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Three armed robbery suspects arrested in Ogun (photo)
The Ogun state police command has arrested three members of an armed robbery syndicate. A statement from the command says the suspects were arrested on May 24 following a distress call received by the DPO Agbara division that armed robbers have invaded Idanyin community and have been raiding house to house dispossessing their victims of their belongings and inflicting injuries on them. Upon the distress call, the DPO Agbara division SP Saleh Dahiru quickly led his anti-robbery team to the scene and met the robbers attacking the apartments of one Barrister Kamieyefa Omosivwe and that of Oluyemi Olajide. On sighting…
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Buhari could not address Nigerians on May 29 because he knows his administration is a failure –PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that President Buhari did not address the nation on the May 29 Inauguration day because he must have ”assessed his administration and rightly adjudged it a failure.” The President marked 5 years in office on May 29. The presidency had in an earlier statement, said the celebration will be quiet due to the COVID19 pandemic. However, in a statement released today by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, the opposition party said President Buhari must have been persuaded that he ”had nothing to tell Nigerians and saw reason to avoid making false performance claims, which are…
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#JusticeforUWA : Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, reacts to the rape and murder of UNIBEN student
Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, has reacted to the news of the rape and murder of a 100-level student of the University of Benin UNIBEN, Uwaila Omozuwa, inside a Redeemed Christian Church of God parish in the state. Reacting via his Twitter handle, the governor said the police has been mandated to identify, arrest and prosecute anyone found culpable in her death ”I have ordered the Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG ) to thoroughly investigate the circumstances that led to the death of Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a 100-level student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN).The @PoliceNG has been mandated to identify, arrest…
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Kidnapped Nasarawa CAN chairman regains freedom
Bishop Joseph Masin, the Chairman of the Nasarawa State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN ) has regained freedom after being kidnapped on May 27. We reported earlier that the gunmen who stormed his residence at Bukan Sidi area of Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital had demanded a N20m ransom for his release. One of the CAN Chairman’s sons, Pastor Sam Joseph who confirmed that his father has been released said he arrived home around 2am on Sunday May 31. He said; “The Bishop was released around 11 pm on Saturday and arrived home around 2am this Sunday.” It is however not…
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Expect 11,000 MW of electricity by 2023 — Lai Mohammed
Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture has told Nigerians to expect 11,000 megawatts of electricity by 2023 following the agreement the Nigerian government reached with German firm Siemens. He said the German firm will be growing the present 3,400 megawatts to 7,000MW by the end of next year. Lai Mohammed added that they will then grow the megawatts to 1,000 megawatts by the end of 2023 (phase 2) and 25,000 megawatts in the third phase. The minister said; “Following an agreement with German company Siemens in July 2019 to boost power supply in Nigeria, the stage is set for the perennial power problem…
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President Buhari loses his Nephew
President Buhari’s nephew, Ibrahim Dauda is dead. A statement released by the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu yesterday May 30, said Dauda died in Daura, Katsina state, following a prolonged illness. In a condolence message, the President stated he is deeply devastated by Dauda’s death “I am deeply touched and devastated by the passing of yet another family member, a man who had demonstrated amazing kindness and honesty in all his dealings,” the president said Late Dauda is survived by a number of children, including Ibrahim, a chief administrative officer in the statehouse, Abuja.
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Close to $1bn stolen under Abacha Regime – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that close to $1bn was “stolen under a previous, undemocratic junta in the 1990s, though the President did not mention Abacha by name, it was apparent he was referring to the deceased dictator. He said this in an article published in Newsweek, a United States-based magazine as he expressed appreciation to the “friendly nations” that decided to return the stolen funds. Buhari, in his article, stated that the country could move forward with road, rail and power station construction, “partly under own resources, thanks to close to $1bn of funds stolen from the people of…
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Former NNPC GMD, Maikanti Baru is Dead
A former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, is dead. The sad news was shared by the current NNPC GMD, Mele Kyari in a tweet via his twitter handle. Though he failed to share the cause of his death, he disclosed that the former GMD died on midnight of Saturday. Hr wrote: “My brother, my friend and my mentor, Dr Maikanti Kachalla Baru, immediate past GMD of NNPC died late last night. “He was of exemplary character and disposition. May Allah forgive him and have mercy upon him.”
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Update: Lagos Police release photos of police officers accused of killing 17-year-old girl in Iyana-Oworo
The Lagos state police command have released photos of the police officers accused of killing 17-year-old Tina Ezekwe in the Iyana-Oworo area of the state. Read previous story here. The spokesperson of the Lagos state police command, Bala Elkana, who released the photos of the accused police officers, gave their names as ASP Theophilus Otobo and Inspector Oguntoba Olamigoke. He said the police officers have been subjected to internal disciplinary proceedings and if found culpable, will be arraigned in Court. Giving an account of what happened, Bala said “The incident happened on 26th May, 2020 at about 2245 hours. The said Police Officers…
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Abia Government releases photos of COVID-19 patient who absconded from Isolation facility in the state
Abia State Government has released photos of the man who absconded from a holding facility in the state after testing positive for COVID-19. Emmanuel Ononiwu escaped from a holding facility in Aba just before he was to be moved to an isolation centre. He switched off his phone afterwards and also his wife has remained unreachable despite calls for her to present herself for a test. The Abia state government has now released photos of Ononiwu in a bid to recapture him and force him to go into isolation. Sharing photos of the COVID-19 patient, the Abia state government wrote: “Wanted…
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16-year-old Girl killed by trigger Police in Lagos
A 16 year old teenager by name Tina has been reportedly killed by a trigger happy policeman along iyana oworo. The sad news was shared by twitter user @Mohammedblack and addressed to @Segalink as he calls out for Justice. See the full story below: Dear @segalink, Tina, a 16 year old girl was shot by a triggered police man along iyana oworo, and has been confirmed dead now. While we pray God give her family the fortitude to bear the loss, we need to do everything possible to make sure justice is served. #JusticeForTina While we make efforts to sensitize…
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“Adesina needs our Support” – Peter Obi calls on African Leaders
Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi has called on all African Leaders to support the President of the African development bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina. He made the plea amidst demand for Adesina’s probe for corruption. The United States Department of Treasury had called for an independent corruption probe on Adesina after he was cleared by the bank’s ethics committee. Reacting to this development in a tweet via his twitter handle, he wrote: “For a people in search of leadership that will inspire a continent-wide transformation, Africa and its state governments need to rally round and celebrate opportunities such as…
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