Kogi State Government says its committed to ensuring those behind the killings of two abducted students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, are apprehended and appropriately punished. The government stated that the students were killed during negotiations for their release. State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, said in a statement on Sunday, that while 21 other students were rescued alive, the two others were killed by their abductors in captivity. The Commissioner while highlighting government moves in tackling issues of kidnapping and banditry, said Governor Usman Ododo had begun discussions with neighbouring states on ways…
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Lagos Emergency Management Agency, on Sunday, confirmed the rescue of five persons and the recovery of one dead body from a collapsed mosque at Papa Ajao, Mushin, Lagos. LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos. The incident had occurred on Sunday during afternoon prayers. The LASEMA boss explained that the mosque located on Yusuf Street, off Ladipo Road, Papa Ajao, Lagos, collapsed while the afternoon prayer was being observed. He said that search and rescue operations were taking place under his supervision. Oke-Osanyintolu said emergency responders at the scene included LASEMA Response Team, the…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says two out of three of the President Bola Tinubu administration’s policies were necessary but wrongly implemented. Obasanjo stated this at a Colloquium with the theme, ‘Nigeria’s Development: Navigating the Way Out of the Current Economic Crisis and Insecurity’, at the Paul Aje Colloquium (PAC) in Abuja, at the weekend. The former president noted that the third decision was the position in dealing with the coup in Niger. He said, “Today, government has taken three decisions, two of which are necessary but wrongly implemented and have led to impoverisation of the economy and of Nigerians. These…
Amid the ongoing tussle for the ancient throne of the Kano Emirate, a fresh round of protest has broken out in the city. Rivals Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II and Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, dethroned Emir of Kano, are locked in a battle for the royal stool. Scores of youths, on Sunday afternoon, stormed the streets to demand a return of the dethroned Ado Bayero. Some of the protesters made bonfire on the major road while chanting anti-government songs as they marched on the streets of Kano. But policemen monitoring the situation did not attempt to disperse the protesters. The protesters…
Stakeholders in Bichi, one of the five emirates recently dissolved by the Kano State Government, on Sunday, commended the judiciary and security agencies for “upholding the constitution and the rule of law” in the crisis over the new emirate council law of the state. Bichi emirate council was ruled by Nasiru Ado Bayero as emir until it was dissolved last Thursday under the new law passed by the Kano State House of Assembly. The emirate council spoke in a statement jointly signed by some elders on Sunday. The statement read in part, “We commend the judiciary for their courageous interpretation…
…as AGF drags 36 state govts before apex court 26th May 2024 Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has dragged the 36 state Governors before the Supreme Court, seeking full autonomy for local governments. The AGF in a suit on behalf of the Federal Government marked SC/CV/343/2024, urged the Supreme Court to issue an order, prohibiting state governors from unilateral, arbitrary and unlawful dissolution of democratically elected LG leaders. The suit, predicted on 27 grounds, contends that Nigeria as a federation, is a creation of the 1999 Constitution with the President, as the head of…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, on Sunday, called on President Bola Tinubu to seize the opportunity of the occasion of his first year in office to publish his assets declaration form. SERAP in a statement by its deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, urged Tinubu to “use the anniversary of your first year in office as an opportunity to demonstrate your oft-expressed commitment to democracy, accountability, and openness in government by immediately publishing your asset declaration form.” SERAP also urged Tinubu “to encourage your Vice-President Kashim Shettima, ministers, and state governors to also widely publish their asset declaration forms.” The group noted…
A yet-to-be-identified male student of the Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, in Oyo State, has allegedly been clubbed to death inside a hostel known as Shepherd Inn on the school premises by a group of other students for allegedly stealing a mobile phone. PUNCH Online gathered that the deceased was also said to have had his hair forcefully shaved by his assailants after he was reportedly caught with the stolen mobile phone. Our correspondent learnt from a source in the school who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter that the deceased was beaten from 6pm…
Lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara say they have written the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct elections to fill the vacant seats in the state legislature. Recall that barely five months after he was sworn in, Governor Fubara fell out of favour with his predecessor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Their disagreement followed the struggle between the Governor and the FCT minister over the control of the Peoples Democratic Party’s machinery in the state. The matter subsequently degenerated into a full-blown political crisis as both Fubara and Wike…
A train conveying passengers from Kaduna State to Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, on Sunday, derailed at Jere, a Kaduna suburb. The train carrying dozens of passengers departed Kaduna around 8:05 a.m. It, however, derailed at Jere about an hour later. Security operatives, including police operatives and troops of the Nigerian Army have immediately been deployed to protect and offer support to the affected passengers. No fewer than three of the train’s carriages ran off the tracks. Details later…