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  • Kano election: Police dispel rumour on curfew

    The Police Command in Kano State has dismissed the rumour being peddled that curfew had been imposed on Kano metropolis, as residents await the final results of the governorship election.

    The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna debunked the rumour in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Sunday.

    According to him, the rumour which is being spread through the social media was not only untrue and unfounded but, was aimed at misinforming the public and create fear and apprehension among the residents.

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    “If curfew is imposed on Kano, people will be informed through the proper channels not through the social media, “he said.

    He, therefore, advised members of the public to ignore the rumour as it was meant to create confusion in the state and beyond.

    A NAN Correspondent who went round the city reports that most of the residents went about with their lawful businesses.

    Even though some business places had opened for business but Sabon Gari and the popular Singer and Kantin Kwari markets have remained closed.

    Private vehicle owners and commercial buses as well as commercial tricycle operators were also operating in the city. (NAN)

  • Struggle to disarm Customs officer killed victim – PRO

    The Nigerian Customs Services (NCS) on Sunday said that preliminary investigation has shown that it was during the struggle to disarm the officer that his riffle discharged and hit the friend of the Customs (Godwin) who lost his life. 

    The Public Relations Officer, Mr. Joseph Attah, who disclosed this in a statement  said the incident emanated from its anti-smuggling operation at Shagamu interchange along Ijebu Ode.

    According to the statement, the deceased was a friend of one of the Customs officer and not a passenger as insinuated in a circulated video clip.

    The statement noted that the NCS sympathizes with the victim and the wounded Customs officer was in an intensive care unit.

    He said that: “Preliminary finding indicate that it was during the skirmishes and struggle to disarm the Officer that the riffle discharged and hit the friend of the Customs (Godwin) who lost his life. The Service is already in touch with the bereaved family.”

    Attah also said that “Sadly, it should be noted that while attention shifted to the dead and the wounded, the passengers who filmed with inciting commentaries boarded their vehicle and left, leaving the wrong impression that it was one of them that was killed.”

    The PRO explained that its attention was drawn to a disturbing video going viral with conflicting narratives.

    Attah said that “While it is painful and totally unnecessary to loose life in anti-smuggling operations, today at Shagamu interchange along Ijebu Ode, attempt to obstruct lawful performance of duty by passengers of a commercial bus (a white Toyota Hiace) suspected to be carrying bales of used clothing led to the death of a young man (Godwin) and serious injury of a Customs Officer, ASC1, Destiny Onebamho.

    “Contrary to some narratives, the young man was not a passenger of the bus but a good citizen who always come to fetch water for Customs Patrol men anytime they return to the base.

    “While the wounded Officer is under intensive care at the hospital, the patrol team has been recalled to the office for further investigation.”

  • Police arrest woman over theft of 5-day-old twin

    Detectives at the Central Police Station, Nnewi, Anambra State, have arrested one 35-year-old Dorothy Sunday, who allegedly stole a five-day-old twin baby boy.

    In a statement in Awka on Thursday, SP Haruna Mohammed, Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Police Command, said that the woman was arrested at 5.30p.m. on Wednesday.

    Mohammed alleged that the suspect sneaked into the Nnamdi Azikwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, and stole the baby from the maternity section of the hospital.

    He said that the mother of baby, Mrs Happiness Mmadu, aged 22, went to wash her clothes when her baby was allegedly stolen.

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    The police spokesman said that luck ran out of the suspect when nurses at the hospital gate saw her in a suspicious manner and raised alarm which led to her arrest.

    He said that the baby was recovered in good condition and the case under investigation.

    He gave the assurance that the suspect would be charged to court after investigations.

  • Alkali: Police declare 13 more persons wanted

    The Plateau Police Command has declared 13 more persons wanted in connection with the killing of Maj.-Gen. Idris Alkali (rtd).

    The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Terna Tyopev, made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday in Jos.

    According to Tyopev, 12 of the suspects hail from Dwei Village in Du District, while one is from Gushet-Shen Village, both in Jos South LGA.

    “After an elaborate and painstaking investigation into the killing of Maj.-Gen. Idris Alkali (rtd), it has further been revealed that 13 more persons who participated in the illegal activities that led to the death of the late general are at large.

    “Therefore, Mr Austin Agbonlahor, the Commissioner of Police in charge of this command, has directed that they should be declared wanted,” he said.

    Tyopev listed the wanted persons as Kanan Nyam, Solomon Gyang, Dung Deme, Gynag Murak, Da Chuwang Samuel and Nyam Samuel.

    The others are Dung Gbeh, Daddy Dogo, James dung, Gynag Dung, Jay Boy as well as Destiny and Gyang, whose surnames were not disclosed.

    The spokesman called on members of the public with useful information on the whereabouts of the suspects to contact the police.

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    The command had on Nov. 4, 2018, paraded 19 suspects in connection with the killing.

    It charged the suspects to court the following day and they were remanded in the Jos Prison.

    Alkali was declared missing on Sept. 3, 2018. He had left Abuja for Bauchi, via Jos, but never reached his destination.

    On Sept. 29, 2018, his car and other personal effects were found in a pond in Dura-Du community of Jos South LGA.

    On October 31, 2018, his body was found in an abandoned well at Gushwet, Shen in Jos South LGA.

    He was buried by the military on Nov. 3, 2018, in Abuja.

  • Gov. Badaru appoints permanent secretary

    Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa has approved the appointment of Garba Ahmed as Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce.

    A statement issued in Dutse on Tuesday by Alhaji Isma’il Ibrahim, Public Relations Officer, Office of Head of the State Civil Service, indicated that the appointment takes immediate effect.

    “Until his appointment, Ahmed was the Director-General, Directorate of Protocol, Government House”.

    “The appointment of the new permanent secretary to serve the state government in this capacity is purely on merit, competency and personal integrity,” the statement added.

  • Bayelsa: Police confirm theft of three-year-old twins

    The Police Command in Bayelsa has confirmed the theft of a set of  three-year-old twins on Monday by unknown persons at a motor park in Yenagoa.

    The Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Asinim Butswat, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Yenagoa.

    Butswat said the incident occurred at Ekeki Motor Park in Yenagoa Local Government Area and that it had been officially reported to the command.

    “According to the report, the assailants stole the babies and ran to an unknown destination.

    “We have alerted our tactical team for investigations and the perpetrators will be brought to book,” he said.

    Narrating the incident to NAN, the victims’ eldest sister, Fumi, said it took place at a time their mother, Mrs Modupe Joseph, went to a mini market in the area to buy salt.

    She said, “Our mummy went to Etegwe-Tombia area of Yenagoa to buy salt to cook corn.

    “The four of us were left in the custody of one Aisha Ahmed at the motor park.

    “Suddenly, one man approached me and gave me N200 to buy food for my siblings but I refused and told him that we have already eaten,” she said.

    Modupe said that the man persisted and made her to collect the money and proceeded to buy the food.

    “Unfortuntely, before I could return, the man had carried my twin brothers away,” she said.

    She said that the assailant came in a black Sienna bus, which he parked nearby.

  • NSCDC arrests 44 suspected criminals in Plateau

    The Nigerian Secur‎ity and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC ), Plateau Command, said on Tuesday that it had arrested 44 suspects for various crimes in the first quarter of 2018.

    Mrs Naomi Chishak, the command’s ‎Public Relations Officer ( PRO ), made this disclosure to the News men in Jos.

    She stated that the suspects were arrested for offences; ranging from solid mineral theft,  ‎petroleum products diversion, illegal possession of weapons and armed robbery.

    Chishak said that between January and February, the command recovered about 3,500 litres of Premium Motor Spirit ( PMS ) known as petrol from various black marketers within Jos -Bukuru metropolis.

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    According to her, the suspect’s ‎are currently facing trials and those who are found guilty will be convicted.

    She also lamented the rise in the theft of solid minerals and illegal mining, adding that such activities were not only criminal but detrimental to the environment.

    Chishak cautioned those who engaged in the ugly acts, which she described as ‘national sabotage’ to desist from them.

    She assured that the command would continue to ensure that those caught in the act would be made to face the full wrath of the law.

    NAN

  • Kano Fire Service saves 180 lives, N86m goods in March — Official

    The Kano State Fire Service said on Friday that it saved 180 lives and goods worth N86 million from 110 fire outbreaks in the state in March.

    The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, however, told the News men in Kano that 14 lives were lost in the incidents.

    Mohammed said 41 houses and 69 shops were affected in the fire outbreaks while properties valued at N29 million were destroyed during the period.

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    He said that the service received 124 rescue calls and 24 false alarms from residents during the month.

    Mohammed said that the major causes of the fire were the use of inferior electrical materials, poor handling of electrical appliances, cooking gas and boiling ring as well as accidents.

    He advised the general public to be careful in this dry season in handling fire and stop storing petroleum products to avert fire outbreak.

    NAN

  • Driver dies as he rams bus into truck on expressway

    Driver dies as he rams bus into truck on expressway

    An accident at Ibafo corridor of the Lagos – Ibadan expressway has left one person dead when a hummer bus rammed into a moving truck.

    The accident which involved a Mack Truck with registration number KRD 995 XG and a Toyota Hummer bus marked LSD 533 XL, occurred by noon at the Ibafo bus stop along the expressway.

    It was learnt that the bus driver was on high speed, and oblivious of his nearing the busy bus stop and ran into the truck when it lessen its speed at the area.

    The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the accident, said the driver  of the  bus  smashed the truck and the impact left him dead.

    “The dead driver of the Hummer Bus was taken to the morgue of Divine Touch Hospital, while the accidented vehicles were taken to the Ibafo Divisional Police headquarters,” Babatunde said.

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  • Kano Fire Service saves 158 lives, N809m worth of goods in January

    Kano Fire Service saves 158 lives, N809m worth of goods in January

    The Kano State Fire Service said on Monday that it saved 158 lives and goods worth N809 million from the 93 fire outbreaks in the state in January.

    The Public Relations Officer of the service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, however told newsmen in Kano that 12 lives were lost in the incidents.

    Mohammed said about 110 shops were affected in the fire outbreaks while property valued at N382 million were destroyed during the period.

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    The public relation’s officer did not give the actual number of residential houses that were affected.

    He said that the service received 89 rescue calls and 19 false alarms from the residents during the month.

    Mohammed attributed the major causes of the fire outbreaks to the use of inferior electrical materials, poor handling of electrical appliances, cooking gas and boiling ring as well as accidents.

    He advised the residents to always be careful with electrical appliances in their homes and shops.

    NAN