Metro

By Amos Odeh The renewed operations of the Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to protect oil facilities in the Niger Delta against illegal refineries has resulted to shortages of kerosene to residents in Bayelsa. Kerosene scarcity was sequel to a raid by the joint military force, Operation Delta Safe to illegal refinery sites in Okaki, Rivers and Nembe in Bayelsa. …

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Newly promoted Commissioner of Police (CP) Dan Nkem Okoro at the weekend warned officers at the Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Ikoyi, to shun corruption or be shown the way out of the police job. Okoro spoke while decorating 27 officers who were recently promoted by the Police Service Commission (PSC). The senior officer, who was earlier  decorated with the rank …

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The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, is making an official visit to Lagos, Nigeria on Tuesday, July 3rd 2018. He will announce the launch of the Season of African Cultures 2020, a French celebration of Africa’s rich and diverse cultures, as part of a cultural event organised by TRACE and sponsored by Ecobank, Africa’s leading pan-African bank. TRACE Event, the …

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As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, Union Bank has announced the launch of the We Lead Mentorship Project (WLMP), an 8-month youth mentorship programme, in Igbodo, Delta State. Sponsored by Union Bank and implemented by Rural Development and Reformation Foundation (RUDERF) in conjunction with the Igbodo Development Union (IDU), WLMP is a community based mentorship program that …

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A fuel tanker caught fire on Otedola Bridge outward Lagos on Thursday evening, with many vehicles trapped in the growing fire. Officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency and Lagos Fire Service have been mobilised, reports the rapid Response Squad via its Twitter handle, @rrslagos767. The RRS said its men were “on ground to manage the situation.” LASEMA officials …

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A petrol tanker this evening along Lagos-Ibadan expressway has exploded around the popular Otedola Bridge. According to eye witness report, many cars have been burnt and many lives lost Thursday evening as travelers were returning to Lagos and workers heading home in the usual evening traffic. Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency and Lagos Fire Service have been …

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Nigeria has been named the ninth most dangerous country for women in the latest report released by Thomson Reuters Foundation on Tuesday. Nigeria made the list alongside India, which tops the list, DR Congo, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and Somalia, no thanks to poor ratings in cases of sexual violence, cultural practices, and human trafficking. Other countries polled to have bad records …

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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has suspended the collection of $90 biometric Visa-On- Arrival policy it introduced about two weeks ago. Investigations also revealed that the service was not in charge of collection of charges at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos as that aspect has been concessioned out to private firms. More Investigations on Tuesday revealed that the biometric, which …

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The Abba Kyari led Intelligence Response Team, IRT, has arrested two suspected cultists over the killing of one Oriade Adebisi and his girlfriend, Juliana Eke Imaga both students of Olabisi Onabanjo University,Ogun State, OOU. Complaint received by the team on June 3, 2018 was that the victims went to Oru-Ijebu to visit one Akogun in a Honda Crostour Car with …

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Folake Sokoya Atiku Visits PDP Leaders, Says he is ready to Make Nigeria Work Again Former Vice President of Nigeria Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Friday paid a visit to the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at its National Secretariat (Wadata Plaza) in Abuja, promising to make Nigeria work again if he is elected president in 2019. Atiku used …

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