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Security agencies on Tuesday said they have arrested five suspected kidnappers in Ekiti State. The development was made known in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Ekiti State Police Command. According to the Command, the operation that led to the arrest of the five suspects was carried out by the Nigeria Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Oodua People’s Congress and local hunters. The bush combing operation took place from Oke-Osun, Ikere/Igbo-Okah to the thick forest around Iju/Ikere boundary. According to the statement, the arrested suspected kidnappers were identified as Usman Jelili, Mohammed Bande, Abubakar Aliu, Isah Abdullahi…

By Halimah Olamide The federal government of Nigeria on Tuesday, inaugurated a 37-man Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage with a mandate to recommend a new National Minimum Wage for the Country. the committee was inaugurated by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the council chamber of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa. While inaugurating the committee, Shettima charged the members to consider the hardship caused by the removal of fuel subsidy and work to alleviate the suffering of the people. The thirty-seven-member Committee is chaired by a former Head of Service of the Federation, Bukar Goni Aji.

By Halimah Olamide The Government of Kogi state on Tuesday asked Nigerians to disregard reports of the creation of an “Office of the Immediate Past Governor” saying the report is the handwork of mischief makers. In a statement signed by Oladele John Nihi, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ahmed Ododo, he said the report was concocted to create disaffection and mislead the people. “The attention of the Kogi State Government has been drawn to a mischievous report that the Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has approved the establishment of the “Office of the Immediate…

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…