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By Halimah Olamide The Police Headquarters on Monday said it has summoned three of its operatives from Adamawa Command to the headquarters for necessary actions over their conduct which was seen as ridiculing the police. The three were summoned after a video showed them providing police cover to a student union leader in Adamawa state. According to Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Spokesman, the officers were deployed to maintain peace at the venue of a students union election holding in the state. However, videos posted on social media showed the officers baring their arms as the student union leader rode in…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Head of Service in Lagos state, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola, has resigned from his position. He is to resume in the office of President Bola Tinubu as his Principal Private Secretary. In a statement on Monday, Muri-Okunola, who had at various times, been touted as a possible governorship candidate, said he had submitted his resignation letter thanking his colleagues as his career in the state came to an end. In the statement, he said, “My dear colleagues in the Lagos State Public Service. It is with a mixed heart that I inform you that my civil service…
By Halimah Olamide The Lagos state command on Monday paraded suspects believed to have murdered an aide to the Chairman of the senate committee on Finance, Senator Solomon Adeola Olamilekan, Mr. Adeniyi Sanni. Parading the suspects on Monday, Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, listed those arrested to include Fred Azeez Okunu, 43-year-old Lagosian, Lucky Idudu Michael, 33-year-old from Delta State, and Adedigba Segun, 26-year-old from Ibadan, the Oyo state capital NPO Reports that Sanni’s bullet-ridden body was found at the Toyota Bus Stop along the Oshodi Apapa Expressway the following day after he was stopped by some men who claimed…
By Kamil Opeyemi The newly appointed acting Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue, Zacch Adedeji on Monday resumed in his office as the former Chairman, Mohammed Nami handed over to him. Adededji had arrived to the warm reception of officials of the service who trooped out to welcome him. Adedeji’s appointment was announced by the presidency on Thursday. In a tweet via his X handle shortly after the hand over, Adedeji, a former Commissioner for Finance in Oyo state, said “Our aspiration is audacious – to surpass Africa’s average tax-to-GDP ratio of 16.5% and achieve an impressive 18% within three…
By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Army on Monday revealed how its men in conjunction with police operatives have killed at least three members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra. The Army, in statement by the Director Information, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, said the operatives engaged in a fierce battle leading to the killing of the three. He said th encounter ensued in the early hours of Monday 18 September 2023 at Igboro Forest, between Arochukwu and Ohafia Local Government Areas of Abia state. “On winning the fire fight, the troops wasted no time destroying several hideous camps used by…
By Halimah Olamide A music executive K Solo Oyeniyi, has challenged Marlian Records boss, Azeez Fashola (Naira Marley) to come and tell Nigerians what he knows about the death of singer, Mohbad. He said Naira Marley cannot prove that he has no hands in the death of the singer whose real name was Oladimeji Ileri Oluwa Aloba who died last Tuesday. The death of Mohbad has sparked series of outrage across the country as many celebrities, Nigerians, music executives are lending their voices to ensure that justice is served. Speaking in a session titled “Rubbin’ MINDS” on Channels Television, Oyeniyi…
Halimah Olamide The parents of late singer, Oladimeji Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly called Mohbad were present on Monday as the Police inaugurated a special panel to investigate the death of the singer. Mohbad died on Tuesday in circumstances believed to be controversial. Many have been fingered as being responsible for actions that led to his death. Among those being accused of having hands in Mohbad’s death are Azeez Fashola (Naira Marley who is the boss of the Marlian Music, and one of his associates called Sam Larry. Mohbad was previously signed into Marlian Records. He however parted ways with the label…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Deputy Governor of Edo state, Phillips Shuaibu, has alleged on Monday that he was locked out of his office. The Deputy Governor got to his office and was surprised to find the gate locked. Last week, a letter said to be from the office of the Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa, was reported to have been sent to the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Deputy Governor which directed Shuaibu to relocate to a new office situated at No 7, Dennis Osadebey Avenue, GRA, Benin City. But Shaibu said it was the civil servants in his office…
By Halimah Olamide Some gunmen numbering. about 20 have stormed a small community in Osun, killing a teenager seeking university admission and burning his corpse inside a vehicle at the palace. The gunmen who struck at the Okanla community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Osun state on Sunday were reportedly. Prince Jimoh Qadri, who is an uncle to the teenager, said he was the target of the murder attempt. He said the gunmen invaded his house in Okanla area Sunday morning and started shooting sporadically. He said, “I went out this morning when my wife called me that some…
By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority on Sunday said the accident involving a private jet carrying Governor of Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has come under investigation and reports will be made public when ready. A statement by the Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Captain Musa Nuhu, said that the Minister, Mr. Festus Keyamo, received with concern reports of the aborted take-off of the Bombardier Global Express 605 jet operated by Pacific Energy Company Limited at the Lagos airport on September 4th 2023. “The aircraft was carrying Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State and his…