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Why You Should Not Build Structures In Erosion Prone Areas

Why You Should Not Build Structures In Erosion Prone Areas

October 18, 2019 4:47 am

Erosion menace has lived with many people in Nigeria. This has defied all checks by both states and the Federal Government. Communal land has been chopped off while many residential buildings have been swallowed and more going in for it. A lot of things happen that help to bring about erosion. Erosion happens whenever soil and rocks become displaced usually as a result of water, wind or geological shifts.

The process happens naturally, and soil erosion is largely responsible for the unique contours of the planet. So knowing fully all these natural disaster-prone areas and still developed your property there, …

Why Recruitment Of Constables Sets PSC Against IG

Why Recruitment Of Constables Sets PSC Against IG

October 18, 2019 2:45 am

Lopsided recruitment of 9,036 constables, as part of the federal government’s strategy to promote community policing, is the source of the raging crisis between leadership of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Police Service Commission (PSC), media investigation has revealed.

President Muhammadu Buhari had recently ordered the recruitment of 10,000 constables for community policing with emphasis on local government councils.

The recruitment was supposed to be conducted based on the equality of local governments in view of the fact that it was for community policing.

It was gathered, however, that 247 candidates out of the 528 recruited from …

Onitsha Fire: Okowa Condoles Obiano And Victims

Onitsha Fire: Okowa Condoles Obiano And Victims

October 17, 2019 5:42 pm

Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa on Thursday commiserated with his Anambra State counterpart, Mr. Willie Obiano, Anambra people, particularly Onitsha residents over the tragic fire incident that gutted parts of the commercial city.

A tanker laden with petroleum product on Wednesday reportedly fell into the gutter and spilled its content on the road at Upper Iweka, leading to the inferno that resulted in the death of some people and the destruction of many buildings, including business premises in the town.

Chief Press Secretary to Governor Okowa, Mr. Olisa Ifeajika, quoted his boss as saying that the images he …

Onitsha Fire: Death Toll Rises To 6; Six Plazas, 100 Shops

Onitsha Fire: Death Toll Rises To 6; Six Plazas, 100 Shops

October 17, 2019 5:22 pm

The death toll from the Onitsha fuel tanker fire has increased to six, as three more corpses were recovered from one of the shops razed in Wednesday’s conflagration in Anambra’s commercial capital.

This brings the total number of dead persons in the inferno to six, including a pregnant woman and her child, and a man who died yesterday.

Also destroyed by the fire were six plazas, 100 shops and residential houses worth over ₦1 billion.

The President of Ochanja Central Market, Chief Nelson Ojukwu, and a patron of the market, Mr. Ifeanyi Iloka, said the fire lasted all night till …

Four Burnt To Death, 14 Injured In Ondo Road Crash

Four Burnt To Death, 14 Injured In Ondo Road Crash

October 17, 2019 5:02 pm
No fewer than four persons yesterday lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident along Benin/Owo express road in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Also, 14 people sustained serious injuries in the accident which involved two Toyota hiace buses coming from different directions.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the state police com man, Mr Femi Joseph who confirmed the accident said the incident happened between 3.00 and 4.00pm.
He said the accident was caused by high speed on the part of the drivers of the two buses.
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Insufficient Fund Deters Foreign Ministry’s Work - Onyeama

Insufficient Fund Deters Foreign Ministry’s Work – Onyeama

October 17, 2019 4:46 pm

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Godfrey Onyeama says lack of adequate funding is hampering the ministry efforts to deliver on its mandate.

Onyeama made this known at a meeting with the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs in Abuja on Thursday. The minister said that funding had been a perennial problem for the ministry and appealed to the National Assembly to help address the problem.

“Our missions abroad get their fund too late and when it comes, they are already in too much debt and cannot function well,” he said.

Onyeama said that the officials of the …

SEMA Distributes Relief Materials To Anambra Flood Victims

SEMA Distributes Relief Materials To Anambra Flood Victims

October 17, 2019 4:30 pm

Victims of recent flood disaster in Ogbaru Local Government of Anambra State were yesterday provided with relief materials by the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA).

The relief materials mainly food items and loaded in two trucks included bags of rice, beans, garri, gallons of groundnut/red oil, salt, beverages, soaps and toiletries etc were meant for victims in Atani, Odekpe and Osamalla.

Handing over the materials to Ogbaru Council officials at Atan, the Executive Assistant to Governor Willie Obiano on SEMA (media), Mr Emeka Obinwa, who represented the SEMA Executive Secretary, Chief Paul Odenigbo said the items were to mitigate the …

Delta Monarchs Abandon Palaces As Flood Sacks Communities

Delta Monarchs Abandon Palaces As Flood Sacks Communities

October 17, 2019 4:19 pm

The ravaging flood resulting from the overflow of the River Niger has rendered residents in over ten communities along the shores of the river homeless.

The communities which spread across four kingdoms are in Oshimili South and Ndokwa East local government areas of Delta State.

As at the time of filing this report on Thursday, the four traditional rulers had abandoned their palaces for fear of being submerged by the flood.

Farmlands, houses and other properties in the affected kingdoms including Oko, Abala-Oshimili, Aika and Okpai had gone underwater.

The worth of the properties destroyed are said to in …

Abducted Kaduna School Principal Regains His Freedom

Abducted Kaduna School Principal Regains His Freedom

October 17, 2019 4:08 pm

The principal of Government Technical Secondary School located at Maraban Kajuru, Kajuru local government area of Kaduna, Mr. Francis Maji, abducted seven days ago, has been set free by his abductors.

Maji was abducted by gunmen on October 10, when gunmen invaded his residence in the school.

Family sources said he was released on Wednesday night after the payment of an undisclosed sum of money as ransom.

“We thank God that he is back home safely. He was released yesterday (Wednesday night) after the payment of ransom. This is the second time this is happening to the family. About two …

FG Not Contemplating Subsidy Removal, Says Slyva

FG Not Contemplating Subsidy Removal, Says Slyva

October 17, 2019 3:51 pm

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Slyva, has said that the federal government is not in any way contemplating the removal of subsidy, even as he revealed that oil has been discovered in commercial quantity in Bauchi State.

Slyva disclosed this Thursday while briefing the Joint National Assembly Committees on Petroleum Resources (upstream) on the 2019 budget performance and the proposed 2020 budget.

He said that while the subsidy might not be very clearly captured in the 2020 budget, provision was made for fuel subsidy.

Sylva stated: “I want to say this government is not about to remove …

Super Cop Cordelia Nwawe Celebrates Birthday Today

Super Cop Cordelia Nwawe Celebrates Birthday Today

October 17, 2019 3:07 pm

Top policewoman, Cordelia Nwawe is a year older today. DSP Nwawe popularly known as ‘The Tigress’ is a graduate of Law from the University of Benin. She hails from Ubulu-Unor, Aniocha South LGA, Delta State. The hardworking Police Officer was the First Female PRO of the Sokoto and Akwa-Ibom State Police Commands respectively.

She is currently the First Female PRO of the FCID Alagbon Police Command, where she currently serves.

DSP Cordelia has bagged several awards from the Media and other revered organizations, the most prestigious being the “Akwa Ibom Most Trending Person of the Year”.

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Young Farouq Osuolale Redesigns Innoson Motors Logo

Young Farouq Osuolale Redesigns Innoson Motors Logo

October 17, 2019 2:41 pm

Social media has got its downside, just like every other thing. But when its power is positively harnessed and put to good use, it can transport a small thought into a big idea and bring an obscure person to prominence.

For Farouq Osuolale, an undergraduate of Nigeria’s premier tertiary institution, University of Ibadan, his talent, foresight and positive use of social media may have just opened a new vista for a career about to blossom.

In less than 48 hours, the young Osuolale who is studying to become a computer scientist became popular for redesigning the logo of a …

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