Police have said that Alhaji Bashir Hadejia arrested a few days ago is still being investigated. Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this on Sunday. Arrest of Hadejia, a former aide to the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has continued to generate controversy. Hadejia, who served as a special adviser to Matawalle during his tenure as governor of Zamfara State, was arrested on Monday. A search warrant issued to the Nigeria Police Force, FCT Police Command, dated August 12, 2024, showed that the suspect was accused of “treason and subversion against the state” Some Nigerians, who…
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Five months and 2 days after he announced their birth, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Sunday, received in his palace in Ile-Ife, Osun State, twins birthed by one of his wives, Olori Tobiloba Ogunwusi. Oba Ogunwusi announced the birth of the twins, a boy and a girl on Saturday, March 16, 2024, via his Facebook page. The royal father that day wrote, “To God be the glory; great things He has done. Hearty congratulations to the entire House of Oduduwa and Olori Tobiloba, who today birthed a prince and princess to the royal throne of Oduduwa. Mother and…
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Sunday, disowned posters circulating on social media claiming he’s planning to contest the presidency in the 2027 election with Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State as his running mate. The poster showing Ganduje adorning blue Babariga as the APC presidential candidate and Uzodinma wearing white attire and a red cap as his running mate, has the caption, “The Winning Team 2027. Vote APC 2027. For Nigerians, prosperity and human development.” But Ganduje, in a statement by his spokesman, Edwin Olofu, in Abuja, on Sunday, dismissed the poster suggesting he plans…
A Professor of Political Economy, Pat Utomi, and the immediate past Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, have disagreed over a purported breach of contract on an Ogun State Property and Investment Corporation’s land. While Utomi claimed that he was a victim of a violation of contractual agreements involving the former governor, Amosun refuted the claim, saying he (Utomi) was suffering from an “entitlement mentality,” according to The Niche. In a series of tweets on Sunday, Utomi, tweeting as #UtomiPat, said he lost a partnership with some of his South African business partners due to his failure to recover a land…
A former Director General of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Prof Epiphany Azinge, SAN, was on Sunday selected the 14th Asagba of Asaba, Delta State. The Asagba-in-Council announced Azinge’s selection as the most qualified among the 10 contenders in the race, who hail from Ugbomanta quarters and is to produce the successor to the late Prof Chike Edozien. The Regent, Ochendo Ahaba, Anthony Edozien, announced the result of the selection process in line with the Traditional Rulers and Chiefs Edict of 1979, applicable to Delta State, at the Palace of the Asagba of Asaba at Ezenei quarters, Asaba.…
…says suit frivolous, not justiciable The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside the orders by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja barring three chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from further attending any meeting of the PDP National Executive Committee (NEC) or participating in deliberations or proceedings of the meetings in any manner. The PDP chieftains are the party’s former National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus; sacked Rivers governor, Celestine Omehia, and a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Austin Opara. Three separate judgments were delivered on Friday, 16th of August 2024 by…
…as Agency intercepts drugs in noodles at MMIA Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, have arrested a Vietnam-bound businessman, Paul Okwuy Mbadugha. Mbadugha was arrested by the NDLEA after he tested positive to ingestion of cocaine. The Agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja,said that the 54-year-old suspect was intercepted at the boarding gate of the Abuja airport on Monday August 12, 2024 during the outward clearance of Qatar Airways flight QR 1432 to Hanoi, Vietnam via Doha. The statement read, “After four days under excretion…
Posters of former governor of Kano State, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma, seeking a joint presidential ticket for 2027, have surfaced on social media. The posters indicated that Ganduje who is the current national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), would contest for president, while Uzodinma who is the current Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF), would be his running mater. The posters which have the slogan, ‘For Nigerians, prosperity and human capital development’ also indicated that the two political gladiators would contest the 2027 election on the platform of the APC.…
The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons and the Cormode Cancer Foundation are joining forces to tackle cancer in Nigeria’s IDP camps and host communities, according to a statement by the partners in Lagos yesterday. The partnership is aimed at establishing Cormode Cancer Champions Clubs in secondary schools in the country to educate young people about cancer prevention and early detection. The Federal Commissioner for the Commission Hon. Tijani Aliyu, said that the initiative aims to improve the health and well-being of displaced persons, reduce the stigma associated with cancer, and empower young people as advocates for…
Umar Faruk, Gusau A downpour has submerged hundreds of houses in Gumi town, the headquarters of Gumi Local Government Area, rendering thousands of people homeless. A former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ssni Takori decried the calamity that befell the inhabitants. He appealed for urgent action from the state and Federal Government to advert future occurrence of the disaster. Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, commiserated with victims of the flood. He expressed deep concern over the calamlty and sympathy for the Gummi flood victims. “I received the sad news about the flooding in some parts of the Gumi…