The Oyo State Deputy Governor, Bayo Lawal, says the state government will soon begin rehabilitation work on the road leading to Iyamapo Hill, a 2000 metres above sea level hill, in Igbeti area of the state. Lawal gave the assurance at the celebration of 2022 World Tourism Day (WTD) in Igbeti, Headquarters of Olorunsogo Local Government area of the state. He said that this would open more rural areas, like Igbeti, to tourists to enable them to see the beauty and access all other landmarks in the town. “Oyo State Government will soon rehabilitate the road leading to Iyamapo Hill,…
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Organisers of the maiden edition of Ibrahim Galadima Football League have inaugurated six sub-committees to ensure a successful and hitch-free competition. Chairman of the league’s Organising Committee, Suleiman Musa, stated this while inaugurating the sub-committees in Kano on Wednesday. Musa disclosed that the Organising and Disciplinary sub-committee which he would be heading as chairman, has Ibrahim Umar and Sani Lawan, the Team Manager of Kano Pillars FC, as members. “The Security sub-committee will be headed by the Manager of Sani Abacha Stadium, Surajo Usman, with Kabiru Bawa, Salisu Zumunta and the Vice-Chairman of Kano State Football Association. Aminu Muhammad, as…
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Wednesday ordered that three men – Innocent Amos, 26; Peter Sunday, 32; and Victor Chinedu, 28, should be remanded for alleged armed robbery. The defendants, whose residential addresses were not provided, are charged with conspiracy and armed robbery. The Magistrate, Mrs O. A. Akande, did not take the plea of the suspects for want of jurisdiction. Akande ordered that the defendants should be kept at a correctional centre pending advice of Oyo State director of public prosecutions. She adjourned the case until Nov. 24 for mention. The prosecutor, Mr Philip Amusan, told the court…
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered Labour Party (LP) and its supporters not to converge at the Lekki Toll Gate in furtherance of its planned #Obidatti23 Rally scheduled for Oct. 1. Justice Daniel Osiagor made the order following an application brought by 10 persons seeking, among others things, to restrain the party, its Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi; Obi’s running mate, Yusuf Baba-Ahmed; and their loyalists from holding the rally. The plaintiffs include Adedotun Ajulo, Salamatu Lewi, Hakeem Ijaduola, Ogunbona Akinpelu and Owolabi Oluwasegun. The others are Mogbojuri Kayode, Wuyep Nadom, Dimimu Mabel, Kolawole Salami and Wale Lawrence.…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N580.5 million for the procurement of four armoured vehicles to fight dangerous and illicit drugs by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami made this known to State House correspondents at the end of the Council’s meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday. He said: “Today, a memo was presented by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, that is the Federal Ministry of Justice, which was relating to a parastatal under the supervision of…
A hurricane warning has been extended southward on the west coast of the southeastern U.S. state of Florida to Chokoloskee, forecasters said Tuesday evening. The U.S. National Hurricane Centre updated in a public advisory that Hurricane Ian was about 85 kilometres south-southwest of the Dry Tortugas. A U.S. national park made up of a series of islands. The Category three hurricane, which has maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometres per hour, is expected to bring life-threatening storm surges, catastrophic winds, and flooding to the Florida Peninsula. The centre of the storm is forecast to move over the southeastern Gulf of…
A Kano Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced four friends to nine months imprisonment with hard labour for stealing and receiving stolen property. The police charged Joseph Haruna,20; Adamu Safiyanu, 19; Abubakar Usman, 20 and Shitu Mohammed, 28, with criminal conspiracy, mischief, trespass, theft and receiving stolen property. Magistrate Farouk Ibrahim-Umar, sentenced them after they pleaded guilty. He did not give the convicts an option of fine. Ibrahim-Umar also ordered that the convicts be given three strokes of cane each. Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Mr Elias Ekainu, told the court that Ibrahim Lamin, Sani Arfat, Uba Bala, Nura Abdullahi and Shu’aibu Inuwa…
The trial of Guinea former military ruler, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara and 10 others from the Guinean security forces, for the alleged massacre and rape of protesters in 2009 started on Wednesday. Camara and others are facing trial for the alleged massacre of over 150 people and the rape of at least a dozen women in Guinea’s capital, Conakry. Camara has denied responsibility for the incident, blaming it on errant soldiers, including his former aide-de-camp Lieutenant Aboubacar Toumba Diakite, who was also among those indicted. On Sept. 28, 2009, thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators held a peaceful protest in the stadium…
From Harry Awurumibe, Lagos Despite the introduction of the 2022 Electoral Act and its innovations which have deepened the country’s democracy, politicians still rush to the law courts to file cases against each other. This is even as it has been revealed that all the 18 presidential candidates on the final list released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2023 Presidential Election have cases instituted against them in the courts. The Commission made this known on Tuesday in Lagos at the Two-Day Capacity Building Workshop on the Commission’s Processes, innovation and Preparations for the 2023 General Election and Critical…
From Harry Awurumibe, Lagos After returning from his official trip to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, President Muhammadu Buhari is today presiding over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Physically present at the meeting are Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Barrister Boss Mustapha; Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari and Head of the Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan. Also attending the meeting are Ministers of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; Justice, Abubakar Malami; Works and Housing,…