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The Lagos Police Command has said the Auxiliary Nurse – Ms. Feyisayo Ogedengbe — who injected Mohbad, is prime suspect in the singer’s death. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, Idowu Owohunwa gave an update with respect to the ongoing investigation into the singer’s demise in a press briefing on Friday afternoon. He explained that five suspects have so far been identified, arrested, detained and interrogated on their alleged roles in the sequence of events that led to the death of the singer. Owohunwa said: “The Auxiliary Nurse who was contacted and invited by Ayobami Sadiq (a.k.a Spending),…

The Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) has said that Nigerian scholars `especially from the intellectual community’ were not nominated for the 2023 Nobel Prize because of poor research funding. The Secretary-General of the committee, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu was reacting to the recent announcement of the 2023 Nobel Prize winners. He spoke at a news conference to herald the commemoration of 60th anniversary of the committee in Abuja on Friday. Ochefu explained that for Nigerians to feature in the Nobel prize nominations, there must be major breakthrough in cutting-edge research. “This comes back to the work that the CVCNU…

Tinubu’s certificate: Setting the records straight By Tunde Rahman Former Vice President and roundly defeated presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, was a pitiful sight to behold on Thursday at the Shehu Yar ‘Adua Centre, Abuja as he sat like a wreck after addressing what he called a world press conference. He had gone on a wild goose chase to the United States in search of President Bola Tinubu’s certificate. The former vice president however returned empty-handed after spending a fortune. Atiku himself admitted his exploratory journey was at a hefty cost. At the press conference, the Waziri Adamawa discovered no…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Special Military Taskforce, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), has recovered the corpse of Ardo Adamu Gabdo, who was murdered at Panyam in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau. Capt. James Oya, the Media Officer of OPSH, disclosed this at a news conference on Thursday in Jos. Suspected criminals had on Sept. 24 killed Gabdo in Panyam Community of Mangu Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau. Speaking at the press conference, Oya, who said that the body was recovered on Thurday, added that it followed a thorough search conducted by its personnel. “Based on credible intelligence from well…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Department of State Services has revealed that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission sought their cooperation to apprehend Professor Cyril Ndifon, the former Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calabar, who was implicated in a sex scandal. DSS disclosed this on Thursday in a statement by its Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications, Peter Afunanya narrating that the ICPC had informed them of Professor Ndifon’s repeated failure to respond to their numerous invitations, which led to his eventual arrest by ICPC operatives in Calabar, Cross River State, on…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Federal Government is to review the agreement it entered into with the Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Healthcare Professionals, (JOHESU). Mr Simon Lalong, Minister of Labour and Employment said this when he received members of JOHESU led by Mr Olumide Akintayo, in his office on Thursday in Abuja. “I want to assure JOHESU that the ministry would do the needful, and deploy every necessary effort to see to the amicable and satisfactory resolution of the issues,” he said. Earlier, Mr Olumide Akintayo, leader of the team, said they were in the ministry to formally…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Labour Party has said that its candidate, Peter Obi, should not be distracted from focusing on reclaiming his alleged stolen mandate at the Supreme Court and should not be dragged into any proxy war. The response was a reaction to the call by the PDP candidate for Obi and the presidential flag bearer of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to join in the current legal battle over the process and election through which President Bola Tinubu emerged. The party however said it will welcome any interest that amplifies its quest for a nation…

By Kamil Opeyemi A former president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata has made his intention known to contest the Edo state governorship election on the platform of the Labour Party (LP). He declared his interest in the 2024 exercise during a visit to the Edo State Secretariat of the party in Benin City on Thursday. The ex-NBA president said he decided to contest the election on the platform of LP because it is the only people-oriented political party adding that he has the experience and the capacity to lead the people of Edo state. “My interest is…

By Kamil Opeyemi The All Progressives Congress (APC) has describe as “perfidious” the route being taken by former vice president and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar to pursue his ambition to rule Nigeria. Reacting to Thursday’s press conference where Atiku further accused President Bola Tinubu of lacking integrity and not being truthful with his academic records, the ruling party said Atiku “delivered nothing except the pitiful regurgitation of lies, mindless distortions and deliberate falsehood on his infantile obsession with the academic record of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of…

By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has urged the indigenous oil operators to either comply with Nigerian Content Act or continue to face the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The Executive Secretary (ES), Engr. Simbi Wabote, gave this charge at breakfast meeting with members of Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) in Abuja. He lamented the increasing number of the indigenous operators who seem to be working across purpose with the board’s Act by non-compliance. According to Wabote, the NCDMB Act enables the board to protect indigenous producers especially in the oil and gas sector.…