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By Halimah Olamide Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has advised President Bola Tinubu to step down from his position if the situation of the country has become too overwhelming for him. Atiku said Tinubu is out of Nigeria while series of insecurity challenges are on a sudden rise. He said, “Tinubu is playing fiddle while Nigeria is drowning in the ocean of insecurity. To imagine that the Commander-in-Chief is on a so-called private visit while kidnappers kill a nursing mother and grandmother in Abuja for failing to pay N90m ransom and two monarchs in Ekiti, among other regular tragedies besetting…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Government of Ekiti on Tuesday confirmed Monday’s abduction of students of a private school and their teachers. The government, giving details, said six pupils, three teachers and the school bus driver were abducted by bandits who waylaid them after the closing hours and were being driven home. The incident happened hours after the killing of two traditional rulers and kidnap of another in the state on Monday. NPO Reported that the government in a statement said the governor has vowed to ensure the release of the victims. ” Six pupils of a private school in Emure-Ekiti,…
A Labour Party member and British-Nigerian Minister, Kate Osamor, has been suspended from office after she critiicised Isreal for its endless bombardment of Gaza. Osamor had accused Israel of genocide causing a suspension while investigations have been instituted into the matter. Osamor is the the MP for Edmonton. She had shared a photograph of herself at a Holocaust Educational Trust event. She wrote, “Tomorrow is Holocaust Memorial Day, an international day to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, the millions of other people murdered under Nazi persecution of other groups and more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda,…
Safiu Kehinde The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has described as a means of humiliating the Igbos the recent allegation against the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla over connivance with oil thieves. The group made this known in a statement signed and issued on Monday by the Secretary General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro. The statement requested for a thorough and unbiased investigation into the alleged multi-million Naira oil numbering and contract splitting fraud. While frowning against what the group called “systemic humiliation of the Igbo people,” the group stated that every political office holder must face prosecution. The…
By Safiu Kehinde The Governor of Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji, has come under severe condemnations after he advertised his meeting with security heads in the state with the killings of two monarchs in the state on Monday. Oyebanji, had come online via his X handle to update his followers on the security meeting he had with heads of security agencies to improve the security in the state. “Earlier today, I chaired the state security council meeting in Ado-Ekiti, where we extensively discussed security issues and reviewed measures taken to promote peace and enhance intelligence gathering across communities in our state.…
By Kamil Opeyemi Tragedy struck in Ekiti state on Monday as two traditional rulers were reportedly killed by unknown gunmen. Three traditional rulers, the Elesun of Esun Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsakin, the Alara of Ara Ekiti, Oba Adebayo Fatoba both in Ikole local government area of the state and Onimojo of Imojo Ekiti Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola in Oye local government area of the state were said to be involved in the incident. While the Elesun and Onimojo were shot dead by the assailants, the Alara escaped from the killers. The monarchs were said to be travelling on the…
By Halimah Olamide A manager of a Joint Admission and Matriculations Board CBT manager has been arrested after he allegedly stole the phone number of a 15 year old candidate and started private chats with her. The mother of the female candidate who was chatting with the man, said rather than her daughter’s phone line, she had used her own number to register the daughter for the forthcoming JAMB examination. To her surprise, she started getting chats from the man who also told her daughter not to let her mother know of the chat. The mother, by name Iphie Ajike…
By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Police Force has said that the Chairman of the Park Management System in Oyo who was reportedly kidnapped at the weekend was indeed arrested by men of the command. Chairman of Oyo State Tipper, Lorry and Quarry Park Management System, Alhaji Akeem Akintola, was said to have been kidnapped on Saturday in Ibadan. However, spokesman of the police in the state, SP Adewale Osifeso stated that Akintola was not kidnapped by gunmen, but was arrested by the police. “Police wish to clear the air on events surrounding the alleged abduction of one Alhaji Akeem Akintola…
By Safiu Kehinde The Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory has asked the Nigerian Bar Association to nominate interested candidates from 12 states of the federation to apply to become judges of the FCT. According to a statement by Habeeb Akorede, National Publicity Secretary of the NBA, he said that the states listed are Bauchi, Bayelsa, Enugu, Imo, Kogi , Kwara, Lagos, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Taraba and Zamfara. “Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) who are suitably qualified and are interested in applying for appointment to the FCT High Court Bench, and who are from any of the above-listed states, are…
By Halimah Olamide The former Speaker of the Ogun state House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo was on Monday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over a N2.5bn alleged fraud committed by the impeached speaker. Oluomo was arraigned alongside two other principal officers of the Assembly, Dayo Samuel and Adeyemo Adedeji. They were dragged before a Federal High court sitting in Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, capital of the state, presided over by Justice O.O Okeke. The case was however adjourned to the 29th of February and 1st of March after it was discovered that the counsel to the anti-graft agency…