Police Deputy PRO writes on the pains and pressures police face daily

Lagos state Police Deputy PRO, Aleey Giwa, took to his Instagram page to write about what the men in police uniform go through on daily basis. He talks about their pain, suffering and the way they’re being viewed by the public both by those who revere them and those who hate them. Read his post below;

 

 

After Decades of Neglect By Successive Govts,Mimiko Commissions 27.5 Km Road In Irele Council Area(Photos)

After decades of neglect by his predecessors, the Ondo state Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko will on Thursday, commissioned the 27.5  kilometre Ayangba-Iyansan  road in Irele local government area of the Southern Senatorial District of the state.

This great feat is part of the determination of the mimiko-led government to consolidate on its impressive record of infrastructural development in the state.

In a statement issued in Akure on Wednesday, the state’s Commissioner for Information, Kayode Akinmade, said the feat is an addition to the series of such roads which the government has been able to provide since assuming office.

Speaking further the Commissioner said “In line with the Mimiko administration’s determination to ensure even distribution of the dividend of democracy among the people of the state, another landmark achievement of the administration will be recorded on Thursday when the Ayangba- Iyansan road will be commissioned.”

The Ajagba – Iyansan road is one of the over 1300km of roads that were built since Gov Mimiko assumed office in 2009 including additional 6 dualized roads which increased the number of dualized roads in the state from 2 to 8.

According to the Commissioner, the road  will in no small measure ease transportation in and  around the area, even as he described  the development “ as yet  another confirmation of  the government’s developmental focus in the state”

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NNPC withheld N824.7 billion oil revenue in 6 months of Buhari’s govt:PDP

According to PDP NNPC withheld N824.7 billion oil revenue in 6 months of Buhari’s govt.Following the disclosure,Nigerians on Twitter have reacted.

See their reactions above

Danfo Bus Driver & His Conductor Rape Helpless Job Seeker Multiple Times

The police in Lagos have arrested a commercial bus driver, identified only as Akeem, and his conductor, Sodiq, for allegedly robbing and raping a 22-year-old lady in the Costain, Iponri area of the state.

Akeem and Sodiq, along with two others still at large, had picked the victim, Mercy(pseudonym) from the Obalende area, and were supposed to head for the Victoria Island where the victim reportedly had a job interview.

Mercy, who hails from Otupko, Benue State, and holds a Nigerian Certificate in Education, on March 10, had been called by a friend to attend the job interview.

The suspects allegedly diverted to the Costain, Iponri area, assuring their victim that they were only taking a different route to the island.

When the bus got to Costain, under the bridge, the four allegedly robbed Mercy of her ATM card, her purse and other documents. The suspects also allegedly raped the lady before driving off.

After the robbery, the victim went to report the matter at the Iponri Police Division.

The suspects were not found until last Tuesday when members of a vigilance group in the area, who were also informed about the matter, nabbed the driver and his conductor and handed them over to the police.


Speaking with Punch, Mercy said the suspects confused her because she was new in Lagos and she was not familiar with most of the roads.

She said, “On that day, I was at Obalende when my friend called me that there was a job interview on the Victoria Island. So I entered a bus heading to the area. Not long after, three men entered as well. The driver drove towards CMS; when I inquired, the other passengers said I should be calm as he was still heading for the Island. I thought he was trying to avoid the traffic.

“When we got to the bridge in Costain, they stopped and they collected my purse, mobile phone, ATM card, PIN and N2,000 cash on me. After they left, I told my elder brother that some men had attacked me.

“He came and we both went to the Iponri division to make a report, but the robbers had withdrawn N120,000 through the ATM.”

An executive of the vigilance group, Ishola Musbau, said, “The case of a jobseeker being raped and robbed by miscreants was brought to our attention. It took us two weeks to fish out Akeem and Sodiq, and the victim identified them.

“The driver and the conductor were apprehended at a hideout in Itumara, Costain, where they usually gathered for robbery operations.”

President Buhari Takes 2 Months Holiday, Osinbajo to Run Country, Promises to Focus on Energy Crisis

Nigerian president Mohammadu Buhari flew to the United Arab Emirates last night from New York, were he was attending the ongoing Nuclear talks. According to statements from his office, the President will spend two months in the Gulf nation.

'You know the past ten months has been very very tough on the president. Aside from meeting an empty treasury,  the President also had to deal with a systematic decay of everything that makes up this country. So where Nigerians are bothered about things not working right,  or at all, the President spends all night thinking about solutions and this is why he needs a break,' the president's spokesperson said.

'Yes, you know the system is designed to cover for situations like this. The Vice President, who has been mandated to focus on the current energy crisis, will be in charge until the President's return,' the spokesperson added.

It is not known is the wife of the president travelled with him, but reports from the villa indicate that there is general relaxation of posture as civil servants look forward to 2 months of not needing to watch their slouch.

We are looking forward to the pictures from the president's holiday villa. We hear it is austere, to match his demeanour.

I Never Said Fuel Scarcity Will End By April 7th - Kachikwu

 

I Never Said Fuel Scarcity Will End By April 7th - Kachikwu

Chineme Okafor in Abuja with agency report
In its bid to reduce fuel importation in the foreseeable future, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that nine companies have submitted bids for the co-location of new refineries within the complexes of its three existing refineries in Kaduna, Warri and Port Harcourt.

This is just at the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has clarified that he never informed the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) last Tuesday that the fuel shortages will end between April 5 and 7, but assured THISDAY in a phone conversation that concrete measures had but put in place to end them soon.

NNPC said in a statement by its spokesperson, Mr. Garuba Deen Mohammed, that the open bid exercise was a demonstration of the determination of the federal government and NNPC to increase the nation's refining capacity from 445,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 650,000bpd.

It quoted its chief operating officer (COO) of refineries, Mr. Anibo Kragha as making this disclosure when the technical bids of the companies were opened in Abuja.

According to the statement, a technical evaluation committee has been set up to study the bids and announce winners as soon as possible.

It said the exercise was witnessed by representatives of the Nigerian Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP).

Kragha, according to the statement, said the corporation was committed to boosting the nation's refining capacity which in turn would end the perennial fuel shortages in the country.
He said: "The aim is to leverage on the existing facilities to fast track the take off of the refineries as soon as possible."

Also, Kachikwu has waded into the lingering crisis in the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) with the aim of ending the fuel shortages in the country.
According to NNPC, Kachikwu invited all stakeholders within the IPMAN hierarchy to his office where he raised a 14-man committee to resolve the lingering leadership crisis in the association.
He told them that IPMAN was a critical stakeholder in the downstream petroleum sector and as such should be united.

Members of the 14-man reconciliation committee set up by Kachikwu include Danladi Pasali, Dibu Aderigbe, Abubakar Maigandi, Hemmed Fashola, Leo Nkememe, Chukwudi Fred Ezinwa and Chief Ben Odjugo.
Others are Andrew Ashiga, Igwe Ezekwesili Maduaguna, Emma Ihedigbo, M. A. Shettima, Augustine Erhabor, Prince I. Dunuje and Lawson Ngoa.

They are expected to help the government monitor the distribution of petrol to their members as well as the protection of pipeline facilities in the country.

But as NNPC grapples with ending the perennial fuel shortages in the country, a report from the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), a UK-based natural resources accountability group, has shown that under President Muhammadu Buhari, the state-run oil firm has continued to withhold billions of dollars in oil revenues from the treasury.

The report titled, "NNPC Still Holds the Blank Check", is a follow up to a 2015 report on the activities of NNPC by the NGRI and was obtained by THISDAY yesterday in Abuja.

It said the corporation still holds on to oil revenues without effective rules or oversight, adding that despite Buhari's personal resolve to curb graft in Nigeria's oil industry, the corporation in the second half of 2015 made up to $6.3 billion from sales of export crude, domestic crude and oil from its subsidiary the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), out of which only $2.1 billion was entered into the Federation Account.

According to it, the NNPC retained 66 per cent of sales proceeds from these three types of transactions. This, it noted, was 12 per cent higher than what it retained between 2013 and 2014.
It said that while the NNPC's withholding covers known costs, notably its share of the joint venture expenditure, the corporation has however not fully explained others, especially revenues retained from NPDC and domestic crude sales.

NNPC's spending on this scale, it said, raises questions about its adherence to fiscal responsibility, especially at a time when public finances are stretched and the government is looking for monies to fund its budget.

The report advised the government to establish a clear, legally enforceable rule governing what revenues NNPC could keep and how they can be spent now that it is undergoing some sorts of reforms.
Otherwise, it said oil sector corruption and waste could return to their prior devastating levels once Buhari leaves or crude oil prices rise again.

Meanwhile, Qatar's oil minister has said 12 countries have agreed so far to participate in a meeting it will be hosting next month to discuss a freeze in oil output levels.
Qatar announced earlier this month that it would be the meeting venue for OPEC and non-OPEC producers on April 17to discuss the production cap.

The talks are aimed at bolstering oil prices that have fallen from over $100 a barrel in 2014 to less than $40 a barrel at present.

According to Reuters, the Minister of Energy and Industry, Mohammed Bin Saleh al-Sada, said yesterday that Qatar was still expecting official confirmation from producers that had verbally expressed plans to attend the meeting.

Those confirmed so far are Saudi Arabia, Russia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Nigeria, Algeria, Indonesia, Ecuador, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar.

Since the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Russia, the world's two biggest oil producers, agreed to an output freeze at January levels, the price of oil recovered some of its losses from $30 a barrel to about $40 a barrel.
However, Iran has said it will not freeze oil output, as it is keen on raising production following the lifting of international sanctions after it agreed to stop its nuclear programme.

But as OPEC and non-OPEC producers prepare to meet, the United States has fast become a big importer of oil again, Bloomberg has reported.
In the three months since the U.S. lifted its 40-year ban on crude oil exports, U.S. crude shipments to foreign buyers have stalled.

At the same time, imports into the U.S. jumped to a three year high in what looks to be a reversal of a yearslong decline in the amount of foreign crude brought into the American market.

According to the report, refineries are choosing to buy imports instead of West Texas Intermediate (WTI), an oil variant produced in the US. One of the major beneficiaries is Nigeria, which is regaining lost market share. Imports from Nigeria surged to 559,000 barrels a day in mid-March, compared with an average of 52,000 in all of 2015.

Newly Married Nigerian Actress Monalisa Chinda Glows At Friend’s Wedding(Photos)

Check out the 'Oyinbo' of Nollywood Monalisa
Chinda looking extremely beautiful at the wedding
ceremony of one of her friends.The newly married actress has been glowing ever since she got married.

Love is indeed a beautiful thing, it changes
people. We are so happy for her.