Newly appointed Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), Engr. Jennifer Adighije has identified enhancement of energy efficiency in the country as her cardinal objective. Adighije assured that she will use her position and experience to enhance energy efficiency in the country in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Speaking during a handing over ceremony in Abuja, Adighije expressed conviction that Nigeria has the technology and human capital to optimize the objective of the NDPHC, which has the responsibility to execute and manage the nation’s Independent…
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The Nasarawa State Police Command has apprehended a suspected drug trafficker, recovering a vehicle and 15 bags of dry leaves believed to be Indian hemp. The arrest, according to a statement released on Sunday by DSP. Ramhan Nansel, the Command’s spokesperson, took place on August 31, 2024, at approximately 1:00 pm. Nansel stated that the suspect, identified as Saturday Gabriel, a 43-year-old male from Edo State, was arrested while one accomplice managed to escape. He said the police recovered a Toyota Camry with the registration number Lagos KSF 843 FN, which was being used for the illegal operation. The Police…
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, on Sunday said its special forces have neutralized a notorious terrorist kingpin in Kaduna State. Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, Director of Public Relations and Information Nigerian Air Force, in a statement on Sunday, said the operation followed intelligence report received on 31 August 2024 that a known terrorist kingpin, Mustapha Abdullahi, and five members of his group were sighted near Sabon Gida Forest along Sabon Birni Road in Igabi LGA of Kaduna State. According to him, the intelligence report indicated that the terrorists intend to kidnap, harm or kill innocent civilians. As a result…
The Director General of World Trade Organization, WTO, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Sunday cautioned ‘political hacks’ against using her for propaganda. Okonjo-Iweala vowed to take action against the hacks who she said have been using her for propaganda. She was reacting to a statement against Governor Alex Otti of Abia State ascribed to her. It was reported that the WTO DG addressed Otti’s handling of the Enyimba Economic City during the recent Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, conference. Okonjo-Iweala was claimed to have said; “While I acknowledge that the labour Party government has been deliberate about some of their task in Abia…
After five years without a traditional ruler, the Umuezeoka community, in Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, has crowned a retired captain of the Nigerian Army, Nweke Fidelis Ogodo, as its new traditional ruler, in a ceremony at the weekend. Speaking during his coronation, the new monarch promised to rule the community with honesty and justice, promising to abide by the law guarding the traditional institution. He commended Governor Francis Nwifuru for allowing communities in the state to freely elect their traditional rulers, describing him as a Democrat. “I will rule them with the fear of God, I…
The Nasarawa State Police command says its operatives have arrested a suspected drug trafficker, Saturday Gabriel. The command’s spokesman, Ramhan Nansel, who stated this in a statement on Sunday said the arrest was carried out on Friday. He said the 43-year-old suspect of Edo State origin was arrested by personnel attached to the Toto Division. According to the statement, a Toyota Camry with registration number: Lagos KSF 843 FN and fifteen (15) bags of dry leaves suspected to be Indian hemp were recovered from the suspect as exhibits. He said, “the arrest was based on a tip-off that a Toyota…
Falconets head coach, Chris Danjuma says his team is battle-ready for their opening fixture at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. The West Africans will take on the Korean Republic in their first game at the Estadio Metropolitano de Techo, Bogota on Monday morning. Danjuma’s side spent two weeks in Bogota perfecting strategies for the competition. The Falconets defeated Australia 3-1 in their first friendly and lost 1-0 to Mexico in their second test game. The gaffer said it is important for his side to start the competition on a positive note. “We are working on our tactics and…
The Police Service Commission said it has promoted 31 Assistant Commissioner of Police to Deputy Commissioner of Police to Deputy Commissioners. The Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, in a statement on Sunday, said the decision to approve and promote the senior officers took place during the first preliminary meeting of the commission headed by its chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu. The statement named the promoted officers from the rank of ACP to DCPs as; Godspower Origho, Area Commander, Kabba, Kogi State Command; Abubakar Argungu Ibrahim, Coordinator BPU, Sokoto State Command; Kabiru Ibrahim, Department of Operations, Cross Rivers State…
Veterinary officials of the Adamawa State Government have started mass vaccination of cattle in several local government areas after a disease killed more than a thousand cows in neighbouring Taraba State. The mass vaccination in Adamawa State which began at the weekend targets LGAs sharing borderlines with Taraba State and Cameroon Republic after the disease named haemorrhagic septicemia killed more than 1000 cows in Taraba. The Adamawa State Commissioner in charge of Livestock and Aquaculture, Tijjani Marksha who led a delegation of ministry officials and veterinary doctors for the flag-off of the vaccination exercise at Gongoshi in Mayo Belwa Local…
No fewer than seventy environmental sanitation defaulters were on Saturday, arrested and charged at the Sanitation Court in Umuahia, Abia State during the August edition of the monthly environmental exercise. The clean-up exercise which recorded a high level of compliance in most parts of the Abia State capital, also saw some residents violating extant environmental laws, leading to their arrest by task force teams. Meanwhile, the Abia State government has vowed to establish mobile sanitation courts in markets and other important areas in the state to enforce compliance with the sanitation exercise. This development was made known by Philemon Ogbonna,…