Author: Safiu Kehinde

Safiu Kehinde The faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) led by Bauchi state Governor, Bala Mohammed has filed a lawsuit seeking the conduct of the party’s National Executive Council (NEC). The five-count suit filed on Tuesday to a Zamfara Federal High Court had the party and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the first and secondd respondents respectively. As contained in the suit, the Bala-led faction charged the court to restrain the other led by Iliyas Damagun from postponing the NEC meeting slated to hold on Thursday 24 of October. More details later…

Safiu Kehinde The Federal Government has established a six-member investigative committee over last week’s National Grid collapse. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the Minister of Power on Strategic Communication and Media Relations, Bolaji Tunji. According to the statement, leadership of NERC and TCN were, at the weekend, summoned by the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, in an emergency meeting over the national grid which suffered set back twice last week. The Minister expressed his concern over the incident, which he claimed hindered the giant stride made in the power sector over…

Safiu Kehinde Imo State Police Command has, on Tuesday, dismissed alleged attack on motorists by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) separatists enforcing sit-at-home order. Reacting to a video of the alleged attack which surfaced on X yesterday, the Command debunked the attack as it claimed the incident captured in the video occured in 2022 at Okigwe area of the state. This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Command’s spokesperson, Okoye Henry. The Force labelled the video as misleading and a calculated attempt to by mischief makers to instill unnecessary fear and anxiety in the state.…

A court in Peru has sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo to 20 years and six months in jail for corruption and money-laundering. Prosecutors say he took $35m (£27m) in bribes from a Brazilian construction company which was awarded a contract to build a road in southern Peru. Toledo, 78, was in office between 2001 and 2006. He was arrested five years ago in California, where he had lived and worked for many years, and extradited to Peru last year. The Brazilian company Odebrecht admitted paying millions of dollars in bribes to officials across Latin America and the US to secure…

Agency Report UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has reiterated his call for global institutional reform, highlighting the need for two permanent seats on the Security Council for Africa and stronger financial support to address the continent’s challenges. Guterres said this on Monday at the inauguration of the renovated Africa Hall in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The UN chief celebrated the building’s historic and symbolic importance for Africa’s unity and progress. “This hall is where Africa came together to give life to the Organisation of African Unity, now the African Union,” he stated, acknowledging the transformation of the continent from its…

Safiu Kehinde Sequel to the Supreme Court’s verdict on Local Government financial autonomy, the Lagos State House of Assembly has allayed concern over the fate of the state’s 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) as it prepares for another public hearing on the state’s Local Government Adminstration Bill 2024 before the assembly. The Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa made this known at a plenary on Monday in Lagos. Prior to yesterday’s plenary, the bill was presented for hearing last week Thursday but the lawmakers proposed another public hearing due to low publicity. The Speaker said after due consultation, the House had agreed…

Safiu Kehinde The Federal Government has promised to review the compensation rates on crops and economic trees for landowners affected by projects to ensure fairness and justice. The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, made this known at the 2024 National Technical Development Forum (NTDF) on Land Administration on Monday in Abuja. According to Dangiwa, the move was imperative because the current compensation rates, set in 2008, have become obsolete and do not reflect today’s economic realities or global best practices. “In light of this, the Federal Government is reviewing these rates to ensure fairness and justice for…

Agency Report The Airport Limousine Shuttle Services Association of Nigeria (ALSSAN) on Monday protested alleged maltreatment and harassment of their members at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) car park. A former President of the association, Mr Dauda Adamu, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Adamu said that the sad event occured in the early hours of Saturday, allegedly involving men of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and other security agencies at the airport. According to him, some operators including himself, were arrest at about 1.00 a.m. on Saturday morning and were taken to…

Safiu Kehinde Enugu State Government has threatened to sanction schools and businesses that were obeying ongoing two days sit-at-home declared by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, stated this at a joint press conference addressed by the government and security chiefs after a tour of schools, businesses, financial institutions, and markets in Enugu on Monday. The security chiefs are Garrison Commander, 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Brigadier-General Steven Dogo; and State Director of the Department of State Services, Theresa Egbunu, the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Anayo Uzuegbu.…

Agency Report The Kano State Hisbah Board has declared the Commissioner for Special Duties in Jigawa, Auwal Sankara, wanted for alleged adultery. The Commander General of the board, Aminu Daurawa, disclosed this at a news brefing in Kano on Monday. Daurawa said that the commissioner was allegedly caught in an uncompleted building with a married woman. He said that this was made possible through intelligence tracking after receiving a series of complaints from the woman’s husband, Nasiru Bulama, accusing the commissioner of allegedly engaging in an illicit affair with his wife. He reported that his wife, Tasleem Nabegu, is the…