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A yet to be identified night guard was allegedly killed by armed robbers in Oju-irin, Akobo area of Ibadan on Saturday when robbers numbering about 15 invaded the community. The News Agency of Nigerian(NAN) reports that several others including a couple and 12 night guards sustained various degrees of injuries during the robbery. The night guards attacked were reported to be working in Yawiri, Idi-isin, Tella, Anifalaje, Apata, Iyana Akanni, and Oju-Irin areas of Akobo where the robbers operated for several hours. The leader of the security guard in the area, simply identified as Fagbenro, said that a security guard…
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has charged security agencies in the state to fish out killers of Mr Patrick Kumbul, Head of ICT Unit, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Harvest FM Makurdi. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Benue, DSP Catherine Anene, had confirmed that Kumbul was killed on Saturday night along with his neighbour Mr Wuester Shongo. Anene said the two men were killed on Amokachi Lane, Low Level, Makurdi, and that the Police had started full investigation into the matter. A statement issued on Sunday in Makurdi by Mr Terver Akase, Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the…
The Adamawa Police Command has confirmed the arrest of an alleged fake medical doctor in Modire-Yolde-Pate ward in Yola South local government area. The command spokesperson, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, confirmed the development to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Yola. Nguroje said that the suspect identified as Gambo Adamu, was arrested and remanded under prison custody. He said Adamu was initially a patent medicine retailer who suddenly began admitting patients. ”The suspect, Gambo Adamu, was apprehended on October 24, 2019 following intelligence report. ”According to first intelligence report, Adamu is a Patient Medicine operator but suddenly turned a…
Former First Lady of Kogi, Prof. Aisha Audu has called on the Federal Government to remove all illegal arms and ammunitions in the state ahead of the Nov. 16 governorship election. Audu, who is the candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), made the called in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. NAN reports that Audu is the widow of the late Abubakar Audu, former governor of the state who served between 1999 and 2003. The professor described the election as an examination in which the people would come out with the scorecard and not a…
The Coalition for the Advancement of Good Governance (CAGG), has commended Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State for boasting of experienced individuals as political appointees. CAGG in a statement on Sunday in Abuja described the governor’s commissioners, special advisers and aides as one of the robust in the South East if not the whole of Nigeria. The statement is in response to a press statement by a socio-political organization in South east zone, Igbo National Council (INC), which claimed that Ihedioha’s crop of commissioners lacked the capacity in proffering solutions to the myriad of problems confronting Imo State. However, secretary…
The FCT Ministerial Task Team on Traffic Control, on Sunday demolished illegal fence erected by a bank and owners of commercial buildings at Dutse-Alhaji, following the expiration of a 72 hour ultimatum. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bulldozers pulled down parts of the perimeter fence of the bank and some commercial buildings located by the roadside on the busy Dutse-Alhaji axis connecting Bwari and other adjoining towns to the city centre. Also, the bulldozers dismantled several makeshift structures within a shanty on the street, just behind the commercial properties to ensure owners easily access their plots. Equally,…
Evil spirits have made the Government House in Awka, Anambra state their abode, their landlord Governor Willie Obiano said. Prof. Solo Chukwubelu, secretary to the state government, who spoke on behalf of Obiano at an Anglican Prayer rally in the capital, attested that there are evil spirits in the State House. He did not indicate which rooms they occupy, but pleaded with Bishop of Ogbaru, Rev. Prosper Amah, who presided over the Prayer Rally to pray for the ejection of the evil spirits permanently, to allow government focus in providing service to the people. “In the government House, the evil…
The organised labour has appealed to state Houses of Assembly to identify with workers by compelling governors to pay the new minimum wage. Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja, General-Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), made the appeal while fielding questions from journalists on Sunday in Lagos. According to Ugboaja, any governor who refuses to pay the minimum wage should be impeached. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigeria Governors’ Forum had said that the state governors would not pay beyond their individual capacities. However, the NLC scribe said that there was no basis for the governors to complain…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and/or appropriate anti-corruption agencies to urgently investigate corruption allegations in the use of the monthly federal allocations to the 774 local governments in the country through the 36 state governors and the Federal Capital Territory.” SERAP also sought investigations into “the alleged complicity of state governors in corruption cases involving local government allocations between 1999 and 2019, and if there is relevant and sufficient admissible evidence, for…
Saturday November 2, 2019 made it exactly one week since we read on social media about the purported burial of our son, the late Prof. Pius Adebola Adesanmi. This burial reportedly took place in Ottawa on October 26, 2019. Since the so-called burial, we have waited for confirmation and used established channels to find out what really happened. It is now evident, that our late son’s remains were interred in Ottawa without family consent and contrary to the wish of the deceased to be buried in his place of birth, Isanlu. To our shock and chagrin, this interment was carried…