The bandits holding six Assistant Superintendents of Police captive in Katsina State for over one week are demanding N100m ransom for their release. The PUNCH reports that the ASPs were among the nine who were just promoted to their current rank. They were attached to the Mobile Police Squadron 6, Maiduguri, Borno State. Findings on Wednesday indicated that they were demobilised from the riot unit and eight of them were on their way to the Zamfara State Police Command on the transfer when they were ambushed in the Dogondaji area of Katsina State and taken into the forest. A reliable…
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The Nigerian Government on Thursday said it will sanction CNN for “irresponsible journalism” after the foreign news outfit released its report on the Lekki shooting. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made this known on Thursday at a press conference in Abuja. According to him, the briefing was conveyed to address lingering issues regarding the #EndSARS protests for police reform that rocked the nation last month. He described the event of October 20, 2020 as a “massacre without bodies”, insisting that not a single body has been produced or a single family has come out to claim their family…
The Lagos State High Court has imprisoned a popular prophet in the state, Israel Ogundipe, also known as Genesis. The Justice Olabisi Akinlade-led court sentenced Genesis to one year imprisonment for fraud. Ogundipe, who is the Shepherd-in-Charge of Celestial Church of Christ Global Genesis parish, was accused of defrauding a Nigerian based in the United Kingdom, UK, Mrs Olaide Williams-Oni. Williams-Oni had alleged that the prophet had fraudulently obtained N17m from her with the promise to assist her procure some landed properties. Against this allegation, Ogundipe was arrested and arraigned on a seven count charge before Justice Akinlade, following a…
The Ondo State House of Assembly today, turned four of its members away, preventing them from resuming their legislative duties. This refusal is done in spite of court rulings. The members of were prevented from entering the parliament by security personnel. The incident was captured in a video recording that made the rounds on social media. The Akure Division of the Court of Appeal on Wednesday struck out a motion for stay of execution filed by the State House of Assembly after the reinstatement of Iroju Ogundeji, Wale Williams and Favour Tomomewo had been ordered by the High Court. Justice…
The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives Thursday resolved to pursue sanctions against the Director-General of the Budget office, Dr. Ben Akabueze. The Committee led by Rep. Wole Oke(PDP-Osun) made the decision, after adopting a motion of privilege raised by its Deputy Chairman, Rep. Abdulkadir Abdullahi(PDP-Bauchi). The lawmakers said they moved for the DG to be penalized, because he wrote an abusive and contemptuous letter to the Committee, in his response to a query, that he was hoarding a $36.1million personnel funds belonging to the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation and another $1.5million supposed to…
The Military High Command has reassured Nigerians of its “untiring” commitment towards securing the country against terrorism and other forms of criminality. It charged the troops and personnel of other security agencies to remain determined and sustain the tempo in all the Joint Operations Areas, while enjoining the general public “to continue providing timely information on the activities of criminals in their various localities to the military and other security agencies for prompt and effective action”. Giving update on military operations during the weekly media parley with Defence Correspondents, the Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, noted the…
The Federal Government has said that there was no massacre of demonstrators during the #EndSARS protest in Lekki in Lagos. It said what is being portrayed so far was “social media massacre” or a “hoax massacre.” It said it was a case of massacre without bodies. It asked international community not to be misled by posts on social media to impose sanctions on Nigeria. It condemned CNN report on #EndSARS protest in Lekki and described it as “irresponsible journalism.” It said CNN relied on unverified and doctored videos. But the government said it will go ahead to regulate the social…
A Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Wednesday, struck out the motion for stay of execution filed by the leadership of the state House of Assembly after the lower court had ordered for the reinstatement of the three suspended members of the House. The three members of the Assembly, who included the Deputy Speaker Mr Iroju Ogundeji, Mrs Favour Tomomewo and Mr Wale Williams, were suspended by the leadership of the House for alleged gross misconduct . Ogundeji represents, Odigbo Constituency 1, Tomomewo represents Ilaje Constituency 2 while Williams is from Ondo West state Constituency…
Commuters along the Kaduna-Abuja road can now heave sigh of relief as troops on Tuesday cleared identified bandits’camps around Kuku area of Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Kaduna-Abuja expressway has become the epicenter of a kidnap ring that has made travelling on the route a nightmare. Scores of the bandits were killed in the operation conducted by the Air Component of Operation Thunder Strike. Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, in a statement, hinted that “the Land and Air Components of Operation Thunder Strike have neutralized several armed bandits in a joint offensive operation to…
DAAR Communications Plc Founder/Emeritus-Chairman High Chief Raymond Dokpesi has warned the Federal Government to brace up for more #ENDSARS protests. He said as long impunity and injustices remain in the system, Nigerians, especially the youths, will continue to demand good governance. Dokpesi spoke on Wednesday when he led the management of DAAR Communications to Vintage Press Ltd, publishers of The Nation over the recent attack on its facilities in Lagos headquarters. He advised the Federal Government to release detained members of the #EndSARS movement. He said their accounts should be unfrozen by the government. He said #EndSARS was beginning of…