By Tom Garba, Yola Movement for the Emancipation of North East Forum has lauded Brig Gen Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd), CON, OFR for his renewed efforts in launching offensives against drugs-related crimes. President of the group, Distinguished A B Kwaccham, in a press statement, said Marwa who is the 10th Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is exceptionally doing well in curbing high rate of drug-induced criminality across the country. Kwacham said the vast experience Marwa garnered while serving as military administrators of Borno between 1990 and 1992 and Lagos State from 1996 to 1999…
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Officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) who are on mission in different countries abroad have lamented the non-payment of their allowances since December last year. The officers lamented their ordeal while speaking anonymously with Daily Trust. One of the affected officers said the allowances of October and November 2023 were paid in March this year. Outlining the allowances to include housing, health, utility among others, the officer said the situation has caused serious hardships, adding that some of them were already having challenges paying their rents. The officer pointed out that payment of rents are monthly, unlike Nigeria which…
Armed Okada riders, on Monday, invaded Ipaja Police Station in Lagos State, engaging policemen on ground in a gun battle . The incident caused panic among residents, leading to the reinforcements of police personnel. Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident, saying the situation had been brought under control. The PPRO said in a statement, “Officers of Ipaja Police Division have successfully repelled an early morning attack on their division by motorcycle operators. The attack came after police officers commenced the day’s enforcement of the existing ban on motorcycles in Lagos State. “The attackers, who came…
Founding national secretary of Alliance for Democracy, Prof Udenta Udenta, has urged President Bola Tinubu to dump the ideas being imposed on his administration by the International Monetary Fund in order to pull Nigeria out of its current economic challenges. Udenta gave this advice while speaking on the first anniversary of President Tinubu’s administration on Channels Television’s political programme, Sunday Politics. c“There is no help coming from IMF or Washington Consensus. They want to beat the state down, they want the state to keep coming back to them so that they can impose their structural adjustment programmes,” he warned. The…
The face-off between Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki and Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, over the return of stolen artefacts and balkanisation of Benin Kingdom deepened on Monday with the Benin Royal Family suspending one of the Enigie (Dukes), Prof. Gregeory Akenzua. Akenzua, a Professor of Gynecology, who is an ex-Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) and former Chairman of the Governing Council of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, is a younger brother to Oba Erediauwa, the father of the reigning Oba of Benin. Members of the Benin royal family, consisting of the…
Police in Imo have demoted Inspector Isong Osudueh caught on camera collecting bribes from motorists along the Owerri-Onitsha express road. State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement on X on Monday. The video which went viral on Monday, showed the officer collecting money from drivers plying the road. He could also be seen giving them change. The statement said Osudueh, who is attached to the Counter Terrorism Unit, Owerri, has been reduced in rank after facing disciplinary action. At the same time, the supervising officer has been issued an official query for lack of…
The Senate and the House of Representatives are to hold a joint sitting on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 to mark 25 years of the restoration of democracy in Nigeria. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to lead other leaders, including Governors and former leaders to attend the joint sitting, which will take place at the Chamber of the House of Representatives. President Tinubu is also expected to inaugurate the new National Assembly Library complex named after him. Former military head of state, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar is expected to present a talk on “Reflections on the journey to democracy.” Former Senate…
An angry mob suspected to be thugs loyal to the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, on Monday attacked protesters, said to have come from the Edo State chapter to the party’s Abuja national secretariat to demand Abure’s removal. Trouble began when the anti-Abure protesters stormed the LP headquarters in a number of vehicles, carrying placards and chanting solidarity songs. After some of the protesters alighted from one of the vehicles, the suspected thugs attacked the vehicles with sticks and other objects, chasing the drivers away from the area. Armed policemen and Department of State Security operatives intervened…
After over a week siege on the popular Banex Plaza in Wuse 2 area of Abuja, the military has reopened the market for business. Daily Trust’s correspondent who visited the market on Monday evening learnt that the plaza resumed operations around 2:30pm. Recall that the market was sealed by military authorities on May 18, following a violent clash between traders and military personnel. Trouble started when thugs beat up some soldiers who had a disagreement with a trader in the plaza. The trader had reportedly sold a bad phone to someone who invited soldiers. Rather than resolve the issue amicably,…
A Kano State High Court has ordered the state Commissioner of Police to evict the dethroned 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero from the mini palace he’s currently occupying. Presiding judge, Justice Aisha Adamu Aliyu, granted the order “restraining the 1, 2, 3rd 4th & 5th Defendants either by themselves, servants, privies, and or any other persons or officers serving under them or acting in connection with any other person from parading themselves as Emirs of Kano, Bichi, Gaya, Rano and Karaye pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed by the Applicants. “That an order…