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The Chief of Training and Operations, Defence Headquarters, Maj.-Gen Adeyemi Yekini, says the military will not rest until the killers of 15 villagers at Tiortyu, a community in Tarka Local Government Area of Benue, are apprehended. Yekini, who served as the first Commander of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), said he was at Tiortyu to commiserate with the residents of the village over the killing of its residents. Speaking to journalists on at the scene of the 15 slain villagers at Tiortyu, he assured the public that those who carried out the heinous crime would be apprehended and served justice. He…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has been granted a permission to take over the prosecution of suspects in the case of the death of a student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Timothy Adegoke. In a letter signed by the State Commissioner for Justice Femi Akande, Falana can now take over the prosecution of seven defendants arraigned in connection with the death of Adegoke. Adegoke, had lodged in the Hilton Hotels owned by Ramon Adedoyin after which he was suspected to have been killed by some people in the hotel. His remains were found by police detectives in a shallow…
The death of one Olufemi Oriyomi in Ile-Ife, Osun State has sparked some mayhem in the state as one protester was believed to have been shot on Saturday. Oriyomi was said to be one of two suspects being held in custody over ritual killing allegation. The news that one of them had died in detention had sparked row on Saturday as the angry youths clashed with policemen at the Iloro area of the ancient city. Spokesperson for Osun Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed that one person was shot, saying however that against rumours making the rounds, the protester did not…
The tradition of gifted pandas to the US from China hits a 50-year mark at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. It all began after US President Richard Nixon’s historic visit to China. Source: BBC News
Russia has banned Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other senior ministers from entering Russia over the UK’s “hostile” stance on the war in Ukraine. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and 10 other senior politicians – mostly members of the Cabinet – have also been barred. Moscow said the decision had been made in retaliation to the UK’s sanctions against it since it invaded Ukraine. In March, Moscow imposed a similar ban against US President Joe Biden. The full list is: Prime Minister Boris Johnson Foreign Secretary Liz Truss Defence Secretary Ben Wallace Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Saturday that the nation’s inflation rate increased to 15. 92 per cent in March 2022. According to a report released by NBS in March 2022 the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures inflation increased to 15.92 percent on year-on-year. “This is 2.25 per cent points lower compared to 18.17 per cent recorded in March 2021. “This means that headline inflation rate slowed down in March 2022 when compared to the same month the previous year,” NBS said. It further said that on month-on-month basis, the Headline Index increased to 1.74 percent in…
Police in Osun have arrested three young men on the Osogbo/Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ife Campus Road, Ile-Ife, for being in possession of a human heart. Police spokesperson in Osun, SP Yemisi Opalola, said two of the suspects are 21 years old, while the third suspect is 25 years of age. “The Osun Police Command, in its efforts to sanitise the state of incessant ritual killings and other vices, has arrested three young men. “On April 7, at about 11a.m., detectives on `Stop-and-Search’ duty accosted three men on a motorcycle on the Osogbo/OAU Ife Campus Road. “They were flagged down,…
The Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has said he never endorsed Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for the 2023 election. This is sequel to the news of endorsement of the All Progressive Congress aspirant by the monarch A delegation of the South West Agenda for Asiwaju and Delta State for Bola Ahmed Tinubu had visited the monarch at his palace on Thursday. According to the statement signed by the Head, Back Office Operations, Office of the Ogiame Atuwatse III, Oriiz U. Onuwaje, the reports were taken out of context to suit a narrative. The statement reads, “On the instructions…
Veteran journalists and one of the founders of The News magazine Bayo Onanuga, has said he has not changed his position over who to support as a presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressive Congress. Onanuga, who was also Managing Director of News Agency of Nigeria, said a report by a “faceless writer” does not represent his current position over who to support for the APC’s ticket. “My attention has been drawn to some lies being circulated about me as having jumped the Bola Ahmed Tinubu train and being against his presidential ambition,” Onanuga said in a statement…
The “Atiku State of Mind“ Support Group has withdrawn its support for the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential aspirant and endorsed the presidential aspirant of the Action Democratic Congress (ADC), Mr Kingsley Moghalu. Mr Hassan Ankuma, former National Coordinator of the group, disclosed this on Friday in Abuja at a news conference held to endorse the ADC aspirant. Ankuma said that the group made mistakes in the past by campaigning for candidates of the two major political parties in the country. He said the group was not willing to repeat the same mistake ahead of the 2023 elections. `The mistake…