Police nab alleged killer of Nigerian New York cab drive
New York - The Police in New York on Tuesday arrested a suspect in connection with the killing of a Nigerian cab driver in the Brownsville area of Brooklyn in downtown New York.Uro Ama Orji, 54, from Ebonyi, was stabbed in the eye with an umbrella on June 13 by one of the two passengers he was carrying.
The suspect was seen running from the scene of the incident through security camera.
The late Orji was taken to the Brookdale Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.
The suspect, named as Shamel Allen, 28, of Brooklyn, was charged for manslaughter and possession of weapon.
He was accused of the stabbing the deceased inside a cab in Brownsville on June 13.
Orji’s sister in-law, Mrs Chinedum Agwu, described the deceased as `a hard-working Nigerian’ who had been driving cab since he moved to Brooklyn 10 years ago. (NAN)
Rainstorm destroys 180 structures in Katsina
Musawa - A three-hour rainstorm on Monday night destroyed no
fewer than 180 structures including residential homes, schools and
hospitals in Musawa, headquarters of Musawa Local Government Area of
Katsina State.
The Monday night disaster was the second in about two weeks following a similar occurrence on May 29 that destroyed 50 structures in the town.
Alhaji Tanimu Kira, Chairman of the council’s Transition Committee, told newsmen after inspecting the affected areas on Wednesday that a committee had been constituted to verify the extent of the damage, adding that a relief package would be distributed to the victims.
He said that the council had provided the victims with temporary accommodation pending intervention by the state and federal governments.
He also said that the council had distributed 100 bags of cement on June 11 to the victims of the May 29 incident, noting that the gesture was an interim measure to cushion the hardship faced by the people.
He described the incident as the Will of God, and cautioned people against indiscriminate refuse disposal and blocking of waterways.
Kira said such acts were responsible for environmental pollution, and stressed the need for collective effort to protect the environment.
He also advised the residents to refrain from indiscriminate felling of trees, but rather to cultivate the habit of planting trees to replace lost ones to check desert encroachment. (NAN)
A gas explosion from the facility had forced residents of the community to flee the area while the oil firm reportedly evacuated its workforce to a safe location.
On Wednesday an additional detachment of armed security men were deployed to the area shortly after the leakage was blocked.
Meanwhile, the patrol of the Amasoma-Lobia waterway has been intensified with several gunboats seen on the water channel leading to the oil facility.
Several marine checkpoints were also established with military tug boats and vessels being used for the ‘Stop and Search’ operations in the waterways near the oil rig.
Mr Julius Christopher, a youth leader in Ogboinbiri said on Wednesday that more soldiers were drafted to guard the oil installation after the gas leak.
“The soldiers here have increased the number of check points from one to three and they have blocked access to that canal that leads to another neighbourhood within our community.
“We were told by officials of the company that the decision was for safety reasons since they are still working to rectify the problem that caused the leakage of gas,” Christopher said.
It will be recalled that Agip had suspended oil export from most of its oil fields in Bayelsa due to unsustainable levels of oil theft in the state.
The oil firm said it authorised the suspension of operations in Bayelsa on March 22.
The company also declared ‘Force Majeure’ on its 40,000 barrels per day oil output from production facilities in the state on March 23, due to the unsustainable levels of oil theft.
`Force Majeure’ is a legal notice that absolves an oil firm of liabilities for failure to meet supply obligations to crude buyers due to circumstances beyond the firm’s control. (NAN)
The Monday night disaster was the second in about two weeks following a similar occurrence on May 29 that destroyed 50 structures in the town.
Alhaji Tanimu Kira, Chairman of the council’s Transition Committee, told newsmen after inspecting the affected areas on Wednesday that a committee had been constituted to verify the extent of the damage, adding that a relief package would be distributed to the victims.
He said that the council had provided the victims with temporary accommodation pending intervention by the state and federal governments.
He also said that the council had distributed 100 bags of cement on June 11 to the victims of the May 29 incident, noting that the gesture was an interim measure to cushion the hardship faced by the people.
He described the incident as the Will of God, and cautioned people against indiscriminate refuse disposal and blocking of waterways.
Kira said such acts were responsible for environmental pollution, and stressed the need for collective effort to protect the environment.
He also advised the residents to refrain from indiscriminate felling of trees, but rather to cultivate the habit of planting trees to replace lost ones to check desert encroachment. (NAN)
Soldiers drafted to broken oil installation
Yenagoa - The Joint Task Force in Niger Delta has tightened security around the Agip Oil’s Well 9 facility in Ogbuinbiri community, Southern Ijaw local government in Bayelsa.A gas explosion from the facility had forced residents of the community to flee the area while the oil firm reportedly evacuated its workforce to a safe location.
On Wednesday an additional detachment of armed security men were deployed to the area shortly after the leakage was blocked.
Meanwhile, the patrol of the Amasoma-Lobia waterway has been intensified with several gunboats seen on the water channel leading to the oil facility.
Several marine checkpoints were also established with military tug boats and vessels being used for the ‘Stop and Search’ operations in the waterways near the oil rig.
Mr Julius Christopher, a youth leader in Ogboinbiri said on Wednesday that more soldiers were drafted to guard the oil installation after the gas leak.
“The soldiers here have increased the number of check points from one to three and they have blocked access to that canal that leads to another neighbourhood within our community.
“We were told by officials of the company that the decision was for safety reasons since they are still working to rectify the problem that caused the leakage of gas,” Christopher said.
It will be recalled that Agip had suspended oil export from most of its oil fields in Bayelsa due to unsustainable levels of oil theft in the state.
The oil firm said it authorised the suspension of operations in Bayelsa on March 22.
The company also declared ‘Force Majeure’ on its 40,000 barrels per day oil output from production facilities in the state on March 23, due to the unsustainable levels of oil theft.
`Force Majeure’ is a legal notice that absolves an oil firm of liabilities for failure to meet supply obligations to crude buyers due to circumstances beyond the firm’s control. (NAN)
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