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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, met with security chiefs on the security situation in the country and ordered  them to redouble their efforts to secure the lives of Nigerians. The President’s charge came on a day Acting Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, rolled out new counter-kidnapping operational strategies in continuation of efforts of the Nigeria Police Force to speedily bring to an end the current internal security challenges facing the country. President Buhari gave the directive after meeting behind closed doors with heads of security agencies in the country at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Briefing State House correspondents after the meeting, the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Ibok Ekwe-Ibas, said the number of kidnapping across the country has dropped. Admiral Ibas said he and other security chiefs at the meeting briefed the President on the proliferation of small arms and what the various agencies were doing to curtail the consequences of the development. 

The Commisioner of Police, Anambra Command, Mr Dan Daura has lauched Operation Puff Adder, at Okpoko Divisional Police Station Ontisha, which is aimed at stepping up police operations in and around the state with an aim at flushing out miscreants and criminals from the State. He said that, ``we assure peace, to the law abiding residents and visitors to the state for them to enjoy lasting peace and safety.’’ ``It is significant that we have chosen to launch this Operation in the commercial city of Onitsha as the command is resolute in its drive to make the city safe for residents. ``We shall extend this operation to every nook and cranny of Anambra State, so that every  'onye Anambra’ can sleep comfortably and engage in their lawful activities in secure atmosphere. The operation, an initiative of the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr M A Adamu, seeks to bring to the barest minimum the issue of crime in all states of the federation. Speaking at the lau

From Edward Uduak Lawmakers in Imo State during thursday plenary suspended 27 elected chairmen of the various Local Government Areas in the state. The motion for immediate suspension of the chairmen was moved by Chika Madumere (Nkwerre),which was unanimously supported by all the lawmakers present in the plenary. The sponsoring the motion, Hon. Chika Madumere   accused the chairmen of failing to appear before them, to explain on how they have been running the affiars of their LGAs financially. According to Madumere, the suspended chairmen disobeyed the legislature by failing to properly honour invitations sent to them on several occasions. One of the suspended chairmen who craved anonminity   confirmed the development to our correspondent in a telephone conversation, while saying that it was uncalled for. He opined that the Legislature cannot just suspend them without any just cause He,   told our correspondent that the suspended chairmen were meeting to review the situ

The executive governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has commended Airtel Nigeria, for upgrading and modernising its network infrastructure in Enugu as well as rolling out its 4G services. Ugwuanyi spoke while a team of Airtel employees led by its regional operations director, South Region, Dapo Dosunmu, paid him a courtesy visit at the State House.  He thanked Airtel for modernising its network, noting that the initiative would help boost personal productivity, trade and commerce as well as provide solid platforms for people to become successful in their respective endeavours. The governor later attended a consumer launch event at the Airtel regional office on Tuesday, May 7, in Enugu, where he formally launched Airtel’s network 4G services in the State. While thanking the governor for his support and for creating an enabling environment for businesses to thrive, Dapo Dosunmu, Regional Operations Director, South Region, who represented the chief executive officer and

The umbrella body for drivers that ply the Nnewi/Onitsha road axis have been inaugurated. This followed the successful election of the association recently which elected a new executive led by Mr Christian Nwogwu While speaking with newsmen after the inauguration the chairman of the association, Christian Nwogwu  Thanked God for a successful outing. He commended driver's of the association for the way and manner they conducted themselves throughout the inauguration process. He however promised to carry everyone along, which was his major campaign promise. He also thanked in a very special way the President General of Anambra Commuter's Association, Chief Emma Ukatu, and Patron of their association Nze Aloysius Ewurum for the positive role they played towards the success of the election of the association. He therefore called on the government of Anambra state to come to their aid, by reducing the excessive tax and levies, they pay so that drivers can have a new le

The world’s largest aircraft, a carbon-composite plane, took its first flight on Saturday from California, U.S.  over the Mojave Desert in California. The carbon-composite plane was by Stratolaunch Systems Corp, a company started by late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, as the company enters the lucrative private space market. The white airplane called Roc,  nicknamed  after a giant mythical bird,  has a wingspan the length of an American football field and is powered by six engines on a twin fuselage, took to the air shortly before 7 a.m. Pacific time (1400 GMT). It stayed aloft for more than two hours before landing safely back at the Mojave Air and Space Port as a crowd of hundreds of people cheered. “What a fantastic first flight. “Today’s flight furthers our mission to provide a flexible alternative to ground launched systems, “We are incredibly proud of the Stratolaunch team, today’s flight crew, our partners at Northrup Grumman’s Scaled Composites and the Mojave A