By The authorities of the Nigerian Air Force in Port Harcourt have confirmed that a rocket, which fell from its helicopter on patrol on Friday, destroyed a building in Woji, Port Harcourt.
The Commander of the Nigerian Air Force Base, Port Harcourt, Air Vice-Marshall Abba Zannah, gave the confirmation, when he briefed journalists in Port Harcourt on Friday.
``This morning, a rocket flew out of the Nigerian Air Force helicopter and destroyed a building at No 98 Woji Street, in Woji Town, Port Harcourt,'' he said.
The helicopter was said to be on routine patrol of the Niger Delta creeks, and the Commander did not disclose if it had completed its mission or not when the rocket fell off.
He said the incident occurred about 6.30 a.m. on Friday, and that no life was lost.
A source told the News Agency of Nigeria that the damaged building has yet to be occupied and that a Toyota Camry parked near the building was also damaged.
"It was a technical error which was unusual in the system. But we are glad that no life was lost in the incident.
``It was not a normal thing in the Air Force system and the outcome of the investigation will allow us take certain measures,'' NAN quoted Zannah as saying on Friday.
The commander said the incident should not raise fears among the residents and appealed to them to go about their businesses.
He explained that the cause of the incident was being investigated.
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32 abandoned shipwrecks found in Lagos
By OLASUNKANMI AKONI & MONSUR OLOWOOPEJO IKEJA—Lagos State Government, yesterday, said no fewer than 32 abandoned vessels were discovered on the state’s coastline.
It appealed to the Federal Government to release ecological fund to the state to address erosion challenges at Alpha Beach in the state.
Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Prince Adesegun Oniru, who stated this at the 2012 ministerial briefing in commemoration of first year of the second term of Governor Babatunde Fashola administration, also condemned the environmental degradation caused by abandoned vessels on the state’s coastline.
He said some of the abandoned vessels were oil tankers, which can wipe out communities in the area within three months, if nothing was done to address the situation.
Oniru said: “Some of the vessels are oil tankers and you can imagine what happens to marine life when such vessels are scattered on the coastlines. Today, the ministry had found about 32 vessels across our 180km beach forest.”
He said lives and property on Alpha Beach are being threatened by the recurring erosion in the area.
It appealed to the Federal Government to release ecological fund to the state to address erosion challenges at Alpha Beach in the state.
Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Prince Adesegun Oniru, who stated this at the 2012 ministerial briefing in commemoration of first year of the second term of Governor Babatunde Fashola administration, also condemned the environmental degradation caused by abandoned vessels on the state’s coastline.
He said some of the abandoned vessels were oil tankers, which can wipe out communities in the area within three months, if nothing was done to address the situation.
Oniru said: “Some of the vessels are oil tankers and you can imagine what happens to marine life when such vessels are scattered on the coastlines. Today, the ministry had found about 32 vessels across our 180km beach forest.”
He said lives and property on Alpha Beach are being threatened by the recurring erosion in the area.
First female CJN emerges July 16
By Vanguard: Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — A female Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Mariam Aloma, has been nominated to replace Justice Dahiru Musdapher as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, come July 16 when Musdapher will retire.
However, her appointment is subject to ratification by the Presidency.
This came as Justice Musdapher, yesterday, debunked insinuations that he resigned his appointment, saying he only wrote to the National Judicial Council, NJC, to expedite process for the swearing-in of his successor on July 16.
In line with the express provisions of section 291(1) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, Justice Musdapher will cease to be a judicial officer on July 15, a day he would clock the 70 years mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court Justices.
Though Justice Musdapher who will spend only 11 months in office, took over the affairs of the Nigerian Judiciary in acting capacity on August 28, he was, however, confirmed as the 12th indigenous CJN by President Goodluck Jonathan on September 26.
Investigation by Vanguard revealed that Justice Musdpaher had on April forwarded her name to the Federal Judicial Service Commission, FJSC, and the NJC, for consideration, just as he equally tendered his notice of retirement to the two legal bodies.
Remarkably, Aloma had recently rejected an offer for international appointment, after she was nominated as the Chief Judge of The Gambia.
Sequel to speculations that he resigned after tendering a “quit notice” to the FJSC and the NJC on Wednesday, the CJN, yesterday, issued a statement in Abuja, debunking the rumour.
The statement signed by his media aide, Mr Mohammed Adamu, read: “The Honourable, the Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Dahiru Musdapher, contrary to speculations, has not resigned his appointment.
“The CJN had, on April 11, 2012, written to the National Judicial Council, NJC, to give three months notice of his retirement from service as a judicial officer.
“This, as the CJN indicated, is so ‘that the necessary processes will be commenced early enough to enable the swearing of a new Chief Justice’ by July 16, 2012.
“It is public knowledge that by the provisions of Section 291(1) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, the CJN shall cease to be a judicial officer come July 14, 2012 when he would be 70 years.”
Justice Mariam Aloma who hails from Kano State, started her law career in 1967. She was be the first female judge to be sworn into the Supreme Court bench.
However, her appointment is subject to ratification by the Presidency.
This came as Justice Musdapher, yesterday, debunked insinuations that he resigned his appointment, saying he only wrote to the National Judicial Council, NJC, to expedite process for the swearing-in of his successor on July 16.
In line with the express provisions of section 291(1) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, Justice Musdapher will cease to be a judicial officer on July 15, a day he would clock the 70 years mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court Justices.
Though Justice Musdapher who will spend only 11 months in office, took over the affairs of the Nigerian Judiciary in acting capacity on August 28, he was, however, confirmed as the 12th indigenous CJN by President Goodluck Jonathan on September 26.
Investigation by Vanguard revealed that Justice Musdpaher had on April forwarded her name to the Federal Judicial Service Commission, FJSC, and the NJC, for consideration, just as he equally tendered his notice of retirement to the two legal bodies.
Remarkably, Aloma had recently rejected an offer for international appointment, after she was nominated as the Chief Judge of The Gambia.
Sequel to speculations that he resigned after tendering a “quit notice” to the FJSC and the NJC on Wednesday, the CJN, yesterday, issued a statement in Abuja, debunking the rumour.
The statement signed by his media aide, Mr Mohammed Adamu, read: “The Honourable, the Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Dahiru Musdapher, contrary to speculations, has not resigned his appointment.
“The CJN had, on April 11, 2012, written to the National Judicial Council, NJC, to give three months notice of his retirement from service as a judicial officer.
“This, as the CJN indicated, is so ‘that the necessary processes will be commenced early enough to enable the swearing of a new Chief Justice’ by July 16, 2012.
“It is public knowledge that by the provisions of Section 291(1) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, the CJN shall cease to be a judicial officer come July 14, 2012 when he would be 70 years.”
Justice Mariam Aloma who hails from Kano State, started her law career in 1967. She was be the first female judge to be sworn into the Supreme Court bench.
Ajatta urges EFCC to probe Mimiko
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A governorship aspirant of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Ondo State, Mr. Jaiyeola Ajatta, yesterday urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the alleged financial recklessness of the Governor Olusegun Mimiko administration.
He accused the Labour Party (LP)-led government of planning to pile-up debts for an incoming government.
Ajatta spoke in Ikaramu-Akoko, Akoko North West Local Government Area, while receiving defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and LP into the ACN.
He said the state government inherited over N38 billion from the Olusegun Agagu administration and has received over N500 billion from the Federation Account in the past three years, but has nothing to show for it.
Ajatta said: “I do not know why someone who claims to be the ‘master of all’ has refused to better the lot of the masses. But God has exposed how our money has been mismanaged. I commended EFCC for arresting the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC) Chairman Debo Ajimuda over an alleged N61 billion fraud.
“This is how the Mimiko administration has been wasting our funds. The governor’s aides steal our money and spend it on exotic cars and mansion, while thousands of our youths lie idle.
“Mimiko promised to revive all moribund industries, but it has been three years and we are yet to see any of them functioning. He recently claimed that the Tomatos Industry is back to life, but it has been revealed that nothing is going on there.
“Our governor has been spending billions of naira on the Oba-Adesida-Oyemekun Road for three years, yet it has not been completed. When the project was flagged off, he said the road would be rebuilt into six lanes, but where are the six lanes?
“Mimiko has been celebrating some projects, such as the Fiwasaye and Ondo Roads, but these projects belong to the past administration, which had already paid the contractors 70 per cent of the contract sum. All the roads flagged off by the present administration are still on-going, such as the Arakale, Ondo and Owo roads.”
Ajatta urged the people to vote-out the LP in the next election.
Mimiko
A governorship aspirant of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Ondo State, Mr. Jaiyeola Ajatta, yesterday urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the alleged financial recklessness of the Governor Olusegun Mimiko administration.
He accused the Labour Party (LP)-led government of planning to pile-up debts for an incoming government.
Ajatta spoke in Ikaramu-Akoko, Akoko North West Local Government Area, while receiving defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and LP into the ACN.
He said the state government inherited over N38 billion from the Olusegun Agagu administration and has received over N500 billion from the Federation Account in the past three years, but has nothing to show for it.
Ajatta said: “I do not know why someone who claims to be the ‘master of all’ has refused to better the lot of the masses. But God has exposed how our money has been mismanaged. I commended EFCC for arresting the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC) Chairman Debo Ajimuda over an alleged N61 billion fraud.
“This is how the Mimiko administration has been wasting our funds. The governor’s aides steal our money and spend it on exotic cars and mansion, while thousands of our youths lie idle.
“Mimiko promised to revive all moribund industries, but it has been three years and we are yet to see any of them functioning. He recently claimed that the Tomatos Industry is back to life, but it has been revealed that nothing is going on there.
“Our governor has been spending billions of naira on the Oba-Adesida-Oyemekun Road for three years, yet it has not been completed. When the project was flagged off, he said the road would be rebuilt into six lanes, but where are the six lanes?
“Mimiko has been celebrating some projects, such as the Fiwasaye and Ondo Roads, but these projects belong to the past administration, which had already paid the contractors 70 per cent of the contract sum. All the roads flagged off by the present administration are still on-going, such as the Arakale, Ondo and Owo roads.”
Ajatta urged the people to vote-out the LP in the next election.
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