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  • NGO issues 14-day ultimatum over Bonga oil spill

    A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Oil Spill Victims Vanguard (OSPIVV), has threatened to shut down all facilities belonging to Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company (SNEPCO), if it fails to pay within 14 days a fine of $3,600,191,206 to victims of the 2011 Bonga oil spill.

    In a letter by its Executive Director, Harrison Jalla, the NGO stressed that after investigations, the Federal Government, on December 19, 2014 levied $3,600,191,206 on the company, with a 14-day ultimatum to pay the victims in about 350 communities along the Atlantic Ocean’s coastline in Delta and Bayelsa states.

    An oil spill occurred at SNEPCO’s Bonga Oil Field on December 20, 2011, where 40,000 barrels of crude oil spilled into the Atlantic Ocean, following the alleged failure of the company’s equipment when it was loading.

    The letter said the spill covered 185 kilometres along the coast of Ekeremo, Southern Ijaw and Brass local government areas of Bayelsa State and Warri Southwest, Warri North and Burutu local government areas of Delta State.

    It polluted farmlands, vegetation, contaminated environments and forced fishermen out of business.

  • Ultimatum to vehicle owners

    The Ogun State government has given owners of vehicles and motorcycles seized from 2011, 21 days to reclaim them or have them auctioned.

    The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Chairman Board of Survey, Mrs. Ajibola Chokor, said the concerned owners should visit the offices of Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) and Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) within 21 days to reclaim them.

    Mrs. Chokor said the vehicles were seized for contravening traffic rules, adding that failure by any vehicle or motorcycle owner to reclaim his property would result in the two agencies treating them as forfeited.

    She said concerned owners of these items should visit TRACE and VIO offices with proofs of ownership and payment of relevant penalties.

     

  • Insecurity: TUC withdraws ultimatum to Rivers police chief

    The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), River State chapter, has withdrawn its 14-day ultimatum to the new Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Command, Mr. Chris O. Ezike, to improve the security of lives and property in the state or have its members withdrawn from work in protest.

    TUC state Chairman, Comrade Hyginus Chika Onuegbu, said the decision to withdraw the ultimatum taken at a meeting with the Commissioner of Police (CP) on Wednesday, July 8, this year, where the Congress pledged to collaborate with the CP and state Police Command to improve the security in the state.

    “The meeting was very fruitful as CP Ezike assured the Union that the Rivers State Police Command was working assiduously to improve security of lives and property in Rivers State and also solicited the support of organised labour in Rivers State. The CP also informed the Union of some of the successes recorded by the State Police Command since his assumption of duty,” Onuegbu said, in a statement made available to The Nation.

    He also said TUC Rivers listed some  security challenges facing its members and affiliates in the state, especially increased cases of kidnapping, armed robbery, destruction and killings.

    TUC had in a letter to the CP last Friday, gave the CP a 14-day ultimatum to improve the security or face its members’ wrath. The union noted  the spate of criminality, adding that it has  reached an unprecedented level in the state.

    TUC said: “The situation is so bad that many of our members now live in fear and are actively seeking for transfers out of Rivers State. Also, worrisome is the unwarranted attacks on the secretariat and leadership of labour unions in Rivers state.”

    At the meeting were the executives  and officers of key TUC’s affiliates in the state. They include the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI) and Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP).

    Others were Senior Staff Association of Communications, Transport and Corporations (SSACTAC), Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institute and Associated Institutions (SSAUTHRIA), Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC), and Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN).

  • Insecurity: TUC withdraws ultimatum to Rivers police chief

    The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), River State chapter, has withdrawn its 14-day ultimatum to the new Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Command, Mr. Chris O. Ezike, to improve the security of lives and property in the state or have its members withdrawn from work in protest.

    TUC state Chairman, Comrade Hyginus Chika Onuegbu, said the decision to withdraw the ultimatum taken at a meeting with the Commissioner of Police (CP) on Wednesday, July 8, this year, where the Congress pledged to collaborate with the CP and state Police Command to improve the security in the state.

    “The meeting was very fruitful as CP Ezike assured the Union that the Rivers State Police Command was working assiduously to improve security of lives and property in Rivers State and also solicited the support of organised labour in Rivers State. The CP also informed the Union of some of the successes recorded by the State Police Command since his assumption of duty,” Onuegbu said, in a statement made available to The Nation.

    He also said TUC Rivers listed some  security challenges facing its members and affiliates in the state, especially increased cases of kidnapping, armed robbery, destruction and killings.

    TUC had in a letter to the CP last Friday, gave the CP a 14-day ultimatum to improve the security or face its members’ wrath. The union noted  the spate of criminality, adding that it has  reached an unprecedented level in the state.

    TUC said: “The situation is so bad that many of our members now live in fear and are actively seeking for transfers out of Rivers State. Also, worrisome is the unwarranted attacks on the secretariat and leadership of labour unions in Rivers state.”

    At the meeting were the executives  and officers of key TUC’s affiliates in the state. They include the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI) and Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP).

    Others were Senior Staff Association of Communications, Transport and Corporations (SSACTAC), Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institute and Associated Institutions (SSAUTHRIA), Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC), and Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN).

  • Cycle owners get ultimatum

    The Ogun State Police Command has warned the owner of abandoned  motorcycles parked at Ifo and Ipokia Divisions to remove them within 14 days or lose them to members of the public.

    They are: Boxers TRE 816 FKJ, OK 885 GGE, OP 186 LSD, OG 476 FST, QY 469 SMK, QL 457 KJA and other 30 brands of motorcycles.

     

  • Vehicle owners get ultimatum

    The Ogun State Police Command have warned the owners of accidented and abandoned vehicles parked at Ifo and Ipokia Divisions to remove them within 14 days of this publication or lose them to members of the public.

    They are: Nissan Quest BZ 840 FKJ, Camry LE BV 550 LSD, Mazda 323 LJ 392 EKY, Mazda 626 BM 33 SMK, Mazda 626 unregistered, Nissan Primera JZ 28 EKY and three motocycles.

     

  • Vehicle owner gets ultimatum

    Divisions in Lagos to remove them within 14 days of this publication or lose them to members of the public.

    They are: Honda Accord ABJ 578 AG and Tricycle DED 746 VS

     

  • Vehicle owner gets ultimatum

    The Ogun State Police Command, have warned the owner of Scorpion car marked QJ 686 FST, Nissan Sunny  JW 560 AAA and 33 motorcycles parked at Ilaro and Idiroko Divisions to remove them within 14 days of this publication or lose them to members of the public.

     

     

  • Vehicle owner gets ultimatum

    The Lagos State Police Command has warned the owner of Honda Accord car with registration number BL983LSD parked at Akinpelu Division to remove it within 14 days of this publication or lose it to the public.

     

  • Vehicle owners get ultimatum

    Vehicle owners get ultimatum

    The Lagos State Police have warned owners of all accidented and abandoned vehicles parked at Ajangbadi and Akinpelu Divisions to remove them within 14 days of this publication or lose them to members of the public. The vehicles are: Faragon Bus XU 969 LND, Faragon Bus BDG 554 XJ, Ford Pick-up unregistered, Toyota Pick-up unregistered, Toyota Camry BT 30 AKD, Mitsubishi Lancer car SMK 255 BU and 14 Motorcycles.