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N6.2bn Fraud: Court Adjourns Jonah Jang’s Case for Judgment  Justice C.L Dabup of the Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos, has adjourned the ongoing trial of a former governor of Plateau State, Senator Jonah David Jang and a former cashier in the Office of the Secretary to the State Government (OSSG), Yusuf Pam, for judgment. He made the adjournment on Thursday, July 14, 2022 after the adoption of final written addresses by both the prosecution and defence counsel.  Jang and Pam are facing trial for alleged criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of Plateau State funds to the tune of N6.3 billion. At the resumed hearing of the case on Thursday, Prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, urged the court to consider the evidence of all the fourteen (14) witnesses before it, especially the evidence of Prosecution Witness 5, PW5, which supported the confessional statement of the second defendant. Jacobs submitted that the required proof is not “proof beyond all shadow of...

Aregbesola Pays Visit to Alausa Passport Office …queries officer for boycotting due process  Nigerians have been advised to follow due process in their passport application and shun patronizing touts who will end up disrupting the standardized procedure. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, stated this on Wednesday when he paid a surprise visit to the Alausa Passport Office of the Nigerian Immigration Service in Lagos. “I have said it for the umpteenth time that Nigerians must stop patronizing touts either in uniforms or in civilian clothing. The only way for you to apply for your passport is online. “The attempt to get passport on-the-go and boycott the standardize collection timeline of three weeks for reissue and six weeks for fresh application after capturing, which is the main reason why many patronize touts, will only end up in disappointment.  “Our appointment-based system for capturing applicants data and standardized passport collection procedure has made no...

 PRESIDENT BUHARI MOURNS ADETIRAN, COMPOSER OF NYSC ANTHEM President Muhammadu Buhari condoles with the Adetiran family, their friends and associates on the passage of an accomplished musicologist, Assistant Venerable Oluwole Isaac Adetiran, who passed on at 75.   The President urges the family to take solace in the quality of life lived by the departed, having left his footprints on the sands of time as composer of the NYSC Anthem, sung round the country, and inspiring innumerable youths.   President Buhari prays God to rest the soul of the former Head, Department of Music, The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Director of Music, Celestial Church of Christ Worldwide, and holder of the Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) National Award.   He charges the younger generation to learn lessons from the devotion of the departed to both secular and spiritual things, and excelling in all.   Femi Adesina Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity) July 14, 2022

Press Statement  Akeredolu Reappoints Three Aides  Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has approved the reappointment of three aides who resigned their appointments to participate in the Primary Elections of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in line with the 2022 Electoral Act. The reappointment takes effect from July 1, 2022.  The three aides to the Governor reappointed are: i. Mr. Olumbe Oluleye Akinkugbe - Chairman, Ondo State Information Technology Agency (SITA) ii. Mr. Olumuyiwa Ojo Ogunyemi -Senior Special Assistant, Youth and Student Affairs  iii. Mr. Olusegun Micheal Iwalokun- Special Assistant to the Governor (Office of the Deputy Governor). Governor Akeredolu congratulates the reappointed aides, while charging them to redouble their efforts and give their best in the discharge of their duties.  Signed: Richard Olatunde  Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Ondo State.  July 14, 2022.  

PRESS RELEASE In response kindly quote: AAA.003/CPRD/NHQ/ABJ/VOL/07/04 Date: July 14, 2022 Head of News OSUN GUBER POLLS: NSCDC DEPLOYS 11,226 PERSONNEL FOR EFFECTIVE SECURITY COVERAGE. Preparatory to Saturday’s Gubernatorial election in Osun State, the Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Audi, mni, has approved the deployment of 11,226 officers and men to cover the 3,763 polling units, collation centres, flash points as well as Critical National Assets and Infrastructure in all the 31 Local Government Areas of the State. He disclosed that the deployed personnel were derived from the National Headquarters and nine State Commands; Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Oyo, Ogun, Lagos, Kwara, Kogi and Edo to supply manpower for the election. The CG stated that the objectives of the Corps in the forthcoming election is to create a secured environment for its successful conduct and enhance the general security in the State before, during and after the electio...

IPOB PRESS RELEASE  14/07/2022.  IPOB raises alarm on the plot by the enemies of Biafra to Assassinate the British High Commissioner in Biafra Land*. IPOB.  The global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under the leadership of our Liberator Mazi Nnamdi Okwuchukwu Kanu wish to advise the British High Commissioner, Catriona Laing to be more conscious of her environment. We as well call on British High Commissioner to shelve her regular visits to different parts of the Nigeria country-side especially the Biafraland otherwise referred to as South East.  The reason for this sincere security advise is to save her life. Despite her hatred for Biafra and Igbos in particular we have optimal respect and value for sanctity of life, especially visitors to our land.  In view of the recently intercepted Intel by our M-Branch the IPOB Intelligence Unit Department, there's an orchestrated conspiracy to perform a sacrifice big and powerful enough to st...