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 We Have Never Been Far Away From Greatness Than We Are Today -Farotimi  *** “The evidence of the last nine months is unimpeachable and cannot be denied. I know that the convenient excuse is that Buhari had damaged it (Nigeria) and he (Tinubu) is repairing it but who brought Buhari? Who was the chief marketer of Buhari in 2014/2015 when the ‘Change’ lie was sold to Nigerians? “I am going to be 56 years old this year and in my entire lifetime, we have never been far away from greatness than we are today. The future of Nigeria appears bleak than it has ever been in my entire lifetime.” -Dele Farotimi, Nigerian Rights Activist

 PRESS RELEASE NIGERIA EXPLORES BILATERAL COOPERATION WITH DUBAI POLICE FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL PARTICIPATION AT THE 14TH WORLD POLICE SUMMIT As IGP Optimistic of Better Policing System in Nigeria The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, representing Nigeria with distinction at the 14th World Police Summit in Dubai, actively engaged in the summit's proceedings, showcasing Nigeria's commitment to international policing standards. In a significant development, following the summit, IGP Egbetokun was warmly received at the Dubai Police Headquarters on March 8th by Lt. Gen. Abdulla Khalifa Obaid Al Marri, the esteemed Commander-In-Chief of Dubai Police, and the Dubai Management Team. The visit provided an invaluable opportunity for both police chiefs and their respective delegations to engage in extensive discussions exploring the potential for bilateral cooperation and the sharing of intelligence. Fruitful deliberations took place, underscoring the mu...

 A Fort Campbell soldier has been arrested for selling military secrets to China. A grand jury has handed down an indictment for Sgt. Korbein Schultz on multiple conspiracy charges. Schultz was arrested on Thursday at Fort Campbell, Tennessee.  The charges against Schultz include conspiracy to export defense articles, bribery of a public official, exporting technical defense data,and conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information.  In the indictment, prosecutors allege that Schultz used his top secret clearance to transport plans, maps, writings, notes and photographs to Hong Kong. A situation which began in June of 2022 and continued until his arrest on Thursday.  Officials state that Schultz received 14 payments totaling $42,000 since 2022.  This sum hardly seems worth selling your country out. What are your thoughts? How do you think he should be punished, if found guilty? *Fort Campbell covers four counties with two being in Kentucky, the oth...

 MAKINDE PRESENTS 28 BUSES TO STUDENTS, APPROVES PAYMENT OF BURSARY, SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS Oyo State Governor Engineer Seyi Makinde has continued his remarkable education Policies as he donated 28 18-Seater buses to Students Unions and Indigenous Associations of tertiary institutions in Oyo State to ease their mobility. The Governor made the presentation of the vehicles during a special event held at the Car park of the Governor’s office state secretariat Agodi, Ibadan. Addressing the Students, Governor Makinde noted that though the country is passing through a tough period, his administration would not relent in giving the best to the state. The State helmsman added on his official Facebook page, that he had approved the payment of bursaries and scholarships to students and that the process will be online to ensure they can register to receive it easily. Governor Makinde maintained that he is so sensitive to what the students are passing through regarding the state bursary awards and...

 GOV. SANWO-OLU, DEP. GOV. HAMZAT AT THE Y2024 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATION, HELD AT MOBOLAJI JOHNSON ARENA, ONIKAN, ON FRIDAY, 8TH MARCH 2024  Today was a landmark day for the heart of our vibrant city as we gathered at Onikan Stadium to mark International Women's Day.  It was an honour to host this grand event, bringing together women from every corner of Lagos State in a celebration of unity, diversity, and empowerment. Seeing the stadium filled with so many inspiring women, each with her own story of resilience, achievement, and hope, was a powerful reminder of what we can accomplish together.  We celebrated not just the progress we've made, but also the journey ahead towards full equality and empowerment for all women. Our administration is committed to supporting every woman in Lagos, recognizing that when women thrive, our society thrives. Today, we reaffirmed our pledge to create more opportunities, dismantle barriers, and ensure that every woman and...

 LAGOS ISLAND MODEL CITY PLAN WILL RESTORE GLORY OF ANCIENT CITY - COMMISSIONER Lagos State Government has said that the Lagos Island Model City Plan, when operational, will restore the glory of Lagos Island. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Oluyinka Olumide made this known on Thursday during the Stakeholders Meeting on Lagos Island Model City Plan at the Muson, Centre, Lagos He explained that the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu approved the preparation of an inclusive Lagos Island Model City Plan to harness the special characteristics of Lagos Island, plan for its sustainable future growth and socio-economic development while addressing the aspirations of the citizens. He noted that the Plan, which was conceived to correct the negative impacts of the partial implementation of the expired Lagos Metropolitan Master Plan, would, in the next 20 years, seek to position the subject area into a world-class commercial, industrial and cultural...

 NIGERIA’S FIRST LADY DONATES 100,000 RENEWED HOPE INITIATIVE EXERCISE BOOKS TO LAGOS SCHOOLS … As Sanwo-Olu’s Wife Presents Donated Books to the Ministry of Basic Education, LASUBEB … Says Lagos is First Beneficiary of Renewed Hope Initiative Education Support Programme As part of a gesture towards enhancing education as a catalyst for national development, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the First Lady of Nigeria and National Chairman of Renewed Hope Initiative has donated 100,000 copies of exercise books to public primary and junior secondary schools in Lagos State. At the official handover ceremony held at the Banquet Hall, Lagos House Ikeja, the First Lady of Lagos State and State Coordinator of Renewed Hope Initiative, Dr. Claudiana Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, highlighted the importance of education in empowering the younger generation. While handing over the exercise books to representatives of the benefiting schools, Dr. Sanwo-Olu emphasised Senator Tinubu's belief that education is crucial...

  NDLEA, NPFL partner on drug test for footballers The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and the Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, have agreed to partner on the conduct of drug test for footballers in the country as part of efforts to curb the menace of substance abuse in Nigeria. This was one of the highpoints of discussions between the leadership of the Agency and the football league when the Chairman of the NPFL board, Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye led a delegation including ex-international, Daniel Amokachi; Chairman of Sokoto State Football Association, Mohammed Saidu Nasiru; Chief Operating Officer of the NPFL, Davidson Owumi and Head of Legal, NPFL, Uche George Egbe on a courtesy visit to the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) in Abuja on Friday 8th March 2024. In his remarks, Elegbeleye acknowledged the inspiring and impactful leadership Marwa has given NDLEA to become a frontline law enforcement agency now respected home ...

 ‘Schools shouldn’t be sites for violence’ — UNICEF condemns abduction of students in Kaduna     The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has condemned the recent attack on students of Government Secondary School Kuriga, in Chikun LGA, Kaduna state. On Thursday, over 200 students and pupils were kidnapped by bandits who attacked the school. In a statement on Friday, Christian Munduate, UNICEF representative in Nigeria, said schools are learning sanctuaries and should not be places of fear and violence. She expressed concern over the recent abduction of over 200 women, boys and children from an IDP camp in Ngala area of Borno state. “I am deeply saddened and concerned by the reports of yet another abduction of students in Kaduna state,” she said. “The alarming frequency of such incidents across the country signals a crisis that requires immediate and determined action from all levels of government and society. “Schools are supposed to be sanctuaries of learning and grow...

 Kaduna school attack: Every effort should be directed towards release of abductees, says Obi     Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, says every effort should be directed towards the release of schoolchildren abducted by bandits in Kaduna. On Thursday morning, bandits abducted over 200 students from a primary and secondary school in the Kuriga community in Chikun LGA of Kaduna. Obi, in a post on his X page on Friday, said “better security measures need to be implemented to avoid future occurrences”. “Just yesterday, I was lamenting the horrible spate of killings, terror attacks, and abductions in the country, while calling for more concerted efforts to combat the continuing menace of nationwide insecurity,” he wrote. “We are again confronted with the ugly news of the abduction of over 200 pupils and students plus a teacher of local primary and junior secondary schools in Kuriga, Chikun Local Government area of Kaduna State. “W...

 Kidnappers Are Evil, Deserves Capital Punishment -Remi Tinubu  “Whoever is kidnapping young people is sick, cruel, and a coward. Enough is enough and I call on the state governors that once we take hold of them, they deserve capital punishment. “Why don’t they take people their size? Why are they torturing our children? What they are trying to do is kill our future. “We all know parents, when we are old we rely on our children. Why would you go and take them from schools? Right now, I think enough is enough. As a former lawmaker, I believe that any one of them captured deserves capital punishment. “They (kidnappers) are animals, they are evil and we should take them out of our midst. The state governors and the lawmakers should do something.” -Senator Remi Tinubu, First Lady On The Abduction Of Schoolchildren, Teachers In Kaduna.  Watch video below. 

 Oyo, Ogun Courts Jail 14 Internet Fraudsters Justices Ladiran Akintola, O.A. Lajide, Bayo Taiwo, M.O. Ishola of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan and Justice E.O. Osinuga of the Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta have convicted and sentenced fourteen (14) internet fraudsters to various jail terms. They were jailed after pleading guilty to one-count separate charges upon being arraigned by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, between February 23, 2024 and March 5, 2024. The convicts are Olajide Oluwadare Samuel, Emmanuel Victor Oluwasegun, Ajibola Najeeb Ayomide, Adebayo Akinwumi Oluwadamilare, Ayodele Wonderful Samson, Olawunmi OlusolaTaiwo, Akorede Habeeblahi Babatunde, Dasilva Olamide Samson, Oyeneye Jeremiah Abiodun, Kodagbese Emmanuel Aduragbemi, Oyebade Ayomide Olamide, Olarewaju Isaiah Oluwadamilare, Abdulazeez Abdulmalik Ifayemi Ayokun and Khalid Ayomide Hammed. One of the Charges reads: “That you, Oyeneye Jeremiah Abiodun ‘M...

Inmate Grabs Warder’s Rifle, Shoots Vulcaniser A prison inmate at the Oke-Kura Correctional Centre in Ilorin, Kwara State capital has shot and wounded a roadside vulcaniser.  This happened on Friday when some prison inmates were being led out of the facility. But one of the inmates seized a warder’s rifle and fired some shots which hit the unidentified vulcanizer staying close to the area. While the injured vulcanizer who was shot in the stomach was rushed to a medical facility for treatment, the culprit was detained at the ‘C’ Division Police station, Isale-Ojo, in the Ilorin metropolis. The incident which occurred at about 8.00 a.m, caused panic and anxiety as residents of the area scampered for safety while the drama lasted.

 Officers of Isheri Division, after receiving a distress call from a victim of traffic robbery who had been robbed at gunpoint, immediately mobilized to the scene and arrested one Yusuf Jafar 'm'. A toy pistol and a knife were recovered from him. Investigation is ongoing. More update later

FG Mulls Legislation To Sanitise Health Sector The Federal Government said it will soon come up with legislation that would regulate the healthcare sector to eliminate quacks and ensure improved service delivery. Minister of State for Health, Dr. Tunji Alausa, stated this on Friday when he paid a courtesy call on the governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun at the Presidential Lodge, Abeokuta. Alausa decried the unwholesome practice where untrained people are allowed to operate in the health sector. He also lamented the prevalence of quacks from where heinous act, such as organ harvesting takes place. The minister: "We will be pushing for a new regulation to regulate the healthcare sector as more than 60 percent of the nation's healthcare is in the hands of the private sector without adequate supervision. "You see hospitals, laboratories, and diagnostic centres being run without anybody checking on what they are doing and these are some of the places where illegal prac...

 Court Jails Man, Two Companies in Kaduna Justices Darius Khobo, R. M Aikawa and Hawa Buhari of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna have  convicted and sentenced one Onoja Benjamin Ufedo to two years imprisonment for cheating and  Karamchi Motors Limited and Dawaki Motors Limited for failure to comply with the requirements of the Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering, SCUML. Ufedo was jailed on Monday,  March 4, 2024, after he pleaded guilty to  a lone count charge bordering on cheating upon arraignment by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.  The lone count charge reads: “that you, Onoja Benjamin Ufedo "M" sometimes in December 2023, in Kaduna, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did dishonestly induce one Sani Abubakar Abbas to pay you the sum of N100,000.00(One Hundred Thousand Naira), which you paid one Mohammed Nasir Sadeeq the sum of N50,000.00 (Fifty Thousand Naira), to procure two...

 STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU CONDEMNS BORNO, KADUNA ABDUCTIONS; DIRECTS IMMEDIATE RESCUE OF CAPTIVES  President Bola Tinubu condemns the heinous incidents of abduction involving very vulnerable victims, internally-displaced persons in Borno State, and students in Kaduna State.  The President directs security and intelligence agencies to immediately rescue the victims and ensure that justice is served against the perpetrators of these abominable acts. "I have received briefing from security chiefs on the two incidents, and I am confident that the victims will be rescued. Nothing else is acceptable to me and the waiting family members of these abducted citizens. Justice will be decisively administered," President Tinubu says. The President sympathizes with the families of the victims, assuring them that they would soon be reunited with their loved ones. Chief Ajuri Ngelale Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) March 8, 2024

 Bishop David Oyedepo set to open food bank for church members in view of the current hardship in the land.     In a bid to give palliative measures to the hardships of the people in the nation, the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide also known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo has announced the launching of food banks across the country. This he said while addressing his church members at the headquarters of the church in Canaanland, Ota on Sunday March 3rd, 2024. Oyedepo said, “In recognition of the challenges facing the rest of the world, particularly in our country, the church by the prompting of the Holy Spirit is opening food banks along our various districts and clothing stocks. No member must beg for bread. No member must go naked. No children must go in rags.” He also encouraged members to donate items to the food banks as God gives them grace. He said, “Put them together in our various districts, a bag of rice, half bag, one quarter a jar of oil...

  MC Oluomo’s aide dies in autocrash on Third Mainland Bridge.  Akintoye Benson, an aide to the chairman of the Lagos Chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, has reportedly died. Benson, who was seen in a wrecked vehicle in a viral video, was said to have died in an auto crash on Third Mainland Bridge on Thursday night. Confirming his death, a friend of the deceased, Ogunseye Vincent, wrote on his Facebook page that the late Benson was a vibrant man with high hopes and vision. “The news of your passing came to me as a rude shock. You were a vibrant man with high hopes and vision.

  Man berates late Wigwe’s daughter for greeting VP Shettima seating  A man, simply identified as #sadiqsolar has berated the daughter of late Herbert Wigwe for seating down to greet the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, during her father’s funeral ceremony adding that she “lacks properhome training”. Sharing photos via his X handle on Thursday, he wrote: “Same Man, different regard. Whoever that girl is,she lacks proper home training. You don't shake a person old enough to be your father while seating down.” Netizens however came for him stating that she is in mourning and the VP will understand. #Abubakar_Mhmmad wrote: “You don't need to have opinion on everything sir, she might be wrong but I'm sure Mr.VP will understand that she's at her lowest moment,she has of recent loss both her parents and the reason for him being their is to commiserate with her and the family, let's avoid judging people” #Nabilah_jay wrote: “Do you people think at all? This lady just lost ...

 PUBLIC NOTICE The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) regrets to inform the public of the tragic loss of Mr. Okeke Samuel Uchenna, one of our dedicated and hardworking truck drivers. Mr. Uchenna's life was cut short in an accident involving one of our trucks on Shitta Bridge, Surulere.  We extend our heartfelt condolences to Mr. Okeke’s family at this difficult time. Please be assured that LAWMA will conduct a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding this tragic incident. Signed: Management Lagos Waste Management Authority

 ZIMBABWE CIO  arrests Indian Special Forces Sudhu Sarup Singh, who smuggled in over 100 Indians. A prominent figure within the Indian Special Forces Unit active in Zimbabwe, has been apprehended by operatives from the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO). Singh's arrest occurred shortly after NewZimbabwe.com's exposé on the Unit's operations, following thorough investigations by the CIO. The arrest transpired during a sting operation at a prestigious restaurant in Harare, where Singh was socializing with unidentified individuals. Despite their deployment in Mozambique's conflict-ridden Cabo Delgado region, where they were supporting the government's efforts against insurgents, the presence of these highly-trained soldiers in Zimbabwe raised significant suspicions. Singh initially portrayed himself as an investor upon arrival, even meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, before engaging in clandestine activities under the radar. Sources within the CIO indicate...

 PSC  Promotes Anambra  Police PRO, DSP Ikenga, 1,606 Others To New Ranks By Uche Kalu  The Police Public Relations Officer,  Anambra State Police Command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, has been promoted to a new rank of Superintendent of Police (SP) in the force. This was contained in a press release by the Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani who explained that 1,606 other persons were also promoted from the same DSP rank to the next rank of SP across the nation. According to the statement,  the commission had earlier stepped down the consideration of the officers’ promotion at its last management meeting where other recommendations were considered when it noticed some discrepancies in the list. The promotion of the DSPs to SPs saw the elevation of 158 officers in the professional cadre  which included 105 in the communication unit, 22 in transport, 10 medical officers,  nine nurses and another nine from works. Other professionals promoted t...