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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Tin-Can Island Port Command has handed over to the International Police Organisation (INTERPOL) two Range Rover SUV jeeps suspected to be stolen. According to a statement on Friday by the Public Relations Officer, Mr Uche Ejesieme, the Area Controller, Comptroller Bashar Yusuf, said that the interception was sequel to intelligence report from the INTERPOL. He said that the vehicles loaded in a 40ft container No. UACN 548368/1 was imported from Washington D.C , U.S. and declared as Toyota Tundra and Chevrolet Cruiz with some bicycles. Yusuf said that based on intelligence report made available to Customs by INTERPOL, all consignments from the U.S. were placed on high surveillance to ensure that the suspected container was tracked. “The vessel was monitored from the port of loading to Tin-Can Island Port and intercepted on arrival. “The vehicles are a gold-coloured Range Rover SUV 2014 with Chassis No.SALGS2VFGEA126188 and anot...

http://ift.tt/2qAJMiX Uruguayan coach Paolo Montero of Argentina's Rosario Central poses after a training session in Arroyo Seco, near Rosario, Santa Fe, on May 26, 2017. As a former Juventus defender, Montero is in a unique position to talk about the June 3 Champions League final in Cardiff, set to be a rematch of the final that Juventus lost to Real Madrid 19 years ago. / AFP PHOTO / Marcelo Manera For Uruguay’s Paolo Montero, Juventus versus Real Madrid means more than just this Saturday’s Champions League final: it recalls a similar night 19 years ago with his then Juve teammate Zinedine Zidane. Now manager of Argentine side Rosario, Montero, 45, spoke to AFP about that match as the French maestro, 44, leads Real as coach into their first final against the Italian side since that night. – Revenge – Saturday’s match is a chance for Juventus to settle the score after Real’s narrow 1-0 victory in Amsterdam in May 1998. “We both went into the final as favorites… It was...

http://ift.tt/2rcyUsT South African ruling party African National Congress (ANC) president and State President Jacob Zuma (C), South African parliament Speaker Baleka Mbete (L) and ANC Treasury General Zweli Mkhize (R), look on during ANC's ordinary National Executive Committee meeting on May 27, 2017 in Pretoria. / AFP PHOTO / Phill Magakoe South African President Jacob Zuma survived fresh calls within the ruling ANC party for him to resign, party officials said Monday, as they acknowledged support was “drifting away” from the movement. Senior figures in the African National Congress met over the weekend after Zuma endured months of criticism over his sacking of respected finance minister Pravin Gordhan. “There was a call made in the national executive committee for the president to consider stepping down,” said ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe. “A number of members… were of the view that the ANC should listen to this call.” Mantashe said that the meeting had not ...

http://ift.tt/2r4qZiL Ugwuanyi Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State said the desire to make local government system responsive to service delivery accounted for the delay in conducting council polls in the state. Ugwuanyi disclosed this on Monday in Enugu during the 2017 Democracy Day celebration at the Michael Okpara Square. He said that the local government system had noticeable lapses which needed to be addressed, adding that he set out to address such challenges on assumption of office. The governor said that stakeholders in the state met on Nov. 28, 2015 to assess the problems of local government administration in the state. “To make the local government system more effective, we set up the Local Government Audit and other Reforms Committee to look into the problems of local government administration and management. “This effort to reposition the system accounted for the delay in conducting council elections,” he said. Ugwuanyi said that the committee headed by the ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Inequality report released by Oxfam International on Wednesday, revealed that a combined wealth of five richest Nigerians is $29.9 billion, maintaining such wealth could end extreme poverty in the country. The report, entitled ‘’Inequality in Nigeria, Exploring the Drivers” exposed the large and growing gap between the rich and poor in Nigeria. It revealed that the benefits of the nation’s economic growth had been captured by a few wealthy elite at the expense of the ordinary Nigerians. According to the report, the economic inequality is a key factor in the conflict in the North-Eastern states of the country. Oxfam International also disclosed that Nigeria’s richest man earned 8,000 times more in one day than a poor Nigerian would spend on basic needs in a year. It said that more than 112 million people were living in poverty in Nigeria, yet the country’s richest man spent one million dollars a day for 42 years to exhaust his fortune. According to the re...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The House of Representatives on Tuesday received the report of 2017 N7.30 trillion Appropriation Bill from its Committee on Appropriation for final consideration. The report indicated that the committee increased the budget to N7.44 trillion, representing an addition of about N143 billion to the one presented by President Muhammadu Buhari on Dec. 14, 2016. After the receipt of the bill, the House referred it to the Appropriation Committee on Jan. 26, 2017, but its processing suffered delay due to the inability of other committees to tidy their reports in time. Presenting the report at plenary, Chairman of the committee, Rep. Mustapha Dawaki, said that the committee worked with other committees in the House to arrive at the new figure for the budget. According to the report, N434.4 billion is for statutory transfer, N1.84 trillion for debt servicing and N177.46 billion is for sinking Fund for maturing bonds. The committee appropriated N2.99 trillion for recurr...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J An FCT High Court, Maitama, on Tuesday discharged Steve Oronsaye, former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, of the N190 million corruption charges levelled against him. Oronsaye was also the Chairman, Presidential Committee on Financial Action Task Force, set up by former President Goodluck Jonathan. He was docked on a seven-count charge, bordering on breach of trust and diversion of N190 million meant for the committee he chaired. The judge, Justice Olasumbo Goodluck, in her ruling on the no-case submission filed by Oronsaye, held that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against Oronsaye. “There was contradictory evidence by the prosecution witnesses on whether the defendant was still the head of service as at the time he chaired the committee. “The court seems to discredit the evidence, suffice it to say that there is no evidence linking the accused with the statutory element and ingredients of the offence with which he is charg...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Lagos State Chapter of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) on Tuesday urged parties fielding candidates in the forthcoming council polls not to sponsor violence or any other acts that could undermine the success of the election. Mr Charles Odugbesi, Chairman, Strategic Planning Committee of the council, gave the advice in an interview with the Newsmen in Lagos. He appealed to parties and their candidates not to see the July 22 election as a do-or-die affair, urging them to approach it with every sense of responsibility. Odugbesi said rigging was a major albatross to credible elections in the country and appealed to politicians to shun the practice. “Our advice to the political parties and the candidates contesting the July 22 council election is to abide by the electoral rules and shun acts of violence during the election. “They should avoid do-or-die politics, because an election is a process to get leaders and should not be a matter of life and deat...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Lagos – A 23-year-old woman, Debbie Mike, who allegedly assaulted her ex-boyfriend with electrical iron, was on Monday brought before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. The jealous lover had assaulted, Lanre Adewole, her former boyfriend with the iron during a fight. The accused is facing a charge of assault to which she has pleaded not guilty. Earlier, Sgt. Kehinde Olatunde told the court that the accused committed the offence on May 5 at No, 3a, Sadiku St., Sari-Iganmu in Orile on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. “There was a misunderstanding between Debbie and Adewole, her landlord’s son. “The accused had complained to Adewole about the leaking roof in her room, but the ex-lover ignored her. “A fight ensued and Debbie picked an iron and hit Adewole on the forehead and injured him,” he said. The offence contravened Section 173 of the Criminal law of Lagos State, 2015 which prescribes three years jail term for offenders. The Magistrate, Mrs Bola ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Kaduna – The Corps Marshal of Federal Road Safety Corps [FRSC], Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, on Monday said the number of cars in the country was putting undue pressure on the nation’s road network, thereby causing accidents. Oyeyemi said Nigeria has over 7.6 million cars plying through its 204, 000 kilometer road network. “This statistics show that there is high pressure on the road network which makes the prevalence of road accidents high,” he said in a message to an event organised to mark the Global Road Safety Week in Kaduna. He said that the FRSC had come up with various strategies including installation of speed limiter device in commercial vehicles to reduce road traffic deaths. The Corps Marshal, represented by Ebenezer Ashaniya, Deputy Corps Commander Policy, Research and Statistics, said efforts were on to increase awareness on the dangers of speed among road users in the country. Oyeyemi said direct control of speed was necessary and a better approach in sa...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Lagos – A 16-year-old girl (name withheld) was on Thursday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly luring her friend to a hotel for gang-raping. The accused, a student, who resides at Alagbado, a Lagos suburb, is being tried for conspiracy. The prosecutor, Insp. Clifford Ogu told the court that the offence was committed on March 26 at Mega Funds Hotel, Alagbado. Ogu said the accused lured her friend (name withheld) to meet a boy at the hotel where she was allegedly gang-raped by four men now at large. The offence contravened Section 410 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Taiwo Akanni, granted the accused bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum. Akanni adjourned the case until May 17 for mention. The post Teenage girl arraigned for allegedly luring her girlfriend for gang-raping appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard ...