A former National Vice Chairman, North-West of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman has accused former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, Presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi and other opposition leaders and politically displaced politicians of contributing to the current political travesty of the country. Lukman in a statement issued Sunday said the worrying reality is that many of these opposition and displaced politicians with ambitions are highly complicit and have little or no credentials of emerging as better political leaders. He noted: “Based on lay…
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Police operatives attached to the Ogun State Command on January 29, 2025 have neutralised five kidnappers and rescued kidnapped victims. Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement issued Sunday said upon sighting the operatives, the gang engaged the Police operatives in a gun duel. He said: “On January 29 2025, Police operatives of the Ogun State Command carried out a covert operation and located the den of kidnappers responsible for an earlier reported abduction on January 25 2025. “The confrontation led to the neutralisation of five of the gang members and the successful rescue of the three…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency last Wednesday intercepted a consignment of 2,000 kilograms of Ghanaian Loud, a strain of cannabis produced in Ghana, at Lekki beach, Lagos. Its Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi in a statement issued Sunday said two suspects: Sunday Awoyede and Christopher Cletus attempted loading them into a truck when they were arrested. He said the suspects, the skunk shipment and the van were immediately taken into custody. Babafemi stressed that another suspect, Lawal Idris Olasunkanmi was also arrested same day with 55kg skunk during a raid at his base in Mushin area…
The pan Yoruba groups have kicked against the introduction of Sharia Law in the South-west by its proponents, describing it as a plot to destabilise the region. In a statement issued Sunday and jointly signed in behalf of the 29 groups by Alliance for Yoruba Democratic Movements (AYDM), Tajudeen Olowo; O’odua Nationalist Coalition, Olu Sulaiman, South West Professional Forum, Hamzat Oriyomi, among others said they would not allow the introduction of Sharia in the region. The groups were of the opinion that the introduction of Sharia cannot improve the economic, political, social and cultural deficit in Yorubaland. They added that…
In efforts to further sanitise the aviation industry, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has revoked the Air Operator Certificates of two operators. They are Eastwind Aviation Logistics Services Limited and Omni-Blu Aviation. The Authority has determined that both Omni-Blu Aviation and Eastwind Aviation are in violation of Part 1.2.1.5 of Nig. CARs on Falsification, Reproduction, or Alteration of Applications, Licences, Certificates, Logbooks, Reports, or Records. Part 1.2.1.5(b) of Nig. CARs provide the sanction for such fraud as revocation of the certificate. “Consequently, their respective Air Operator Certificates OBA/AOC/12-15/002 and EAL/AOC/03-24/001 are hereby revoked.”
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Friday arraigned 11 Chinese, one Filipino and a company, Genting International Co. Ltd, before Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. For alleged internet fraud. Its Lagos Zonal Directorate in a statement issued Friday said the defendants are: Wang Zheng Ming, Li Yin Hui, Xian Hong Will, Zhang Xiao Lei, Long Zhao Ming, Guo Xiao Fei, Yang Sheng, Wang Zheng Feng, Chen Wenyuan, Liu San Hua, Luo Jia You and Rheign Dela Vega. The anti-graft agency said they were members of the syndicate of 792 alleged cryptocurrency investment…
Despite the millions of people its products kill every year, and the thousands more whose health is destroyed, the tobacco industry is aggressively lobbying governments and the public to embrace newer kinds of harmful tobacco products that it presents as “less harmful” or “safer” than traditional tobacco use. According to the World Health Organisation, the industry is particularly bent on luring young people to use its so-called “smokeless” nicotine-filled tobacco products, so that it can create a new generation of addicts. The industry regards these novel products as its future, meaning it quietly hopes that these youth will replace those who…
Justice Chinyere E. Nwecheonwu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kuchiako, Kuje, on Thursday rescheduled to February 3, 2025 the arraignment of the former Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on Wednesday arrested Yusuf and brought before the court on Thursday for arraignment on allegations of fraud. The arraignment was, however, moved to Monday to allow for amendment of the charges. Though defence counsel, Isah Dokto Haruna, who held brief for the lead defence counsel, O.I.Habeeb, SAN made an application for bail, it was turned down…
A former lawmaker, Senator Sheu Sani has said that when the former Governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai was in power, he practiced tyranny and unleashed evil. Sani who stated this in a post on his verified X handle on Thursday said the former Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is sanctimoniously preaching democracy to the country he helped to wreck, plundered and persecuted because he’s out of power Though Sani did not mention El-Rufai’s name in his post said he demonised the opposition when in the palace and now embracing them when in the wilderness. He stated: “When…
The Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala has said that the motive and actions behind the statements made by the former Governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai were not borne out of patriotism, but vengeance. Bwala, while responding to el-Rufai’s post on his verified X handle on Thursday said the opposition saw that singular element of vengeance as a veritable tool for El-Rufai’s recruitment. He, however, rejected the appellation of “a latter day Asiwaju supporter” in which the former governor described him. Bwala noted that he played roles in the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu…