June 19, 2019

Nigerian Navy destroys 50 illegal refineries in Delta

Nigerian Navy destroys 50 illegal refineries in Delta

June 19, 2019 12:04 pm

In continuation of its war against crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta region, the Nigerian Navy (NN) yesterday said it destroyed over 50 illegal refineries in the past 32 days around Yeye, Burutu and Ibafa creeks in Delta State.

The operatives attached to the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta also arrested six ships – MT AYSU, MT INTERIM, MV MAMA ELIZABETH, MT MIRACLE, MV NIPAL and SD WATERMAN – as well as 80 wooden boats used by criminals for bunkering of petroleum products siphoned from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipelines and crude oil well …

Housewife in trouble for stealing breast pads from a store

Housewife in trouble for stealing breast pads from a store

June 19, 2019 11:40 am

A 27-year-old housewife, Stella Okeke, who allegedly stole breast pads and other beauty from a supermarket, on Wednesday appeared in an Upper Area Court in Mpape, Abuja.

Okeke, who resides in Efab Estate, Lokogoma Abuja, is charged with two counts of criminal trespass and stealing.

The Prosecution Counsel, Mr Stanley Nwaforaku, told the court that the case was reported by Mr Bernard Ohaba, the Manager of the supermarket, at the Apo Police Station Abuja on June 12.

Nwaforaku told the court that the complainant reported that sometime in November 2018, the defendant allegedly pretended to be a customer.

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US to begin mass deportation of illegal aliens next week

June 19, 2019 3:07 am

US President Donald Trump said in a tweet Monday night that US immigration agents are planning to make mass arrests starting “next week,” an apparent reference to a plan in preparation for months that aims to round up thousands of migrant parents and children in a blitz operation across major US cities.

“Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States,” Trump wrote, referring to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “They will be removed as fast as they come in.”

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UN: Poor nations hosting most refugees globally

UN: Poor nations hosting most refugees globally

June 19, 2019 2:53 am

Developing countries, not rich Western nations, are bearing the brunt of the world’s refugee crisis and are hosting most of the record 70.8 million displaced people who have fled war and persecution, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

Half of the world’s forcibly displaced are children and the 2018 total is the highest in nearly 70 years, the U.N. refugee agency said in its annual flagship report, Global Trends.

But the global figure, which comprises 25.9 million refugees, 41.3 million people uprooted within their homelands, and 3.5 million asylum-seekers, is “conservative”, it said.

That is because it does not include …

Thugs beat up Oshiomhole, 14 others

Thugs beat up Oshiomhole, 14 others

June 19, 2019 2:34 am

Suspected thugs have beaten up Seidu Oshiomhole, the younger brother of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress and lawmaker-elect (Etsako West 11) of the Edo State House of Assembly, Tribune Online is reporting.

The attack on Oshiomhole and 14 other lawmakers of the Edo State House of Assembly is the latest in the crisis between the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and the National Chairman of the APC.

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According to Tribune Online, the 15 lawmakers, who were absent at midnight on Monday when the other nine members …

U.S. seizes $1 billion worth of cocaine in Philadelphia

U.S. seizes $1 billion worth of cocaine in Philadelphia

June 19, 2019 2:10 am

Federal authorities seized 16.5 tons of cocaine worth more than $1 billion from a ship in Philadelphia in one of the largest drug seizures in U.S. history, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.

Federal, state and local law enforcement agents on Monday boarded the MSC Gayane, a cargo ship docked in Philadelphia’s Packer Marine Terminal, and found cocaine in seven shipping containers, according to a criminal complaint filed in Philadelphia federal court.

Federal authorities arrested and charged two of the ship’s crewmembers Ivan Durasevic and Fonofaavae Tiasaga. Both men told investigators how they helped load the ship with cocaine …

Panic As Petrol, Diesel Storage Tanks Explode In Niger

Fire wrecks GSM village in Kogi, ruins goods

June 19, 2019 1:47 am

Goods worth millions of naira were on Tuesday destroyed by fire at the popular GSM Village in Cantonment, Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.

The cause of the fire incident, which razed about 26 shops, was yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report on Tuesday.

The chairman of the Traders Association, Hassan Garba, while speaking with journalists, said that goods worth millions of naira were lost to the fire, adding that the cause of the incident was yet to be known.

He said: “The fire started in early hours of Tuesday, and we immediately called on …

Commercial agriculture: Gov. Wike seeks partnership with EU

Commercial agriculture: Gov. Wike seeks partnership with EU

June 19, 2019 1:34 am

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has called on countries of the European Union (EU) to partner the state government to develop commercial agricultural to create jobs.

Wike also called on the EU countries to partner the government to improve its capital waste disposal system.

He spoke on Tuesday at a forum of the European Union Heads of Missions in Abuja, in a presentation titled: “Understanding current political and security situation in Rivers State in particular and Niger Delta region in general”.

The governor said: “We will continue to solicit for targeted development interventions in Rivers State from the European Union …

Terrorism: UK warns against travel to 21 states in Nigeria

Terrorism: UK warns against travel to 21 states in Nigeria

June 19, 2019 1:14 am
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) of the United Kingdom(UK) has cautioned British nationals against travelling to 21 states in Nigeria.In a statement on its website “updated June 17, 2019” and “still current at June 18, 2019,” the FCO listed the states as: Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, “riverine areas of Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River States within 20 kilometres of the border with Niger in Zamfara State.

“The FCO advises against all but essential travel to: Bauchi State, Zamfara State, Kano State, Kaduna State, Jigawa State, Katsina State, Kogi State, within 20 kilometres of the border with

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EFCC nabs seven suspected Internet fraudsters in Kwara

EFCC nabs seven suspected Internet fraudsters in Kwara

June 19, 2019 12:59 am

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested four suspected internet fraudsters in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.

The suspects are: Kayode Obanewo (aka Samantha James), Muhammed Ademola (aka Catherine Smith), Yusuf Rasheed (aka Rebecca Moore) and Apata Oluwakayode (aka Hanna Cole).

It was gathered that the suspects were arrested on June 11 at Mandate Estate Phase II behind Irewolede area of operatives of the Ilorin zonal office of the EFCC.

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During interrogation, one of the suspects, Obanewo Kayode, told EFCC operatives that he committed the …

Court stops Ganduje, agency’s action against Emir Sanusi

Court stops Ganduje, agency’s action against Emir Sanusi

June 19, 2019 12:48 am

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Tuesday granted an order restraining Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje and the State Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission from acting on the preliminary report on alleged misappropriation of N3.4 billion by the Kano Emirate Council.

The order followed a suit filed on June 7, by Muhammad Mannir-Sanusi, Dan Buran Kano, seeking an order to restrain Ganduje, the Commission and the state Attorney General or their agents from acting on the preliminary report of the investigation.

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Justice Obiara A. Egwuatu, issued …

NNPC: Nigeria daily oil production reaches 2.3mbpd – Baru

NNPC: Nigeria daily oil production reaches 2.3mbpd – Baru

June 19, 2019 12:14 am

The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru says the country’s daily oil production is currently 2.32million barrel pre day.

Baru disclosed this on Tuesday when a delegation of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) led by its President Mr Chris Isiguzo visited his office in Abuja.

“Since we came in July 2016, we are focused on increasing production of oil and gas and condensates.

“At some point, our national combined production was about a million barrels; I am happy that as at the end of 2018, we have moved on averaging last year, about 2.1 …

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