oyo governor seyi makinde has approved the recruitment of additional 500 men for the oyo state’s western nigeria security network (wnsn) codenamed amotekun corps. He said the measure is part of his administration’s efforts to enhance security of lives and property in the State. The Governor stated this at a security meeting with local government Chairmen, Vice Chairmen, heads of security agencies and traditional rulers among other stakeholders at the House of Chiefs, Secretariat in Ibadan at the weekend. Makinde told the stakeholders that security issue is a collective responsibility that requires all hands to be on the deck…
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A fresh battle appears to be brewing between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Obasanjo, in a scathing remark yesterday, said he made a mistake picking Atiku as his running mate for the 1999 election. He said it was one of the many genuine mistakes he has made in the course of his public life. One of the mistakes I made was picking my Number Two when I wanted to become the president,” Obasanjo told students from select secondary school students that participated in the…
Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma, yesterday told the newly installed Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, His Grace Lucius Ugorji, that much would be expected of him, especially now that the country was passing through the highest level of insecurity and youth restiveness. Uzodimma stated this at Maria Assumpta Cathedral, in Owerri, during the installation of Archbishop Ugorji, to replace the outgoing Archibishop Anthony Obinna, who has proceeded on retirement. According to him, the new Archbishop, will be expected to provide the much-needed direction for both the clergy and laity in the Archdiocese. While noting that the larger society…
The Supreme Court has struck out the suit by President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami seeking to void the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022. In a judgment on Friday, a seven-member panel of the apex court, headed by Justice Musa Dattijo Mohammed, was unanimous in holding that Buhari, having participated in the making of the law by assenting to it, could not turn around to fault its provisions. The court, which upheld the objections raised by the National Assembly and other defendants against the suit, declined to determine…
The Acting Director General of the National Population Commission (NPC), Ms. Ugoeze Mbagou, has said the N187 billion earmarked for the Population and Housing Census slated for April 2023 is inadequate. Mbagou said this at a roundtable meeting, with the theme: The 2023 Population and Housing Census: Issues, Challenges and Way Forward, organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) yesterday in Abuja. The NPC boss said the census was going to be a digital exercise, adding that the money required far exceeded the N187 billion. What we need is far above that (N187 billion). That…
In a bid to allow residents of Osun state te to collect their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs), the State Government has declared Friday, June 24, as work-free day to enable civil servants who are yet to collect their PVCs to do so ahead of the July 16 gubernatorial election in the state. In a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prince Wole Oyebamiji, Osun Government harped on the importance of the PVC to the performance of their civic responsibility. It added that the state government does not want anyone to be disenfranchised in the July…
A magistrate’s court in London has denied bail to Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice over charges they trafficked a 15-year-old Lagos boy with the intention to harvest his organ. The arrest was announced by the London Metropolitan Police on Thursday, with officials saying the couple would be charged promptly before a court in Uxbridge. Mr Ekweremadu appeared before a magistrate on Thursday afternoon and was denied bail. The case was subsequently adjourned until July 7, after the child involved was identified as a homeless 15-year-old from Lagos, Arise TV reported. Uche Anichukwu, a spokesman for Mr…
The Defence Headquarters on Thursday disclosed that troops conducting military operations against terrorists, bandits/kidnappers and other criminal element’s neutralised 7 terrorists and bandits in different offensive in Zamfara and Katsina state’s on Monday and Tuesday. DHQ also said that during the operation, troop’s rescued 6 kidnapped victims from bandit’s in Zamfara state and recovered arms and ammunition. Making this known in a statement signed by Major Gen Bernard Onyeuko, Director, Defence Media Operations, DHQ said a notorious gun runner who specializes in selling and leasing arms and ammunition to bandits/kidnappers in Taraba state has been arrested. The…
A pupil of Mount Carmel Girls School, Ikare Akoko, the headquarters of the Ikare Akoko Local Government Area of Ondo State, Motunrayo John, has been swept away by flood. The flood was said to have been caused by a downpour in the community. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident happened on Tuesday in the Semusemu area of the town. A source in the community stated that the Junior Secondary School 3 pupil was playing in the erosion-ravaged area when she put her legs inside the water and slipped, as the flood swept her away. The source said,…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the immediate return of Nigeria to international basketball competitions. This was announced on Thursday by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Ismaila Abubakar, at a press briefing in Abuja. According to him, the approval was granted following a letter of appeal dated June 17, 2022, which was signed by Musa Kida, leader of the Nigeria Basketball Federation board, and addressed to the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare. Abubakar said, “The letter appealed to the Minister to use his good offices to…