Visionscape To Take Delivery Of 180 New Trucks, Identifies 5,000 Illegal Refuse Dumps

Visionscape Sanitation Solutions on Friday disclosed that it will take delivery of another 180 new trucks before next month.

The body also disclosed that it had discovered 5,000 black spots across the Lagos metropolis where Lagosians dumped refused illegally.

Speaking at an interactive session with the media in Victoria Island, Lagos, the Chief Operations Officer, Visionscape Sanitation Solutions, Thomas Forgacs, said currently, the company has 131 trucks at its disposal to cart away refuse in the state.

Release Of Last Dapchi Schoolgirl: I Was Misquoted – IGP

Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has said he was misquoted concerning the release of the last abducted schoolgirl in Dapchi, Leah Sharibu.

Idris had on Saturday been quoted at the Military Command Headquarters in Maiduguri, Borno State as saying Sharibu was scheduled to be released on Saturday (yesterday).

But a statement in the early hours of Sunday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, said Idris was misquoted.

T. Y. Danjuma: Armed Forces Conniving With Killers, Urges Nigerians Defend Themselves

Retired Lieutenant General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma has urged Nigerians to defend  themselves against killers across the country instead of depending on the armed forces.

Danjuma, a former Chief of Army Staff from 1976-1979, said this on Saturday in a live telecast programme of the 10th anniversary of the Taraba State University, Jalingo.

SAD! 9-Year-Old-Boy Shoots Sister Dead Over Remote Control

The bullet pierced through the girl’s brain, and she was taken to a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, in critical condition. She died on Sunday.

Gun violence plagues America. From the roadside, to alleyways and schools, America's gun attacks have become common and Americans are learning to live with the menace.

In fact, it is so bad that in March 2018 alone, more than 100 shooting cases have been reported across the country.

Soyinka to Buhari: Stop shedding unjust tears, deal with bloodthirsty terrorists

Renowned playwright and Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop shedding unjust tears and deal with bloodthirsty terrorists unleashing mayhem in the country.

He also described the proposed death sentence as punishment for hate speech in Nigeria currently being deliberated in the National Assembly as an instrument to silence fierce criticism and opposition in the county.

Reps to override Buhari on Peace Corps bill, nine others

The House of Representatives has said it will override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the Peace Corps Bill he had earlier rejected.

The implication of this is that the lawmakers will pass the bill into law without Buhari’s assent if the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly tread the same path with the House.

The Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Abdulrazak Namdas, who said this on Wednesday, added that the House would override Buhari on nine other bills.

Buhari, Jonathan at ‘war’ over Dapchi schoolgirls

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, in Yobe State, said his administration’s prompt response to the abduction of 110 students of Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, was a clear departure from what he described as “the insensitivity of the past administration” that couldn’t do anything when 276 Chibok girls were abducted by Boko Haram in 2014.

President Buhari also said the senseless bombing of worship centres, such as churches and mosques, which was rampant before his administration came into office, had also been curtailed, adding that his government has explored various strategies, including regional and international collaborations to exterminate terror.

But in a swift reaction, former President Goodluck Jonathan in a statement signed by one of his aides, Reno Omokri, said there was no iota of truth in the claim that the President is handling Dapchi better than he handled Chibok school girls’ abduction. President Buhari, who spoke when he met with the parents of  abducted Dapchi school girls to console them on the ugly incident, said the Federal Government’s response to the unfortunate abduction of the school girls was “a clear departure from the insensitivity of the past administration which looked the other way while the Chibok girls were taken away in 2014 and held in captivity for over three years.”