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By Halimah Olamide The Department of State Services, DSS, and the Nigerian Police Force have said they are investigating a shooting incident involving DSS operatives and a tailor at the popular Garki Market in Abuja on Thursday. There was pandemonium after the tailor was shot with another stray bullet allegedly hitting another woman. The video of the riotous scene of the shooting incident involving the alleged DSS operative, the tailor and some persons in the Garki market went viral late Thursday. Confirming the incident, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command on Thursday said it quelled a dangerous situation at…
A former Commissioner for Home Affairs, Culture and Tourism in Osun , Alhaji Sikiru Ayedun, has called on privileged individuals to complement government’s efforts in supporting the needy in their various communities. Aiyedun made the call while distributing food items to no fewer than 200 widows at his residence in Ile-ife on Friday. He said the removal of fuel subsidy had made things tough for many Nigerians ,adding that the less privileged needed so much support at this difficult period . Aiyedun said though government at all levels had been distributing palliatives to cushion the effects, there was need for…
By Kamil Opeyemi The presidential election petition tribunal has dismissed evidences of 10 out of the 13 provided by the candidate of the Labour Party Mr. Peter Obi at the ongoing judgement of the tribunal in Abuja. Justice Haruna Tsammani held that witnesses 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11, and 13 subpoenaed by Labour Party are not witnesses of the court. Their statements were out of time. In a judgment, the court noted that the witnesses, who were subpoenaed at the instance of the petitioners, had their written statements, which contained their evidence, were not filed along or frontloaded with the petition within the 21…
Halimah Olamide The presidential election petition tribunal has struck out the petition of Allied Peoples Movement which has challenged the alleged double nomination of Vice President Kashim Shettima. NPO Reports that APM had sought for the disqualification of Shetima on the grounds that he had both the nominations for vice presidential slot as well as the nomination for the Borno South senatorial district. The tribunal had said that the petition by the APM was purely a pre-election matter saying the APM lacked the locus to challenge the nomination. The APM had alleged that the nomination of Shettima as Tinubu’s running…
Announces Plans for Mining Police By Kamil Opeyemi The Ministry of Solid Minerals is poised to enhance Nigeria’s economy by 50% as the new Minister, Mr. Dele Alake, on Sunday promised to attract Foreign Direct Investment to the country. This was just as he said his ministry is planning to introduce mining police and also set up what he called the Mining corporation. He stated these on Sunday at an event to unveil the ‘Agenda for the Transformation of the Solid Minerals for International Competitiveness and Domestic Prosperity’, in Abuja. Alake promised that the ministry will focus on…
By Halimah Olamide Mixed reactions have greeted Saturday’s announcement of Prince Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye as the new Soun of Ogbomoso, Oyo State. The approval for his emergence was granted by Governor Seyi Makinde in statement sent out by the Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade. Hours after the news of his appointment, there have been mixed reactions over his faith and how he will carry out the traditional rites expected of him as a first class monarch in Yorubaland. Ogbomoso was believed to been founded in the mid 17th century and it is rich in Yoruba cultural heritage. It was…
By Halimah Olamide The Department of State Services (DSS), has released the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in charge of Economic Policy, Kingsley Obiora, who was arrested on Wednesday. His arrest was believed to be part of the ongoing investigations of the suspended Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Others under investigations are Sa’adatu Ramalan Yero and the recently sacked NIRSAL CEO, Abbas Masanawa. There are insinuations that Obiora will be a witness in court when Emefiele’s full trial begins.
By Kamil Opeyemi Subsidy Removal: Abiodun Flags Off Distribution Of 300,000 Rice Palliatives Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has explained why his government has adopted polling units as the formula for the distribution of palliatives in his state. While flagging off the distribution. the Governor said adopting polling units makes for more equitable distribution of the stuffs than using any other parametre. He said the state would send out about 300,000 bags of 10kg rice across our 5,400 polling units. He said, “We have decided to use the polling units as a reference of distribution, not wards, because…
By Halimah Olamide The Lagos state emergency management agency, Saturday morning prevented a fire disaster after its men stopped a leaking gas truck from catching fire. In a press statement issued by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA Mr Adebayo Taofiq quoted Lastma Officer Akinde Olusola of Zone 3, Iponri area of Surulere to have confirmed that a gas laden truck with registration no KRD 281 XL hit the newly erected barrier by the government at Alaka inward Stadium. Zebra Olusola confirmed further that in an attempt for gas truck to force itself under the newly erected…
The Police Command in Katsina State, has arrested 10 suspected fraudsters in possession of fake N144,000 notes. The command Spokesperson, ASP Aliyu Abubakar-Sadiq said this in Katsina on Friday. According to him, the suspects were arrested by detectives on Aug. 28, at Bakin Kasuwa quarters in Kankia, following credible intelligence report. Abubakar-Sadiq added that during investigation, the suspects allegedly confessed to the crime, adding that they would soon be taken to court. One of the suspects, Bello Abubakar, 58, said he bought mercury from Kebbi at N300,000 with which they mint the fake currency. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…