The Kogi State Government has said that two of its officials are currently at the Economic and Financial Crime Commission Headquarters in Abuja. This was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the state information Commissioner, Kingsley Fanwo, and made available to journalists in Lokoja, the state capital. The statement reads, “Despite not receiving an official invitation, they decided to voluntarily report at the headquarters of the commission in Abuja. “We have not been told the specific details about the allegations against them, but it may not be unconnected to the ongoing investigations regarding some present and former Government…
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The Federal Government has said the country will soon overcome its present food shortage and inflation, which has reached 40 per cent, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, stated this on Sunday during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. Kyari revealed that the Bola Tinubu government has measures in place to address the present food inflation and increase food production in the country, saying that the country is expecting a bumper harvest before year-end. The minister added that some of the reasons for the acute food shortage…
#EndBadGovernance protesters have returned to the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota after rejecting N5,000 offered to many would-be demonstrators not to return to the park on Monday. With “Sanwo-Olu is a thief” chorus in the background, a protester speaking with a megaphone said in a video posted on X on Monday. “Make price of garri come down. They came to deceive us with N5,000, but we rejected it. We don’t need their money. We will continue to protest. This is our nation.” Several Lagos residents returned to the streets 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu’s nationwide broadcast calling for…
Akure residents in Ondo have taken to the streets as the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests continue on Monday. President Bola Tinubu’s nationwide broadcast has not assuaged many aggrieved Nigerians. An online video on Monday showed a throng of protesters trooping to the streets. The nationwide protest, which started on August 1, is expected to last 10 days. Meanwhile, Michael ‘Lenin’ Adaramoye, a mobiliser of the #EndHunger protests in Abuja, has been reportedly arrested in the early hours of Monday by the State Security Service. Mr Adaramoye, who serves as the national coordinator of the Youth Rights Campaign, was reported around 2:00…
Operatives of the Plateau State Police Command have arrested two hoodlums in the Jos North Local Government Area of the state. The arrest of the hoodlums on Monday came amidst the imposition of a 24-hour curfew in Jos and Bukuru metropolis by the state government following an attempt by some persons to breach the peace in the state capital under the guise of #EndBadGovernance in Nigeria protests. It was learnt that the hoodlums were trying to vandalise and loot shops located around the C Division in Jos when the operatives swooped on them and arrested two persons while others fled…
The Nigeria Police Force has released a journalist, Ayoola Babalola, who was arrested during the nationwide #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria protests in Abuja. The 25-year-old journalist was arrested on Saturday and detained at Wuye Police Station under the Federal Capital Territory Police Command. PUNCH Online reports that Babalola was released around 3 pm on Sunday after his arrest on Saturday. “Yes, I have been released. I was released around 3 pm on today (Sunday). The detention lasted for over 24 hours, but I’m home now. I am grateful to all who led their voices calling for my release,” he told SaharaReporters. Civil Society organisation, Take-It-Back Movement,…
EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters resumed at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Ojota, on Monday to continue their demonstration. PUNCH reports that the protesters expressed dissatisfaction with President Bola Tinubu’s national address on Sunday and “consider it rather unfortunate” that it took Tinubu three days of protest to address the country. circulating on social media of the fifth day of the protest at Ojota showed a man half-dressed among the protesters chanting in Yoruba, “We are angry, we are hungry.” JuwonSanyaolu, tweeting as #AyowoleSanyaolu, wrote, “Protest has started in Ojota; if you are still home, you are wrong!” The nationwide #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest highlights…
A 27-year-old man, identified as Tolu Falansa, was found dead in his apartment following a midnight fire incident in the Owode-Yewa community, located in the Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro learnt from a police source familiar with the incident on Saturday, who wished to remain anonymous due to a lack of authority to speak for the command, that the incident occurred at about 5:00 am on July 28, 2024. Falansa, who reportedly kept his motorcycle inside the room where he slept, was found lying dead beside the machine in a room filled with smoke. A resident,…
Controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye popularly known as Bobrisky, has been released from the Kirikiri Correctional Centre. The social media celebrity was released on Monday morning. In a video cited by our correspondent X, Bobrisky was seen greeting his fans, who came to give him a welcoming reception. Details later… (PUNCH)
ASABA— SIX days after she was abducted in a church in Asaba, Delta State, the whereabouts of former member representing the Aniocha/Oshimili federal constituency at the House of Representatives, Joan Mrakpor, are still unknown. Mrakpor, who is the immediate past Commissioner for Technical Education in the state, was abducted in a church, located off Delta Broadcasting Service, DBS, Asaba, where she worshipped last Tuesday.Two persons, including her police orderly were shot dead during the operation. The former lawmaker was said to have been taken to a waiting speed boat on the bank of the River Niger and whisked away by…