Federal High Court in Abuja has granted additional five days of bail to suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari, over his mother’s death. Kyari, who had been remanded in jail for 27 months over drug-related offences, was in May granted temporary 14-day bail on compassionate grounds to mourn his deceased mother. But on Thursday, his lawyer pleaded with the court to approve his fresh motion dated June 11, 2024, for a five-day extension of the bail till June 19 when the main application for his bail would be determined. He said Kyari had not done anything to interfere with…
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The Ogun State Government has emphasised the need to embrace maintenance culture of critical state infrastructure to ensure citizens get value for their tax. Speaking at the revalidation of the States Rural Access And Agricultural Marketing Project (OG-RAAMP), of the markets to be intervened at the Oke-Mosan Governor’s Office, on Thursday, the Acting Project Coordinator, Engr. Waheed Adejumo said the treatment of government intervention project as “nobody’s business is not helpful to neither the governed nor the government ” His advisory came when the Consultant to the RAAMP on physical improvement of markets across the three senatorial districts in the…
Civil rights activist and former Kaduna Central Senator, Comrade Shehu Sani has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to pardon the EndSARS protesters still languishing in detention. Sani made this appeal while speaking at a dinner in Abuja to mark the 2024 Democracy Day on Wednesday. In October 2020, many Nigerian youths protested across the country against the excesses of the now-disbanded special anti-robbery squad (SARS) unit of the police. During the nationwide protests, many youths who were arrested in cities such as Lagos, Rivers, and Ibadan have remained in detention. Sani in his reaction to the development, said the Nigerian…
…urges President to restructure Nigeria, release Nnamdi Kanu immediately Samuel Adesola, Abuja Nationalist and Leader of the Ijaw nation, Chief Edwin Clark, on Thursday, asked President Bola Tinubu to urgently implement the report of the 2014 National Conference. The elder statesman said these in a letter he wrote to the President, which he described as his message to Nigerians having clocked 97 years on May 25. Clark said that now that the elections are over, Tinubu must immediately restructure Nigeria if the country must remain one as that will also reintegrate the Igbo that have been marginalized in the scheme…
Aliko Dangote has revealed that local and foreign mafia tried several times to sabotage his $19 billion refinery from coming to life. Dangote made this revelation while speaking at the Afreximbank annual meetings (AAN) and AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum in Nassau, The Bahamas, on Wednesday. Dangote, Africa’s richest man, said he had repaid about $2.4 billion of the $5.5 billion borrowed to build the refinery. Sabotage According to him, several entities did everything to sabotage the 650,000 barrels per day facility. Dangote said he was aware that resistance would always exist, but he did not anticipate it being so…
Senate says as of June 11, 2024, at least 477 bills had been initiated since the 10th Senate was inaugurated on June 13, 2023. But only 25 out of the bills have been fully passed into law while others are currently at different stages before the Senate. Senate leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, APC, in a statement on Thursday, noted that the figure only accounts for 5.24% of the entire bills introduced within the timeframe, adding that aside the 25 fully enacted legislations, no fewer than 275 bills (57.65%) were read first time within the timeframe, about 135 (28.32%) awaiting first reading;…
The qualifying draw for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 4, according to the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The 48 competing teams will be split into 12 groups of four, with the top two in each group reaching the finals in Morocco. The tournament hosts will be included in the draw, but, given that the Atlas Lions are already assured of qualification, only one team in their group will book a ticket to Morocco. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that date for the 2025 AFCON have not…
The Police Command in Kano State has banned Durbar activities during the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir celebrations in the state. In a statement issued on Thursday by Mr Usaini Gumel, the state commissioner of police, the police command stated that the ban became necessary to sustain peace in conjunction with all the relevant security stakeholders. “In furtherance, a ban on all contending parties has been placed, restraining both from conducting Durbar activities for the upcoming Eid-el-Kabir celebrations,” Gumel said. He, however, advised worshippers to conduct their normal Eid prayers at the various designated praying grounds, as was traditionally done in the past.…
No fewer than 1.5 million pilgrims across the world presently in Saudi Arabia are now set for this year’s Hajj rites which would begin on Friday with movement from Makkah to Muna ahead of the Arafat Day on Saturday. Specifically, a total of 1,547,295 pilgrims, according to a report by the General Directorate of Passports as quoted by the Saudi Press Agency, came into the country through its air, land and sea ports, as at the end of Monday, June 10 deadline for closure of entry to perform this year’s holy pilgrimage. Meanwhile, the official spokesman for Saudi’s Ministry of…
As part of the preparations for this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has deployed 5,112 personnel to beef up security in the Federal Capital Territory. NSCDC Public Relations Officer in the FCT, Mr Babawale Afolabi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Afolabi said the NSCDC Commandant in FCT, Dr Olusola Odumosu, has directed officers and men of the corps to ensure the six area councils in the territory are adequately protected. The FCT NSCDC spokesman said to ensure a hitch-free celebration, emphasis was placed on the protection of sensitive locations, soft targets,…