NDLEA Speaks On Why It Can’t Arrest, Prosecute Tinubu Over Alleged Drug Offences
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has filed a preliminary objection to a suit instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and a chieftain of the opposition party, Senator Dino Melaye seeking an order of mandamus to compel the anti-narcotics agency to arrest and prosecute the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu over alleged forfeiture of some funds in...
16 Persons Burnt To Death In Osun Road Accident
Sixteen persons have been burnt to death and others wounded in an auto crash in the Odeomu area of Osun State. The fatal accident happened opposite Mat Oil and involved a white commercial Mazda Bus with registration number APP834XT and a white Lexus Jeep bearing registration number LSR304HW. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the Osun State Command of the Federal...
General Overseer Impregnates 10 Members In Enugu
A yet-to-be identified self-acclaimed pastor has been paraded for allegedly impregnating his church members in Umuidoko Ogrute In Enugu Ezike, Enugu State. It is reported that he was caught on Friday, April 28, when one of his female members revealed to her family that her pastor was responsible for her pregnancy. A source reports, “This man has a church and goes...
Kwara CP Orders Arrest Of Drunk Policeman Who Excreted On Uniform
The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Paul Odama, has ordered the arrest of Stephen Yohanna, an inspector under his command. In a video seen by our correspondent, Yohanna was seen acting under alcoholic influence. He urinated and excreted in his uniform while being held by two of his colleagues. The face of a third officer who filmed him (Yohanna) was not shown...
Interpol Invites Adamawa REC, Yunusa-Ari
The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) has summoned Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Adamawa State, over his alleged misconduct during the state’s April 14 supplementary elections. According to a report, it revealed that the Interpol letter, dated April 27, 2023, instructed Mr Yunusa Ari to appear for interrogation at the National Central Bureau in Abuja. However, the letter...
35-Year-Old Ogun Hunter Shot Dead By Colleague While Trailing Antelope
Members of the family of an Ogun State-based hunter, Olasunkanmi Olakiye, are currently grieving following his untimely death. PUNCH Metro gathered that the 35-year-old man was accidentally shot dead by one of his co-hunters while they were on a hunting expedition in a bush in the Odeda area of the state on April 20. The incident, it was learnt, threw the...
Call For Nnamdi Kanu’s Unconditional Release Wrong — Arewa Group
The Arewa Community in Southern Nigeria has faulted the call for the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra President Muhammadu Buhari. The leader of the community, Musa Saidu, stated this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, had on Sunday urged Buhari to release Kanu before the end of...
Varsity Honours NIPR President As Pillar Of Public Relations
The authority of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, has honoured the President of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Malam Mukhtar Zubairu Sirajo with the Pillar of Public Relations Award. Presenting the award at the Assembly Hall of the University today in Keffi, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Suleiman Bala Mohammed, said the award is in recognition of Sirajo's contributions...
Buhari Renews Dabiri-Erewa’s Appointment As NIDCOM Chair
The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has been reappointed for a second term by President Muhammadu Buhari. Her reappointment was contained in a letter written by Buhari, urging the Senate to confirm her. Dabiri-Erewa, a former Senior Special Adviser to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, was appointed NIDCOM chairman in November 2018. She also served in the...
Obaseki Sacks Over 200 Special Assistants, Senior Special Assistants
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has sacked over 200 aides, including commissioners. A statement by the Special Adviser, Media Projects to the Governor, Crusoe Osagie, said the termination of appointments, which took immediate effect, affected all Special Assistants (SAs) and Senior Special Assistants (SSAs). The state’s cabinet was dissolved during the weekly executive council meeting on Wednesday. The governor however expressed...
