Author: NPO Admin II
Nigerian advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project on Sunday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use his “good offices to urgently review and withdraw the pardon granted to former governors of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, and Taraba State, Rev Jolly Nyame who are serving jail terms for corruption.” SERAP is also urging him to “propose constitutional amendment to the National Assembly to reform the provisions on the exercise of the prerogative of mercy to make the provisions more transparent, and consistent and compatible with Nigeria’s international anti-corruption obligations.” Mr Dariye and Mr Nyame were jailed for stealing N1.16bn and…
Police in Kaduna State rescued four kidnap victims on Friday, the spokesman, ASP Mohammed Jalige, stated in Kaduna on Sunday. Jalige stated that an unspecified number of bandits stormed Gabari Community, Samaru, in Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna state on Friday. An anonymous caller promptly reached out to the Divisional Police Office at Danmagaji, Zaria, he stated. “The caller said an unspecified number of suspected bandits, dressed in military gear invaded the community, shot sporadically and whisked four victims into the forest,’’ Jalige also stated. He added that on receiving the information, men of Operation Puff Adder II,…
By Ehi Braimah The list of presidential aspirants is growing daily with more declarations being announced at the drop of a hat, especially in the dominant parties – the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) – that are essentially two sides of the same coin. Even though our politicians keep crossing carpet and trading places between both parties without any sense of shame or history, they must understand that we need drastic changes urgently. Politicians in Nigeria are generally fair weather friends, always in search of where their bread would be buttered; they do not have…
A television analyst Olawale Apejoye has died hours after appearing on a television programme. Apejoye is a regular face on TV Continental and Channels TV. He reportedly died on Good Friday without any sign of illness. Apejoye was said to have also featured on a Channels TV programme on Wednesday, about 48 hours to his death. Friends and colleagues have expressed shock at the tragedy. One of those he appears with on Television Chris Kehinde Nwadu had expressed grief.
A 28-year old man, Sakiru Famuyiwa, was apprehended in Ogun State at the weekend for kidnapping two children during the Good Friday service at the Celestial Church of Christ Ijeja area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. NPO learnt that the suspect was accosted on Friday following a call received by policemen at the Ibara police division. Reacting,Ogun police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, explained that while the Good Friday service was going on, the suspect and one other who is currently on the run reportedly “sneaked into the children’s department and deceived them to follow him.According to Oyeyemi, the men were…
*As Winner of Best PhD Thesis Asks Osinbajo, Atiku, Wike, Tinubu Others Programme to Alleviate Poverty A university don, Felix Ajiola has described the campaigns to rule Nigeria after President Muhammadu Buhari to mere business trips to the nation’s seat of power. Ajiola also queried the mission of most of those parading themselves as presidential aspirants in the country ahead of 2023. Prominent among those jostling to become Nigeria’s next President are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, former Governor of Lagos Bola Tinubu, formr vice presidential running mate, Peter Obi, former…
The Russian defence ministry has published images showing what it says is the crew of the warship Moskva – the first time any sailors from the ship have been seen since its sinking. A large group of sailors is seen on parade in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol, met by Navy Commander-in-Chief Adm Nikolay Yevmenov. The Moskva was the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet. The ship’s demise has been described as a huge blow to Russian morale. The ministry announced late on Thursday that the Moskva had sunk on stormy seas after a fire caused by exploding ammunition. Ukraine said…
By Dele Obilade April, 11th, 2022 will be etched in history as the day Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, PYO to those who know him well and to those who profess to know him well (the writer is neither, so is sticking to his official title), finally ended the uncertainties, rumours, innuendos and indefiniteness by formally declaring his candidacy for the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Will history be kind to his candidacy? Time, as they say, will be the judge! When Shirley Chisholm, first black woman to make a bid for the Presidency of the United States, announced…
The Police Command in Kano State on Saturday arrested a 33-year-old drug peddler, Agbo Victor, in possession of 250 parcels of Cannabis sativa. This was contained in a statement by the Spokesman of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, in Kano. He said the suspect was intercepted while travelling in a car loaded with suspected weeds by operatives of the command at Kwanar Dangora in Kiru Local Government Area of the state. Haruna-Kiyawa said the suspect transported the substance from Edo to a drug dealer in Kano, now at large. He said the Commissioner of Police, Samaila Shuaibu-Dikko, directed the transfer…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has disowned a group known as the Arewa youths, saying it has no youths wing. Alhaji Musa Saidu, a chieftain of the ACF and also the leader of the Arewa Community in Southern Nigeria, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Port Harcourt. Saidu, also a founding member of the ACF and the Danburam of Port Harcourt, said that the group has no legal backing. ” I want to say without any fear of contradiction that the ACF has no youths wing. I am a founding member…