Casablanca's Lounge: August 2013

Wednesday, 28 August 2013

Taraba Assembly Gives Suntai Conditions to Resume Duties

Governor, Mr. Danbaba Suntai

Recuperating Taraba State Governor, Mr. Danbaba Suntai, who returned to Nigeria on Sunday after 10 months in Germany and the United States where he was receiving medical treatment, may not return to work so soon as the state House of Assembly is indisposed to grant his request expediently. The governor, in line with Section 190 of the 1999 Constitution, had written the legislature to inform it of his return and readiness to resume his official duties.

Google kicks off ‘Africa Connected’ Competition

$25,000 prizes for five Africans whose lives are ‘powered by the web’

Nigeria, 20th August 2013. For those who have been positively influenced by the internet, here’s a chance to share your web journey. Google is calling on entrepreneurs, creators, innovators and web-lovers in Nigeria and across Africa to share their stories of how the web has transformed their lives and work. Whether you’re a photographer, an entrepreneur, a fashion designer or a community activist, if the internet and Google tools have played an important role in your success, Google wants to hear from you.

CG Immigration Orders Dismantling of Illegal Toll Gates

Mr. David Parradang

The Comptroller-General of Immigration Service, Mr. David Parradang, has in line with his zero-level tolerance policy on corruption, ordered the immediate dismantling of all illegal toll gates erected by officers of the Service (NIS) across the country.

This was contained in a statement signed Wednesday by the Public Relations Officer, NIS, Mr. Chukwuemeka Obua. Parradang warned; “on no condition should any officer solicit for any form of gratification as a condition for performing his lawful duties”

FEATURES: Blinded By The Police

Chinonso Ozoemena

Chiemelie Ezeobi recently spoke with 28-year-old Chinonso Ozoemena, who was shot in the eye by an alleged drunken police corporal, Mohammed Abubakar, and abandoned to his fate despite his pains

When Chinonso Ozoemena came to Lagos exactly three years ago from Idemili, his hometown in Anambra State, he was brimming with hopes and aspirations. His goal was to make enough money to cater for his family, get married and enjoy life.

Suntai Sacks SSG, Dissolves State Executive Council

Mr. Danbaba Suntai

The raging political crises in Taraba State continues unabated, ailing governor of the state, Mr. Danbaba Suntai has announced the dissolution of the state executive council. Announcing the dissolution Wednesday while briefing pressmen at the executive council chambers in Jalingo, Senior Special Assistant to the State governor, Chief Sylvanus Giwa said all the Special Advisers have also been relieved of their appointments.

The Area E Command of the Lagos State Police Command, Monday, engaged in a gun duel with an armed kidnapped gang who attempted to kidnap the Chairman, Young Shall Grow Motors at the FESTAC Town area of the state.

Led by the Area Commander, Area E Command, Dan Okoro, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), the police operatives had engaged the gang in a gun duel and felled two of the suspects while the other members of the gang fled to safety.

SSS Quiz Teenage Stowaway’s Mother

Mrs Evelyn Ohikhena

Security agents have begun a probe into the circumstances that led 15-year-old Ricky Daniel Ohikhena to sneak into the wheel of an Arik Air fight to Lagos last Saturday as they interrogated his mother, Mrs Evelyn Ohikhena. She was grilled by a combined team of the Department of State Security (DSS) and aviation security officials.

Mrs Ohikhena, a hairdresser who resides in Benin, in an apparent effort to unite with her son had earlier yesterday told reporters that her son had been secretly nursing an ambition to travel to the United States without her consent.

Fed Govt to Break off Negotiations with ASUU

Minister of Education, Prof. Ruquayatu Rufa'I

Culled from Thisday- With no end in sight to the debilitating strike embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the federal government, which has been holding negotiations with the union for weeks, with the aim of reaching a compromise on its demands, may be forced to break off negotiations, investigations have revealed.

Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba, Chief of Naval Staff

Tagged 'Delivering maritime security to Africa', the ogoing conference which was organised by the Nigerian Navy (NN), in partnership with the International Quality and Productivity Centre (IQPC), was instituted to address maritime insecurity in the GoG.

Some of the countries which participated are Spain, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Germany, Saudi Arabia, United States of America, Cameroon, Malaysia, France, Dubai, Togo, Pakistan, Canada, Tanzania, South Asia, Netherlands and South Africa amongst others.

Pandemonium erupted yesterday evening at the Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos when police officers attached to the Ishaga Divisional Headquarters clashed with some factional members of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC).

It was gathered that trouble started when policemen on patrol stopped the OPC conveyor which was moving towards Agege area, where they had aimed to launch a unit of the congress in the local government area.

Lagos PRO, Braide

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested and detained a medical representative who attempted to record policemen attached to the Area E Command in the act of arresting a commercial motorcyclist.

The victim who was identified as Gregory Ekene Muonyililo, was arrested at the Amuwo Odofin area of the state for trying to take videos of policemen who were allegedly harassing a commercial motorcyclist.

Finally, Jonathan Sacks Minister of Youth Development

Alhaji Inuwa Abdul-kadir

President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked Alhaji Inuwa Abdul-kadir, and relieved his appointment as the Minister of Youth Development with effect from yesterday August 26, 2013.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim announced this decision yesterday in a statement directing Abdul-Kadir to hand over to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry.

Amaechi, Five Northern Governors Float New Party

Governor Rotimi Amaechi

Rivers State Governor, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi and the five northern Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors, who have been going round the country holding consultations on the state of the nation, may have decided to form their own political party, named Voice of the People (VOP).

SIMON KOLAWOLE: The Republic of Southern Nigeria

Simon Kolawole Live!: By Simon Kolawole, Email: simon.kolawole@thisdaylive.com

Oh my God, Igbo and Yoruba nationalists have started again. They always look for the faintest opportunity to exchange hurtful and incendiary words, betraying a relationship built on mutual suspicion, bitterness, rivalry, resentment and group megalomania. These guys never allow any boxing or wrestling opportunity to pass them by. Whether it is Chinua Achebe’s “There Was a Country” or Femi Fani-Kayode’s “Lagos, The Igbo and Servants of Truth”, there is always a little spark to ignite meaningless arguments over who created Lagos, who betrayed who, who perpetrated genocide, who invented ethnic politics, and such like. These are issues that should belong in the past but are being treated as fresh developments everyday of the week.

Security Operatives Uncover Illegal Oil Wells in Lagos, Kogi

NNPC

Officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command and the Inspector General of Police Special Task Force on Anti-pipeline Vandalism, at the weekend uncovered illegal oil wells in both Lagos and Kogi States respectively.

The operatives of the NSCDC had at Alimatu Ilo Street, Ejigbo, Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos State, discovered wells dug to the level of oil pipelines, where products suspected to be petroleum products were siphoned into trucks by vandals.

Navy Hands over Bayelsa Oil Thieves to EFCC

Nigerian Navy

For 11 Nigerians and a Camerounian suspected of oil theft, the day of justice is approaching. The end of the road in their nefarious activities came recently when officials of the Nigerian Navy intercepted their boat and arrested them for allegedly stealing 10,000 litres of illegally refined diesel off the waterways of the Egweama community in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

With preliminary investigations concluded to determine their culpability or otherwise, the suspects have now being handed over to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) for further investigations and possible trial for crime against the nation’s economy.

FAAN Blames Arik Air, Probes Stowaway Incident

Arik Airline

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has blamed Arik Air for negligence that led a teenager to stow away in its aircraft that brought him from Benin to Lagos at the weekend. It expressed the determination of the Nigerian aviation authorities to probe how the teenage boy managed to hide inside the undercarriage of the plane.

Airport security arrested the stowaway teenager on Saturday following the alarm by passengers who saw him emerge from the undercarriage of the 45-minute Arik flight from Benin, officials said. "We have launched an investigation into the incident. This is a clear case of security breach," FAAN spokesman, Mr. Yakubu Dati, told AFP.

Enugu Lion building 2015 Marshal 7 club hails Gov. Chime

ENUGU GOVERNOR

Marshal 7 club, a socio- cultural organization with members spanning across South-Eastern divide rose from a meeting in Lagos during the week and expressed gratitude to Governor Sulivan Chime of Enugu State for his honest disposition in his choice of Enugu North (Nsukka) to succeed him in Enugu state lion building in 2015.

The Chairman of the club, Chief Fidelis Ezema who spoke on behalf of the members stated that there was nothing more solemn than the truth as expressed by the Governor of the state in his frankness to the issue of a successor. “His Excellency has exhibited not only honesty, but a rare civility in leadership. We thank him not only for his statement but also for the good work he is doing in the state. Peace and security plus infrastructural and human capital development have become a hallmark of his administration.

DELTA GOVERNOR, EMMANUEL UDUAGHAN

In pursuit of its agenda of safeguarding lives and property in the State, the Delta State government is poised to further strengthen the confidence of security personnel by making available to them ballistic vests and ballistic ceramic helmets. Specifically, the State government has ordered about 2500 pieces of ballistic vests and 2000 pieces of ballistic ceramic helmets.

The ballistic vests and helmets will help in boosting the morale of security personnel in combating and further reducing the rate of crime in the State. Speaking on the security situation in Delta State, Mr. Chike Ogeah, Commissioner for Information said, “As we speak, security in Delta State is at optimum level with the environment very clement for businesses and individuals to operate. Time was when kidnapping and other violent crimes got quite disturbing. But His Excellency, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, CON embarked on a concerted programme to improve security”,

Ekhomu

Renowned security expert, Dr. Ona Ekhomu has commended the Joint (Military) Task Force (JTF) on the elimination of Momodu Bama, the second in command to Boko Haram leader, Imam Abubakar Shekau. He said that decimation of the top leadership of the terrorist organization would lead to early victory in the war on terror and safety of Nigeria lives. He therefore urged Boko Haram leaders to embrace peace and stop further terrorists attack on innocent citizens.

In a press statement issued in Abuja, Dr. Ekhomu who is the first chartered security professional in West Africa said that the JTF security operation in the northeast had been a huge success. He urged the military to develop a new security master plan in the northeast aimed at containing isolated Boko Haram attacks on the civil populace.

The street where the incident happened

The last time anyone including his neighbours saw Mr. Sylvanus Ikelie Okoye, a Lagos businessman, was precisely two weeks ago. His sudden disappearance albeit mysterious at first miffed his neighbours, as he did not tell them he was traveling yet his house was under lock and key.

After two weeks of his purported disappearance, it was yesterday discovered that he did not travel at all. All that time, he was locked up in his residence at Ezemegbu Drive, off Ago Palace Way, Okota, area of Lagos. He was dead.

CNS, VICE ADMIRAL EZEOBA

In the wake of several indicting reports often trailing the military after each internal security operations, the Nigerian Navy (NN), yesterday subjected both officers and ratings of the force to training on protection of civilians in peace support operation and internal security.

A first of its kind training, the seminar which was held at the Naval Training Command (NAVTRAC) headquarters in Apapa, Lagos, was geared towards addressing issues of civilian protection instead of harassment and sometimes rape and death as was witnessed during the Odi massacre.

POLICE IG

The Inspector-General of police, Mohammed Abubakar said that the contributions of Mr Benedict Odiase, the composer of the National Anthem would remain indelible in the history of Nigeria.

Abubakar said this on Friday in Lagos during the lying-in-state of Odiase at the Police College, Ikeja, adding that his commitment to the Force was worth emulating.

``Death is a debt every one must pay some day. No one can add one minute to his life when death comes. It is not only the family that had lost someone dear to them, the Force too is mourning him.

``We pray for the repose of his soul and the fortitude for family members to bear the lost,’’ Abubakar, represented by the AIG Zone 2, Mamah Tsafe said.

LAGOS CP, UMAR MANKO

This year's Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria, CLASFON, national conference turned out to be one of the best in recent times going by the caliber of people that were honored. In fact, the choice of recipients of the awards has so far turned out to be outstanding in view of the glaring achievements recorded by the recipients in their respective endevours. Topping the list are achievers like Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola,former NBA President, Chief Wole Olanipekun, Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Uriel Palti, and Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Umaru Manko,amongst others.

NOTE: After days in South Africa, the nigerian contingent today left for the beautiful Mauritius, a 10-day journey, enroute their port of call which is Australia to participate in the Royal Australian Navy INternational Fleet Review. Read the release by the Director, Naval Information, Commodore Aliyu Kabir:

"Following approval by the President, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) THUNDER, Nigerian Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessel Class of Ship is presently on her way to Australia to participate in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) International Fleet Review (IFR) to be held in Sydney from 3-11 October 2013. The International Fleet Review is a historic commemorative maritime event for the Royal Australian Navy and Australia which will include a multi-national sea exercise and other notable events intended to showcase the cordial relationship that exist between global maritime forces.

Abba Moro, Minister of Interior

Minister of interior, Comrade Abba Moro has said that over 22, 000 illegal aliens have been repatriated from the country since the exercise commenced few months ago to check security threats. Moro said the measure was necessary because it was discovered that some of the activities of insurgents and perpetrators of conflicts had been masterminded by criminals among the illegal immigrants who were repatriated to Niger Republic, Cameroun and Chad. "Just yesterday 18 of such illegal aliens were repatriated from Bauchi state. The only alternative for us is repatriating them since they cannot regularise their stay in the country", he explained

SEGUN ADENIYI

The Verdict By Olusegun Adeniyi. Email, olusegun.adeniyi@thisdaylive.com

The young Yoruba man was leaving office early to go and receive his visiting Igbo wife undergoing her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) primary assignment in a neighbouring town when he encountered a co-worker who planted in him the seed of doubts that eventually destroyed a beautiful union and set his own life crashing down. The careless remark that would play in his head again and again was that he was being naive to believe that his wife would remain faithful, especially considering that “she is young, she is a corper…and she is Igbo!”

IG, MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR

I was deeply pained Wednesday night to hear and see the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Umar Abubakar Manko, on television struggling to give convincing explanation or excuse to Lagosians on the condemnable action of one of his men, simply identified as Haruna, that led to the murder of a motorcyclist, Mr. Olalekan Ajayi, at Ikorodu earlier in the week. I was not just pained by Manko’s callous choice of words while attempting to justify the action of his killer cop, but enraged by his lack of remorse to the fact that a trigger-happy police personnel under his command had pulled the trigger that snuffed-off life from the victim, Ajayi.

SODIPO

Former Miss Nigeria, Feyi Sodipo, escaped being abducted by three fake security operatives who claimed to be working for the organisers of Miss Nigeria beauty pageant on Friday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The suspects, including two men and a woman, were said to have coerced Feyi, brought her in their car from Lagos to Abeokuta, where they said they were coming to retrieve the car which she won during the contest.

New Police Estate at Idimu, Lagos

The deplorable state of police barracks across the nation has been of concern to many, especially the police authorities, Chiemelie Ezeobi writes on the current efforts of the Nigerian Police to turn the tide.

For many years he served meritoriously as a police officer. He had lived in the most dangerous part of the city where he continued to expose his family to the risk of the environment in which he lived as a serving police officer. After sometime he managed to get an apartment inside the police barracks, but the apartment was not in any way befitting for an officer of his rank. Unfortunately he died during a crossfire with armed robbers. So he died without having a house of his own and thus left his wife and five children without a roof over their heads. That was the story of a Nigerian police officer.

For the Police, the dream to own a house or an apartment has always been there. In most cases they die without fulfilling that dream.

Suspected boko haram members

Gunmen suspected to be members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect in yet another reprisal attack on Tuesday night killed 44 persons and injured several others at Dumba Village on the outskirts of Baga, in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. Members of the sect, who have been forced to flee from their enclaves by the Borno Youth Vigilante Group and the security Joint Task Force in the state, have in the last couple of days been attacking Borno villages and killing people.

Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba

The Nigeria Navy (NN) authorities yesterday said piracy in the Gulf of Guinea (GoF) cost the world economy about $950million last year, with an expected rise in loss this year. The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Western Naval Command (WNC), Rear Admiral Ibok-Ette Ibas, made this disclosure while speaking to journalists about the forthcoming Offshore Patrol Vessels Africa Conference scheduled to hold at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos. The FOC said the African continent was increasingly witnessing progressive surge in offshore activities across the broad spectrum of maritime trade and business. He added that with such great opportunities amidst immense resources, many observers believe it presented incredible and exciting markets for the future.

EXCLUSIVE: RECOVERED VEHICLES In Lagos

NAMES OF VEHICLE REG. NO COLOUR LOCATION

TOYOTA HIGHLANDER EKY 603 AQ BLACK ONIPANU

MIT. L 300 BUS UNREG. BLUE ALAKARA

TOYOTA HIACE FE 01 FKJ WHITE MAROKO

TOYOTA SIENNA S/BUS LND 77 AG L/GREEN SHAGAMU ROAD

AUDI 80 S/CAR LND 848 AQ M/GREEN AGBOWA

NISSAN P/FINDER JEEP SP 15 EKY BLACK ONIKAN

HONDA ACCORD S/CAR SH 772 KJA A/GREEN IGANDO

Finally, Ngige Emerges APC Governorship Candidate for Anambra

Senator Chris Ngige

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has chosen Senator Chris Ngige to fly its flag at the November 16 governorship election in Anambra. The Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, who disclosed the successful break of the deadlock in the choice of the APC governorship candidate in Anambra, said the south east caucus of the party has resolved that Ngige will be the APC candidate and Okonkwo will led his campaign. Okorocha explained that choice of Ngige was reached through a concensus, "adding that "those who thought we shall not succeed today we have disappointed them".

Jonathan Seeks Quick End to ASUU Strike

President Goodluck Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday directed the federal government negotiating teams to take all the necessary steps to ensure the quick resolution of the industrial dispute declared by university teachers.

The president gave the directive when members of the two committees set up by the federal government to negotiate with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) briefed him on the progress so far made in ending the lingering strike by the union.

Lagos PRO, Braide

A renewed clash at the Ikorodu area of Lagos State today claimed one life and left several others with varying degree of injuries, as protesters took to the street. The clash which started on Monday snowballed into mayhem when some aggrieved persons took to the streets to register their grouse against the death of a commercial motorcyclist who was shot by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS).

The policeman who was simply identified simply as Haruna, in company of two of his colleagues, Ayodele and Ismaila, had on Monday stormed the area to arrest defaulters of the state government's ban, which restricts Okada riders from plying about 475 roads in the state.

Immigration CG, Parradang

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) yesterday warned its personnel to shun sharp practices and indiscipline, stressing that those found culpable would be summarily dismissed from the service.

The Assistant Comptroller General (ACG) in charge of Zone A including Lagos and Ogun States, Mr. Joseph Olaitan, made this disclosure during an on-the-spot assessment visit to the NIS passport office, in Alausa, Lagos.

Exclusive: Again, Police Kill Commercial Motorcyclist in Lagos

Lagos PRO

Pandemonium erupted at Ladega, Ojubode area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, yesterday evening after a policeman attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) allegedly shot and killed a commercial motorcycle rider popularly known as Okada.

The policeman who was simply identified simply as Haruna, in company of three of his colleagues, had stormed the area to arrest defaulters of the state government's ban, which restricts Okada riders from plying about 475 roads in the state.

I was actually leaning towards letting this slide as there is no dividend in exchanging words with Noble. Honestly, there was never gonna be a rebuttal; I was just toying with Noble`s little ok,big ignorant head. Everything changed when I received these images of Noble PROUDLY rocking his Emmy Collins pieces and feeling so cool in them from a reader who must have felt our bearded little pal was unfair and spoke from both sides of his mouth with those rants of his last weekend.

IG Redeploys 14 Commissioners, Retains Controversial Rivers CP

IGP, Mohammed Abubakar

In hisefforts to reposition the Nigeria Police Force for greater efficiency and better performance in the fight against crime and criminality, the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered the redeployment of 14 Commissioners of Police to commands and formations across the country.

The 14 newly-redeployed CPs are: Lawal Tanko, CP Borno State, Ibrahim Ahmed, CP Zamfara State, Hilary Okpara, CP Bayelsa State, Maigari Dikko, Ebonyi, Adebayo Ajileye, CP Inspectorate ‘E’ Dept, FHQ, Adeola A. Adeniji CP Border Patrol, Waheed O. Salau CP Airport, Markus Danladi, Commandant, Police College, Maiduguri, Tonye E. . Ebitibituwa,

Ezekwesili: National Assembly Gulps over N1trillion in 8 Years

Oby Ezekwesili

The immediate past Vice-President of the World Bank (Africa) and former Minister of Education, Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has confirmed the widely held belief that the federal legislature is a drain on the country’s national purse, stating that the National Assembly has between 2005 and 2013 received over N1 trillion.

Ezekwesili made the revelation yesterday in Abuja, at a one-day dialogue session on the cost of governance in Nigeria and review of the Oronsanye Committee Report, organised by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC).

Chief Of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba

The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Beecroft of the Nigerian Navy (NN) yesterday paraded four sea robbers who had hijacked an oil barge, MV Crow at the Escravos area on August 14. While addressing newsmen at the Defence Jetty, Marina, the Commander, NNS Beecroft, Commodore Chris Ezekobe, said the arrests were in line with the Strategic Guidance 01 of the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba.

He said, "We were alerted from Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency's (NIMASA), Regional and Maritime Awareness Centre (RMAC) and we pursued the vessel to Aiyetoro in Ondo State.

Following the recent outcry among members of the Nigeria Police Force over what they described as arbitrary deductions of their salaries from source, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has revealed reasons for the deductions.

Speaking through the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr. Frank Mba, Abubakar said that the N5, 500.00 deductions, from all police personnel last month, was for the benefit of the personnel.

According to him, the money is to facilitate the floating of a mortgage bank for the police, which will greatly improve the housing needs of every police every. The bank will be in every state, due to the wide spread of police personnel.

EMMY Collins Replies Noble Igwe, Says Latter's anger was Emmy's diss of BankyW's Video

Emmy Collins

So after the twitter war between Emmy Collins and Noble Igwe, which left our jaws sagging in shock, peace seem to have returned to twitterville. Or not.... So a fan said Noble bullied Emmy and he was quick to reply. Mind you, noble had called Emmy a failed designer. Ouch! Read Emma's reply to the bullying question below

Chief of naval staff, Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba

The personnel of the Nigerian Navy (NN), weekend engaged a 20-man gang of suspected Niger Delta militants in a gun duel. At the end of the operation about 17 of the suspects were feared killed while three was arrested.

A foreign merchant vessel, MT NORTE, that was earlier hijacked by the criminals and its crew members were rescued off Lagos water. The operation was said to have been jointly carried out by officers of the Nigerian Navy and the Nigerian Air Force.

Service chiefs

Intelligence report filtering in this evening indicate that Nigeria's militant Islamist leader Abubakar Shekarau may have been killed by the security forces during a shoot-out. The intelligence report allegedly indicated that Shekarau the leader of the Boko Haram group, may have died between 25 July and 3 August, one Lt-Col Sagir Musa said. Boko Haram, which has waged an insurgency in Nigeria since 2009, has not refuted the statement. The US had put a bounty of $7m (£4.6m) on Shekarau's head.

Baby factory: Two suspects nabbed in Ebonyi

Baby factory

Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested two suspects over their alleged involvement in the operation of a baby factory in Imo State. The state Police Spokesman, Sylvester Igbo, said one of the suspects, Mr. Ifeanyichukwu Agwu specializes in conveying pregnant young girls from Amasiri to Amaraku, Amaigbo in Nwangele local government area of Imo State where the baby factory is located.

Lagos pro, Braide

The Inspector-General of police Special Taskforce on Pipeline Vandalism, Lagos Zone has arrested 10 suspected NNPC vandals and recovered 800 (50 liters) jerricans at Elepete, Arepo in Ogun State.

Mr Friday Ibadin, Assistant Commissioner of police (ACP) in charge of the taskforce said this while parading the suspects and items recovered from them at Arepo on Monday, adding that they were arrested on Sunday night.

Lagos PRO

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Command has sealed up two compounds at Ishawo, Ikorodu LAgos where NNPC pipeline vandals normally transload stolen products from vandalised pipeline.

The commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Command Mr Adesuyi Clement Dayo ordered that the compounds be sealed following a tip-off and inspection of the area by the commandant.

Lagos PRO

The Lagos State Police Command yesterday disclosed that it has arrested about 300 suspected armed robbers in the first half of the year as against 244 arrested around the same period last year. This is just as the command in the last six months also foiled 207 armed robbery attempts and recovered 235 arms and about 9000 rounds of ammunition against 160 arms and 948 ammunition recovered around the same period last year.

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