Friday 18 January 2013

NEWS HEADLINES: Friday 18/01/13


**PDP bigger than you, Tukur tells govs**

**NAF deploys F7 Supersonic, Alpha jets to Mali**

**NSE asks FG to grant tax incentives to quoted coys**

**JTF repels attack, kills 2, arrests 5 in Kano**

**Nigeria has potential to be ranked 13th in world’s top 20 economies by 2050 — Report**

**PDP factions: I ‘ve no plans to influence Court of Appeal — Obasanjo**

**Arepo fire: NSCDC launches ‘Operation Flush Out Vandals’**

**Jonathan appoints Vanguard GM UNILAG’s Governing Council member**

**Road crashes: 487 deaths recorded in Edo, Delta, Anambra**

**Police ask Army to handover murder suspect**

**Oshodi/Apapa Expressway: FG gives 6-month ultimatum to contractor**

**Olaitan Oyerinde: Reps to probe alleged police misconduct**

**Alleged N62bn fraud: Ohakim hits back at Okorocha**

**Edo LG polls: CPC, ACN to hold merger talks**

**Our officers ‘ll make Nigeria proud in Mali – Air chief**

**Edo LG polls: PDP calls for boycott**

**Tambuwal moves to appease Reps**

**Babalakin charged, granted bail**

**Tackle oil spills, not illegal bunkering, FG urged**

**ACN berates PDP for allegedly calling Akande ex-convict**

**FG inaugurates committee on code of corporate governance**

**Reps move to immortalise Okotie-Eboh**

**Demolition not targeted at non-indigenes – Obi**

**War in the Southwest: How Obasanjo and Jonathan are flexing muscles**

**Delta community excommunicates ex-militants**

**NFF steps down bogus bonuses for Eagles**

**Orji boosts Enyimba ahead of new season**

**Minister resolves NPL title right crisis**

**Eagles will take one game at a time, says Keshi**

**Underrate your foes at your own peril – Esin**

**Cote dÍvoire protests Eagles’ hotel**

**Bayern pull off major coup as they hire Guardiola**

Wednesday 16 January 2013

COMMISSIONER SACKED BY GOV. AKPABIO FOR FAILING TO PROVIDE PIGEONS AT ARMED FORCES REMEMBRANCE DAY

Sacked Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, A/Ibom State, Helen Ukpabio
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio has sacked the state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Helen Ukpabio, for her ministry’s failure to provide pigeons during the Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony, held yesterday.
Pigeons are usually released as a sign of peace to mark the high point of the ceremony
Also sacked by the angry Governor was Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Arit Okpo.
Commissioner for Information, Aniekan Umanah who confirmed the sack, however said no reason was given by the governor.
Mr. Umanah told Coolwazobiainfo correspondent Esther Oyegue that the governor has the right to fire anyone presumed to be under performing.

Mrs. Ukpabio and Okpo, were directed to hand over with immediate effect to the Director of Administration, Patrick Essien.

Monday 7 January 2013

YES WE CAN: NIGERIA POLICE FORCE LAUNCHES A NEW “CODE OF CONDUCT AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR OFFICERS OF THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE”

Police I.G. Mohammed Abubakar
This is a first hand press release i got from the Force public Relations Officer, CSP Frank Mba. 

"All is now set for the official launch, by the Nigeria Police High



Command of the special ‘Code of Conduct and Professional Standards for officers of the Nigeria Police Force’, scheduled to take place on the 10th day of January, 2013 at International Conference Centre, Abuja.  The launch which will be personally performed by Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GCFR, President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, will commence at 10:00am prompt. The launch of the “Code of Conduct” comes a day after the National Summit on Security.

The new “Code of Conduct” is a set of rules collated and formulated under the leadership of the current Inspector-General of Police, IGP MD Abubakar, for guiding and regulating the behaviours of Police officers in Nigeria – both while on or off duty.  The Code contains standard policing rules as well as contemporary international best practices in law enforcement as available in various United Nations Conventions, the Nigeria constitution, Police Act and Regulations and other domestic statutes. It is intended to be used by Police Officers in determining what is right and proper in all their actions.

The Code is designed to promote efficiency and effectiveness of Police services by promoting transparency, accountability and a deeper sense of civilian oversight on police activities.  It is further intended to promote discipline, professionalism and strict adherence to due process in police activities and operations. Its institution within the Force is therefore part of measures by the IGP to promote the Federal Government transformational agenda, through deliberate and conscious efforts at encouraging positive attitudinal change amongst all cadres of officers within the Force.

Thus, its launch is meant to generate the needed awareness among Government Officials, members of the Force and the general public; and to formally announce the enforcement of the “Code” both as a guide for all personnel of the Force, as well as an instrument for monitoring the conduct of individual Police officers in the daily performance of their duties, by the Police High Command and the public.

It is the earnest belief of the IGP that the “Code” will improve the standards and outputs of the Force and make it an enviable Law Enforcement Organization that will best serve the interest of Nigerians.

The IGP once again solicits the cooperation and understanding of the public at ensuring the successful implementation of the “Code” as it marks another mile stone in current efforts at repositioning the Force.  He believes that getting it right with the Code, will no doubt, amount to getting it right with the Force; and this will in turn translate to getting it right with the overall security of Nigeria and her teeming citizens.

Dignitaries expected at the event include: the leadership of the National Assembly, Federal Ministers, Executive Governors from the 36 States of the Federation, Service Chiefs, Senior Government Officials, members of the Diplomatic Corps, Senior Police Officers, etc.

Sunday 6 January 2013

NEWS HEADLINES: Monday 07/ 01/13



**2015: Sambo denies joining Obasanjo to fight Jonathan**

**Wada returns to Govt House amidst confusion over his presence*

**Lawmakers to stop religious extremism, says Mark**

**Obi unveils Ojukwu’s statue**

**Gunmen kill 10 in Zamfara**

*Nasarawa Governor fingers state PDP chairman in contract scam*

**PDP BoT chair: Leaders push for consensus**

**CBN extends deadline on legacy banks’ cheques**

**Jonathan, Zuma, Yayi,12 others for Mahama’s inauguration today**

**John ‘The Fourth’ Dramani Mahama, President-elect seeks opponents’ support**

**SSANU to Fed Govt: avert strike in varsities**

**Obi’s N2m Christmas palliative divides community**

**Sokoto is poorest state – NBS**

**Civil servants demand prudent fiscal management**

**SEC funds: We are not on vendetta mission – Reps**

**NASS ready to enact law to fight religious extremism -Mark**

**Syria’s Assad appeals for dialogue to end conflict**

**Accra agog as Ghana prepares to swear in new president**

**Nations Cup: Keshi in ‘trouble’ over final team selection**

**I don’t have 48 houses anywhere in the world – Sylva**

**Secret burial of 4-month-old exposes killer dad!**

**2013: How to ensure holistic devt, by Prof Ajakaiye, ex-NISER DG**

**Transporters hike fares in Asaba**

**Don’t merge SARS with SCID, retired DSP tells IG**

**Tunde Kelani returns with Dazzling Mirage**

**Two-party system will enhance democracy, says Okonkwo**

** Banks’ customers pick holes in cash-less policy**

**NAMA to switch to satellite air navigation soon**

**Institute’s workers protest non-payment of allowances**

**Ethiopia secure Tunisia friendly for Eagles today**

**Kanu to star in Essien’s charity match**

**ABS’ Rahman Bashir loses wife**
    

Thursday 3 January 2013

NEWS HEADLINES: THURSDAY 03/01/13



**NLC to battle Kwara, Osun, seven others over minimum wage**

**Senate, House still working on 2013 budget details**

**ACN raises alarm over ‘hurried discharge’ of Wada**

**Obasanjo: I would have died**

**Leaders must fulfil social contract, says Fayemi**

**Jang: ex-servicemen deserve better welfare**

**Nollywood actress, Bisi Komolafe, for burial in Ibadan, tomorrow**

**PRESIDENCY 2015: Uproar greets Jonathan’s posters**

**Gunmen kill 26-yr-old mother in Benue**

**Two buildings razed in Lagos on New Year day**

**2 men arraigned for allegedly stealing he-goat**

**SSS releases 2 detained journalists**

**Police deny banning PDP congresses in Adamawa**

**Orji’s wife pays medical bills of 11 nursing mothers**

**I am not a cultist, says Gov Akpabio**

**New Year day accident kills 2 in Katsina**

**LAGOS FIRE: Firecracker importer arrested**

**Jonathan disowns posters**

**FG to buy 30 aircraft to assist local operators**

**Police arrest alleged killers of Kano lawmakers**

**Amaechi sacks commissioner, appoints 6 female perm secs**

**FG to distribute 10m cell phones to farmers**

**US Congress agrees last-minute fiscal-cliff deal**

**Oyegun cautions Northern govs over opposition to PIB**

**Retired police officer nabbed over alleged robbery**

**Adeeboye predicts bigger disasters in 2013 unless…**

**Feud: Tell the truth, Anyanwu charges Okorocha**

**Uduaghan promises hard times for kidnappers this year**

**Shettima pardons 30 prisoners**

**AFCON: Eagles not ready – Akanni

**Nations Cup: Iroha begs for Odemwingie, Keshi open to  talks**

**Eagles hold Bar-Catalonia**

**Transfer: Chelsea cleared to approach Demba Ba**