Akinuli Omolere has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) Party for the November 16 Ondo state governorship polls. James Vernimbe, the party’s chairman of the primary Eelection committee, said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. He said that the election was monitored by observers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and party supporters in the state. “Total number of delegates at the primary election was 90; total number of accredited delegates was 73; total votes cast was 73; total number of valid votes was 73; total number of invalid votes was nil; mode…
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The police command in Rivers says four people and over 70 vehicles were burnt in Friday’s fuel tanker explosion in the state. The explosion occurred along Eleme section of the East-West Road in the state at about 7:30 p.m. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, spokesman for the command, told journalists in Port Harcourt on Saturday that the tragedy occurred following a collision between a heavy-duty truck and a petrol-laden tanker. There were several burnt vehicles and charred bodies of victims on the road. The incident happened a few metres from the Indorama Petrochemical Company and roughly 10 kilometres from the Port Harcourt…
The police command in Anambra has arrested 16 notorious cultists and declared 21 others wanted following intensified efforts to end the resurgence of cult-related killings in Awka, the state capital. This is contained in a press release made available to journalists in Awka on Saturday by the police public relations officer (PPRO) of the command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga. The release stated that the police command tracked down and arrested no fewer than 16 notorious cultists involved in lots of mayhem in Anambra. It also noted that 21 other cultists who are now on the run have been declared wanted by…
Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, says the Nigerian Navy has recruited 1,486 personnel to boost the manpower needed for effective internal security operations in the Niger Delta. Mr Matawalle said this during the passing out parade (P)P) of the Nigerian Navy’s Batch 35 Trainees at the Nigeria Navy Basic Training School in Onne, Rivers, on Saturday. He said the ratings underwent six months of extensive warfare and maritime combat training to equip them for the ongoing fight against oil thieves, pipeline vandals, and sea pirates, among other criminals. “These young men and women are joining the Nigerian Navy at…
A Constitutional Lawyer, Ewa Okpo, has described the actions of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the ongoing face-off with the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, as “trial by mischief”. In an interview on Arise TV’s morning show on Saturday, the legal practitioner specifically stated that it was wrong, in the first instance, for the EFCC to attempt to arrest the former Governor when it was aware of a subsisting restraining order, which had not been vacated as of the time of its action. He said the whole “drama” was centred around an abuse of…
Chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress have said that an unbiased assessment of the alleged media trial of the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission goings showcases grounds for strong suspicion of vendetta. The Stakeholders, who spoke at a press conference in Abuja on Friday said, while the public was being misled into the erroneous impression that the EFCC was trying to fight corruption, “it is actually just a pretense in furtherance of a personal vendetta on behalf of, and, at the behest of persons in government intent on the…
***Summoned to show cause why he shouldn’t be committed to prison A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has ordered the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, to appear in court on May 13, 2024, to show cause why an order of committal should not be made against him for allegedly disobeying court order. The EFCC boss is facing a contempt charge for carrying out “some acts upon which they (the EFCC) have been restrained” by the Court on February 9, 2024, pending the determination of the substantive Originating Motion. Justice I. A. Jamil, delivering…
The media office of the embattled former Governor of Kogi State, has refuted claims by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, stating that children of the erstwhile Governor had enrolled in American International school, Abuja, before he became Governor The media office, in a statement on Friday, by Ohiare Michael, also clarified that “Yahaya Bello did not pay the sum of USD720,000 as alleged by the EFCC Chairman or USD840,000 as is being bandied about on the internet.” The statement partly read, “On Tuesday, 23rd April 2024, Mr. Olanipekun Olukoyede, in a conduct which we view as unbecoming of…
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Ondo State, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan, on Friday launched an educational support fund for children of late journalists and female journalists who are widows in the State. A total of ten beneficiaries were presented with N50,000 each as by the CPS, who promised that the gesture will be repeated at the beginning of each academic term (three times a year) as long as he remains in office as CPS to the Governor. Presenting a cheque of N500,000 to the Chairperson of the Ondo State Council of the National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ),…
Interior minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo said on Thursday that the federal government would consider building prisons with more space, security features, and other infrastructure. Mr Tunji-Ojo disclosed this when he visited Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre, where 119 inmates escaped following a rainstorm that damaged the facility on Wednesday. This was mentioned in a statement issued by the interior ministry’s spokesman, Ozoya Imohimi. The minister said relocating correctional centres to a conducive environment was imperative. “This facility was built in 1914 to house 250 inmates. Before this incident, we had 499. This is a testimony to what we keep talking about: the…