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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…
By Kamil Opeyemi Minister of Mines and Solid Minerals Dele Alake on Monday denied seeking to be the next Governor of Ekiti State. Alake, in a statement made available to the NPO Reports and signed by his media aide, Segun Tomori, said he is currently facing his national assignment and therefore has no time for jostling for a governorship seat. The attention of the Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr. Oladele Alake has been drawn to a poster that is circulating on social media and across WhatsApp groups where he is positioned as a gubernatorial aspirant in Ekiti State with…
The Lagos State spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Hakeem Amode, has confirmed the release of the kidnapped state party chairman, Mr Philip Aivoji. Amode, the Lagos State PDP Publicity Secretary in a message on Monday, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that Aivoji was released after he had spent four days with the kidnappers. “We use this opportunity to appreciate your prayers; and to thank you all for your concerns and prayers,” Amode said. Aivoji was kidnapped on Thursday at Ogere area of Ogun on Ibadan-Lagos expressway. The party chairman was returning from the…
By Kamil Opeyemi Former Aviation Minister and consistent critic of the ongoing attacks on Gaza by Israel forces, Femi Fani-Kayode, has descibed as wicked and unGodly the endorsement of the endless killings of Palestinians by Pastor Enorch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God. Fani-Kayode said it is sad that those who should know like Adeboye are supporting evil despite the fact that even christians are not spared in the ongoing killing campaigns by Isreal. The former minister said as an Evangelical Christian himself, he had displayed love, admiration and respect for Pastor Enoch Adeboye. He…
Shell’s exit from Nigeria’s onshore oil sector highlights risks oil majors face in Africa’s biggest exporter but has raised hopes that local firms could reverse the output decline from the Niger Delta, industry officials and analysts said. Shell – which pioneered Nigeria’s oil industry – is the most prominent Western company to exit the Delta, a region blighted by pollution, oil theft and pipeline vandalism. Those issues have for years stymied investment – and throttled production and government finances. The company’s sale of its subsidiary to five mostly local firms fits an ongoing trend of Western energy companies divesting onshore Nigerian oil…
By Kamil Opeyemi A local fabricator of guns that are capable of firing AK-47 ammunition has been arrested in Plateau State. Disclosing this on Monday, Police Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the arrest of Chung was effected along with two others who are accomplices. Displaying the guns in his X handle, he said, “These locally fabricated rifles, capable of firing AK47 ammunition, were made by one Pam Chung, m, of Plateau State. They were recovered from him and 2 others, who are currently in our custody for further investigations.” The police had in August last year, expressed…
By Halimah Olamide The Nigeria Police Force on Monday confirmed the arrest of a student of the Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu Ode over allegations of being a cultist. The suspect, named AbdulAzeez Ibrahim, was said to be the armourer for the Neo-Black Movement of Africa, a notorious cult group known for some criminal activities. According to the Force Headquarters, Ibrahim, who will soon be paraded along other criminals recently arrested, is an extra-year student of the institution. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Spokesman, who disclosed this on Monday said the suspect is also a kidnapper as well as an armed…
The police in Benue are investigating after a body of a yet to be identified young woman was recovered in a refuse dump in Makurdi. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Sewuese Anene said:” we have already opened investigation into the matter. ”The identity of the victim is still unknown,” she said. She said the command would do everything to unravel the circumstances surrounding her death. NAN reports that the corpse was tied, put into a sack and left at a refuse dump around Iorapuu Adai Street, Nyima Hudco Quarters, Makurdi. (NAN)