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By Halimah Olamide The Ogun state police command on Wednesday disclosed its operatives have arrested a man who is a member of a ritual syndicate that kidnapped and killed a student of the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife. NPO Reports that the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, had led his men to a shallow grave in an area of the state capital on Wednesday after tracking signal traced the phone of the victim of Quadri Salami, the OAU student to one Akeem Usman. A statement by the police command in Ogun explained that father of the 18 year old victim…
By Kamil Opeyemi Protesters took to the streets in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory on Wednesday, saying that the Minister of the FCT, Nyesome Wike, must be removed. The protests, involving a gathering of over 10,000 indigenes, was led by one Adamu Muazu Kabir. The protesters, who stormed the National Assembly complex, under the aegis of the Network of Civil Societies for Economic Sustainability said Wike is incompetent and lacks vision for the FCT. In his address, the group’s convener Adamu Kabir Matazu described the former Rivers State governor as callous, indecorous, uncouth, greedy, and selfish. “Today, we stand united…
By Halimah Olamide The scourge of corruption among some officers of the Nigerian Police Force has come to the fore again with a now viral video which showed a policeman narrating how he forced a young person (suspected to be a scammer) to pay him N30,000. The video, which showed that he was negotiating with another young man, also showed him narrating how some of his former victims had tried to scam him by paying N30 instead of the demanded N30,000.
By Halimah Olamide Prominent traditional ruler, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has on Wednesday denied visiting the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, in the Kuje Correctional Centre where he is being kept. Words had gone round on Tuesday that the monarch had visited Emefiele creating ripples in many quarters about his mission. But in a statement denying the reported visit, his spokesman, Moses Olafare, said the report was the figment of the imagination of those allegedly peddling it. The statement explained that Ooni was at the facility to secure the humanitarian release of…
Oyo State Government has awarded a total of 84.75 kilometers Ibadan township roads for rehabilitation and asphaltic improvement. Commissioner for Public Works, Prof. Daud Sangodoyin, disclosed this on Wednesday in Ibadan while briefing newsmen the outcome of the weekly State Executive Council meeting. According to Sangodoyin, the 84.75 kilometers is made up of 12 roads under lots one and two. “Lot one, comprising 10 roads, with a total of 70.45 kilometers, is awarded to Kopek Construction Company at a sum of N24.8 billion, for a duration of 12 months to complete the job. “Lot two, which has two roads, with…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Kogi State Police Command has cautioned the public against comments that could prejudice its investigation over the alleged attacks on an official of the Kogi state election petition tribunal. In a statement issued on Wednesday by the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Williams Ovye Aya, the police said it is investigating the matter warning people against making comments that can undermine investigations. The police said it needed to set the records straight given an alleged twisting of information on the matter. “The general public is advised to avoid statements that may prejudice…
By Halimah Olamide Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Wednesday opened up on alleged huge sum of money being bandied for the renovation of his official residence. Gbajabiamila, in an X post said he still lives in his private residence adding that there is no provision for the renovation of his residence in the 2024 Appropriations Bill. he Chief of Staff said he has seen social media commentary regarding the 2024 Appropriation Bill, particularly the provisions under the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President. He said, “Owing to the erroneous nature of these…
By Halimah Olamide Stakeholders at the Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), have highlighted advocacy as one of the tools in tackling inheritance issues against women. The conversation which was the 11th day of the 16-Day Activism Against Gender-Based Violence held on X (formerly Twitter) was tagged: “Inheritance Issues and the Fate of Women” In attendance at the event were panelists including; Head High International Organization, Tinu Odugbemi, Senior Partner, Livingston Attorneys, Christian Love, BBC Reporter, Karina Igonikon, and lecturer, Imo State University, Chigoziri Ojiaka. Odugbemi in her opening remarks noted that women are often seen as properties that…
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote has announced that the agency has completed 83 percent of the 96 initiatives it started under the Nigerian Content 10-year Strategic Roadmap. He stated this at the opening of the 12th Practical Nigerian Content Forum 2023 on Tuesday at the Nigerian Content Towers, Yenagoa. The strategic roadmap was launched at the end of the year 2017, with the goal of increasing Nigerian Content in the oil and gas industry to 70 percent by the year 2027. The roadmap is undergirded by five pillars and…
By Halimah Olamide A prominent Islamic organisation, the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), has expressed disbelief in the bombing of villagers at Tudun Biri village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. While calling for what it called full investigation, the Secretary General of JNI, Prof. Khalid Aliyu, called for justice for the families of the victims. Aliyu in a statement released on Tuesday, said, JNI representing the collective voice of the Ummah, stood in profound consternation and grief over the tragic incident that unfolded at Tudun-Biri village in Igabi LGA during a Maulud celebration, as was reported. “It is…