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•By Halimah Olamide The Young Emerging Leaders Initiative (YELI) , has condemned assassination attempts allegedly carried out on Rivers Speaker, Barr. Edison Ogerenye Ehie (DSSRS). This was contained in a statement released by the group on Monday. According to the statement, the assailants were identified as a detachment of rogue police officers, led by Superintendent of Police Irikefe London Owen (attached to CTU B 3 RSV) and Chief Superintendent of Police Salihu Masalachi, accompanied by a group of dangerous thugs. “It is deeply regrettable that an institution entrusted with the constitutional duty of safeguarding the lives and properties of citizens,…
By Halimah Olamide A heavy allegation has been made against the suspended Chief Judge of the Osun State, Justice Adepele Ojo saying part of the offences of the judge was her alleged diversion of a loot recovered after a robbery operation in Ikirun, headquarters of the Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. Making the allegations, Speaker of the House, Hon. Adewale Egbedun in a statement on Monday said the Osun State House of Assembly has no intention of dabbling into the constitutional duties of the National Judicial Council with its recommendation for the suspension of Ojo. Egbedun added that…
By Halimah Olamide The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Mr. Edison Ogerenye Ehie, has escaped after gunmen allegedly stormed his residence Sunday night. This was made known in a statement by the Legislative Correspondent of the Assembly, Ken Uchendu on Monday. The statement said: “At about 11pm on Sunday the 19th day of November, 2023, a group of Armed thugs and rogue police officers led by one SP. Irikefe London Owen, a superintendent of police attached to the CTU B 3 RSV and CSP Salihu Masalachi attacked the private residence of the Speaker of the Rivers State…
The ambulances evacuating premature babies from Gaza have arrived in Egypt through the Rafah crossing. The convoy was greeted by medical professionals waiting with incubators to take them into care, according to live video broadcast on Egyptian state TV. Some context: The newborn babies are being transferred from the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, which has become a flashpoint in Israel’s war in the besieged territory. The Israeli military alleges the facility is being used by Hamas as a shield for its operations and raided the hospital last Wednesday. Hamas and hospital officials have denied Israel’s claims. Copied From CNN
The Police Command in Kano State on Monday alerted the public of plans by some groups of political party supporters to cause violence in the state. According to the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, the groups plan to take to the street to protest the Appeal Court’s verdict on the governorship election in the state. He however said that the command had taken appropriate security measures to prevent escalation of tensions that may lead to breakdown of law and order. “It is on this note that the police command issue this warning to residents of the state to…
The heads of state and prime ministers of numerous African countries will on Monday begin a two-day talks in Berlin to discuss closer economic cooperation with Europe. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to hold bilateral talks with individual heads of state and prime ministers. The main topics of the “Compact with Africa” (CwA) conference are strengthening private investment in the African continent and cooperation on sustainable energy projects. The conference was the result of an initiative launched by Germany in 2017 during its presidency of the G20 group of states aimed at improving the economic conditions in the CwA…
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, sentenced a 65-year-old man, Igwe Ambrose, to double life jail term for inserting fingers into the private parts of his tenant’s children, ages seven and 11. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt the four-count charge, bordering on sexual assault by penetration and indecent treatment of a child against Ambrose. Soladoye said that the defendant was a dirty old man who fingered and touched the breasts of the survivors under the pretext of helping them with their…
At least 70 people have been announced dead in a hospital in the Southern Gaza Strip following a nearby Israeli airstrike, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said. Dozens of patients, including children and adolescents, had to be treated for severe burns at the Nasser medical complex, the organisation said late Sunday, citing its staff at the hospital. The strike in the city of Khan Younis took place 1 kilometre away from the hospital, the group said. A total of 122 patients arrived at the hospital in the immediate aftermath. “The hospital is overflowing,’’ Doctors without Borders said. By midday Sunday, the…
Sam Altman is joining Microsoft, the tech-giant has announced, ending speculation he might return to OpenAI just 48 hours after his chaotic ousting. Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that Mr Altman would be joining Microsoft to lead “a new advanced AI research team”. Meanwhile, ex-Twitch CEO Emmett Shear will become OpenAI’s new boss. Writing on X, he called the job a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity”. But he added the way Mr Altman had been sacked was “handled very badly” and “seriously damaged our trust”. The board dismissed Sam Altman, 38, on Friday, saying it had lost confidence…
The trial of a former speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, over money laundering was on Monday, stalled because Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court did not sit. The case which was first fixed for continuation of trial on Nov. 15, could not proceed at the last adjourned date as the court did not sit and it was consequently, fixed for Nov. 20. On Monday, the case also could not proceed as the court did not sit following a letter by defence counsel, seeking an adjournent of the case to a more convenient date. A…