1.
Official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC) have
been asked to begin a 24-hour surveillance of petrol stations across the
country.
According
to the Commandant General of of the corps, Alhaji Abdullahi Gana
Muhammadu, the aim is to ensure that all sharp practices regarding
distribution, supply and selling of fuel are curtailed.
2. The
All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has condemned the
administration of Governor Ayodele Fayose over its failure to pay
workers’ salary arrears. The party said the governor’s preference for
building airport, new market and fly-over bridge when workers were being
owed contradicted his campaign promise of stomach infrastructure before
physical infrastructure. The statement was issued by the party’s
Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun.
3. The
Army has announced yet another feat against Boko Haram insurgents in the
north east. According to Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director,
Army Public Relations, the Troops of 22 Brigade Garrison, Army
Headquarters Strike Group (AHQ SG), alongside some Civilian JTF in
Boboshe, Garna, Kyare, Kadawu, Gineba and Ajiri, Sunday arrested 6 Boko
Haram terrorists and recovered Improvised Explosive (IED) making devices
from them.
4. The
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ali Modu
Sheriff, has annonced four special committees to organise the party’s
national convention and rebuild it. This is according to a statement
signed by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh and
issued to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. The four committees are National
Convention, Reconciliation, Zoning and Finance.
5.
Former Governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba has now returned to the
All Progressives Congress (APC). Osoba was received on Sunday in Lagos
by top APC chieftains in the South-West. At the event were former
Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, former Governor of Ogun State,
Bisi Akande, Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Oluranti Adebule, and
others.
6.
Report says some gunmen have killed two sons of a cleric in Calabar,
Cross River State. Those killed were the sons of the presiding pastor of
the Independent Baptist Church, Rev. Nicholas Wayih. The sons were
identified as Archibong and Ekpenyong.
7.
Report has it that former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Deipreye
Solomon Alamieyeseigha will on Saturday, April 9 be laid to rest.
Alamieyeseigha will be buried in his Amassoma country home, Bayelsa
State.
8. In
sports, former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, has been
nominated alongside 10 other players, for the Marc-Vivien Foe prize for
Africans in the French Ligue 1. Enyeama is. Reportedly the only
goalkeeper that made the list, alongside two defenders, five midfielders
and three strikers.
9. The
Nigerian Army has reportedly retired Brigadier General Aliyu Momoh, over
his alleged role in the last controversial governorship election in
Ekiti State in 2014. Minister of Defence, Dan Ali, made this disclosure
in Washington, DC.
10.
Reports have emerged that the ongoing fuel scarcity may not end on
Thursday this week as earlier pledged by Kachikwu, the Minister of State
for Petroleum. According to the report, Nigerians may have to endure
the current situation till May. This, according to the report is the
position of some marketers who believe that the situation can only get
better after this month.
-Daily Post
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