The Nigerian Army has offered a detailed explanation of how it arrested Northerners, mostly from Kaduna State, seeking to use the slot of Lagos State to enlist in its 86 Regular Recruits Intake. The spokesman of the Service, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, offered the explanation in a statement on Wednesday. The statement followed a viral video in which some of the prospective candidates, who did not even understand Yoruba language, which is spoken in Lagos State, had indigenes certificates they presented for enlistment during their screening. Nwachukwu said in the statement on Wednesday: “The attention of the Nigerian Army (NA)…
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A New Jersey imam has died after being shot outside a Newark mosque early on Wednesday morning, and authorities have yet to identify a suspect or motive for the attack, local prosecutors said. There is no indication that the shooting was a bias-motivated crime or an act of domestic terrorism based on the evidence collected so far in the investigation, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said at an afternoon briefing. Platkin’s office would not typically reveal that type of information at such an early stage, but he said he was doing so in light of the recent surge in…
Bullion Go-Neat Global Limited, under the leadership of Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, has taken decisive measures to combat unauthorized exports of its products, particularly Coco Samba. The management expressed concerns over individuals exporting without proper permits and in violation of the company regulations. To control this issue, the management announced that the export packages of the company’s products will now be inscribed with “export only” alongside the label of the products as a means of identification for authorized exporters. The management furthermore said individuals exporting without company-certified approval or distributorship permits have violated the company’s standards and rules. “We are calling…
President Bola Tinubu has disclosed that the recently approved 2024 budget includes N100 billion allocation in school feeding programmes for school children across the country. He made this statement during the signing of the 2024 appropriation bill into law in the State House in Abuja. The president stated that the provision will serve as a stimulant to encourage attendance in schools and reduce the problem of out-of-school children. “One of the priority areas of the bill we just passed is the N100 billion provision for the feeding of school children. I believe that is a stimulant that will encourage school…
he Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) has delivered an additional one million barrels of crude oil to the Dangote Refinery, marking the fourth such delivery in a series over the past few weeks. The company disclosed this in a statement, adding that the fifth consignment is well underway to kick start the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Petroleum Refinery. An excerpt of the statement reads below, “Preparations are in top gear for the commencement of production in Dangote Refinery, as the petrochemical company has received the fourth crude shipment of, one million barrels of bonny light crude supplied by the Nigeria…
The family of a blogger, Miss Dorcas Adeyinka, who was reportedly arrested on Wednesday for alleged cyberbullying and cyberstalking, has accused the Lagos State Police Command of carrying out a lopsided and biased probe. Adeyinka had been subjected to various threats to life, cyberstalking, and bullying by some suspected Nigerian bloggers who use different social media accounts to name-call and shame her. A bill seeking “to mandate Internet service providers to block access to materials depicting violent conduct, regulate illegal or restricted content irrespective of the host, and remove intimating images and videos shared online that negatively impact children,” passed…
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has denied the appointment of a United Kingdom-based Nigerian academic, Dr. Oluseun Ajayi, as his Special Adviser on International Relations and Linkages. The denial of the appointment by the Governor followed a post on a WhatsApp group in which the claim was made. Dr. Ajayi has London Metropolitan University and University of the Witwatersrand on his profile on LinkedIn. A statement on Monday by Adele’s spokesman, Rasheed Olawale, said the Governor did not make such an appointment. Olawale said anyone who does business with Ajayi was doing so at his or her own risk.…
A girl was raped on a train to London earlier this month as police have now released the CCTV image of a man they’re hunting in relation to the incident. The teenager was sexually assaulted on board a train between Laindon in Essex and West Ham in East London on Saturday, December 9. The British Transport Police (BTP) have said the incident occurred at around 12.30am, where the girl boarded the train at Laindon station before being sexually assaulted and raped. The BTP say that following a number of enquiries, they now want to speak to a man captured on…
Your directive was that we should facilitate greater collaboration and cooperation between South West States in matters of Law and Justice. To achieve this in concrete terms, we established the South West Attorney’s-General Forum. The first of such initiative in Nigeria. We achieved consensus on the legal and institutional framework of the South West Security Network Agency (Amotekun). Amotekun has since gained national recognition. Not many of us get to live to see our own legacy play out in such a meaningful way. You did. We achieved consensus on the legal framework for the proposed South West Development Commission. We…
