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achymmania:
Abeg I wan ask if purple dey inside rainbow color. Make he no be say Dem dey use style support all these gay community. I don dey hear blue red and yellow line, which one be purple again. Can't they just find another concept to identify the rail lines??

Deltamani:
Nigeria made it to the final 5 of these women's categories in CAF's Award.

- National team of the year.
- Goalkeeper of the Year
- Edo Queens Club of the Year
- Young Player of the Year
- Coach of the year.
- Player of the Year

Which of these categories are you confident Nigeria would win?

Shallow graves discovered as security dislodge IPOB, ESN camps in Imo

By Collins Olayinka, Abuja
04 December 2024

The Joint Security Task Force in Imo State, also known as Operation Udoka, has arrested over 20 suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its security wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), in a joint clearance operation.

The operation saw security forces raid and destroy camps linked to the group in Aku Community, Okigwe Council Area of the state, dislodging them from the area. During the raid, several stolen vehicles, arms, ammunition, and explosive devices were recovered. Shallow graves, believed to contain remains of victims allegedly killed by the group, were also discovered.

The Commander of the 34 Artillery Brigade, Obinze, Brig-Gen U. A. Lawal, the State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Joseph Ogbonna, disclosed this during an assessment visit to the community yesterday.

They reiterated the commitment of the state government and security operatives to eliminate criminal elements and restore peace and stability in Imo. Commending their personnel for their achievements, they urged residents of Aku Community and the entire state to collaborate with security efforts to maintain peace.

Lawal and Danjuma further assured that those arrested would be thoroughly investigated to determine their involvement in the activities of the group, with those found culpable facing the full weight of the law.

They added that efforts were underway to exhume corpses from the shallow graves for identification and proper burial, while recovered stolen items would be returned to their rightful owners.

“Prior to now, you couldn’t enter this community because criminal elements had taken over, but today, we are here. Through this operation, we have restored peace,” said Brig-Gen Lawal.

He lamented the destruction caused by the group and assured residents that efforts to arrest all criminal elements would continue. “This operation is a success. We have seen their detention centres, where they buried victims in shallow graves, and the courts where they passed jungle justice,” added Danjuma.

Other officials present during the visit included the Director of the Department of State Security Service, Shola Aguda; Commander of the Naval Base in Oguta, Commodore M. B. Salisu; and the State Commissioner for Homeland Security, Mr Modest Osakwe.

The Guardian learnt that Aku Community has been under the siege of IPOB elements led by one Ifeanyi Eze Okorienta, also known as Gentle, an indigene of the area.

It was observed that residents had deserted the community, leaving churches, schools, markets, and socio-economic infrastructure destroyed.

Task Force Uncovers Shallow Grave Allegedly Operated By IPOB In Imo State

The Joint Security Task Force During the raid, also said they recovered several stolen vehicles, arms, ammunition, and explosive devices.


The Joint Security Task Force in Imo State, also known as Operation Udoka said it has discovered some shallow graves in Aku Community, Okigwe local government Area of the state, where members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, the Eastern Security Network (ESN) allegedly bury their victims.

The shallow graves were discovered during a clearance operation at Aku community which has been under siege by a suspected IPOB Leader Ifeanyi Okorienta alias ‘Gentle for a long period of time’.

Also, the Joint Security Task Force During the raid said they recovered several stolen vehicles, arms, ammunition, and explosive devices.

However, during an assessment tour of the area, by the Commander of the 34 Artillery Brigade, Obinze, Brig-Gen Usman. Lawal, who was accompanied by the State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, and the Special Adviser to the Imo state Governor on Security, Joseph Ogbonna, said the clearance operation at Aku community is part of the determination of all security operatives in the state in collaboration with the state government, to bring to an end the era of terror and insecurity in the state occasioned by the activities of the proscribed indigenous people of Biafra and its armed affiliate eastern security network.

He further disclosed that about 20 persons have been arrested and in police, detention while also reiterating the need for members of the community to collaborate with security operatives to sustain peace and stability in the area.

In the last few years, the Aku community which borders Abia State has been notorious for criminal activities such as kidnapping, killings, and harassment by suspected members of the IPOB.

According to security operatives, the liberation of this area will bring about a new lease of life for indigenes of the area, especially as the Yuletide approaches.

Ishilove:
Is this legal? Shouldn't there be a warrant first before an arrest is made, considering the nature of the alleged crime?

Ishilove:
Who did he allegedly defame?

saintkel:
he's not a Muslim

naptu2:
This was one of the things that Governor Fashola discussed early in the life of the project. He said that goods will also be moved by barges on the Lagos Lagoon (via Epe). The Federal Government also had to adopt this option to reduce congestion at Apapa. Some containers at the Apapa Port were also moved by barges to Ikorodu and Epe.

Barges to evacuate containers from ports to Epe soon

By Sulaimon Salau
22 May 2019 | 2:22 am

Arrangements have been concluded to extend the use of barges to evacuate containers from the ports beyond Ikorodu to Epe soon.To this end, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), with APM Capital to adopt barges as part of the plans to relief importers of the Apapa gridlock.

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority Hadiza Bala Usman, who confirmed this during a meeting with a team from AP Moller Capital, said the problem of Apapa access road seems intractable because of decade long decadence which was caused by multiplicity of problems.

Usman recalled that NPA had made several efforts including contributing ₦1.8 billion to rehabilitate the road at a time as well also coming up with “call up system”, which would soon be upgraded to be electronically operated.She assured that NPA would continue to consult with stakeholders across all levels, since the provision of infrastructure is crucial for sustainable ports operations.

Senior Investment Advisor of APM Capital, Fleming Dalgaard, assured on the construction of a jetty and truck park to facilitate the movement of cargo with barges from the port, adding that they would provide technical capital, competence experience, financial capacity and other required resources. Dalgaard commended openness of NPA adding that such transparency and efficiency were part of the quality that excite them to come forward for signing the agreement.

The agreement stipulated that: “NPA in realization of the fact that the provision of infrastructure is crucial for sustainable operation of ports has continued to pursue a programme of infrastructural investments.“The NPA and APMC entered discussions and have agreed to find a lasting solution to the traffic situation in and around the ports, there is a need to provide the level of required infrastructure.

“APMC has indicated their interest, technical capacity, competence, experience, financial capacity and other required resources to execute or cause the project required resources to execute or cause the project required for the attainment of item two above.

“The project that are currently being contemplated include the construction of a jetty and truck park to facilitate the movement of cargo by barge from the ports. APMC understands that some associates investments like construction of truck holding bays maybe required to support the option in item four above.

“APMC intends to commit financial and human resources to further explore these solutions even though the exact nature of infrastructure to be provided may differ from the option currently being envisage in the course of further studies and time spent on the project”.

Random: I saw this barge moving containers on the Lagos Lagoon a week ago. Like 6 containers - which is the equivalent of 6 trucks (or 3, if 40ft) taken off the roads no?

Dangote‘s first sea cargo of petrol arrives Lagos as key refinery ramps up


Our Reporter
October 26, 2024

Nigeria’s Dangote refinery, larger than any other in Africa or Europe, has shipped its first seaborne petrol cargo as a vital fuel-producing unit continues to ramp up.

The Sabaek sailed with about 500,000 barrels of petrol from Dangote to the nearby commercial hub of Lagos in recent days, according to a port report and ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.

Meanwhile, the refinery’s residue fluid catalytic cracker, a crucial unit in the production of the fuel, is continuing to ramp up output, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named discussing private information.
Spokespeople for Dangote didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Once fully operational, the 650,000-barrel-a-day plant will transform the regional gasoline market, potentially reducing the need for imports of the fuel from Europe to West Africa. It has already shaken up crude oil flows by trimming an overhang of Nigerian supply.

This first shipment via sea comes about one month after the new refinery began using trucks to transport petrol.

A refinery’s RFCC unit helps upgrade petroleum products into more valuable fuels like gasoline.

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has so far received four cargoes of crude oil from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited under the naira-for-crude sale agreement.

It was gathered that the four cargoes of crude were delivered to the refinery within the past three weeks when the government began the sale of crude to local refineries in the local currency.

Officials said that the refinery was still waiting to receive more crude oil cargoes from NNPCL, the organisation managing the country’s hydrocarbon resources.
They also confirmed that the $20bn Lekki-based plant was now set to begin the direct sale of refined Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, to domestic dealers.

A source close to the Technical Subcommittee on Domestic Sale of Crude Oil in Local Currency, who did not want to be mentioned because he was not permitted to speak with the press, confirmed to The PUNCH that “more cargoes (of crude) would be delivered to the Dangote refinery in the coming weeks.”

The official disclosed that the programme started with the Dangote refinery as the only petrol-producing facility in Nigeria at the moment.

naptu2:
This is for people that are mixing up the Lekki Deep Sea Port and the Dangote Port.

The Lekki Port was conceived by the Lagos State Government decades ago and it is part of the Lagos Free Trade Zone project.

The Dangote Group wanted to import some components for their refinery, but they discovered that the components were too big for Apapa Port to handle, so they built their own port in Lekki. It is not far from the Lekki Deep Sea Port and I'll show you both ports on Google Maps.


The Lekki Deep Sea port is on the left of the first screenshot. It is just below the Kellogs Factory. The Dangote Port is on the extreme right of that same map.

The second screenshot is of the Lekki Deep Sea Port.

The third screenshot is of the Dangote Port.