PHOTOS: 17-HOUR RAIN CAUSES FLOOD, GRIDLOCK IN LAGOS

Lagos - Motorists in some parts of the Lagos state were trapped in flash flood for several hours as a result of the heavy down pour in the state.

The rain which started late Saturday evening fell throughout Sunday and early Monday morning.

Churches around the metropolis visited by News24 were scanty as most members stayed indoors to avoid being drenched by the downpour.

Some church members said they had to defy the rain to come to church as most of the roads were flooded while vehicles were trapped in the flood.

The Lagos State Government has, however assured residents on the need to remain calm following the torrential rainfall in the state, saying that necessary measures had been taken to avert any incidence of flood disaster in the state.

Commissioner for the Environment in the state, Dr. Babatunde Adejare, in a statement, on Sunday, said that the state government had in recent times carried out an intensive tour of some flood prone communities so as clear up blocked drainages and canals of all encumbrances.

The commissioner lamented the dumping of refuse on water courses and drainages saying the numerous campaigns against such practice was for the interest of the residents.

Adejare said: “Canal is a storm water channel for the conveyance of storm run-offs, they are God’s natural protection for holding water during massive flood and it is not a place for anybody to build a house or dump refuse. Those in the habit of doing such must stop henceforth.”

He therefore warned that government would no longer tolerate the construction of illegal structures along channel Right of Ways, RoWs, in the state.

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I WILL DEAL WITH NIGER DELTA MILITANTS LIKE BOKO HARAM, BUHARI WARNS

Abuja - President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to deal with Niger Delta militants like it has done to Boko Haram insurgents, unless they agree to dialogue, Tribune reports.

He made the remark at a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, on the sidelines of the sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), in Nairobi, Kenya, at the weekend.

He had previously given the same warning at a meeting with members of the Nigerian community resident in China, during his tour of the country in April.

The president assured existing and prospective foreign investors that their investments in Nigeria would be fully secured and protected.

Meanwhile the Delta Avengers has denied reports that it has nominated nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka to head its dialogue team with the federal government describing it as a lie of the century according to News24.

NDA in a statement Sunday by its spokesperson, “Brig Gen” Mudoch Agbinibo while reiterating its support for the Edwin Clark-led Niger Delta Elders and Stakeholders conference committee to lead the pan Niger Delta negotiations/dialogue team, stated that it is ready for talks whenever the federal government is ready.

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Federal Inland Revenue Service Recruitment Start Tomorrow 29th of August 2016.
FIRS Vacancy/employment adverts has come out today Monday 22-08-2016. Please inform others who might need the information. Application portal will open on Monday 29th August 2016. Applicants are to apply online. Visit www.firs.gov.ng/careers from the said date.
Papers:
1. Punch
2. Guardian
3.Leadership
4. Daily Trust
5. Businessday
6. Vanguard
7. The Nation
8. Sun
9. Tribune
10 Thisday
Also NOTE that the advertised positions are:
1. Officer II Tax - GL08/SL10
2. Officer I Tax - GL09/SL09
3. Asst. Mgr Tax - GL10/SL08.
Academic qualifications are TAXATION, ACCOUNTING/ACCOUNTANCY, ECONOMICS, BIZ. MGT/ADMIN and other related disciplines...

Abia police uncover baby factory, rescue pregnant girls

Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad attached to the Abia State Police Command have uncovered a suspected baby factory at Ogbor Hill, in the Aba  area of the state.

During the operation, the detectives rescued five pregnant women and arrested a 54-year-old man, identified as Nkem Nwokocha. Nwokocha, who hails from Obegu village in the Ugwunagbo Local Government Area of the state, allegedly ran the factory with his wife, identified only as Nurse.

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Man who named dog Buhari regains freedom

The man, who named his dog ‘Buhari,’ Joachim Iroko, has been released after perfecting his bail conditions. Iroko, who is more known as Joe, was released on Thursday, after he had spent three days in Ibara Prison, Abeokuta, Ogun State. He had been arraigned on conduct likely to cause breach of the peace before an Ota Magistrate’s Court 2 on Monday.

The police had arrested him on August 13, following a complaint by one of his neighbours, Halilu Umar. The neighbour was said to have reported to the police that Iroko named the dog after his (Umar’s) father, Alhaji Buhari. The presiding Chief Magistrate, B.J. Ojikutu granted him bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum after he pleaded not guilty to the charge. Failure of Iroko’s family members to meet up with the bail conditions led to his remand in Ibara Prison, where he was until Thursday.

This was confirmed by the Public Relations Officer, Nigeria Prisons Service, Ogun State Command, Victor Oyeleke. He said, “The man (Joachim Iroko) has been released this morning from Ibara Prison. The accused was released around 10am when the Reproduction Warrant was brought from the Court, indicating that his bail conditions have been perfected.”The accused was said to have been released around 10am, when a reproduction warrant was brought to the prison officials.

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Yahoo Boys Caught With Used Girls Panties, Bras, Wigs As Ritual Items In Delta

A group of internet fraudsters a.k.a Ghana Burgers were apprehended by policemen at Koko Junction, Warri, Delta State..According to the evidences found on them and their confessions, they went to Oyo State for rituals.

Mobile police apprehend some group of Ghana Burgers at Koko Junction. According to the visuals and photo of evidence we find out that these guys according to their confession went to Oyo State for rituals. They used two Ecolax buses and boarded the vehicle from Benin and asked the driver to move straight to Sapele.

One of the culprits said his name is Simeon and he stay at Uruhakpa and Otefe Poly student.

According to their own confession after police interrogations , they said they went for rituals at Oyo State. The two Ecolax buses contain the following items.

1. Four used girls pants.

2. Old mat

3. Used girls wig

4. Used girls brassier

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Sisters Arrested For Preying On Lagos Doctors

Two sisters, suspected to be members of a terror group targeting medical doctors in Lagos for extortion through threats of elimination, are now in police net.

The suspects, Rita Ojobo (30) and Mrs. Emmanuella Ossai, were apprehended by the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the state Police Command, led by ACP Olatunji Disu. The RRS officials tracked down the syndicate and arrested two of them.

It was learnt that the RRS had contacted the International Police (Interpol) to help repatriate the other gang members who had fled to Togo. Ojobo and Ossai, along with other members of the syndicate, it was learnt, usually contact doctors on the phone to ask them to remit certain amount of money into account numbers or risk being kidnapped or murdered. Ojobo was arrested at Diamond Bank in Onitsha after she went there to withdraw money paid in by one of their victims.

However, the suspects said they knew nothing about the crime. They claimed that their older brother, Kenechi Ojobo, who resides in Togo, sent their account number to the creditors to pay in money.

The sisters also claimed that Kenechi, a motorcycle parts merchant in Togo, told them that he usually gives relatives of the creditors the CFA (Francs) equivalent of the money paid in.

Ojobo said she was invited by her bank that there was an issue with her account and rushed to the bank only to be arrested. She said: “I do not know anything about threatening people.

My brother was the one who called and told me that someone will pay in money to my account that he has given the person’s relation in Togo the equivalent in CFA. He said that he would collect the money when he comes and add it to the money to buy his goods. “But I was just in my house last Thursday when I received a call from the bank that someone has tampered with my account.

I rushed to the bank but I was arrested and taken to Central Police Station in Onitsha. It was at the bank that they told me what happened. “After they arrested me, I told them that it was only once money was paid to my account and that my brother usually uses my sister’s account for the transactions and they now took me to my sister’s house and arrested her as well.

“If I knew anything about such thing would I not have escaped when the bank called me?” But Ossai, who has a one-month-old baby, said four people had paid N220,000 into her account at different intervals which her brother had come back home to collect.

The suspect she only knew Kenechi “does local money transfer”. According to her, each time he comes home, he would collect his money to buy goods. Ossai said that she went to the bank sometime last month after her brother told her that someone had paid N50,000 but she did not get alert.