President @MBuhari, Monday, congratulated the Chairman @ndlea_nigeria, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd), on the recent very successful operation of the Agency leading to the smashing of an international drug syndicate & recovery of 1,855kilograms of cocaine.
In a telephone call to the Chairman of the anti-narcotics agency from New York where he is attending the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 77), President Buhari said that the news of the recovery gladdens his heart.
“You have demonstrated over and again that choosing you to lead this fight against wicked merchants of death whose sole aim is to endanger and truncate the future of our youth is a very good choice. Please keep up the good work.”
@ProfOsinbajo TO REPRESENT NIGERIA AT STATE FUNERAL FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH II IN LONDON
Vice President Yemi @ProfOsinbajo will be representing Nigeria at a number of events tomorrow and Monday, during the State funeral for the late Queen Elizabeth ll of the United Kingdom.
He will join members of the Royal Family, world leaders - including members of the Commonwealth, Heads of State, Governors-General, Prime Ministers, and foreign royal families - at the ceremonies, including the funeral service scheduled to hold at Westminster Abbey on Monday.
#NigerianNavy Headquarters holding a Press Conference this morning, to correct falsehoods and misconceptions on the interception of MT HEROIC IDUN within Nigeria’s maritime waters, on Aug 8, 2022. Chief of Policy & Plans, Rear Admiral S. Garba, briefing.
Highlights to follow:
NN: The Crude Oil Tanker, MT HEROIC IDUN, DID NOT lift any crude oil from the Akpo Oilfield. It was intercepted by the Nigerian Navy’s Maritime Domain Awareness Facility, around midnight August 7/8, 2022, while still approaching the Single Buoy Mooring within the Akpo Oilfield.
NN: The #NigerianNavy’s Modus Operandi is to monitor, through its Maritime Domain Awareness System, all crude oil tankers that approach loading terminals, & to verify that they possess the necessary authorization to load. Vessels without requisite permits are arrested & detained.
President @MBuhari has given presidential assent to the following major Bills:
− Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2022
− Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill, 2022, repealing the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 as amended.
− Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill, 2022, which repeals the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2011 as amended in 2013
— Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Bill, 2022, which makes comprehensive provisions for the seizure, confiscation, forfeiture, and management of properties derived from unlawful activity.
Security forces recorded a major success in ongoing operations against terrorists, as scores of bandits were neutralized by ground troops and air assets during an operation in Galbi, Chikun local government area.
This was conveyed in an operational feedback to the Kaduna State Government from the security agencies.
“We will procure the products and we will sell to the state, and will be step on step with the country and literally, I’ve seen no indication at this point in time that the state is ready to change any price of petroleum products. It has nothing to do with our operations.
“We will procure the products and we will sell to the state, and will be step on step with the country and literally, I’ve seen no indication at this point in time that the state is ready to change any price of petroleum products. It has nothing to do with our operations.
“For us, what it really means is that this is business for us. We’ll charge them a fee and at any point, so that the company can make money on behalf of its shareholders,”