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FRSC Celebrates 33 Anniversary, Offers Free Medical Services At Motor Parks

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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Bauchi State Sector Command, has celebrated its 33 years of existence and conducted medical check up for commercial drivers in two major motor parks in the state to mark the day.

Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, the Sector Commander, FRSC, who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Bauchi on Tuesday, said the two major motor parks were ‘Muda Lawal motor park’ and ‘Central market motor park’.

He revealed that the medical check up included eye tests for all the drivers in the motor parks as well as blood pressure checks for both drivers and passengers respectively.

He said any driver found with eye defects, were compelled and monitored to go for eye treatment before he would be allowed to handle the wheel.

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“As at last week Thursday, which was 18th of February, 2021, makes FRSC to be 33 years of existence in administering road traffic administration in Nigeria. We celebrated the day in Bauchi on Monday by conducting medical checkup for drivers and passengers respectively in two major parks, that is, Muda Lawal motor park and Central market motor park.

“The gesture was to provide some kind of corporate social responsibility to the immediate community where we are serving,” Abdullahi said.

Describing the successes recorded so far by the corps as it marked the 33 years of existence, the FRSC boss said that the corps had completely transformed from analogue era to digital one.

He said that the driver’s licence which used to be up to about 10 pages in those days had been transformed to a more portable one.

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“We’ve really gone far, if I take you back to the inception, we know where we were in respect of road crashes in Nigeria, today, we can also tell you a very good story about how far we have gone.

Medical personnel attending to patients during the exercise.

“From the inception, we met the national driver’s licence in a booklet which was about ten pages, we came to look at how it would be convenient for drivers to be moving along with it and present whenever it was required considering other things drivers interact with.

“We now said we need something portable. We went into the laminated national driver’s licence which is very portable and easy to carry.

“As time went on, we looked into it beyond ordinary. We looked into it in case of a crash and we met the driver unconscious. How do we now help him when there is a possibility that he needs blood transfusion? We then went deeper by going into the digital driver’s licence which captures the driver’s blood group.

“Whenever there is an issue where we need to offer such a driver some treatments, we look into that driver’s licence and check which blood group he belongs to and we advise the medical doctors to commence treatment on him based on the data we have from the driver’s licence,” he revealed.

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The sector commander also told newsmen that the corps further went deeper by being cautious of forgery of the digital driver’s licence, thereby, embedded some security signs into it so as to discover anytime such licence was compromised.

He also said that with so many technologies employed by the corps, it could also track a vehicle registration number to ascertain the present location of such a vehicle as well as the details of the owner.

He urged Nigerians to come close to the corps with maximum cooperation as more beneficial packages would soon be unveiled by the corps.

“FRSC has come to keep Nigeria roads safe, we would continue to do our best to keep it safe, but we need the maximum cooperation from the general public and those in the helms of affairs,” he said

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Man, 38 Escapes Assassination Attempt In Benin

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July 22, 2023

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A 38-year-old activist, Innocent Omoruyi, narrowly escaped assassination in the early hours of Wednesday, July 19, 2023 as his residence at Obe Community,Sapele Road in Benin city was attacked by yet to be identified gun men.

The attack which eye witnesses say was viciously executed on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 bore the markings of a dreaded cult group terrorizing Benin City, the state capital.

The Obe, Sapale Road incident, it was learnt, happened soon after Omoruyi left the house to attend to matters of interest some few metres away from his home.

The assailants were said to have shot sporadically in their frustration as residents scampered for safety.

However, Omoruyi escaped unharmed.

One of the eye witnesses who craved anonymity said: “The felons apparently went for the kill, weilding guns and other dangerous weapons. “We are shocked that they didn’t see Innocent Omoruyi who was just some few metres away from home when they arrived”.

“How that happened, only God knows and it was obvious that it wasn’t his time to die yet and just before that not long ago his business place on Lagos Street, Benin City was burnt down in the middle of the night by unknown arsonists.

“This sequence of events is not ordinary. We know it’s politically motivated due to the role he played in the last general elections. He has been advised to go into hiding at the moment for his personal safety”, he concluded.

When contacted, the police Public Relations Officer Chidi Nwabuzor said he was yet to get any information as regards the latest incident. He promised to feed our correspondent with relevant details as soon as they become handy.

Our information source however revealed that the matter has already been incidented at the Love World Police station on Sapele Road, Benin city.

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Nigeria To Earn Over $4bn Revenue As FEC Okays Concession Of Abuja, Kano Airports

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Nigeria will earn over $4 billion in nominal revenue as the Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday okayed the concession of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, to the Corporacion American Airport Consortium, a Luxembourg-based company.

James Odaudu, the Special Assistant on Public Affairs to the Minister of Aviation, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.

According to him, the Council also approved that the Federal Ministry of Aviation would be renamed the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace.

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The statement noted that the company would make combined upfront payments of $8.5 million for the concession of NAIA and MAKIA.

He added that the development would spur evidential growth within the Nigerian aviation industry.

“In alignment with the Aviation Roadmap, approved by Mr President on 18th October 2016, the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace is delighted to inform all stakeholders, both local and international, and the media, that the concession of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano has been approved by the Federal Executive Council,” the statement said.

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In December 2022 and January 2023, Corporacion American Airport Consortium was announced as the preferred bidder for the airport’s concession after scaling through a series of evaluations of technical and financial bids.

Nominal revenues mean income not adjusted for inflation and decreasing purchasing power.

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Russia Expelled From Council Of Europe Amid War With Ukraine

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The Council of Europe says it has expelled Russia with immediate effect after 26 years of membership because of the Ukraine war.

The Committee of Ministers took the decision in a special session, the rights body announced in the French city of Strasbourg on Wednesday.

Earlier, Russia had already declared its withdrawal from the Council of Europe after it had taken steps to exclude it.

On Tuesday evening, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe voted unanimously in favour of Russia’s exclusion.

Russia joined the Council of Europe on Feb. 28, 1996.

Together with the formal notification of the withdrawal, the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe also received information from the Russian Federation on Tuesday about its intention to denounce the European Convention on Human Rights.

In a statement on Tuesday evening, the leaders of the Council of Europe once again condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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They expressed their solidarity with the Russian people, who continue to belong to the European family and share its values.

The body said it would continue to stand by Ukraine in the fight against the aggressor.

The Council of Europe monitors the observance of human rights in its 46 member states and is not part of the European Union.

The body reacted to the Russian invasion of Ukraine two weeks ago by suspending Russia’s membership, this decision was considered historic.

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