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  • Police arrest 3 robbery suspects in Delta

    Police arrest 3 robbery suspects in Delta

    Suspects

    By Edeki Igafe

    Warri (Delta), June 7, 2024 (NAN) The Police Command in Delta has attested three notorious robbery suspects in Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area of the state.

    The command’s spokesman, SP Bright Edafe made this known while addressing newsmen on the arrest on Friday in Warri.

    He said that suspected hoodlums were apprehended on Wednesday by the command’s special squad deployed to Ughelli.

    Edafe said that the police squad led by ASP Julius Robinson acted on credible intelligence, and stormed the suspects hideouts in Sapele Town to effect the arrest.

    “On June 5,  the command’s special squad, while acting on credible intelligence, successfully arrested three suspected armed robbers and recovered  weapons in Sapele Town,” he said.

    Edafe said that exhibits recovered from them included one beretta pistol, one locally made cut-to-size gun, three cutlasses, cell phones and  ATM cards belonging to their victims.

    The police spokesman said that some of the victims had identified the suspects and the valuables stolen from them.

    Edafe said that upon interrogation, the suspects confessed to having been involved in six armed robbery operations in Sapele.

    He added that the suspects were currently in police custody while investigation in the matter was ongoing.

    Edafe said that the special squad was deployed by the Commissioner of Police of the command, Mr Abaniwonda Olufemi to checkmate kidnapping and armed robbery activities in Ughelli, Warri, Sapele and environs. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

    EDI/EBI/JPE

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    Edited by Benson Iziama/Joseph Edeh

  • Uganda National Oil Company partners PTI on human capital dev

    Development

     

    By Edeki Igafe

     

    Warri (Delta), June 4, 2024 (NAN) The Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) has sought for partnership with the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), particularly, in the aspect of human capital development.

     

    The Chief Human Resource Officer of UNOC, Catherine Tumusiime, disclosed this during Tuesday’s facility tour of the institute in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta.

     

    Tumusiime, who led a delegation from Uganda on the tour, said there were many areas of collaboration Uganda could benefit from Nigeria.

     

    She said that her country could learn much from Nigeria’s oil and gas industry.

     

    While underscoring the strength of expertise in the PTI, Tumusiime said the knowledge could be shared with the people of Uganda.

     

    “We are here to learn from them. Oil has been here for quite some years, and we know there is a lot of national content value retention in Nigeria.

     

    “The government is intentional to build the capacity of their people and prevent capital flight out of the country.

     

    “So, we have learnt a lot in terms of value retention, the national content policy and reparation.

     

    “Through investment into their own country and making sure there is less capital flight out of Nigeria,” she said.

     

    Tumusiime said that UNOC was ready to participate in seminars, workshops and other knowledge-based activities of the PTI to gather more experiences.

     

    She thanked the management of the PTI for the reception as well as the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for facilitating the visit.

     

    In his remark, NCDMB Executive Secretary, Felix Egbe, said the board received a notice from UNOC, seeking collaboration with oil and gas organisations in Nigeria.

     

    The executive secretary was represented at the visit by NCDMB General Manager, Midstream, Tassalla Tersugh.

     

    “The board identified PTI as a very important partner and critical stakeholder in the oil and gas manpower development, hence we said they must come to the institute,” he said.

     

    In his welcome remark, Dr Samuel Onoji, the acting Principal and Chief Executive Officer of PTI, said the institute had produced over 50,000 graduates since its inception 52 years ago.

     

    Onoji, represented by PTI Director of Research and Development, Dr Tina Isichei, says the institute operates in line with its core values of providing middle-level manpower for the nation’s oil and gas sector.

     

    He promised to collaborate with the UNOC in the areas of manpower development, assuring that it was the beginning of greater things among the trio of PTI, NCDMB and UNOC. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

     

    EDI/MAS

     

    Edited by Moses Solanke

  • Police neutralise robbery suspect in Delta

    Suspect

    By Edeki Igafe

    Warri (Delta), June 4, 2024 (NAN) The Police Command in Delta says it has neutralised a member of a three-man robbery syndicate in Ekpan, Uvwie Local Government Area of the state.

    The command’s spokesman, SP Bright Edafe, told newsmen in Warri on Tuesday that the suspect was shot on Friday while trying to escape.

    He said the undercover surveillance patrol team of the police of Ekpan Division was on a routine patrol on the Army Barracks Link Road when they met the suspected robbery gang.

    According to him, the suspects, riding in a tricycle, on May 13, double-crossed the vehicle conveying the police team in their usual style, not knowing they were policemen.

    “But on noticing that they were policemen, the hoodlums took to their heels.

    “The police team chased them, and in the process, one of the suspects was arrested with a black bag containing one cut-to-size double barrel gun with two live cartridges,” he said.

    Edafe said upon interrogation, the suspect confessed that the other two accomplices, who escaped from the tricycle, were his gang members.

    The police spokesman quoted the suspect to have said that they either rob their victims or sometimes kidnap them in the metropolis.

    Edafe said that following the confession of the suspect, the police ordered him to take them to their hideout at the NNPC Link Road, Ekpan.

    “On their way to the hideout, the suspect jumped into the bridge in an attempt to escape and was maimed by the police operatives.

    “The suspect was taken to the Ekpan General Hospital for medication but was there confirmed dead by the doctor on duty,” he said.

    Edafe says efforts are ongoing to arrest the fleeing members of the gang. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

    EDI/GOM/MAS
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    Edited by Gregg Mmaduakolam and Moses Solanke

  • Nationwide strike grounds activities at public, private institutions in Warri

    Nationwide strike grounds activities at public, private institutions in Warri

    Strike

    By Edeki Igafe

    Warri(Delta), June 3, 2024 (NAN) Commercial activities was on Monday grounded in  public and private institutions in Warri, Delta following the nationwide strike embarked upon by the organised labour over a new minimum wage.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the leadership of the organised labour, had on Friday declared a nationwide strike effective from Monday.

    Efforts by the government’s meeting on Sunday, led by the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio with the labour, also failed to stop the strike.

    Labour is demanding for N494,000 as the new minimum wage while the government is insisting it could N60,000.

    NAN correspondent, who monitored the industrial action in Warri, reports that most commercial banks on Warri/Sapele/Efurun Road  complied with the strike.

    Skeletal activities were observed at the Nigerian Port Authority, Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Warri South Local Government Secretariat, Courts and among others.

    Some commercial bank customers who vented their frustrations,  appealed to both the organised labour and the government to shift ground.

    Mr Andrew Okiemute said that he had transaction failure on Saturday and hoped to rectify it on Monday with his bank but could not because his bank was shut.

    Another bank customer, Mrs Comfort Tejiri said that she had issues with her Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card.

    According to her, my ATM card is not working, that is why I decided to come and lodge complaint unknow to me the strike will affect my bank.

    “We cannot afford another round of strike, so the government and the labour unions should negotiate and come to a comprised,” she said.

    Meanwhile,  there was free movement of individuals and vehicles in the metropolis at the time of filing this report. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

    EDI/DCO/JI

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    Edited by Deborah Coker/Joe Idika