01/14/18

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Operatives of the Kaduna State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps on Sunday said it had uncovered a mini black market petrol depot operated illegally at Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation mega filing station at Mando, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Three persons, including the Station Supervisor of the NNPC Mega station, Usman Tanko, were arrested.

Petrol stocked in drums and jerry cans and constructed tanks were recovered.

The items allegedly recovered included nine drums containing 200 litres of petrol each, nine jerry cans containing 50 litres of petrol, eight empty motorcycle tanks, nine vehicles, 13 empty generator tanks and seven motorcycles.

All these, the State Commandant of the Corps, Modu Bunu, disclosed while speaking to journalists in Kaduna, against the backdrop of the persistent fuel scarcity in the state.

Bunu said the command acted on intelligence report on the activities of alleged fuel racketeers operating at the filing station.

The Commandant said, “we receive intelligence reports that beside this NNPC mega filling station, there was a mini black market depot. So, I waited till weekend when they thought there would be no work to strike.

“I deployed armed personnel in three operational Hilux vehicles and you can see the success with the discovery.

“It is unfortunate that this NNPC mega filling station gets two trucks of petrol almost on a daily basis and at times before 2pm, the fuel, according to them, is finished.

“We have also apprehended the supervisor of the filling station for questioning.

is simply an economic sabotage and we will not treat this with levity.”

Meanwhile, the Station Supervisor, when asked by journalists, confirmed the existence of the ‘mini black market’ but added that the racketeers “don’t get fuel from our filing station.”

He said the management of the NNPC mega station had, on several occasions, lodged complaints with military authority on whose land the black marketers carry out the illegal business, but “nothing was
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For recklessly shooting a civilian simply identified as Azubuike at the Amukoko area of Lagos on Friday evening, the state police command Saturday dismissed the three culprits.

The three dismissed policemen were accused of responding with guns to an alleged attack by the youths of the area, leading to the death of one and injury of another.

The policemen were identified as Sergeant Osaseri Saturday with force number 25759, Sergeant Segun Okun with force number 35 9075 and Corporal Adekunle Oluwarotimi with force number 496833.

According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chike Oti, the trio have been tried and dismissed from the Nigeria Police for breeching the rules of engagement to wit reckless application of firearms.

He said, “The aforementioned Non Commissioned Officers(NCOs), committed the offence at Ifelodun street, Amukoko, Lagos state.

“They disproportionately responded with bullets fired from their weapons at some youths alleged to have hurled some non ballistic missiles at them such as stones, sticks and bottles leading to the death of one of the youths and injury on another.

“They were arrested, detained and tried immediately on the orders of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos state, CP Edgal Imohimi.

“The guilty verdict was passed on them by the Adjudicating officer who considered that the officers did not appreciate the situation critically and ought not to have applied the maximum force on the unruly youths.


“Meanwhile the officers will be charged to court next week, while a duplicate copy of the Casefile would be sent to the Directorate of Public Prosecution( DPP) for legal advice.

“Sequel to the above occurrence, the Commissioner of Police has directed all the Area Commanders and DPOs in Lagos state to warn their men against misapplication of force.

“He further warned that officers must abide by the Rules of Engagement ( ROE) as stipulated in Force Order 237.”

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The Federal Government is undertaking various road projects worth N2.8 trillion across the country,  Mr Chukwunwike Uzo, the Director of Highways, Planning and Development, Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, has said.
Uzo made this known in an interview with the Latest Reality Metro in Abuja on Sunday.
He said that the projects are being funded partly by proceeds of the Sukuk bond.
LR News recalls that the Federal Government had in 2017 raised N100 billion from Sukuk to fund 25 selected roads projects across the six geopolitical zones of the country.
The director explained that the government is financing ongoing road projects outside the Sukuk amounting to N1.8 trillion while  the actual cost of the 25 Sukuk funded roads projects was N1 trillion.
“The total contract sum of all the 25 Sukuk funded road projects is about N1 trillion and this means that the N100 billion raised through Sukuk cannot finish the projects.
“What is happening now is that the Sukuk fund is being deployed to certain areas of the 25 roads that have been identified.
“This means that on a 100 kilometer road, for instance, it could be five or 10 km that the Sukuk allocation for that specific project could address and not the entire dualisation work.
“If you add up N1.8 trillion costs of other projects outside Sukuk, it will come up to N2.8 trillion projects being undertaken by the ministry,” he said.
He said N57 billion had been disbursed to contractors handling the Sukuk funded road projects out of the N100 billion raised.
Uzo said the outstanding N43 billion would be disbursed based on work done by the contractors.
“The money is there, if the contractors had completed their work, we would have exhausted the N100 billion by now.”
The director said the Sukuk fund, raised from the capital market had certain rules guiding its disbursement.
He said the fund had trustees who oversee its disbursement on behalf of the investors and project monitoring consultants working for the trustees to evaluate the quantum of work being done.
“For each payment certificate, those project monitoring consultants have to jointly go with the ministry supervising staff and the contractors to measure and agree on the amount of work done.
“Then quantify it in terms of monitoring certification before sending it to the ministry and then to the Debt Management Office, so it is not like a normal capital allocation from the Federation Account,” he added.
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Dancer, Zodwa Wabantu & Singer, Davido

Nigeria’s singer, Davido is set for a collaboration with South Africa’s sensational dancer, Zodwa Wabantu, who normally dances on stage, without wearing a pant.
According to reports by Zimbabwe’s Herald, the collaboration between Davido and Zodwa, who is known as Queen of Vosso, is being arranged by Afrotainment boss, DJ Tira.
The report said Davido had sought Tira’s help to get Wabantu to feature in his upcoming music video.
“Hello @DjTira I wanna ft Zodwa Wabantu on my upcoming music video. How can I get hold of her? “(sic), he tweeted.
No date has been announced yet for the shooting of the video.
According to TimesLive, Zodwa, a Durban-based dancer has been grabbing headlines for her racy outfits and habit of not wearing panties.
“Zodwa is a wonderful person, who is a born entertainer. After we were booked by the same client in the UK, we developed a working relationship where Afrotainment now handles her bookings, which start from R25k. She gets bookings from all over, places like Botswana and Swaziland,” Tira told TimesLive.
The dancer was banned from appearing at the Harare International Carnival in Zimbabwe last year because the organisers wanted her to wear panties.
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The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a suspected member of the notorious criminal gang popularly called, “Malaysian Boys”.
The command’s spokesman, Ebere Amariazu, ASP, said the suspect had terrorised people in Nimbo community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area.
He told the Latest Reality Metro in Enugu on Saturday that intelligence operatives in Nimbo community arrested the suspect on Friday.
He said the gang had been elusive for over one month since the gang members were declared wanted.
“The command intensified its manhunt on the remnant members of the group after the arrest of Sylvester Ugochukwu, who was sighted in Ebo village in Nimbo community,’’ he said.
He said the suspect had been helping police operatives in further investigations.
“Intelligence further revealed that the suspect was recently recruited into the gang and had carried out some alleged nefarious activities in Nimbo community and its environs before his arrest by the security operatives,” he said.
LR News recalls that about a month ago the command declared some identified members of the group wanted and urged the members of the public to assist with relevant information about the gang.
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