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The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Edo State Command says it foiled a jailbreak attempt by inmates at the Nigerian Correctional Service facility, Ubiaja, Esan South East Local Government Area of the State on Wednesday.
In a statement released in Benin, the spokesperson of the command, Richard Ogbebor, disclosed that the attempted jailbreak happened from 3pm to 5pm on Wednesday.
He said the command received a distress call and subsequently mobilized its personnel to the facility.
On getting to the facility, it was discovered that the inmates had broken out from their cells and were already engaging the correctional officers in a fight.
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Officials from the Cross River State Ministry of Environment have evacuated the decomposing corpses discovered at a valley in mile five, Calabar Municipal government area of Cross River State
Disclosing this to DAILY POST on Thursday, the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Eremi Solomon John said the Ministry evacuated the corpses of seven males and a female
He said investigations on their identities, cause of death or their killers were continuing, confirming that nobody has been declared missing in the surrounding environment.
“The investigations are still ongoing particularly on how these corpses got there. In the Odukpani local government area, nobody has been reported missing. We still not unravelled the identities of the corpses and how they got there, nobody has been declared missing
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The Traditional Rulers and Local Government Council Chairmen in Cross River State have put up measures to avert the killing of Police officers in their respective domains.
DAILY POST gathered that the Chairman of the Ikom local government council erected a Security Check Post at the entrance and the exit of the local government area.
In Yakurr local government council, the traditional created a security team comprising all security agencies and vigilante groups in the council to monitor the activities of hoodlums, with a view to reducing attacks on the policemen.
Speaking with DAILY POST on Thursday via phone, the Obol Lopon of Mkpani, His Royal Majesty (HRM) Obol Sunday Obono Okoi regretted the action of the hoodlums who attack and murder Policemen as well as other security personnel.
The Paramount Ruler of Mkpani, Obol Lopon of Mkpani, His Royal Majesty (HRM) Obol Sunday Obono Okoi has disclosed how his community stopped Fulani herdsmen from entering their farmlands.
He said his community has put various machinery in place to make it impossible for herders to enter their farmlands.
Speaking with DAILY POST on Thursday, the Monarch lamented the activities of herders and called on the Federal Government to caution herdsmen with a view to stopping them from destroying people’s farms and allegedly killing farmers.
“It is not bad for people to carry on with their legitimate businesses, but it’s bad for people to abandon their legitimate business and embark on the destruction and killing of innocent people or fermenting criminal activities
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The Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Akin Ricketts, tells TOFARATI IGE about his career, maritime sector, business, family and other issues
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The chairman is simply a member of the Governing Board but a
primus inter pares (first among equals) as he chairs its meetings, issues directives and with all other members of the board, guides the NPA on policy matters and ensures adherence to the Federal Government’s policies and performs supervisory oversight on the management.
What are some of the challenges you face in the course of discharging your duties?