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The Sokoto State Police Command has recovered N10.1 million from a kidnap gang and arrested 81 suspects over murder, kidnapping, unlawful possession of weapons and internet fraud across the country. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba, disclosed this at a media briefing in Abuja on Monday. He said the amount was part of the ransom paid by one of their victims, Alhaji Tuku Zubairu, a wealthy business man in Sokoto State. He said the gang was formed in Katsina Prison, adding that members were prisoners who had been prosecuted by the police. Mba said they were either…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to the swearing-in of Edward Onoja as the Deputy Governor of Kogi State. PDP dismissed the inauguration, which it described as “shadow” and a “complete nullity, which has no place under our laws.” In a statement by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP insisted that Onoja’s inauguration was “scandalous to our judicial system.” The opposition party said it was scandalous that the Chief Judge of Kogi State, Justice Nasir Ajana, whose panel acquitted the state deputy governor, Elder Simon Achuba, of any misconduct, suddenly flipped to conform with an odious plot by desperate Governor…

Men of the Department of State Service (DSS), have arrested no fewer than six staff of the University of Ibadan Distance Learning Centre over their alleged involvement in examination malpractices. DAILY POST gathered on Monday that the six staff were arrested at the instance of the Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Idowu Olayinka. It was gathered that they were arrested following their alleged complicity for smuggling scripts for students writing examinations, fabrications of CBT results and falsification of clearance mostly for students. It was gathered that those picked up by the security agency were top officials of the Distance…

Immediate past Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has claimed the Court, which granted a temporary forfeiture order on his houses in Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday was misled. DAILY POST reports that a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos had ordered the temporary forfeiture of two properties of Saraki in the Ikoyi area of Lagos state following an ex-parte application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Reacting in a statement by Yusuph Olaniyonu, his media aide, Saraki said neither him nor his lawyers were aware of any application by the EFCC for any forfeiture order. He said a Federal High…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Tuesday, said it is investigating an online report alleging the killing of two persons at Mabera Area of Sokoto Metropolis by its personnel. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, made this known in a statement to NAN on Tuesday. “An online report has alleged the unfortunate killing of 2 persons at Mabera Area of Sokoto Metropolis yesterday, Oct. 20, as a result of a fracas between Nigerian Air Force (NAF) personnel and suspected Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) youths within the Community. “However, details regarding the unfortunate incident, which…

The Initiative to Save Democracy, ISD, has alleged that “some elements” are out to rehash what it termed “old, baseless and unsubstantiated allegations” against the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. The political group said one of such pattern was the allegations by Second Republic lawmaker, Junaid Mohammed that Osinbajo was tribalistic. ISD described the allegation by Mohammed as baseless, untrue and laughable, adding that, it was just another attempt to disparage a good, upright and honest man who was committed to the true progress of the country. A statement by the group’s Publicity Secretary, Peter Oladele said based on evidence, Osinbajo…

APM accuses Abiodun of setting Ogun along tribal lines, says Gov hates Amosun’s Egba region The Allied People’s Movement (APM) in Ogun State has accused the Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun of attempts “to set the good people of Ogun State along tribal and regional lines.” The party also added that “Abiodun’s clear hatred for the Egbas who voted against him in the last election is no secret.” Egba, known as Ogun Central, is the senatorial district being represented by the immediate past Governor of Ogun, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun, and capital of the state. But Abiodun said he is not a…

Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Olakunle Oluomo, has been dragged before an Appeal Court in Ibadan, Oyo State by his closest rival in the March 9 House of Assembly election, Mr Wemimo Owolabi. Owolabi, DAILY POST learnt, is asking the tribunal to invalidate Oluomo’s election and declare him winner of same. Owolabi, candidate of the Allied People’s Movement (APM) had earlier approached the election petition tribunal, asking it to nullify Oluomo’s election for alleged misconduct and overvoting. DAILY POST, however, recalled that the election petition tribunal, headed by Justice Adenike Coker, on September 20, upheld the election…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said he stands by what he said in 2015, that the Boko Haram terrorists have been technically defeated. The minister stated this on Monday when he paid a working visit to the new corporate headquarters of “The Sun” Newspaper in Lagos, NAN reports. Fielding questions from the editorial board of the newspaper led by the Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief, Mr Onuoha Ukeh, the minister said Nigeria is currently facing global terrorism that has no boundary, no frontier. “I stand by what I said that Boko Haram is technically defeated. “What…

As a constituent, I am concern about the magnitude of unfathomable negative impact and untold hardship that the current condition of Oyo-Iseyin road has brought to Oyo North Senatorial constituency – a population of 10 Local Government Areas of Oke-Ogun geopolitical zone of Oyo state. I am urging you to act now, the power to fix this road is in your hands. Known Facts: – Oyo – Iseyin road is the gateway /corridor to all the 10 Local Government in Oke-Ogun (Iseyin, Itesiwaju, Kajola, Iwajowa, Atisbo, Saki-West, Saki-East, Orelope, Olorunsogo, & Irepo. – Oke-Ogun is not only the food basket…