IG ORDERS STRICT MONITORING OF FIREARMS USAGE BY OFFICERS
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Solomon Arase, on Wednesday called on senior police officers to monitor strictly the use of firearms and ammunition by officers under them.
The Force Police Public Relations Officer (FPPRO), ACP Olabisi Kolawole, disclosed the I-G’s order in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
Kolawole said the order was sequel to some alleged killings by drunken and trigger-happy policemen in different parts of the country.
He said that Arase expressed sadness over unlawful killings and restated the need for Assistant Inspectors-General, Commissioners and Area Commanders of various commands and units to monitor strictly the usage of firearms.
According to him, police personnel are supposed to account for arms and ammunition signed out to him or her to the supervisor.
“No policeman is allowed to dispense any bullet without accounting for it to the supervising officer. No police man is allowed to kill unlawfully. It is an offence to be drunk while in uniform and carrying gun.
Policemen have been trained on how and when to use the fire arms,’’ Kolawole told NAN on telephone.
COUNT ME OUT OF NEW PARTY PLOT – SARAKI
Senate President Bukola Saraki has distanced himself from rumours linking him with a plot by some prominent politicians to form a new political party ahead of the 2019 general elections.
While restating his commitment to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Saraki said he currently enjoys a robust and cordial relationship with President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the party.
Saraki’s Special Adviser on Media, Yusuph Olaniyonu, said those spreading the rumour are the ones who have been plotting the downfall of Saraki since the day he emerged the president of the Senate.
He wondered why Saraki who did not think of dumping the APC when he was battling for political survival over alleged false declaration of assets will contemplate doing so now.
While calling on Saraki’s traducers to come up with another lie, he said those trying to sow a seed of discord between the Senate president and President Buhari “can no longer enter Aso Rock today”.
“It is a stupid claim by some unscrupulous elements to link the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki with the plot to form a new political party. He has pledged his allegiance to the ruling party, the APC.
NIGERIA WINS BID TO MANAGE BELARUS’ SATELLITE FOR 15 YEARS
Nigeria has made history in the global space technology market by becoming the first country in the Sub-Sahara Africa to manage a foreign satellite.
This followed the emergence of Nigerian Communications Satellite (NigComSat) limited, the operator of NigComSat-R, the Nigerian Communication Satellite as the winner of a bidding process to provide In-Orbit test (IOT) and carrier Spectrum Monitoring (CSM) services for Belintersat-1 Satellite.
This was announced by China Great Industries Corporation (CGWIC), a renowned satellite manufacturing company in China and a technical partner to NigComSat.
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