Amotekun Has Come To Stay, Says Soyinka
Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has declared that the establishment of Operation Amotekun by Southwest governors ‘has come to stay irrespective of its legality’. Soyinka said the supplementary security outfit launched in Ibadan last week, came up as a result of series of meetings by the leaders of the region to curb insecurity issues that the existing security bodies have...
Edo 2020 election is a done deal for Obaseki – Lawani
Hon. Damian Lawani, the Edo State Commissioner for Youths, Sports and Special Duties as well as the Convener, Obaseki-Shaibu Movement (OSM) for the state governorship election. He spoke in this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI on the political developments in the state and the chances of Governor Godwin Obaseki in this year’s governorship election. Excerpts: What is your take on the...
Edo 2020 election is a done deal for Obaseki – Lawani
Hon. Damian Lawani, the Edo State Commissioner for Youths, Sports and Special Duties as well as the Convener, Obaseki-Shaibu Movement (OSM) for the state governorship election. He spoke in this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI on the political developments in the state and the chances of Governor Godwin Obaseki in this year’s governorship election. Excerpts: What is your take on the...
Buhari names former DSS boss, Gadzama, as NISS Chairman
Former Director-General, State Security Service, Afakirya A Gadzama, is now Chairman of the Governing Board of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS). His new appointment was conveyed in a letter from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation dated January 2, 2020. According to the letter, the appointment was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari with effect...
Oshiomhole no longer APC national chairman – NWC member
A member of the National Working Committees (NWC) member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has just told newsmen at the national secretariat of the party that Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, is no longer the national chairman of the party based on a ‘subsisting’ court order. The party chieftain said he was working on a petition to the Director-General of...
My cabinet, most star-studded in Nigeria – Abiodun
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday described his newly-composed State Executive Council as the most star-studded council in Nigeria. Abiodun stated this in his office during an orientation organised for the new commissioners and special advisers. The governor told his cabinet members to brace themselves for the challenges of their new offices, warning them that they were under public...
DPO allegedly beats, strips sisters naked, arrest mother in Delta
A Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Delta state, SP Asanayin Ibok, allegedly beat up and stripped two sisters, Mercy, 28 and 19-year-old Lucy Okoro, naked over a landlord/tenancy dispute in Warri on Friday. SP Ibok who heads the Ekpan Police Division in Uvwie council area of the state was said to have arrested the duo and their widowed mother, Mrs...
Man dies after drinking herbal mixture
The Osun State Police Command on Monday said it had commenced investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of one Mutiu Adekunle, who died after drinking a herbal mixture. Adekunle’s death occurred on Sunday around 11.15 pm at a hospital where he was rushed to, having developed complications after drinking a herbal mixture given to him by one Alfa Nureni...
Travel agent arraigned over alleged N1.2m Canadian visa fraud
A travel agent, Adeyemi Aladetoyinbo, 42, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly obtaining N1.2 million to secure a Canadian visa for his client but failed to do so. Aladetoyinbo, who resides in Mushin area of Lagos State, is standing trial on a three-count of obtaining money under false pretences, breach of peace and theft. The defendant...
BREAKING: Ex-pope Benedict XVI wants his name removed from controversial book
Former Pope Benedict XVI wants his name removed as co-author of a controversial book on the issue of priestly celibacy, his personal secretary said on Tuesday. According to Reuters reports, Archbishop Georg Ganswein said; at the former pope’s behest, he had asked the principal author of the book, Cardinal Robert Sarah, to contact the publishers and make the necessary changes. The...
