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🤝 The Queen received Liz Truss at Balmoral Castle today.  Her Majesty asked her to form a new Administration. Ms. Truss accepted Her Majesty's offer and was appointed Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury.  

Court Grants Ogun Speaker N300m Bail For N2.5bn Fraud  The Ogun State House of Assembly Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo and two others were on Tuesday remanded in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s custody by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State over alleged N2.475 billion money laundering. Justice Daniel Osiagor ordered that they should be remanded for one week in the EFCC’s custody, adding that if they failed to meet up with the bail condition, they would be remanded at the Nigerian Correctional Service. The EFCC on Tuesday arraigned the Speaker over alleged N2.475bn money laundering. Oluomo was arraigned alongside three others who are Oladayo Samuel, Adeyemo Adedeji Taiwo and Adeyanju Amoke (now at large) on 11 counts of conspiracy, forgery, stealing and money laundering preferred against them by the EFCC.  

ASUU Rejects 35% Salary Increase For Professors; Wants 100% - Minister  The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu on Tuesday outlined the Federal Government’s efforts to resolve the industrial action embarked upon by Academic Staff Union of Universities on February 14. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, Adamu said the government had offered the union a 23.5 percent salary increase “for all category of the workforce in Federal Universities, except for the professorial cadre which will enjoy a 35% upward review.” Adamu said the government had also promised that a sum of N150 billion “shall be provided for in the 2023 Budget as funds for the revitalization of Federal Universities, to be disbursed to the Institutions in the First Quarter of the year.” Also, the government pledged a sum of N50 billion that would be provided “for in the 2023 Budget for the payment of outstanding areas of earned academic allowances, to be paid in the First Quarter of the year.” However, ASUU and three ...

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a suspected female child trafficker who claims to be a Rev. Sister at Aluu in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. State Commissioner of Police, Eboka Friday disclosed this while briefing journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. According to him, they searched the woman’s house and rescued fifteen children after receiving credible information on her alleged illegal activities. He said one of the children revealed that he was kidnapped from Bayelsa state and taken to the woman who kept him with other children for sometime before he was sold to a lady who took him to Lagos. Months later the boy was returned to the buyer for being too sharp. The CP also said, another child explained that she and her other two siblings were with their mother at Ada-George when they were kidnapped and brought to the Rev. Sis. Two of the children were later sold and their whereabout still unknown. He stated that another of the rescued kids revealed that ...

PHOTO NEWS  After a quick response from officers of the state command ( RRS ),, Normalcy have rurned back to Jibowu after a short unrest in the area. officers and divisional police units are on ground to maintain law and order, in line with CP Alabi Fdc directives. More photos below. 

AZ:5250/NGS/PPRO/VOL.21/71    6th September, 2022 PRESS RELEASE NIGER POLICE ARRESTED A SUSPECTED INFORMANT IN CONNECTION WITH THE KIDNAPPING OF FOUR VICTIMS, KILLING TWO IN RAFI LGA In a continued effort of the Niger State Police Command to rid the state of banditry, kidnapping and other criminalities. The Command arrested seven suspects for various offences including an informant in connection with the kidnapping of four victims and killing of two among the victims in Tegina, Rafi LGA.    It would be recalled that on 14/11/2021 at about 2000hrs, suspected armed bandits invaded Tegina town, Rafi LGA shooting sporadically and abducted four persons into Kagara forest which include one Aminu Garba and others. Upon the receipt of this information, the Command mobilized and drafted a combined team of tactical squad comprised of Anti-Kidnapping Unit, FIB tactical squad and vigilante members to the area. Consequently, as a result of the sustained operational pressure on th...

Kaduna: Parents Vow Not To Allow Their Children Resume School As primary and secondary schools resume across Kaduna State, many parents have vowed that their wards will remain at home if necessary security arrangements are not put in place. A circular from Kaduna State Ministry of Education, signed by Adama Yahaya, had ordered both private and public schools in the State to resume on Sunday September 4, 2022. But reacting to the circular, some parents vowed to resist such a move. The President of the Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria (PTAN), Alh Haruna Danjuma had also on Sunday called on the Federal, State governments and heads of security agencies to deploy security personnel to strategic places. Madam Dorcas Salisu Umoru told DAILY POST on Sunday evening that she was still going through the pains of her uncle’s son who was abducted from Bethel School in Maraban, Kaduna, as she paid ransom to secure his freedom. “I cannot make any further mistake sending my children to school i...

Resume Or Face Sanctions, Kaduna State University Threatens ASUU The management of Kaduna State University has warned the institution’s branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to resume academic activities or face sanctions. In a circular on Monday, signed by the university’s Registrar, Samuel Manshop, the university said it would invoke section 2(2) of the staff conditions of service if the lecturers failed the comply with the directives of resumption. The statement read in part, “This is to convey the directive of the Governing Council that all academic staff should resume academic activities, especially the conduct of the Second Semester 2020/2021 Academic Session with effect from Monday, September 5, 2022. “Refusal to comply with this directive will force the Council to invoke Section 2, Clause 2 (2) of the staff Conditions of Service revised edition 2018. “All Provosts, Deans, Heads of Department and Units are hereby directed to compile and submit the names of complying...

COAS HARPS ON  PRIORITIZING TRAINING TO UP PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF TROOPS IN DEALING WITH SECURITY CHALLENGES The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya has averred that the Nigerian Army under his watch will continue to prioritise training of troops in order to attain  professional competence  required to decisively deal with security challenges  in the country. The COAS made the remark today, 6 September 2022, while declaring open, the Second  Commanding Officers' Workshop 2022 at the Headquarters 8 Division Nigerian Army, Giginya Barracks, Sokoto. Speaking further, the COAS noted that the workshop themed, "Equipment Maintenance and Operational Efficiency: The Role of Operational and Tactical Level Commanders in the Nigerian Army  as well as Sister Services through Inter Agency Cooperation" is apt and in consonance with his vision for the Nigerian Army. General Yahaya expressed optimism that the workshop would shape the operational focus and ap...

Methodist Church Women Spotted Lying On The Road, Pray For Good Governance In Abia  Women of Methodist Church Nigeria have been spotted at the popular Opet junction in Umuahia, capital of Abia State soliciting for good leaders in the state They formed a cycle with their full body to the ground as they prayed. Though they did not speak with newsmen when approached, they were heard loudly praying for God to send good leaders to salvage Abia State.  

HOW NIGERIA, POLAND CAN HAVE A WIN-WIN RELATIONSHIP, BY PRESIDENT BUHARI   Nigeria and Poland on Tuesday in Abuja signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Agriculture, while pledging their willingness to enlarge the fields of economic cooperation in the energy and manufacturing sectors.   The signing took place during the State Visit of President Andrezej Duda of Poland, the first by a Polish leader to Nigeria since the establishment of diplomatic relations between both countries in 1961.   Addressing a joint press conference with the visiting Head of State, President Buhari said Nigeria is gratified by the existing fruitful cooperation with Poland in the fields of maritime, education and defence.   On agriculture, which is one of the priority areas of the Nigerian government, the President said cooperation in this area will be a win-win for the two countries, especially in the context of global food insecurity occasioned by the conflict in Ukraine.   He no...

Anambra: Herdsmen Allegedly Abduct Commuters at Owerre- Ezukala Fulani herdsmen have on 6th September, 2022 allegedly abducted a bus driver and a truck driver at Owerre-Ezukala, Orumba South LGA, boundary between Anambra and Abia State. According to an eyewitness in a video being circulated over the social media, the Herdsmen abducted the bus driver and the tipper driver while shooting sporadically on the air to scare people away. The Herdsmen had also left behind the vehicles of their captives and whisked them away to an unknown location. The eyewitness also stated that during the same operation, the Herdsmen equally abducted another person who owned a black highlander jeep. The whereabout of the kidnapped victims is yet to be ascertained. One more photo below.   

Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka reacts to Awka Sex Party The Management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University has reacted to the viral sex video that was alleged to involve the Students of the Institution. Recall that on 3rd September, 2022 a Sex Party was allegedly organized at the poolside of Wintess Garden, a hotel at the permanent site of the institution in Ifite Awka, the participants in the party were seem having sex while people watched and record the porn with their phones. Though the hotel management has come out to deny that such activity happened in their facility, the Students Union Government of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka insisted that it happened at Wintess Garden Hotels but said it was not the Students of Unizik. Nnamdi Azikiwe University has come out to clarify that the institution is not currently in session and students are still at home due to the ongoing ASUU strike. In a Press Release signed by the Ag. Head, Information and Public Relation Unit, Chika Gladys Ene, the man...

EFCC Arrests 40 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Lagos Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the EFCC have arrested 40 suspected internet fraudsters in some parts of Lagos State. The suspects are: Doroye Olumide Joseph, Ajayi Oluwaseyi Emmanuel, Olalekan Olaniyi Akonji , Oluwadare Samuel Olawale, Oloyede Olakunle, Okon Ayomide Cornelius, Omokaro Ailele Jeffery, Oyedokun Opeyemi Abdulrazaq, Olowofela Temidayo, Mosess Ossai, Dada Samuel Abiodun, Francis Victor Oluwatobi, Ayobami Akanji, Osun Gbenga, Ajayi Femi, Adewara Oluwadamilola, Anthony Okun, Olusegun Ibukunoluwa, Boluwatife Adewale, Jerry Agoh, Oluseye Ayomipo, Anthony Adedolapo Dada, John Adamso Tobi, Asagba James Oluwaseun and Ideh Rukeme Oghenetega. Others are: Peter Nwaneri, Egbe David Morgan, Abu Mathew, Anjola Emmanuel, Olashile Gabriel, Omobolaji Solomon, Allen Ayoola, Odenike Sodiq, Oluwasina Temitope, Kareem Hassan, Fagbemiro Ayomide, Olaegbe Hammed, Ejede Victor, Allen Abimbola and Confidence Atipko.  They were arr...