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KDSG Security Update: Sunday 27th November 2022.  Troops neutralize four bandits in Chikun LGA. Troops of Operation Forest Sanity neutralized four bandits during clearance operations in identified hideouts around Tsohon Gayan, Chikun LGA.  This was conveyed in operational feedback to the Kaduna State Government. The troops made contact and pursued the fleeing bandits. Two bandits were neutralized during the engagement, while credible human intelligence sources revealed that two others died from gunshot wounds.  Credible sources in the general area reported that two of the four neutralized have been identified as Dogo Mallam and Bello Mallam.  The troops recovered one AK47 rifle, one magazine with 22 rounds of ammunition and one motorcycle.  Governor Nasir El-Rufai expressed satisfaction at the report, and praised the troops for their resilience and courage in the latest success.  Clearance operations will continue in the general area and other locations....

He did not slump. He just did not wake up from his sleep - Sammie Okposo's manager speaks on the late singer's demise The project manager of popular gospel singer, Sammie Okposo, Hillary Vincent, has denied media reports claiming the Wellu Wellu crooner slumped and died on Friday, November 25.   The veteran gospel artiste passed away last Friday, and so many reports claimed he slumped and died.   Setting the records straight, Vincent in an interview with Punch, said late Okposo died in his sleep. “It is not true that Sammie slumped and died. That report is false. At the right time, the family will set the records straight. But, I can tell you authoritatively that he did not slump. Rather, he just did not wake up from his sleep. As regards the funeral arrangements, the details will be made known by the family. But right now, they are still in grief and mourning the departed singer.'' he said    Th 51-year-old singer left behind his wife, Ozzy, and children.  

Gunmen Declare 10-Day Sit-At-Home In Enugu Communities, Order Markets To Shut Down The security situation in the Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State appears to be worsening as gunmen have issued a 10-day sit-at-home to mourn in the entire council area. SaharaReporters gathered that the sit-at-home was to mourn their colleagues killed by security agents in the council area. In a warning issued by the gunmen, they ordered all residents of the area to desist from going to a popular market, “Eke Ozzi” at Ogrute, the headquarters of the council area or face the wrath of the dreaded group which has been wreaking havoc in the council area. The declaration it was gathered has sent residents into a panic. The hoodlums were said to have started seizing motorcycles with Nigerian Number Plates and also warned school authorities in the council area to dismantle all Nigerian flags hoisted at all secondary and primary schools in the local government. They equally ordered schools using...

Real Housewives of Alanta star Porsha Williams shared some photos which is exclusive to Peoples magazine,the photos are from her traditional marriage which took place on Friday in Atlanta and her white also in Alanta with the captions "Thank you to my HUSABND @iamsimonguobadia for our magical Fairytale Wedding! I will love you now and forverrrrrrr! Till death and even then we will never part lol ❤️🎉🙌🏾 🇳🇬🇺🇸 Thank you to our amazing team  Planner: @ellybevents  @stanlophotography @bricksgroup @akeemclayton @mpeeventgroup @uniqueeventelements georgia_party_rentals @dejavusweets @thewhatspoppinballoondecor @vaingloriousbrides @tomilolaofbiggles @swankyjerry @odacreative @gonakedhair @itsmekee @houseofemmanuele @frida_xhoi_xhei @bodywerkjewels @becproduction @quinnsmusic @pride_transportation  @kjselegantpastries @thedjshow_". " Mr. & Mrs. Guobadia 🇳🇬🙏🏾❤️". According to People's magazine :   After getting married in a traditional Nigerian native law a...

Awka cult shooting: One dead, 3 arrested At least one person has been confirmed dead in the Awka cult shooting on Saturday morning. Gunshots were earlier heard at Ziks Avenue in Awka, where rival cult groups were alleged to have clashed. Further enquiry showed that a member of one of the cult groups, who was whisked away by a rival group was later found dead in a different location. Also, three persons in connection to the cult clash were also said to have been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force. State command’s spokesperson, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga who confirmed this to our correspondent said the operation was still ongoing, at the time of filling this report. Ikenga said: “One person was whisked away and later his lifeless body was found along Abba/Ifitedunu Road. Meanwhile, we have three suspects in custody, and operation is still ongoing.”  

63% of teachers in Anambra are corps members- NYSC The Anambra State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mrs Blessed Ekene Iruma, has said that 63percent of teachers in the state are corps members. Iruma disclosed this at the weekend during the 2022 Corps Employers Workshop held at Prof Kenneth Dike Digital Library, Awka, the state capital. Our correspondent learnt that the state under the Prof Chukwuma Soludo-led government has approved the employment of no fewer than 5000 teachers for both primary and secondary schools. However, Iruma who disclosed the state’s teachers’ strength ,called on employers in the state to prioritise the welfare of corps members in their workplaces by giving attention to their safety and comfort at all times. According to her, the workshop themed; “Achieving Improved Productivity Of Corps Members Through Enhanced Welfare And Security During The Service Year”, was critical. She said the workshop would arrive at cogent and vital decisions t...

TWO ARRESTED WITH TOY GUNS IN OGUN DURING ROBBERY OPERATION. A 29 years old lady, Chioma Okafor, was on Friday 25th of November 2022, arrested by men of Ogun state Police Command while carrying out robbery operation with a 19 years old boy Nweke Joshua at Adesan area of Mowe.  The suspects were arrested following a distress call received at Mowe divisional headquarters at about 9:30 pm, that armed robbers have invaded a food stuff shop, owned by one Johnson Nwokoro at Safari Junction Adesan and dispossesing the owner of the day's sales.  

Dubai Police organise Shooting Championship for People of Determination     The Dubai Police General Command has recently organised a shooting championship for People of Determination (deaf and hard of hearing individuals) as part of the force’s participation in the Dubai 30x30 Fitness Challenge.   The Championship was organised by the force's community-based initiative 'Positive Spirit, and the People of Determination Empowerment Council at Dubai Police in cooperation with the General Department of Orgnasitons Protective Security and Emergency at the Dubai Police Academy.   Brigadier Ali Khalfan Al Mansouri, Acting Director of the General Department of Community Happiness and Head of the Positive Spirit Initiative at Dubai Police, witnessed the concluding ceremony in the presence of Lieutenant Colonel Abdul Basit Ali, Director of the Sports Affairs Department; Captain Abdullah Al Shamsi, Vice President of the Empowerment Council for People of Determination; and Ms F...

PRESIDENT BUHARI CONGRATULATES ARCHBISHOP ONUOHA, CHRISTIAN COUNCIL OF NIGERIA’S PRESIDENT-ELECT   President Muhammadu Buhari congratulates the Anglican Archbishop of Owerri Province, the Most Rev David Onuoha, on his election as the National President of the Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN), one of the five blocs that make up the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).   The President affirms that the election of Archbishop Onuoha during the 31st General Assembly/93rd Anniversary of CCN at Andrew’s Basilica Trans Ekulu, Enugu is a testament to his spiritual fervour, sound theological training and passion for ecumenical unity in Nigeria as well as his remarkable stewardship as a Church Leader.   Recalling with fondness his last interaction with the Archbishop, who is also the Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Okigwe South, during his State visit to Imo in September 2021, the President thanks the cleric for his unfailing devotion to the unity and prosperity of Nigeria, a...

"For four years, we did not take any bank loan & I left N14bn cash for my successor,” – Oyetola, Osun’s outgoing governor. _______ Outoing governor of Osun, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, says he left N14 billion in the state’s coffers for his successor, Sen. Ademola Adeleke. In his farewell message, released in Osogbo on Sunday by Mr Ismaila Omipidan, his media aide, Oyetola stated that his administration paid N97 billion of the debt it inherited in 2018 when he assumed office. Oyetola declared that his administration did not borrow any money from anywhere to finance the state’s economy, stressing that he kept the faith and maintained fidelity to his electoral promises throughout his tenure. “We are leaving behind a cash balance of more than N14 billion. “In addition to the N14 billion cash, another N8 billion is being expected between December and January 2023 from our performance in States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability programme (SFTAS) and from Internally...

27th November 2022 JANDOR congratulates Adeleke on Swearing-in today, says Lagosians will also effect a change of government in 2023   Dr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran (JANDOR), the Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State congratulates Senator Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke on his swearing-in and inauguration as the 6th Civilian Governor of Osun State today.   JANDOR hints that Sen. Adeleke's administration will herald a new dawn in the state of Osun with the people-oriented agenda and his servant leadership style.  He applauds the good people of the state for their tenacity and resilience to effect a change of government which will birth the emergence of their much-desired good governance and infrastructure development.  The People's Governor states that a similar feat will be achieved in Lagos state in the 2023 guber election because of the resolution of Lagosians to end the 23 years of the inept and clueless government of the ruli...

I hereby make the following orders as the executive governor of Osun state; 1. Immediate freezing of all government accounts 2. Immediate establishment of panel to recover all assets 3. Immediate establishment of panel to review all appointments since July 17th 4. Immediate reversal of our name to "Osun State". All official documents should henceforth show "Osun State" as "State of Osun" is against the constitution of Nigeria.  ~ Governor Ademola Adeleke.     OSUN STATE GOVERNOR One more photo below. 

The theft of motor bikes across the Nelson Mandela Bay metro has once again triggered a concern for police as four motor bikes/cycles were stolen since Saturday, 21 November 2022.  On Friday evening, 25 November 2022 at about 20:40, SAPS Cookhouse Crime Prevention members made a significant breakthrough when they arrested two suspects on the NU 10 about 25km outside Cookhouse. It is alleged that the members received information of a white bakkie traveling from Gqeberha towards Cookhouse, allegedly in possession of suspected stolen motor bikes. The members waited for the vehicle and as soon as it was spotted, a chase ensued.  They succeeded in stopping the fleeing vehicle and on searching the vehicle, they found disassembled motorbike parts. These parts were hidden underneath bags of potatoes and chip packets. Other parts including the wheels and petrol tanks were found concealed in a mattress as well as in the base of the mattress. More photos below .  

Police arrest 2 Owerri Prison escapees for kidnapping, armed robbery & robbery How an escapee who was awaiting trial in prison for 11 years coordinated and led a kidnapping syndicate in Portharcourt .  Crack operatives of the Nigeria Police Force's Intelligence Response Team IRT have arrested Okechukwu Edison, 42, and Sunday Morison for armed robbery and kidnapping a female lawyer in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.  Preliminary investigations revealed that both suspects, who hail from Rumuji in Rivers State's Emohua Local area, were long-time kidnappers, armed robbers, and car snatchers.  After successfully coordinating the kidnapping of a female legal practitioner in the city, the suspects were apprehended by Crack detectives of the Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response Team FIB-IRT on November 10, 2022 at Rumuola junction in the Rivers State capital.  The two suspects, along with two other criminal gang members who carried out the kidnapping...

LASG INVESTIGATES ALLEGED CORRUPT PRACTICES BY LASPPPA/LASBCA STAFF - Urges Lagosians on Building Right  The Lagos State Government is investigating alleged corrupt practices by some operatives of the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority (LASPPPA) and the Lagos State Building Control Agency LASBCA). The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Engr. Tayo Bamgbose-Martins said in Alausa on Friday that the action became necessary in order to find out the truth with regard to the allegation of malfeasance against LASPPPA/LASBCA staff in an investigative media report. He said that Government was not oblivious to the fact that while the majority of staff act to uphold professionalism and good ethics, there might be a few others who compromise their position and collude with others to denigrate the system, adding that observers would do well to come up with the names of perpetrators to aid the investigation. He said that the two Agencies have been directed to ...

NDLEA arrests wanted kingpin, another Saudi-bound trafficker with cocaine in sandals . Recovers 4kg cocaine soaked in towels from Brazilian returnee; nabs cripple drug dealer, others over 5.8 tons of skunk Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the weekend disrupted the activities of a major cocaine syndicate in Lagos following the arrest of a 56-year-old trafficker, Lawal Lateef Oyenuga who was on a mission to deliver 400grams of the class A drug concealed in a pair of palm sandals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and the swift follow up arrest of a wanted notorious kingpin, Wasiu Sanni Gbolahan popularly known as Teacher, who recruits mules for the cartel. NDLEA operatives attached to the screening point of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos had on Thursday 24th November intercepted Lawal Lateef Oyenuga with a pair of black palm sandals packed in the luggage he was going with to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia via Addis Ababa on an Ethiopian Airways fligh...