Day: September 16, 2024

The Nigerian Correctional Service has declared 281 inmates missing from the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The service noted that this followed an evacuation process in the aftermath of the flood incident in the state, as seven inmates were returned to the centre. In a statement on Sunday in Abuja by its spokesman, Umar Abubakar, the service released the details of the inmates, including their biometrics. Abubakar said, “The Nigerian Correctional Service has observed the flooding currently being experienced in Maiduguri, Borno State, and its environment.…

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency has sealed a fast-food restaurant owned by Pascal Chibuike Okechukwu, also known as Cubana Chief Priest, Donald’s Fast Food, located on Adebayo Doherty Street, Lekki 1, due to persistent noise pollution and other environmental violations. This was made known by the Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources Tokunbo Wahab, on X.com on Sunday. According to Wahab, the agency took the action after issuing several warnings and abatement notices to the establishment, which failed to comply with environmental regulations. The statement said, “After several warnings…

A Civil Society Organisation, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has applauded Dr Nnimmo Bassey for receiving the 2024 Wallenberg Medal from the University of Michigan, United States. CAPPA congratulated global environmental activist and Executive Director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) Bassey for the laurel. CAPPA in a statement on Wednesday by Robert Egbe, its Media and Communications Officer lauded the renowned environmentalist for delivering the 29th Wallenberg Lecture. According to the statement, the lecture was titled: “We Are Relatives,” and focused on love, humility, dignity…

Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has given security agencies in the state 48 hours to fish out the killers of the Chairman of Ogbete Main Market Traders Association (OMMATA) Chief Stephen Aniagu, vowing that no one would commit such heinous crime in the state under his watch and go scot-free. Mbah also commiserated with the family of the deceased and the OMMATA. NewsBits recalls that Aniagu was shot dead by yet to be identified assailants at the outskirts of Enugu metropolis, Saturday evening. Reacting to the development on…

Prof. Nnaji A former Minister of Power, Prof Bart Nnaji, has described those occupying his piece of land in Onuogba Nike in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, as illegal squatters, explaining that he acquired the land from the original owner in 2005 to build an auto manufacturing industry, and an independent power project. He said the squatters on his land recently migrated from Ezza Nkomoro in Ebonyi state, to the Onuogba Nike community in Enugu East LGA of Enugu State. Nnaji’s explanation followed an allegation by the…

The Department of State Services, DSS, released former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore shortly after he was picked up. The Activist was arrested by operatives of the secret police at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Lagos on Sunday, shortly after his arrival from an oversea trip. On Saturday, the activist had raised an alarm over a plot by security agencies to pick him up and frame him. Sowore had said, “Yeah! All around in my home town, they’re tryin’ to track me down, yeah!…