Police repel attack on Okene area command, one shot dead
The police have repelled an attack on the Okene Police Area Command by some hoodlums on Sunday evening. In the process, the police shot one person dead, SP Williams Oyve-Aya, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Police Command in Kogi, said this on Monday in a statement. Oyve-Aya said: “At about 10p.m. on Sunday, some armed hoodlums attacked the Okene Area...
I won’t challenge Sanwo-Olu’s re-election ― Lagos HoS
The Lagos State Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, has debunked a report that he would be contesting for the governorship position to stop the re-election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Muri-Okunola declared his support for Sanwo-Olu’s re-election, adding that he is focused on carrying out his duties as the Lagos State Head of Service. He made this known in a statement he...
Kidnapped Jonathan’s cousin freed
The kidnapped cousin of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Jephthah Robert Yekorogha, has been freed. Jephthah was kidnapped on January 24, in front of his residence at the Biogbolo-Epie, suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State by four heavily-armed gunmen. Chief executive officer of Zeetin Engineering, Mr. Azibola Robert, brother to the victim, confirmed the release on Monday. “We are glad to confirm that...
Odili gets seized passport as court vacates orders against lawyer
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, vacated the order made against the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) lawyer, Jimoh Adamu, over his alleged refusal to appear before it. Justice Inyang Ekwo also vacated the Dec. 21, 2021 order directing the NIS to pay N2 million fine for alleged failure to release the international passport of former Governor of Rivers, Peter...
ICPC recovers N166.5bn assets, secures 56 convictions
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has recovered and restrained cash and assets valued at N166.51 billion from corrupt persons in the last two and a half years. The recovery is contained in the Commission’s Mid-Term Performance Report (2019 -June 2021) presented at the ICPC Board and Management retreat held in Abuja recently. According to the Mid-Term...
Why I want to be cremated after death – Femi Kuti
Femi Anikulapo Kuti, the first son of afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti, has said that he should be cremated when he dies. The Nigerian afrobeat singer said that cremation is the most hygienic way to preserve the dead. The 59-year-old musician said this on Sunday during a performance at the New Africa Shrine, Ikeja, Lagos State. Femi, who expressed shock that the cemeteries...
PDP opposes confirmation of APC member as INEC Commissioner
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the Senate’s confirmation of Prof. Rhoda Gumus as the National Commissioner (South-South) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). PDP alleged that the INEC Commissioner is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The main opposition party made the allegation in a statement signed by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba,...
2023 zoning and aspirants’ pairing permutations (1)
By EHICHIOYA EZOMON Owing to the indeterminate zoning of the presidency barely 12 months to the 2023 general election, politicians from the North and South of Nigeria are posturing, positioning and simultaneously strategising for the positions of president and vice president. Mostly involved in this game of juggling of offices are aspirants of the dominant platforms of the ruling All Progressives Congress...
Sorrowful letter to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu (2)
By TUNDE ODESOLA In a jaw-dropping revelation, Ade Lawyer, the self-confessed hired killer, accentuated how subsequent Lagos State governments of Tinubu, Babatunde Fashola, and Akinwunmi Ambode, had indirectly made life unsafe, cheap and nasty through the abetment of NURTW activities in the state. In a front-page story, “Confession Of An Alleged Assassin: How I Killed People For Money - Ade Lawyer,”...
Lassa fever kills 40, four health workers infected in January
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) registered 40 Lassa fever-related deaths in January, adding that four health workers were also infected following the latest outbreak of Lassa fever in the country. The NCDC, via its verified website, made this known on Sunday, saying that it is currently distributing medical response commodities to states and treatment centres. Lassa fever is a...
