Anambra church shooting: gunmen strikes again, kills policemen, civilian

Just one week after unknown gunmen attacked a Catholic church in Anambra on a Sunday morning, a fresh attack has been carried out on the Assemblies of God Church on the Oguta road Onitsha, Anambra State.

According to a report by Punch, the gunmen struck on Sunday, August 13, 2017 killing one policeman and a civilian.

It was also reported that the gunmen had stopped at the church, but on sighting some policemen at the church, opened fire on them.

“When the firing became too hot, the policemen abandoned their patrol vehicle and ran away for safety.

“The gunmen moved to their patrol van and took a gun belonging to the policeman they killed.

Another report stated that, “Gunmen on Okada (motorcycle) shot a policeman and collected his rifle. They also shot dead an Okada man while escaping, and the passenger he was carrying was injured. The policeman was the one armed among his colleagues; they were providing security while church service was going on at Assemblies of God Church, Oguta road Onitsha."

The State's Commissioner of Police, Garba Umar, has reportedly confirmed the incident to journalists.

source: pulseng

Modular Refinery: US agency approves 360m grant for development of modular refinery in Nigeria

Stuart Symington, United Nations Ambassador to Nigeria

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has approved a grant of $1 million (N360 million) for the detailed engineering design of 20,000 barrel per day (bpd) modular refinery in Lagos.

Mr Enyeribe Anyanwu, Head, Media Communications of Integrated Oil and Gas Ltd., disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos on Sunday.

Anyanwu said that the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Stuart Symington, who disclosed this during the official signing of the agreement in Lagos, commended the initiative of Eko Petrochem and Refining Company’s management.

Symington expressed the hope that the proposed 200, 000 bpd production refinery would attract more investments to the country and develop host communities.

The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria commended the Chairman of Integrated Oil and Gas, Capt. Emmanuel Iheanacho, for his commitment to the project.

He also praised the Federal Government for believing in the power of the individual citizens and entrepreneurs to undertake laudable projects for the nation’s development.

Capt. Iheaneacho said the Eko Petrochem and Refining Company would complement efforts of the Federal Government in providing lasting solution to the problems of importation of refined petroleum products into the country.

He said that the U.S. Government, acting through the USTDA, has accelerated the process of the planned economic investments through the industrial development grant of one million dollars, which it had seen fit to bestow to us.

‘‘By delivering this grant, the agency has demonstrated its commitment to the infrastructure development and economic growth of Nigeria, especially in the areas of export technologies and services that promote the country’s refining capacity,’’ he said.

he further stated that the grant is to be specially used to finance the completion of the detailed analysis of supporting technologies and engineering for the implementation of 20,000 bpd crude oil refinery.

He also said that there would also be enhanced economic value added opportunities to be realised in terms of jobs, profits and technology transfer which would become manifest.

The USTDA helps companies to create the US jobs through the export of the US goods and services for priority development projects in emerging economies.

The 116 million dollars project to produce 20,000 barrel capacity modular refinery is located at Tomaro Island Port, off Takwa Bay in Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State.

source: pulseng

Senate President Saraki dismisses 98 aides

Senate President Bukola Saraki has reportedly dismissed 98 aides from his office.

According to reports the dismissal came as a result of an audit that was inquired for by the Senate President earlier this year.

It was an attempt by Saraki to reduce the number of aides on his payroll.         

The aides to the Senate President that were affected are  the Director of Protocol, Arthur Ndiwe, Head of Administration, Folashade Adigun, and his special adviser Yusuph Olaniyonu.

According to Punch, most of the affected aides are staff of the National Assembly Management who were deployed to Saraki's office.

Senate President Bukola Saraki has reportedly dismissed 98 aides from his office.

According to reports the dismissal came as a result of an audit that was inquired for by the Senate President earlier this year.

It was an attempt by Saraki to reduce the number of aides on his payroll.         

The aides to the Senate President that were affected are  the Director of Protocol, Arthur Ndiwe, Head of Administration, Folashade Adigun, and his special adviser Yusuph Olaniyonu.
According to Punch, most of the affected aides are staff of the National Assembly Management who were deployed to Saraki's office.