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A 35-year-old man, Eluyera Wasiu has been arrested in Ogun State for allegedly planning with his friend, to kill his pregnant wife. According to a statement by the police spokesperson in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect was arrested alongside his friend, Adeniyi Samuel on Saturday, January 1, 2022, after neighbors alerted police that the duo “were engaged in a serious exchange of blows which may lead to bl00dshed.” “It was during interrogation to know the cause of the f!ght that Adeniyi Samuel opened up and informed the police that Eluyera Wasiu contracted him to k!ll his pregnant wife, Bola Taiwo. He stated further that Wasiu promised to give him N10K for the job, out of which he already gave him N5K, to pay the balance on completion of the job,” the statement read in part. Preliminary investigation, according to the police spokesperson revealed that Wasiu Eluyera was married to Bola Taiwo but they got separated due to irreconcilable differences. He later got married to a...

PRESIDENT BUHARI APPOINTS DR DOYIN SALAMI AS CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISER A Chief Economic Adviser to the President (CEAP) has been appointed. He is Dr Doyin Salami, up till now Chairman of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC). A 1989 doctorate degree graduate in Economics of Queen Mary College, University of London, Doyin Salami, 59, is Managing Director and Head Markets Practice at KAINOS Edge Consulting Limited, and member of the Adjunct Faculty at the Lagos Business School (LBS), Pan-Atlantic University, where he recently attained the rank of Senior Fellow/Associate Professor. The Chief Economic Adviser to the President is expected to address all issues on the domestic economy and present views on them to the President; closely monitor national and international developments, trends and develop appropriate policy responses; develop and recommend to the President national economic policies to foster macro-economic stability, promote growth, create jobs, and eradicate poverty,...

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), says the Federal Government is yet to officially designate bandits as terrorists because the government is following international best practices. He said, “Government has a responsibility to act but within the context of acting, you equally expected to operate within the confines of international best practices associated with engagement and one of such best practices is that you can only use maximum force on groups, individuals that are declared terrorists and that is where the application of the Terrorism Act comes in place. “With that in mind, Nigeria acted, first by proscribing IPOB, taking into consideration the threats to lives and properties they have caused in the nation. Boko Haram was proscribed.”

Gunmen Kidnap ASUU Chairman In Plateau State Gunmen have kidnapped Dr Monday Hassan Zitta, the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities at the Plateau State University, Bokkos. Native Reporters gathered that he was abducted alongside former governorship aspirant in the 2019 election, Nkemi Nicholas Nshe in Shendam in the early hours of Saturday Jan 1.

Public Schools’ Resumption The resumption date for all public schools in Oyo State for the second term 2021/2022 academic session is Monday, January 10, 2022.

NAF APPOINTS NEW BRANCH CHIEFS, AIR OFFICERS COMMANDING, OTHER SENIOR OFFICERS Postings and redeployments in the military are routine exercises intended to reinvigorate the Services for greater performance, enhanced productivity, operational efficiency, and effective service delivery. It is in view of the foregoing that the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has approved the appointment of new Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding (AOCs), Commandants of tri-Service and NAF institutions as well as Unit Commanders. Among the newly appointed Branch Chiefs are Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Ayoola Jolasinmi, erstwhile Air Officer Commanding (AOC), Air Training Command (ATC), Kaduna who is now the Chief of Defence Policy and Plans (CDPP) at Defence Headquarters (DHQ), former Chief of Aircraft Engineering at Headquarters NAF (HQ NAF), AVM Musa Muktar moves to DHQ as Chief of Defence Transformation and Innovation, (CDTI), former AOC Logistics Command (LC), Ikeja, AVM Charles Ohwo, is now ...

Second KDSG Security Update: Tuesday 4th January 2022.  Ban on "Okada", other containment measures remain in place.  The Kaduna State Government wishes to inform citizens that the ban on use of motorcycles (popularly known as "Okada"), for commercial or personal purposes, remains in place until further notice.  Other containment measures which remain fully in place are listed as follows:  i. Ban on wielding dangerous weapons.   ii. Restriction on the movement of tricycles from dusk till dawn (7PM to 6AM) in Birnin Gwari, Giwa, Igabi, Chikun, Kachia, Kagarko and Kajuru LGAs. The Kaduna State Government continues to empathize with citizens over difficulties which these measures may engender, and implores all residents to comply fully with these measures in the wider interest of general security.   Signed  Samuel Aruwan  Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State.

 LASG URGES ADMINISTRATORS TO STEP UP SAFETY IN SCHOOLS The Lagos State Ministry of Education has urged administrators in all public and private schools in the State to step up safety measures towards reducing insecurity and untoward incidences. The Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, made the appeal in a statement issued to welcome students, teachers and school administrators to the beginning of a New Year and Second Term of Y2021/2022 School Session in Lagos State. She directed school administrators to ensure that exposure of students to danger within the school premises are neutralised, while ensuring that all potential danger outside the walls of the schools is escalated to appropriate safety and enforcement agencies through stipulated channels. Her words: “It is necessary to devise appropriate strategies to advance teachers/students interaction to gain insight and expose negative tendencies before they metamorphose into unfortunate situations. Adequate monitor...

 PHOTO NEWS: GOV. BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU ON INSPECTION VISIT TO THE ONGOING RED AND BLUE LINE RAIL PROJECT SITES, ON MONDAY, JANUARY 03 2022 PIX 1: Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu flanked by the Managing Director, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Engr. (Mrs) Abimbola Akinajo (left) and the General Manager South West CCECC, Mr. Kelvin Lee (right), during an inspection of the ongoing construction of the Red and Blue Line Rail project sites, at the Marina Train Station, on Monday, January 03, 2022. PIX 2 L-R: Commissioners, Mr. Lere Odusote (Energy & Mineral Resources); Dr. Federic Oladeinde (Transportation); Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; his Special Adviser on Works & Infrastructure, Engr. (Mrs) Aramide Adeyoye; Managing Director, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Engr. (Mrs) Abimbola Akinajo and Commissioner for Physical Planning & Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako, during an inspection of the ongoing constru...

According to statement released by Chief Press Secretary/Media Adviser to the Governor, Oguwike Nwachuku "For the avoidance of doubt, Okorocha and Nwosu have been specifically mentioned by suspects who are in the custody of security agents, as being sponsors of kidnapping and banditry in Imo State, using their relationship with former ex-militants to perpetrate the crimes."

According to Kaduna State Governor El-Rufai: “These bandits operate in the periphery because their hiding place is in the forest. It’s a major problem. The security agencies are doing their best but they are overstretched. “The reality is we don’t have enough boots on ground to address the myriad of security challenges that we face, and these security challenges are asymmetric, widespread, and there’s no part of Nigeria that doesn’t have one security problem or the other. “Ramp up the number of boots and more technology and more investment in armament and wipe these guys once and for all.

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has dared the Nigerian government, saying the national anthem shall no longer be sung in schools located in South-East region. The group said this as part of its action plan for the year 2022. “Beginning from tonight, no more Nigerian National Anthems in all Schools in Biafraland; our children must no longer be reminded daily that they are under oppression by singing the national anthem of the oppressor. School authorities and proprietors have a responsibility to teach our children our national anthem…The Biafran National Anthem. “The ban placed on Fulani cows will take effect in April 2022. Effective this month, Fulani cows will not be used for any social or ceremonial events and festivals in Biafraland. "Our native cows will be used instead for these events.

Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo in a sermon in Abuja threw a jab on Igbos concerning what he sees as “tight hands” towards church donations.  He said that hustling is a curse, some persons find it difficult to give because of how much they hustled to get the money. “The Igbo believe in God. It takes God for an Igbo guy to give. They have a large heart but they believe you shouldn’t work their mind, the pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, popularly known as COZA added.  “Igbos are 90% Christians but no megachurch. You need to tear backgrounds to enter some testimonies. No Church with a Yoruba pastor takes more Igbo songs than COZA. Hustle is a curse! “Some people find it hard to give because they hustled to get that money. In the name of Jesus, hustle has ceased in your life”.  - Chidi Cali

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Louis Carter Group of Companies, Chief Sir Louis Izuchukwu Onwugbenu has given reasons why he doled out 21 Million Naira to the youths in his community.  The Nnewi-born industrialist, Chief Sir Louis Izuchukwu Onwugbenu (Okpata Ozuo Ora Nnewi) earlier in the week gave out 1 Million Naira each to 21 youths in his community, Uruagu Nnewi.  Speaking to Anaedoonline.ng, the billionaire businessman said that he was moved to empower the youths after he found out that some of the youths in his community were virtually doing nothing while others were still struggling to make ends meet.  He said that the idea of the financial grant was to raise new millionaires in his community who will in return lift others from poverty. He noted that If many people are rich, the burden would not be heavy on one man, or a handful of people. According to him, he learnt and started to imbibe the spirit of helping the poor in the early stages of his life. ...

 New York's attorney general has subpoenaed two of Donald Trump's adult children, Donald Trump Jr and Ivanka Trump, as part of her civil probe into the former U.S. president's business practices and namesake company. The subpoenas from the office of Attorney General Letitia James were disclosed in a Monday filing with a New York state court in Manhattan. James has also subpoenaed Trump. Lawyers for the Trump family are seeking to block her from questioning the former Republican president and his children, the filing said.  Lawyers for the family were not immediately available for comment. The subpoenas were first reported by the New York Times, which cited a person familiar with the matter.  Last month, Trump sued James to block her civil probe into the Trump Organization, accusing the Democrat of partisan politics. James has been investigating whether the company fraudulently inflated the values of its real estate holdings to obtain bank loans, and reduced the values to ...