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Protest Rocks Ogun Poly As Robbers, Cultists Rape, Kill Students, Students of the Gateway  Students of the Gateway Polytechnic, Saapade, Ogun State, on Tuesday, protested the attacks on their colleagues by armed men suspected to be robbers and cultists. The students staying off campus stormed the campus on Tuesday displaying placards. It was gathered that students residing in the off-campus hostels were mostly affected in the attack. One of the students said, “They raped some girls and even beat two to death on Sunday. We can no longer sleep with eyes closed. These criminals will come to take our belongings and even force themselves on girls. It is getting too much. This must not continue.”  Some images shared on social media show a corpse on the floor while four others with injuries are seen being attended to in a place that looks like a hospital. The police spokesman in the state, Omolola Odutola, confirmed to our correspondent that, “The area commander is on ground there.” ...

Plot to remove me targeted at Kwankwaso — Kano gov The Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has said that the ongoing legal battles surrounding his tenure are not merely personal attacks but rather attempts to undermine the political legacy of his mentor, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. He stated this late Sunday during a stakeholders meeting of the Kwankwasiyya movement and other party supporters in Kano. Yusuf who spoke at length for the first time since the appellate court affirmed the judgement of the tribunal that sacked him, said, “All his political travails including his losses at the Elections Petition Tribunal and the Court of Appeal are targeted attacks against his mentor and political godfather, Eng. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.” The meeting, which was held at the instance of Kwankwaso, also had in attendance the Deputy Governor, Aminu Abdussalam, Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Ismail Falgore; federal lawmaker for Kiru/Bebeji constituency, Abdulmumin Jibrin Kofa, leaders of t...

PRESS RELEASE IGP HONOURED AS FELLOW SOCIETY FOR PEACE STUDIES AND PRACTICE The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, NPM, Ph.D., was today honoured with the title of Fellow by the Society for Peace Studies and Practice (SPSP). The investiture ceremony, which was held at Dennis Hotel, Wuse, Abuja, was attended by prominent figures and government officials, who celebrated IGP Egbetokun's remarkable contributions to maintaining peace and security in Nigeria. As a seasoned law enforcement officer, his leadership has been marked by a dedication to professionalism. In his acceptance speech, IGP Egbetokun expressed gratitude for the honour and emphasized the importance of collaborative efforts to address the multifaceted challenges facing the nation. The IGP further assured the society of Police's unalloyed partnership towards the capacity development of officers and men through continuous training and retraining. The ceremony served as a symbol of unity, bringing...

Naked Woman goes on rampage around airport. A woman has been dubbed the female version of Terminator after she was filmed causing havoc at a crowded airport while stark-naked.  In a video of the incident, which took place at the Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport in Santiago, Chile, the woman was seen running around the airport in front of passengers.  She was even spotted appearing to attack a passerby and allegedly smacking a police officer during the ordeal.  Woman without a stitch of clothing goes on rampage around airport (video) The footage appears to show her screaming and shouting at people before grabbing someone and slamming them to the floor.  At one point she was seen holding on to a man with her arms around his neck as he desperately tried to get away.  Woman without a stitch of clothing goes on rampage around airport (video) He loses his patience and pushes her away, so she seems to retaliate by hitting him.  Eventually, the woman was...

Zimbabwean woman caught carrying her ex-boyfriend’s head and upper body in a suitcase. A 33-year-old Zimbabwean woman, Tatenda Mhlanga, has been arrested alongside a South African man, Johannes Lebese,53, for allegedly killing, beheading and dismembering her boyfriend’s body.  Mhlanga and Lebese from Watville appeared at the Benoni Magistrates’ Court in Gauteng, South Africa on Monday, November 20, 2023.  They are facing charges of murder and violating a corpse.  The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday.  “It’s alleged that on 11 November 2023, the two were stopped by the crime prevention wardens carrying a suitcase,” said Lumka Mahanjana, NPA Regional Spokesperson, Gauteng Division: Pretoria.  “The wardens asked the two to open the suitcase and they found a human head and upper body of Mhlanga’s ex-boyfriend, Obert Mazadza (42), who is also a Zimbabwean national. “After discovering the body parts, it is alleged t...

How we lost election for not bribing INEC, police – Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has recalled how a political party, the Peoples Democratic Party he belonged to in 1998 lost a local government election in Ogun State because he rejected plans to bribe the police and personnel of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Obasanjo said party leaders had told him that there should be money allocated for the police and INEC, saying he rejected the proposal on the belief that INEC officials and policemen are government workers earning salaries monthly. The former President spoke in Abeokuta on Monday at a high-level consultation he organised on ‘Rethinking Western Liberal Democracy in Africa’. The African leader had told politicians and professors at the debate that he is not always comfortable with the phrase, ‘Nigerian factor’, when discussing democracy and other issues affecting development. According to him, he came across the ‘Nigerian factor’ slang when the n...

Presidency tackles Atiku over claim on court verdicts The Presidency yesterday rejected the allegation by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its former presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, that President Bola Tinubu was muzzling the opposition and foisting a one-party state on Nigeria. It accused PDP and Atiku of raising a false alarm and embarking on a campaign of calumny, following their defeat at the last general election. According to the Presidency, these allegations are deliberately aimed at unnecessarily heating up the polity and causing public disenchantment, adding that they exist only in the imagination of the PDP and the former vice-president. It emphasised that “President Tinubu is also not planning to impose a one-party state as Atiku has serially alleged and his party and spokesman have now parroted.” Atiku, in a statement by his media adviser, Paul Ibe, accused the president of assaulting the ballot box and the judicial process by influencing judges handli...

PDP will win even if rerun covers entire Zamfara – Gov Dauda Lawal Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has pledged to remain focused in his bid to execute development projects in the state, despite the Appeal Court judgment which declared the March 18 election inconclusive. Lawal stated this when he addressed a group of party faithful in Gusau shortly after his return from Abuja. He called on supporters to remain calm and law-abiding, saying the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would emerge victorious, even if the rerun was to cover the entire state. “We have nothing to worry about; we know that the people voted for us before, and they are still ready to vote for us again. “Our determination to rescue the state is intact, as you can see a number of ongoing developmental projects across the state. “Our aim is to change the narrative of our socioeconomic development,” he said. On his part, the state PDP acting Chairman, Muktar Lugga, lauded the party faithful for coming out en masse to welcome...

I don’t fear death, embattled Rivers factional speaker declares Factional Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Edison Ehie, has said he is ready to die while doing what is right for the interest of the state. He said some powerful individuals were after him because he is standing with the Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and opposing the sinister plot to impeach him. Ehie stated this in Port Harcourt while briefing newsmen on the alleged invasion of his residence by armed men dressed in police uniforms. The lawmaker, who represents Ahoada East Constituency 2 in the state legislature, said his wife and two children were still in shock over the attempt by the armed men to gain entrance into his residence. Ehie stated that the armed men shot indiscriminately, insisting that their mission was to eliminate him and his family. He said, “Yesterday around 11 pm, I had closed the engagement, I moved upstairs, and we had put the children to bed and I was interacting with my wife when we go...

 Police apprehend 2 criminals over ATM swap in Niger The Niger State Police Command has arrested two suspects for allegedly being in possession of nine ATM cards swapped from victims in Nasarawa and Kogi states. The Command through the Public Relations Officer,PRO, DSP Abiodun Wasiu, said the suspects were arrested last Thursday at Old NEPA roundabout, Suleja, after they attempted to swap a woman’s ATM card at a commercial bank’s ATM gallery. The suspects include Aver Wese, 31yrs, of Obudu, Cross-Rivers State and Godwin Deor, 30yrs of Ankpa, Kogi State. The police spokesman explained that the woman discovered the attempt and raised an alarm, while the suspects immediately entered a Toyota Corolla vehicle with Reg. No. YAB 267 CW and zoomed off from the scene. According to him, the Police patrol team was alerted and trailed the vehicle and intercepted them at Old NEPA roundabout, Suleja. The two suspects were arrested, while the driver, one David Therma, abandoned the vehicle and es...

Family of man crushed by military vehicle gets house, cash support Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has donated a house worth seven million Naira to the family of late Mohammed Ali who was accidentally crushed by a mine-resistant vehicle belonging to the Nigerian Army in Damaturu last August. Presenting the cash support and the documents of the house to the children on behalf of Governor Buni, through the Emir of Damaturu, Alhaji Shehu Hashimi II, Ibn Umar Al-Amin El-Kanemi, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Religious Affairs, Ustaz Baba Gana Kyari sympathized with the family and prayed for the repose of the soul of the deceased. Kyari urged the widow to take heart, noting that the cash and other supports were not given as rebate for losing their breadwinner, but a solace to lessen their hardship, especially caused by the removal of petroleum subsidy in Nigeria. Governor Buni also pledged to sponsor the education of late Isa’s children and the feeding of his pregnant wife. In hi...

Music money is like ritual – Shallipopi Popular Nigerian musician, Crown Uzama, a.k.a Shallipopi, has spoken about the immense wealth in the music industry. The music star in his interview with Pop Central TV, stated that the wealth in the industry cannot be understood. While likening the money earned through music to that of the one made from rituals, he noted that even if he were to stop making music, the songs he has already released would continue to generate income for him. “There is too much money in music that you can never understand at all. Music money is like a ritual. “Even if you are an artist that just came out one month, provided your song is just big, don’t worry. “So for me now, I no dey balance anything because I know that music will not stop; even if I stop singing, the songs that I have dropped will continue to give me money.” Shallipopi rose to fame after releasing his first single titled ‘Elon Musk’.  

Israel-Hamas war: Ceasefire to be announced in coming hours – sources AHamas official said Tuesday that a ceasefire agreement with Israel would be announced in the coming hours in Qatar. The official, who requested to remain anonymous, spoke with Xinhua. “We are close to reaching an agreement in the coming hours, and the movement has delivered its response to the mediators’’, it said. Another Hamas source said, “the agreement will be announced in Qatar, and it may be soon, and its success is linked to the commitment of the Israeli side.” The ceasefire deal, said the sources, would last for five days and would include the release of 50 civilians and foreign nationals held by Hamas in exchange for the release of 300 Palestinian detainees. The deal will also include the entry of 300 trucks of food, medical and fuel aid into the Gaza Strip. The sources indicated that the release of prisoners would take place in stages, at a rate of 10 Israeli prisoners per day compared with that of 30 Pale...

We’ll Make It Mandatory For INEC To Upload Results – Senate  The Senate Committee on Electoral Matters has said that it will make it mandatory for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upload election results online. The committee chairman, Senator Sharafadeen Alli, told Channels TV on Tuesday that the current law does not make it mandatory for INEC to upload results, but that the committee is working on amending the law. He said, “That is one of the things that we are going to do. Under the current law, it is not mandatory for INEC to upload results, that is what the court has said. But as we are going forward, it is going to be mandatory.” In addition to other electoral reforms being considered, Alli said the committee proposed resolving all pre-election matters before the election and upgrading election technology. “We looked at elections and election petitions. In terms of legislation about election petitions, what we think is all pre-election matters resolved...

TROOPS OF OPERATION SAFE HAVEN FROM 13 TO 20 NOVEMBER 2023 NEUTRALISE BANDITS, ARREST NOTORIOUS ARMS DEALERS/GUNRUNNERS AND SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS, RESCUE KIDNAPPED VICTIMS, RECOVER ARMS/AMMUNITION Troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) on Operation HAKORIN DAMISA IV from 13 to 20 November 2023, neutralised 7 bandits, recovered arms/ammunition and arrested 33 suspects in connection with kidnapping, murder, arms dealing, criminal attacks, railway vandalism, cattle rustling and farm destruction. Between 13 to 20 November 2023, troops made several noteworthy arrests. On 13 November 2023, troops acting on tip-off, arrested Mr Suleiman Mohammed in possession of one AK 47 rifle and a mobile phone, in Bakin Kogi area, Zangon Kataf LGA of Kaduna State. Also, on 13 November 2023, troops arrested five suspects in connection with a criminal attack on Mr Sati Pewat on his farm at Tileng Paat village in Mangu LGA of Plateau State. In a related development, on 14 November 2023, Troops conducted a raid ...

EFCC Arraigns Medical Supplier for N2.9million Fraud The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Sunday Ekele, for criminal breach of trust and misappropriation to the tune of N2,930, 029 (Two Million Nine Hundred and Thirty Thousand, Twenty Nine Naira only). He was arraigned on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna on one-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and misappropriation. The lone -count reads: “That you, Ekele Sunday sometime in January, 2020 in Kaduna within the Kaduna Judicial Division of the High Court being entrusted with property worth N2,930, 029 (Two Million Nine Hundred and Thirty Thousand, Twenty Nine Naira only), by one Ayobami Oyeleye for the supply of pharmaceutical products which you sold and dishonestly misappropriated the money to your own use in violation of legal contract which you made in regard to the said sum and you thereby co...

Kaduna Court Jails Two Internet Fraudsters Four Years Justice A.A Isiaka of the Kaduna State High Court sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced two internet fraudsters to four years imprisonment. The fraudsters: Ibrahim Dyeris, (alias Kyala Ford and Mathew Mcconaughey ) and Daniel Chukwuemeka Emodi were jailed on Monday, November 20, 2023 after pleading guilty to one-count separate charge bordering on impersonation raised against them by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC. The charge against Dyeris reads; “That you Ibrahim Dyeris (a.k.a Matthew Mcconaughey), male, between the months of April and September, 2023 in Kaduna, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, impersonated one Matthew Mcconaughey on 'facebook ' when you claimed to be a woman in the United States Air Force F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 142(1) of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017.” They both pleaded guilty...

CDS not dead, says Defence Headquarters The Defence Headquarters has dismissed a newspaper report suggesting that the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa passed away on Monday. One of the national dailies have reported on Tuesday that the CDS had died. A statement by the Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, on Tuesday in Abuja, dismissed the report as unfortunate, unethical and lacking in credibility. Portable Solar Generators Clearance Sale Price Might Surprise You Search Ads “To put the records straight, the CDS, Gen. CG Musa is alive and hearty. “The Chief of Defence Staff who just returned from an official assignment outside the country has resumed work with more vigour to continue with his uncommon leadership style to prosper the Armed Forces of Nigeria . “The newspapers have since retracted the news story and offered its unreserved apology to the CDS, his family and the Armed Forces of Nigeria,” he said.  

 Abia breaks silence on spending N927m for Gov’s feeding The Abia State Government has described reports Governor Alex Otti spent over N900 million on feeding and welfare from July to September 2023 as false. Several reports claimed Otti spent N927 million within three months on refreshments/meals, settlement of honorarium, allowances and welfare packages. A statement by Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Kingsley Anosike, described the reports as “a reflection of the mindset of the opposition to create mischief”. He explained that the expenditure “was not by the Governor’s office as alleged, but by the entire ministries, departments and agencies” in the State. Anosike said: “Following the publication of the Q3 budget report of the Abia State Government, and in line with the government’s commitment to transparency, good governance, and fiscal discipline, it has become necessary to shed more light on the aforementioned report. “This is even more so when there are certain distorte...

 The Lagos State Police Command has said the autopsy report of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, has not been given to them.  The 27-year-old singer d!ed on September 12 in controversial circumstances. Nigerians demanded for an autopsy to be carried out to ascertain the real cause of his d£ath. On September 21, exactly two months today, his body was exhumed from where it was buried in Ikorodu, Lagos state for an autopsy to be carried out. On October 6, the state police command announced the autopsy had been concluded while results were being awaited.  Nigerians have been waiting anxiously for details of the result. However in a chat with Punch, the spokesperson of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on Monday, November 20, said the command is yet to receive the result. “The autopsy report has not been given to us. Some people have been carrying rumours that it’s ready. It’s one thing for it to be ready, it’s another thing for it to be given to us officially – t...

MC Oluomo speaks amidst relationship allegations with Wunmi Ajiboye The Lagos state NURTW boss, Musiliu Akinsanya, also known as MC Oluomo, has spoken out about his alleged relationship with Nollywood actress Wunmi Ajiboye, who is also Segun Ogungbe’s second wife. According to reports, while still married to the iconic actor, the actress had an adulterous affair with the NURTW president. According to rumours, MC Oluomo is funding Wunmi Ajiboye. There have also been speculations that Wunmi Ajiboye has broken up with her colleague and spouse for unspecified reasons. Although this was only partially substantiated in a statement released by the actress to clear the air about her affair with MC Oluomo. The actress clarified that she and MC Oluomo had a platonic connection. Following this, MC Oluomo resorted to Instagram to write a heartfelt message about offering kindness even when it is not returned. The controversial road manager discussed the Holy Quran’s instruction to do good as a comm...