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  • Command investigates ‘food poisoning’ in Enugu

    Enugu State Police Command is investigating the alleged food poisoning of a prominent man at a restaurant in Enugu, spokesman Ebere Amaraizu said in a statement in Enugu yesterday.

    Amaraizu, a superintendent of police, said the incident occurred about 4:30 pm. on September 8 in Akwuke, Enugu.

    “It was learnt a man was allegedly served rice and stew at a popular restaurant in Akwuke,” he said.

    Amaraizu said it took the intervention of police operatives to quell the mob, who besieged the restaurant after the incident.

    “But for the intervention of our men, this would have resulted in loss of lives.

    “The command, through its operatives, has started investigation into an alleged food poisoning at Akwuke in Enugu South Local Government,’’ he added.

    According to him, a man is suspected to have poisoned the food.

  • FIFA investigates Amos Adamu

    FIFA investigates Amos Adamu

    FIFA ex-executive member, Amos Adamu is under investigation by the body’s ethics committee, it revealed on Wednesday.

    The Nigerian is alleged to have breached FIFA’s code of ethics but world football’s governing body did not provide any more details.

    The 62-year-old was a member of FIFA’s executive committee for four years until 2010, when he was banned from all football activity for three years.

    He was banned over claims he asked for money in exchange for World Cup votes.

    Adamu’s suspension expired in October 2013.

    He was a high-ranking government official for Nigerian sport for 20 years and was once considered to be a leading candidate to succeed long-serving Issa Hayatou as president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

  • Lagos Assembly investigates human rights abuse by military

    The Lagos State House of Assembly has commenced investigation into a case of alleged violation of human rights of residents of Majidun area of Ikorodu  by naval and military personnel drafted to curb illegal bunkering in the area .

    A 4-man ad hoc committee headed by the Chief Whip, Hon. Rotimi Abiru was set up to look into a petition titled ‘Gross violation of fundamental human rights’ from the residents of the community. The petition was jointly signed by Prince A.O Abori, Coordinator and Mr Dare Ayeni, Secretary.

    In the petition, the community accused the military personnel of incessant abuse , rape, physical and psychological torture of innocent residents among others  which prompted the need to seek  redress from the Assembly.

    According to them,  “over 200 navy and army personnel  of the Joint Military Task Force,(JTF) invaded our community with arms and ammunition to arrest illegal bunkers, but displaced our people from their homes. No fewer than 84 families were displaced by men of the force who illegally occupied their victims’ homes, churches and shops.

    “The military and naval officers have taken over our land, cordoned off the only major access road into Majidun thereby grounding all commercial activities to a halt. We can no longer use the waterways as all commercial activities usually done around the riverine area are grounded.”

    They further alleged that their women were  molested, citing the case of a 23 years old girl, who said she was raped by three officers  she promised to  name and identify as investigation continues.

    Other members of the ad-hoc committee are: Hon. Sola Giwa, Hon. Victor Akande and Hon. Famakinwa Adedayo.Lagos LG boss reverses retrenchment of workers

  • FRCN investigates Stanbic IBTC over unapproved transactions

    FRCN investigates Stanbic IBTC over unapproved transactions

    The Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) has said it is investigating Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc for allegedly engaging in unapproved transactions with its foreign technical partners in the last four years.

    Its Executive Secretary/CEO, Jim Obazee, who spoke yesterday in Abuja during a meeting with the Director-General, National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), Dan-Azumi Ibrahim, said the Council was responding to a petition written by shareholders of the bank “drawing the attention of regulatory authorities to some unapproved transactions conducted by the bank with its foreign technical partners. The petition from stakeholders, is on issues relating to the way they have been accruing some monies in their account.”

    The bone of contention however is whether Stanbic IBTC properly disclosed these accruals into its account which is what the FRCN is investigating.

    The accruals he said, “must be disclosed properly and they (Stanbic IBTC) require NOTAP approvals before they can make those payments. Now the person petitioning is saying that there is no need making those accruals because IBTC has not being able to secure NOTAP approval.”

    Obazee maintained that “the petition kept coming and then we invited Stanbic IBTC to hear their side of the matter. And having listened to their side of the story, we believe that the petitioners have a good case.”

    In line with its investigation, the FRCN chief said the Council will be meeting with regulatory agencies, such as the “NOTAP which will give the approval, Central Bank of Nigeria as regulator and Security and Exchange Commission because they (Stanbic IBTC) are asking for general mandate for the treatment of third party transactions which we were against because that will not be in line with related party transactions accounting standards.”

    Efforts to reach the Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications at Stanbic IBTC Bank, Mrs. Nkiru Olumide-Ojo were unsucessful as her phone was switched off. However, a source within the bank, who asked not to be named, said the lender cannot comment because the case is in court.

  • Ebonyi Assembly investigates NIGERCEM impasse

    The Ebonyi State House of Assembly has begun investigations into the impasse over the ownership of the Nigeria Cement Company Ltd (NIGERCEM), Nkalagu between the state government and the Ibeto Group.

    A five-man ad-hoc committee set up by the House has invited leaders of the host communities, who petitioned the House on the face-off.

    The government and Ibeto Group have been embroiled in a running battle over the ownership of the cement manufacturing factory at Nkalagu.

    The impasse also led to the sacking of four traditional rulers from the host communities last month.

    In the petition by Benson Kalu Aliedema, Emmanuel Eze, Joseph Agu (Nkalagu community); Pius Nnaji, Patrick Ogbuabor, Ogbunkwu Nnaji, (Umuhuali); Lawrence Ogbuzuru, Paul Omebe, Boniface Ugwu, (Amaezu) and James Ogbu Aguiyi, James Ogbu, Uchenna Idenyi of Nkalaha community; the petitioners pleaded with the lawmakers to “narrow the gap between government and the people”.

    They said: “That you appeal to the government to reinstate our traditional rulers and regents.

    “That the Assembly intervenes in the impasse between the government and Ibeto Group by bringing the two parties to a negotiating table.”

  • Army investigates men on alleged illegal duty in Edo

    The Army Headquarters has begun investigation into the presence of some soldiers on guard at an oil company in Iwevbo quarters of Obagie-Nunaume, an oil-rich community in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State.

    The soldiers were allegedly on illegal duty having abandoned their duty posts without clearance from the commanders.

    It was gathered the lid was blown off the illegal security surveillance by a petition from the Obagie-Nunuamen Community Development Association leadership against the activities of Newcross Petroleum limited.

    Sources confirmed that a fact-finding Military Police investigation (MPI) team was deployed from the Second Division of the Nigerian Army, Ibadan to the community last week on the strength of the petition.

    The community accused the oil firm of exploration without regard to the rules that govern the process and illegal hiring of  men of the Nigerian Army from a unit outside and unknown to the 4 Mechanised Brigade in Benin City to provide security for its field staffers at Iwevbo quarters.

    The MPI officer-in- charge of the investigations, Sergeant Steve Unas, said the team was mandated “to come and look into the community issues raised in their petition of unwanted soldiers’ faces and Newcross Petroleum Limited that are encroaching on their land to exploit their oil without permission.”

    He said the aim of the investigative team was “to know whether the military personnel are there by federal government permission to do so on their (community) land or not.”