The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested Aliyu Yakuba, 36, pictured above, a resident of Jalingo Daddawa village, UBA, in Hong LGA, for murder and fraud. Disclosing his arrest to newsmen, the spokesperson of the command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, said on June 13, the suspect deceived and dishonestly obtained by fraud from the victim, Bassey Isah, three bags of maize, claiming he would help him print and produce Naira notes of Nigeria currency. Nguroje said the suspect further collected a Toyota Starlet car, a Motorcycle, and a Carry Go tricycle, from the victim after promising to make him…
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The Kano State Police Commissioner, AIG Usaini Gumel, has given reasons why the police ignored Governor Abba Yusuf’s directive on the eviction of the deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero. Recall that Yusuf had on Thursday night, through the State Attorney General And Commissioner of Justice, Haruna Dederi, directed the CP to remove the deposed 15 Emir of Kano from the Nasarawa mini palace where he is staying. Speaking in a telephone interview with The Punch on Friday, the police commissioner said obeying the governor’s eviction order would be tantamount to “jumping the gun”. According to him, the same…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Friday, said that only the intervention of President Bola Tinubu could save public universities from being thrown into another prolonged strike action. The union called on eminent Nigerians to prevail on President Tinubu to stop acting so indifferently to the parlous state of the public universities as well as the genuine demands of the lecturers regarding funding of the university among other welfare concerns. The union said that the refusal of the government to be alive to its financial responsibility and commitment to the public universities is dangerous and would only continue to…
A former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, visited the family of the kidnapped Labour Party governorship candidate during the 2021 Anambra governorship election, Obiora Agbasimalo. During the visit at their home in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, Obi also commiserated with the family over the death of Pa Emmanuel Agbasimalo, the father of the kidnapped victim. Pa Emmanuel died on May 20, 2024. The photos of his visit were shared by the wife of the kidnapped victim, Eucharia Agbasimalo, on her social media handle on Thursday. The Labour Party governorship candidate was kidnapped at Azia community in Ihiala Local Government Area of…
The Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has paid glowing tributes to the General Overseer of the Agape Christian Assembly, Bishop Felix Adejumo, on his 70th birthday. Congratulating him at the birthday thanksgiving service at the church auditorium in Akure, on Thursday, Governor Aiyedatiwa said Bishop Adejumo’s dedication, compassion, and spiritual guidance have made a profound impact on millions of people around the world. The Governor said: “I have seen firsthand positive impacts you have made on many lives within and outside Ondo State through your philanthropic endeavours and those of your lovely wife, Rev. Funke Felix-Adejumo. You…
Ahead of the November 2024 governorship election in Ondo state, Seventy-four political parties, under the aegis of Conference of De-Registered Political Parties in Nigeria (CDPPN), have collapsed their organizational structures for the All Progressives Congress (APC). The CDPPN is a composition of political parties that were de-registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). At a meeting with the governor of Ondo state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, in Akure on Wednesday, the group, led by an APC stalwart, Prof. William Olu-Aderounmu, said the governor exhibits the necessary administrative and political qualities required to take the state to the next level of development.…
A collage of a police vehicle and Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun Solomon Odeniyi, Dennis Naku and Dirisu Yakubu Kindly share this story: The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun on Thursday, stated that his officers would remain at the Rivers State Local Government secretariats until the court rules on the local government chairmen tenure extension crisis in the state. A clash occurred on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, the state capital, over the tenure of Local Government Council Chairmen, resulting in the deaths of a police officer and a vigilante member. The three-year terms of the 23 LG chairmen…
The Ondo government says necessary legal action will be taken on the judgment nullifying the creation of the 33 LCDAs. The government’s reaction was disclosed in a statement by its attorney general, Kayode Ajulo, on Friday. In a judgment on Thursday, Justice A.O. Adebusuoye of the Ondo High Court described the creation of the LCDAs as illegal. The judge said it was illegal for a governor to sign a law outside the state and that the Local Government Creation Law 2023, signed by the late Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu in Ibadan, was unconstitutional, illegal, and null and void. The statement said…
The Ondo State Government has said necessary legal action will be taken on the judgment nullifying the creation of the 33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state. The government’s reaction is contained in a statement by the Attorney General of the state, Kayode Ajulo, and made available to newsmen on Friday in Akure, the state capital. On Thursday, Justice A.O Adebusuoye of the state High Court had in a judgment, described the creation of the LCDAs as unlawful. The court said it was illegal for a governor to sign a law outside the State. The court said that…
Two unions in tertiary institutions say they cannot guarantee industrial harmony if the federal government fails to pay their four months’ withheld salaries in two weeks. The unions are the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU). Under the Joint Action Committee (JAC), the unions made their position known in a letter addressed to the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, on Thursday in Abuja. The letter titled, ‘Re-Four months withheld salaries: Demand for immediate payment’, was signed by NASU general secretary Peters Adeyemi and SSANU president Mohammed Ibrahim. In…