The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) says the retrial of Nigerian, Itunu Babalola, wrongfully incarcerated in Cote D’lvoire, is to commence under a new, unbiased prosecutor. This was contained in a statement signed by Mr Gabriel Odu, the commission’s Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit officer, and made available to the News Agency of Nigerian (NAN), in Abuja, on Friday. According to him, following painstaking investigations by the commission and the Nigeria Mission in Abidjan, Cote D’ivoire, it had now been confirmed that Babalola, a Nigerian living in Abidjan, was wrongfully charged and incarcerated for a crime she did not…
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Two suspected members of a notorious kidnap gang that has been terrorising Nasarawa State have been arrested by operatives of the Force Intelligence Response Team, with other members still at large. Among numerous abductions perpetrated by the gang was that of two patients and a nurse at Kun-warke Clinic and Maternity, Kan-Stakuwa, in Lafia area of the state, four months ago. Members of the gang stormed the clinic at night , announced their presence with gunshots which they followed with a command to every one to cooperate or risk losing their lives if they acted otherwise. They were however released…
President of the Nigeria Supreme Council On Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has stressed the need for more political leaders in the country to come out openly to take the anti-COVID-19 vaccine to boost the confidence of ordinary Nigerians to accept and take the vaccine. Speaking at the sensitisation meeting for Muslim Scholars and Imams on the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination, organised by the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), yesterday in Abuja, the Sultan insisted that all political office holders must take the vaccine first before the common man on the street because…
The Chairman of the Board of Project Development Institute (PRODA), Mr. Daniel Onjeh, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) to probe the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, and a member of the House, Hon. Henry Nwawuba, over alleged contract racketeering. Addressing a press conference yesterday in Abuja, Onjeh said it has been discovered that most PRODA contractors were mere fronts for National Assembly members used as conduit pipes to siphon monies meant for zonal and constituency projects. The Board chairman alleged that:…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on party members to submit inputs for the ongoing constitution review excercise aimed at taking the party to greater heights The Chairman of APC Constitution Review Committee, Prof. Mammam Tahir, made the call on Friday in Abeokuta while addressing party members during the South-West stakeholders’ meeting of the party. Mammam, who led other members of the committee to the meeting, explained that the national leadership of the APC had decided to review the party’s constitution. He explained that the meeting became necessary to receive contributions at the grassroots level in order to come…
Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has said that more information is needed to justify the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery. The Federal Executive Council had on March 17 approved $1.5 billion for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery which is said to commence immediately. Timpre Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum had told journalists in Abuja that the first phase will be completed in 18 months which takes the refinery to a production of 90 per cent of its capacity, the second phase will be completed in 24months, while the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would only recognise and deal with 18 political parties for the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, pending the Supreme Court judgment regarding its powers to deregister parties. The Commission said the clarification became necessary following various letters submitted to it recently by some of the deregistered parties signifying the intention to conduct primaries with a view to submitting names and particulars of candidates for the Anambra poll. Recall that the electoral body had on February 6, last year, de-registered 74 political parties for failing to win any political office…
The Lagos State Police command has arrested a certain Jane Otubo, a foodstuff trader from Enugu State for alleged homosexuality in Mafoluku area, Oshodi, Lagos State. According to a statement released by the State’s Police PRO, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the suspect had invited a certain Francis Azeez, who lives in Gwagwalada area of Abuja, to his place in Mafoluku, Lagos State, pledging to assist him establish a business. Jane Otubo however made efforts to assault and molest Francis Azeez who had spent one week with him in his residence. The Police PRO revealed the invitee, who resisted the rapist, made efforts…
A farmer in the Ibaayin village, Elekuru-Olorisaoko axis of the Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, Mrs Olajumoke Awosika, has narrated how herdsmen terrorised farmers in the area. In an exclusive interview with newsmen , the farmer said it was ironical that Yoruba landowners in the village sold over 200 acres to a Fulani herder who, alongside his battalion, have unleashed unimaginable terror and horror on farmers in the area within the last few months since the beginning of the activism of popular Yoruba rights campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho. The 57-year-old caterer, who returned to…
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, Aje Ogungunniso 1 has distanced himself and the people from the purported removal of Iyaloja of Ibadanland, Chief Iswat Abiola Ameringun by a group of market men and women. Oba Adetunji stated this at his Popoyemoja, Ibadan palace when angered traders stormed the palace to lodge complaints against her purported removal. According to the first class monarch, Chief Iswat Abiola Ameringun remains the Iyaloja of Ibadanland, validly nominated bfore she was appointed by the Olubadan four years ago. Said he: “Before the Iyaloja was appointed, by the Olubadan and his chiefs four years…
