Author: Safiu Kehinde

Safiu Kehinde Adamawa Police Command has recorded the arrest 715 suspected criminals, who were indicted in violent crimes across the state in 2024. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Dankombo Morris, made this known at a news conference on Thursday in Yola. According to the police chief, the suspects were involved in armed robbery, kidnapping, raping and culpable homicide, among others. Morris said that the command had during the period under review secured the conviction of 292 offenders. “To this end, today’s press conference is so special in the sense that we want to showcase to the members of the…

Agency Report The Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS), has collected a total of N252.83 billion Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2024. The acting Executive Chairman of the service, Mr Michael Ango, made this known at the 2024 end of year media parley, in Abuja on Thursday. Ango said that the amount, collected between January and Dec. 18, represents 101 per cent of the N250.2 billion target for the year. He added that the figure also represents a 19.8 per cent increase on the N211.1 billion collected in 2023. He attributed the successes to the dedication of members of…

Safiu Kehinde Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu, has dismissed reports on the former Nigerian President owning part of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) land revoked by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. Reacting to media reports on the revocation of the land allegedly belonging to Buhari, Garba Shehu refuted the reports in a statement issued on Thursday. He said the land which was earmarked “Muhammadu Buhari Foundation” is not personally owned by the former President. Shehu explained that the land was gotten by some utilitarian individuals around Buhari who formed the foundation. They reportedly gave up on the land after being…

Safiu Kehinde President Bola Tinubu has on Thursday called for immediate investigation into the stampede incident which claimed lives of over 35 minors with several others injured at an ill-fated children funfair in Ibadan, Oyo state. The President made the call in statement issued by Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. He urgently directed the relevant authorities to investigate the circumstances of the tragedy thoroughly while extending his heartfelt condolences to the Government and people of Oyo State, as well as to the grieving families who have lost their beloved children. Tinubu pledged his solidarity with the affected…

Safiu Kehinde The Chief Executive Officer of Agidigbo FM and alleged organizer of the tragic children carnival, Oriyomi Hamzat, has reportedly been hospitalized. This was disclosed in a publication shared on X on Thursday. According to the publication, Hamzat, the Chairman of the Ibadan-based radio station, has been unconscious since yesterday following the deadly stampede at the ill-fated funfair which claimed the lives of over 35 minors. He had reportedly passed out following the news of the incident and immediately rushed to an undisclosed hospital. According to an anonymous source, Hamzat is currently receiving medical care at the hospital in…

A teacher and a teenage student have been identified as the two victims killed in a school shooting in Wisconsin. Erin West, 42, and 14-year-old Rubi Vergara were shot on Monday morning at a private Christian school in Madison. They were pronounced dead at the scene, the Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office said. Investigators are still trying to establish why the suspect, Natalie Rupnow, 15, opened fire on schoolmates and staff before turning the gun on herself. A statement posted on a local funeral site described Rubi Vergara as a freshman who leaves behind her parents, one brother, and a large extended…

Dominique Pelicot has been jailed for 20 years after drugging his ex-wife Gisèle, raping her and inviting dozens of strangers to also abuse her over nearly a decade. The 72-year-old was found guilty of all charges by a judge in Avignon in southern France, and cried in court as he was sentenced to the maximum term. He was on trial with 50 other men – all of whom were found guilty of at least one charge, although their jail terms were less than what prosecutors had demanded. Gisèle and her children looked emotionless as the verdicts were read out, occasionally…

Safiu Kehinde The 2025 N49.7 trillion appropriation bill has scaled the second reading by the Nigerian Senate and forwarded the Red Chamber’s Committee on Appropriation. Presented before the Joint National Assembly yesterday by President Bola Tinubu, the 2025 Budget was again tendered before the Akpabio-led 10th Senate during Thursday plenary. As seen in a post on X, the lawmakers supported the motion for the passage of the bill after the second reading. The budget provisions, as read by the Senate Clerk, Ogbonna Nwoba, and confirmed by the Speaker, Godswill Akpabio, contained N4.4 trillion allocation for Statutory transfer, N16.3 trillion for…

Safiu Kehinde Oyo state Police Command has confirmed the death of 35 minors at the ill-fated children funfair at Ibadan, Oyo state, yesterday. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the Command’s spokesperson, Adewale Osifeso. The event, organized by the former wife of Ooni of Ife, Queen Naomi Silekunola, under her foundation, Women in Need of Guidance and Support (WINGS), turned out tragically after stampede occurred due to overpopulation at the Islamic High School, Basorun area of Ibadan. Osifeso, however, confirmed the arrest eight individuals- including Queen Naomi and the Principal of the school where the incident…

Safiu Kehinde Queen Naomi Silekunola, ex-wife of Ooni of Ife, has been arrested over the ill-fated children carnival Ibadan, Oyo state capital, which claimed over 30 lives on Wednesday. This was confirmed in a statement issued on Thursday by the state Police Command’s spokesperson, Adewale, Osifeso. According to the statement, seven individuals-including the Queen, have been arrested in connection to the incident. The state government had, in an earlier statement issued by Governor Seyi Makinde, announced the arrest of the organisers of the event that ended in tragedy. NPO reported that Queen Naomi had under her foundation, Women in Need…