EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Navy Flays Attitude of Recalcitrant Ratings

R: Ibas, FOC WEST

The Nigerian Navy (NN) authorities have flayed the recent increasing trend whereby ratings exhibit recalcitrance in their line of duty by abandoning their duty posts for frivolities.

The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Western Naval Command (WNC), Rear Admiral Ibok Ette Ibas, made this disclosure today  during the end of his second bi-annual inspection of all units and divisions under his command.

Confusion as 30 Students Faint After Inhaling Gaseous Substance

After inhaling a gaseous chemical substance that engulfed some parts of Ogba suburb in Lagos State, Thursday afternoon, about 30 students of Ogba Junior Grammar School, fainted consecutively, causing confusion to erupt in the school.

While some of the students fainted, others who were quite lucky escaped unhurt as well as the teachers who scampered to safety by closing their nostrils so as not to be affected by the putrid smell.

EXCLUSIVE: Police Arrest Teenager, Three Others for Pipeline Vandalism

The Lagos State Command of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Special Task Force on Anti-Pipeline Vandalism has arrested four suspected pipeline vandals including a 15-year old boy, Sani Musa for pipeline vandalism.

The other suspects who were identified as Chibuzor Okorie, Sani Musa, Musa Adamu and Aminu Suleiman were arrested with 200 kegs of 50 litres of diesel which was allegedly siphoned from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline in Shagamu area of Ogun state.

Navy Declares Decline in Crude Oil Theft, Piracy

Despite the recent incidences of piracy and other maritime illegalities on the nation’s waterways, the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba, Thursday said the war on crude oil theft is yielding positive result with a general decline in illegalities at sea.

Ezeoba, made this disclosure in his keynote address at the Naval Information Management Workshop which held at the auditorium of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Quorra, of the Naval Training Command (NAVTRAC), Apapa, Lagos.

EXCLUSIVE: NAFDAC Raids, Seals Markets Over Fake Products

The  National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC), has sealed a drug factory and a market, both in Abia State for selling fake drugs and counterfeit unprocessed foods to unsuspecting consumers. The agency had during the week raided the factory which is located at Alaoji area of the state as well as the Eziukwu Market, as part of its efforts to rid the nation of such killer products.

The operatives of the agency who had stormed the factory and the market after a tip off and sealed it off, also arrested eight persons and confiscated the fake products.

EXCLUSIVE: Navy Says its Presence at Sea Curtails Crude Oil Theft, Piracy

As the quest to curb crude oil theft, piracy and other maritime illegalities on the nation's  waterways continue to rage, the Nigerian Navy (NN) said its presence at sea has ensured a semblance of law and order.

The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Western Navak Command (WNC), Rear Admiral Ibok Ette Ibas, made this disclosure today  during the end of his second bi-annual inspection of all units and divisions under his command.