Author: NPO Admin II
The Police Command in Oyo State has rescued two suspects, who allegedly attempted to kidnap a 9-year-old girl. The command made this known in a statement by its spokesman, Adewale Osifeso, on Monday in Ibadan. Osifeso said that the command’s operatives who were on patrol on Sunday, around Alakia Adelubi axis, Ibadan, at about 9.20 a.m. responded to a distress call on the “execution of jungle justice”. The suspects were alleged to have attempted to abduct a 9-year-old female, “Ope”, who was on her way to church. He said that preliminary investigations revealed that the girl was in the company…
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected robbers who allegedly snatched a motorcycle and killed the rider. The suspects, Hammed Ismail and Osoba Yakubu, were arrested following a report at the Sango police divisional headquarters on March 15, 2022, by one Buhari Saliu. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Oyeyemi explained that the father of the victim reported at the police station that his 25-year-old son, Yusuf Buhari, who left home with his motorcycle a day before, was found dead in an uncompleted building at Araromi…
A 24-hour curfew has been imposed in Jema’a and Kaura local government areas of Kaduna state by the State government on Monday. The government has also fully authorized security agencies to enforce the curfew which begins with immediate effect. This follows the violence that has occurred in the area after some communities in Kagoro were attacked by terrorists Sunday night. In a statement issued on Monday, the Kaduna state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs Samuel Aruwan cited advice form security agencies. He added that the curfew was imposed to assist security agencies stabilize the situation and enable the…
The Federal high court in Abuja has struck out the application for stay of execution on the judgment that nullified the candidacy of Ebonyi state governor, Dave Umahi and his deputy Kelechi Igwe for defecting from the People’s democracy party to the All Progressive congress The court held that the matter has already been instituted before the court of appeal and as such does not have any business in the federal High court Details later….
The Senator representing Lagos West senatorial district, Solomon Olamilekan Adeola has been advised to shelve his ambition to be governor of Ogun State This was the advice by a political group in the All Progressives Congress which said the dream of producing a governor from Ogun West extraction of the state is not feasible in 2023. The group under the aegis of West to West For Dapo Abiodun Convergence also endorsed governor Dapo Abiodun for re-election and called on a Senator from Lagos West, Senator Solomon Adeola, known as Yayi, to vie for Senate in the district in 2023. Members…
The crisis bedeviling the university system in Nigeria will worsen today as the National Association of Academic Technologists has directed its members to commence a two-week warning strike from Monday. The association said this is to protest the alleged failure of the Federal Government to implement the 2009 agreement. This is coming as the strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have shut down most universities in the country over faceoff with Federal Government. The association directed its members to close down all laboratories, workshops, studios and farms throughout the period of the strike. The union in a statement…
The South-West All Progressive Congress has vowed to resist any form of imposition of candidates on it few days to the national convention of the party holding in Abuja on Saturday. A statement by the Commissioner for Information Ondo State, Donald Ojogo on Sunday said Ondo State and indeed the South West has agreed on former state chairman, Isaac Kekemeke for the position of National Vice Chairman. He said Kekemeke has the full backing of Governor Akeredolu and his brother governors in the South-west. The statement said, “It should be noted that critical stakeholders in the south-west had earlier micro-zoned…
Cobhams Asuquo is now one of Nigeria’s leading music figures both for his production and singing, but he started his career behind the scenes because he didn’t like the sound of his own voice. Asuquo’s tone is serious and measured when explaining his dislike of his own voice, almost as though he is describing someone else. That discomfort with the very thing he now showcases to his fans around the world was the major reason why he spent the first 13 years of his music career as a producer to some of Africa’s biggest stars, he told the BBC. Asuquo,…
In his hospital bed, little Artem stares into space. He clutches a small yellow toy tractor but says nothing as specialist nurses monitor his condition. The Russian shell that blasted shrapnel into his belly also badly wounded his parents and grandparents as they tried to flee Mariupol. A victim of Putin’s war and he’s not yet three years old. In the next bed to Artem lies 15-year-old Masha, also from near Mariupol. Her right leg was amputated after it was torn apart by the blast from a Russian shell last Tuesday. The very worst of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine…
Ukraine has rejected a Russian ultimatum offering people in the besieged city of Mariupol safe passage out of the port if they surrender. Under Russia’s proposal, civilians would be allowed to leave if the city’s defenders laid down arms. But Ukraine has refused, saying there was no question of it surrendering the strategic port city. Around 300,000 people are believed to be trapped there with supplies running out and aid blocked from entering. Residents have endured weeks of Russian bombardment with no power or Details of the Russian proposal were laid out on Sunday by Gen Mikhail Mizintsev, who said…