta, Ogun State, by a house owner in their area. The landlord, identified as Agba, in Ago-Oko area of the town where the incident occurred, had warned the boys on several occasions to desist from their acts, warnings they ignored. And one day, just this past Tuesday night August 6th, Agba felt he was god and decided to punish the guys.
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Turn By Turn: Rivers State Deports 113 Non-Indegenes To Their Home States
Jamabo said that non-indigenes had since been repatriated to their various states, while the indigenes would be treated by the government until they were fit to re-unite with their families. Jambo did not give the figure of the destitute sent to their home states. Mrs Stella Toby, Permanent Secretary in the state’s Ministry of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation however unfurled government fresh plans to remove beggars and destitute from streets in the state.
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Sunday, August 4, 2013
APGA suspends Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State
APGA is accusing him of dissolving his cabinet so he could include more members of the newly registered political party, APC, in his government.
“The NEC unanimously resolved to suspend, with immediate effect, the Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okoroacha, from the party for gross anti-party activities, bordering on his involvement with the All Progressives Congress contrary to the clear provisions of the APGA constitution." The National Vice-Chairman of APGA (South-West), Tayo Sowunm said yesterday.
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Nigerian Police Busts Kidnappers’ Spiritual Home In Delta State
Armed robbery and kidnap victims taken there are forced to drink concoctions to hypnotize them. But the concoction also gives health complications. The escape of Mrs. Ojukwu from the shrine however blew the lid open, after she was dispossessed of her property including cash. She promptly reported the incident to the police.
It was gathered that the gang usually entrapped unsuspecting passengers in a vehicle occupied by the gang members with the driver of the cab pretending to be a commercial transporter.
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
No Computers, No Uniforms: The Sorry State of Nigeria Police (Which Way Naija?)
inside a police station in Lagos and inside a police station in Adelaide, Australia.
From non-availability of computers, Internet facilities and uniforms, several factors make the typical Nigerian police station one of the most uninspiring places to work, Temitayo Famutimi writes in this follow-up report to DPOs’ confessions: We run police stations on bribery and charity
No Computers, No Uniforms: The Sorry State of Nigeria Police (Which Way Naija? )
inside a police station in Lagos and inside a police station in Adelaide, Australia.
The second journey to Police Stations in Nigeria:
A stern looking and gun-totting policeman mounting guard at the entrance of the police station yelled, "Who are you looking for?"
“The Divisional Police Officer,” this Punch correspondent replied.After being informed the DPO was not around, the visitor requested to see the divisional crime officer.
While being led into the arrival room of the police station, which is popularly called the charge room, he was welcomed by three photographs hanging on the walls, directly opposite the entrance of the station.
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Why We Deported 67 Citizens from Lagos State - Fashola's Aide
In reaction to the alleged criticisms of Lagos State deportation of no fewer than 67 Nigerian citizens from the state to Onitsha, Anambra State, the Lagos State Government has responded to saying the exercise was continuous as it started the practice of expelling beggars and destitutes rescued from the streets back to their states of origin in a bid to rid the streets of beggars and the mentally-challenged.
The Special Adviser to Governor Fashola on Youths and Social Development, Dr. Enitan Dolapo Badru, revealed to newsmen that so far, at least 1,708 beggars and destitutes had been expelled from Lagos just as he noted that normal international standard requires the state to reunite them with their families.
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Photos: Mob Find & Beat Up Robber Until He Bleeds In Delta State (VIEWERS DISCRETION ADVISED )
The poor woman couldn't raise an alarm, but fortunately a soldier who saw her bag get snatched quickly borrowed someone's Hilux and gave the thief a hot chase.
Somehow, the thief got away.
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Sunday, July 28, 2013
Lagos State Government Will Close Your House If You Show Clothes Outside Indiscriminately
According to him, spreading of washed clothes on fences, frontage of buildings and bridge railings have become the norm in some parts of the state and the practice constitutes a nuisance to the environment. Tough actions would be taken against erring persons. Houses where compound residents also hang their clothes outside will be sealed, Mr Bello concluded. LAWMA officials have also been directed to pack those clothes as refuse wherever they see them.
Friday, July 26, 2013
Jonathan is ungrateful –Gov Nyako •It’s Nyako who is ungrateful to President –Presidency
Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako, has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of ingratitude and unfairness.
He also accused the President of concentrating more on developing the South-South, while ignoring developmental problems in the rest of the country.
Specifically, the governor, expressed displeasure over the way he was being treated by the party in spite of the sacrifices he made to ensure the President’s victory during the PDP primaries and the 2011 presidential election.
However, Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, said it was Nyako, who was being ungrateful and unfair to the President.
Thursday, July 25, 2013
N’Assembly takes over Rivers legislature … demands redeployment of state CP, Mbu
The Senate passed a resolution on Thursday empowering it and the House of Representatives to take over the legislative functions of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
In the resolution which concurs with that of the House on July 10, the Senate also flayed the attempt by five anti-Rotimi Amaechi lawmakers to impeach the state Assembly Speaker, Otelemaba Amachree.
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Information and Media, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, said after the decision that a meeting between the President of the Senate, David Mark, and the Speaker of the House, Aminu Tambuwal, would be held to draw up modalities for the running of the assembly.
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Sunday, July 21, 2013
I ran to God when I was named Head of State – Gowon
Former Head of State, General (Dr.) Yakubu Gowon (rtd), has revealed that when it became inevitable that he would become the Head of State of Nigeria, after the 1966 counter- coup, the first thing he did was to send everybody around him away, lock himself up and go on his knees to pray fervently for God’s divine grace to rule.
The ex-head of state and convener of Pray Nigeria Group and patron of Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN), made the disclosure in a brief remark on the topic, “Individual Accountability in Service,” adopted for the 9th annual luncheon of the special members forum of the BSN, at the Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos, last week.
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Rivers state fracas: Presidency wants Governor Amaechi probed
The Presidency has advised security agencies to ensure that Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi was investigated and prosecuted after his tenure in office for his alleged involvement in Tuesday’s mayhem in the state House of Assembly.
The advice was given just as the Action Congress of Nigeria urged the Police Service Commission to address the causes of the fracas in the House rather than the symptoms in its investigation of the role of the police in the crisis.
The comments by the Presidency and the ACN followed a July 9 petition by Amaechi to Jonathan on the free for all that led to infliction of injuries on some lawmakers following an attempt to impeach the Speaker of the House, Mr. Daniel Amachree by a group led by Mr. Evans Bipi. Amaechi had in the petition which was also addressed to the PSC Chairman, Mike Okiro, requested the immediate transfer of the Commissioner in charge of the state Police Command, Joseph Mbu.
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Thursday, July 11, 2013
Rivers State crisis: Pres. Jonathan withdraws JTF soldiers, armored cars from Gov's lodge?
That is what Sahara Reporters is reporting. According to SR, about 30 soldiers guarding the Governor's lodge have been summarily withdrawn by the Brigade Commander in charge of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Port Harcourt at the orders of President Goodluck Jonathan. SaharaReporters also reports that the soldiers took with them two Armored Personnel Cars (APC) usually stationed at Government House. A military source allegedly told SR that the removal of the soldiers was ordered from Abuja. He warned that things might get bloodier in the state capital with the JTF gone from Government House leaving thesecurity of the governor and his aides in the hands of a few police officers and State Security Services agents.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Rivers State House Of Assembly Update: Free-for-All Fight in Rivers State House - Witness
♦ Majority leader, Speaker beaten
♦ Bipi made himself Speaker for a few minutes
♦ Bipi asked his cops, thugs to shoot Governor Amaechi
♦ Bipi resisted arrest
♦ Order later restored, with Speaker Amachree taking charge
The Rivers state House of Assembly in south-south Nigeria, for some minutes Tuesday, witnessed a very rowdy session after two months of adjournment as pro Governor Rotimi Amaechi legislators battled five renegade lawmakers rooting for the political opponents of the governor.
The minority lawmakers, whose agenda was to impeach the governor made the impeachment of Speaker Otelemaba Amachree and other principal officers the first priority. They thus sneaked into the House Chambers at about 8.30 am much earlier than the normal sitting of the House and smuggled in a mace.
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The Speaker Of Rivers State House Of Assembly Impeached
Reports coming in from the Rivers State assembly states that the speaker Hon. Otelema Amachree has been impeached form his position.
Minutes ago there had been a huge fracas at the assembly but it seems the reason may have been the suggestion to impeach Mr. Amachree.
Reports also state that Hon. Evans Bipi has been sworn in as the new speaker
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