Security agencies have arrested individuals suspected of stealing sewage manhole covers along major highways in Abuja. According to a statement by the Senior Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to the FCT Minister, Lere Olayinka, efforts are ongoing to identify and apprehend their collaborators, particularly those purchasing the stolen items, as the government intensifies measures to address the issue. The action comes after a directive from the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, who tasked relevant agencies with taking firm steps against the perpetrators. Describing the vandalism as a serious threat to public safety and a misuse of national…
Author: Ado Oyeyemi
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has announced a three-day mourning period in memory of the late Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Hon. Temitayo Oluwatuyi. The mourning, which includes prayers, will run from Sunday, January 5, to Tuesday, January 7, 2025. During a condolence visit to Oluwatuyi’s family in Akure on Sunday, Governor Aiyedatiwa reflected on the remarkable life of service led by the late SSG. He noted that Oluwatuyi’s contributions to the state’s development were significant and would not be forgotten. “Hon. Oluwatuyi was a key figure in the political and administrative history of Ondo State. His legacy…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Mr. Mele Kolo Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPCL) Limited, to account for and explain the whereabouts of the alleged missing N825bn and $2.5bn meant for refinery rehabilitation and other oil revenues, as documented in the 2021 annual report by the Auditor-General of the Federation. SERAP said the annual report was published on Thursday, 27 November 2024. SERAP urged Mr. Kyari to identify those suspected to be responsible for the disappeared oil money and hand them over to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences…
The Nigerian Army has provided clarification regarding the arrest and detention of a Point of Sale (POS) operator, Nansak Selbar, in Plateau State, over allegations of aiding kidnappers and facilitating ransom payments for terrorist groups. Dismissing claims circulating online that Major General Nansak Shagaya could face a N100 million penalty for Selbar’s alleged illegal detention, the Army labeled such reports as baseless and misleading. In a statement signed by Lt. Col. Aliyu Danja, Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, the Army detailed Selbar’s alleged involvement in criminal activities. “Mr. Nansak Selbar was apprehended for facilitating kidnapping operations, specifically by…
A student from Ekiti State University (EKSU) has accused Nigerian Police officers of extorting N150,000 from him and his friends after allegedly targeting them for having cryptocurrency-related apps on their phones. The incident occurred just weeks after Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun issued a directive banning arbitrary arrests, harassment of youths, and phone searches by police officers across the country. The student, who has opted to remain anonymous, recounted the ordeal in a social media post. According to his account, he and his friends were stopped at multiple checkpoints by armed officers while traveling through Ojota, Lagos. One officer…
The Chairman of the South-West Governors Forum and Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passing of the Secretary to the Ondo State Government (SSG), Hon. Tayo Oluwatuyi. Governor Sanwo-Olu, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, sympathised with the Ondo State Governor, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa; the Ondo State Government; and the people of the State over the demise of the SSG. Sanwo-Olu described the late Oluwatuyi, a former Chairman of Akure South Local Government Area and SSG to the late former Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, as a dedicated and hard-working…
The Imo State Police Command has neutralized two suspected kidnappers and rescued four victims during an operation in the Umuokanne community, located in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Henry Okoye, disclosed this on Saturday while addressing journalists at the command’s headquarters in Owerri, where the lifeless bodies of the suspects were paraded. According to the PPRO, the police acted swiftly following a distress call reporting the abduction of three women in the community. “Our operatives responded promptly to the information and engaged the kidnappers in a gun duel, resulting in…
By Ado Oyeyemi The family of Sunday Morakinyo, one of the Osun State indigenes recently pardoned in the infamous “death-for-fowl” case, has called on the government and compassionate individuals to assist in managing his mental illness, which reportedly developed during his incarceration. Morakinyo, who was arrested in November 2010 for allegedly stealing fowls and eggs in Oyan, Osun State, was sentenced to death alongside his co-accused, Segun Olowookere, by the Osun State High Court in 2014. The case, which revolved around the alleged theft of items worth N20,000, sparked public outrage due to the perceived severity of the sentence. Following…