He said the Nigerian Navy has continued to spearhead internal security in the Niger Delta region and part of the southwest against militants, pirates, operators of illegal refineries and crude oil theft, their sponsors and collaborators.
He charged the newly commissioned naval cadets trainees and ratings to stay clear from what he described as today’s social vices such as substance abuse, cultism, peer group pressure and negative use of social media and put into use the experiences they acquired throughout their training.
He said that the Nigerian Navy in collaboration with other security agencies has succeeded in containing some of the security challenges in the economic sector.
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Pix From Left; Mrs Mopelola Ayanfalu, Chief Mrs Omobola Obasanjo, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, Olori Adekunbi Runsewe, and Mr Bola Ayanfalu, During the Funeral Service for Late Mrs Felicia Adesola Runsewe, Held on Friday 18-12-2020, At The Chapel of the Healing Cross , Idi-Araba, Lagos. PHOTO; Kehinde Gbadamosi
By Osa Amadi
Every inch of it was a funeral turned to hospitality, arts and culture event. And it was not surprising. Other names of the chief mourner, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, are tourism, arts and culture. He was former Director-General of Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation, NTDC, and presently National Council for Arts and Culture D-G and President, World Craft Council, African Region.
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A source in the school said, “in the junior section, there are six classes, comprising JSS 1A, which has 58 students, 1B, which has 62 students and 1C, which has 64 students; JSS 2A has 74 students, 2B has 79 students and 2C has 75 students.
Parents gather during a meeting at the Government Science School in Kankara yesterday, after gunmen abducted students from the school in Katsina State on Friday night
“As for the senior section, we have seven classes, which include SS1A, 97; 1B, 108; 1C, 106 and 1D, 118. While in SS2, we have 2A, 74; 2B, 79 and 2C, 80, giving a total of 1074 students.”
Residents of Kankara observe as an air force helicopter conveying the federal government’s delegation landed along Katsina road in the state on Sunday