Dr Tunji Bello, the Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, made this known in a statement issued by the Director, Public Affairs of the ministry, Mr Kunle Adeshina, on Sunday.
Bello listed the areas affected by the operation as the stretch of Adetokunbo Ademola St., Olosa St., Oko Awo St. and Oyin Jolayemi St.
He said that all vehicles that were parked at prohibited places, including walkways, setbacks and the frontage of
The 22 member Task Force has Prof. Abubakar Sambo as Chairman, Mr. Lateef Ogunleye as Vice Chairman and Chief Executive, while Mr. Haruna Ladan, Deputy Director, Appointment, Promotion and Discipline (APD) in the Ministry of Power will serve as its secretary, NAN reports.
Inaugurating the committee in Abuja, Mamman said that the Task Force became necessary following plans by the Federal Government to accelerate the pace of reforms
Johnson and his government have repeatedly said they will not give the go ahead for another referendum on Scottish independence, but Sturgeon said after the Scottish National Party won 48 of Scotland’s 59 seats in the UK parliament, her party had been given a mandate for one.
“If he thinks … saying no is the end of the matter then he is going to find himself completely and utterly wrong,” Sturgeon told the BBC’s Andrew
Delta Force acquired the slot of Kada City last season but has struggled to fulfil their financial obligations.
The deal was sealed on Wednesday, after a thorough discussion between the management of the two sides with the General Manager of Kwara United FC, Bashir Badawiy leading the club’s charge.
Addressing the media on this development, Kwara United’s chairman Olakumbi Titiloye claimed his management will blend with the league and its challenges.
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Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, who disclosed this in Calabar during a courtesy visit to Governor Ben Ayade, said the decision to source Air Force uniforms locally was in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directives to the Nigerian Armed Forces to lay emphasis on local content.
The Air Force chief, who was later conducted round some of the factories at the Ayade Industrial Park, including the Garment factory, expressed amazement at the …
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), yesterday, conducted a Counter Terrorism (CT) Simulation Exercise at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano.
It was the furtherance of its efforts to ensure combat-readiness for an effective response to security threats to the nation’s airports and other critical assets, Code-named ‘Exercise Steel Dome 2’, the exercise, which was organised in collaboration with other security agencies at the airport, entailed insertion and extraction of NAF Special Forces (The Panthers) within the terminal buildings to retake the airport from terrorists.
The exercise, which had taken place in …
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has assured that the Federal Government would continue to give priority attention to the operational requirements and welfare of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
Osinbajo who was the Reviewing officer, made the remark during the Passing out Parade of 187 Direct Short Service Course 28 at the Military Training Centre (MTC), Nigerian Air Force Base Kaduna on Wednesday
He appreciated the armed forces for effectively containing the territorial ambitions of the Boko Haram terrorists, by substantially degrading their capacity to attack and wreak havoc.
He assured Nigerians that the threats of ISWAP, bandits and other criminals would …
An investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Tosin Owobo, yesterday told a Federal High Court, Lagos how a former Chief of Accounts in the Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Jacob Bola Adigun (rtd), used his companies to siphon N12 billion from the force’s intelligence account domiciled with a new generation bank.
Adigun is the second defendant in a N22.8 billion fraud charge preferred against erstwhile Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (rtd).
The 2 Brigade Nigerian Army, Uyo in Akwa Ibom has embarked on a joint show of force parade.
Speaking to newsmen in Uyo on Saturday during the exercise, Maj. Bashir Jajira, Assistant Director, Army Public Relations Officer, said the exercise was in conjunction with other sister security agencies in the state.
Jajira said that the command would deal decisively with anyone involved in political thuggery, ballot box snatching, arson and other electoral offences.
Climate activists are threatening to sue Royal Dutch Shell to try to force it out of the oil business. A bloc of environmental groups in the Netherlands, where the company is based, says it wants to get a court ruling that would compel Shell to move away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy.
The groups say Shell is “deliberately obstructing” efforts to keep global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius, the key goal of the Paris agreement.
