Wike Seeks Prayer For Tinubu To Fulfill Campaign Promises
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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has appealed to the church to pray for the country and also for President Bola Tinubu to enable him fulfill all the promises he made to Nigerians.
Wike made the appeal at a thanksgiving service organised by the member representing Rivers State in the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Tony Okocha, held at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Rumuapara District in Port Harcourt.
The service was held in honour of Okocha over his appointment as NDDC board member and chairman, Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, as well as the birthday of his wife, Dame Ogechi Okocha.
The minister said: “We want the Church to pray for Nigeria and pray for Mr. President so that all promises made will be kept.”
Police arrest two robbery kingpins, recover two cars in FCT
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The operatives of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command, have arrested two notorious robbery kingpins, Ibrahim Haliru, an ex-convict from Kano State and Babangida Mohammed of Mararaba, Nasarawa State.
The spokesperson of the command, SP Josephine Adeh, said in a statement on Sunday, that the arrest was carried out on April 23.
She said the suspects were arrested in connection with a series of car thefts from unsuspecting residents in FCT and its environs.
The PPRO said about five vehicles, were recovered from the suspects as exhibits.
Petrol scarcity: Supply challenge will last for another 2 weeks – IPMAN
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As acute petrol supply challenges enter its second week, independent marketers have explained that issues that led to the scarcity of the product would take another two weeks to be fully resolved.
Checks around Abuja on Sunday, showed that most stations were out of stock with very few major marketers dispensing the product in Abuja city centre. At the suburbs, the few stations opened to motorists jacked up their pump price from N680 per litre to N870 per litre.
Speaking to Vanguard on the situation, the Public Relations Officer, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, Chief Chinedu Ukadike said the product was not available in-country.
Chief Ukadike, blamed the acute shortage in supply of importation bottlenecks and the slow pace of marketers licence renewal by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA.
Police kill suspected kidnapper, rescue victims, recover guns in Delta
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The police in Abraka Division, Ethiope-East Local Government Area of Delta State, led by SP Fabian Ayameh, in collaboration with the Abraka vigilante and hunters group, have killed a suspected kidnapper in Okuno, Orogun community in Ughelli North Local Government Area.
Other members of the criminal gang, however, escaped from the crime scene.
The police also rescued two kidnap victims (names withheld) and reunited them with their families.
It was gathered that the suspect sustained serious gunshot injuries during an exchange of gunfire between him and members of his criminal gang. He died in a hospital where he was rushed for medical treatment, DAILY POST can report.