Police Parade Suspects In The Killing Of A Custom Officer

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February 3, 2017

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The Nigerian Police Force has paraded a five man gang suspected to be involve in the killing of one Custom Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Customs, Aliyu Dayyab on December 22 2016 at the Lagos Tincan area.
The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP. Jimoh Moshood stated this during a press briefing on Friday in Abuja.
“This afternoon,

CJN’s appointment: SAN commends Buhari’s approach

 

• Onnoghen

• Says delay in Onnoghen’s confirmation could result in chaos

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Sebastine Hon has commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s cautious approach to the appointment of a substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).

Hon commended the position taken on the issue by the acting CJN,

FG appoints interim TCN boss

The Federal Government has approved the secondment of Alhaji Usman Gur Mohammed of the African Development Bank (AfDB) as the interim Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).

A statement by Mr Louis Edozien, Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, said Muhammed’s appointment was part of efforts by government to reposition the company for better service delivery to Nigerians.
It said that Mohammed has resumed duty with a 12-month non-extendable deadline to complete his transformational mandate and set Transmission Service Providers and Independent System Operators on a path of greater operational efficiency and effectiveness.
It also said that his approval was designed to ensure responsiveness to the needs of the generation companies and distribution companies, who are TCN’s customers.
It said Mohammed was until his secondment, the Principal Power Utility Transformation Specialist in the AfDB’s Nigerian Office.
“Mohammed  joined the service of the AfDB in 2009. He has served in various senior level management roles in charge of financial control,

Southern Kaduna Violence: Full names, local governments of 17 suspected killers

 

 Suspects of the Southern Kaduna killings                                    

The Nigerian Police on Thursday announced the arrest of 17 suspects allegedly involved in the recent killings in Kafanchan, Kaduna State.
The Kafanchan killing is part of the larger violence in Southern Kaduna that has led to the death of over 200 people in the past few months.
The violence, which has sometimes taken a religious dimension, is largely between herdsmen and host farming communities.
The Nigeria police spokesperson,

Fuel queues return to Lagos as NNPC allays fears of scarcity

 

There was fear of a fresh round of fuel scarcity on Thursday as many filling stations in parts of Lagos and Ogun states  did not sell Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, to motorists as they had run out of the product, The Punch reports.
A source,

CBI arrests ponzi firm Green Ray International MD Mir Sahiruddin

BHUBANESWAR: Tightening its screw on the multi-crore ponzi scam, the CBI on Friday arrested managing director of Green Ray International Limited (GRIL) Mir Sahiruddin, who was on the run for nearly three years. A native of Balasore district, Sahiruddin was hiding with his family in Nigeria. He had entered India on Bangladesh passport by impersonating him as Ahmed Hussain and was arrested from Kolkata.
Confirming his arrest,

Workers’ salaries: NLC to tackle Benue, Rivers government

 

Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) will soon tackle state owning workers’ salaries, NLC president, Ayuba Wabba has said.
Wabba said Rivers and Benue states have been listed as priority states in the union will take on for not paying workers and pensioners.
Wabba gave the hint during a meeting with Representatives of primary health care workers from Rivers, who were on solidarity visit at the weekend.
Let’s not be under any illusion that any employer will give you your rights on a platter of gold,