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The Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria, CLASFON, has observed with dismay the worsening state of insecurity leading to constant kidnapping/abduction of students in the Northern part of the country.
The lawyers lamented that, “the alarming increase in banditry, kidnapping, and communal clashes have occasioned unquantifiable human and material losses and displacement of indigenous communities.”
In a communiqué issued at the end of its physical and virtual President-in-council meeting by Arome Okwori and Olatunji Omole, National President and National Secretary of the fellowship respectively, it noted that, “The recent kidnapping/abduction of students in Kankara in Katsina State, Kagara in Niger State, Jangebe in Zamfara State, and students of the Federal College of Forestry, Mando, Kaduna State, is worrisome.”
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Partial closure of Third Mainland bridge and use of one lane of the bridge after it was officially closed on Saturday for repair.
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After seven months of partial closure to traffic in order to give room for repair of its critical sections, the Federal Government has finally opened Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos for public use .
With the full re-opening of the bridge, Lagoscians , comprising motorists and commuters, who have been experiencing hectic day for past seven months navigating the route from Lagos Mainland to the Island can now heave a sign of relief.
The opening of the bridge on Saturday by the officials from the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, witnessed the invasion of hoodlums , who besieged the venue demanding money (settlement) from government’s officials, but ended up disputing and engaging themselves in physical combact.
Mr. Peter Kibo, Assistant Corp Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corp, representing Corp Marshal FRSC, (left); Mr. Nick Odinuwe, Chairman Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN); Elder Chinedu Okoronkwo, President Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN); Engr. Sarki Auwalu, Director/CEO, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR); Mr. Ademola Adeyemi-Bero Chairman, Independent Petroleum Producers Group (IPPG) and Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, Lagos State Co-ordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) representing the Director-General, NEMA at the flag-off ceremony of the Oil and Gas Industry Search Rescue and Surveillance (SeRAS) program by DPR in Lagos on Monday.The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has commenced the implementation of its Search Rescue and Surveillance Programme (SeRAS) initiative in a bid to renew investors’ confidence and make Nigeria a destination for oil and gas investments.
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The Cross River State Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Cyprian Offordu, has confirmed that 12 persons died in two fatal motor accidents that occurred in the state.
Briefing newsmen at the Ernest Etim Bassey Press Centre in Calabar, Cross River State on Monday, the Commander regretted the accidents and blamed it on drivers’ recklessness.
He said, “The rate of accidents which we thought we have handled during the ember period just from nowhere started reoccurring. Last Thursday, we had two fatal accidents that claimed 12 lives. To us, it’s not acceptable, I am not happy with what is happening despite all the efforts we have put in place.