Suspected members of the Lakurawa terror group have killed five people in a series of attacks on Gueza, a village in the Dosso region of Niger Republic. Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, reports that the attacks occurred in two phases, with five villagers “strangled to death” in the first…
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has directed the immediate arrest and prosecution of the Head of the Police Anti-Kidnapping Squad in Osun State, Moses Lohor, and his team following the alleged shooting of Wakeel Nurudeen Iyanda Alowonle, the Chairman of the Osun State Transport Management System. The incident reportedly occurred on Monday night…
A 12-year-old student, Aladetan Opeyemi, has been inaugurated as the one-day chairman of Oluyole Local Government Area in Oyo State. Opeyemi, a student at Oyo State Comprehensive Model College, assumed the role alongside three other students: Abdulrasaq Oladokun (12 years old) as Vice Chairman, Aluko Israel (13 years old) as Secretary, and Tijani Teslim (13…
A top court in the British Virgin Islands has granted Chinese investors Zhongshan the authority to seize £20 million ($25 million) from Nigeria’s foreign denominated assets over an Ogun trade zone deal that fell through in the early 2000s under then governor Ibikunle Amosun. Justice Paul Webster of the British Virgin Islands High Court on…
On the 17th of November, 2024, at about 2023hrs. Operatives of the Command received a distress call from the Command’s Control Room indicating that a gang of armed men numbering about four (4) operating in a Black colour Toyota Corolla car shot sporadically and kidnapped one Madabuchi Julius ‘m’ at Sabbath Filling Station, Oyigbo. Operatives…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the immediate swap of the Pro-Chancellors and Chairmen of the Governing Councils for the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) and Federal University Lokoja (FUL). This is contained in a statement issued by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga on Wednesday. The statement said in this reshuffling, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, currently serving…
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has distributed a total of N1.411 trillion as revenue for October 2024 among the Federal Government, State, and Local Government Councils. The allocation was finalised at the November 2024 FAAC meeting held in Bauchi State, presided over by the Accountant General of the Federation, Dr. Oluwatoyin Madein. A communiqué…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the dissolution of the Governing Council of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, (UNIZIK) and the removal of the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Bernard Ifeanyi Odoh, along with the Registrar, Mrs. Rosemary Ifeoma Nwokike. A statement issued by the special adviser to be the president on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga,…
The Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution supported by a two-thirds majority of its members urging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to sack the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danlandi Umar over alleged misconduct and negligence. The resolution of the Senate followed its consideration and adoption of a motion titled: “Invocation of the…
The Edo State Deputy Governor, Dennis Idahosa, has revealed that the former Governor of the state, Adams Oshiomhole, opposed the nomination of his son, Cyril, as Commissioner for Health-designate. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Governor Monday Okpebholo appointed Dr Cyril Adams Oshiomhole as Commissioner for Health-designate last Tuesday, according to a statement by his Chief Press…