December 6, 2019

Sowore

Drama As DSS Move To Rearrest Sowore, Chase Lawyer With Gun

December 6, 2019 6:00 am

About 15 operatives of the Department of State Service moved to rearrest Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, after the Friday’s proceedings at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The DSS had released the two men hours after the judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, ordered the the agency to release them within 24 hours in line with the bail granted them by the court.

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Earlier at the Friday’s proceedings, the judge and the defence counsel had commended the DSS for complying with the court’s order.

By an agreement between the Mr. …

Rivers Assembly Calls For Establishment Of Amphibious Raid

December 6, 2019 5:43 am

Rivers State House of Assembly Committee on Transport has called for the establishment of an amphibious operation sting joint command to provide surveillance and check criminal activities on the waterways. 

The Assembly made the call yesterday, saying the establishment would be a way to cub piracy and criminality on the Port Harcourt/Bonny sea route.

This formed part of recommendations of the House Committee on Transport, in its report on the review of security measures on the Port Harcourt/Bonny waterways by security agencies, submitted at the floor of the House by Chairman of the committee, Piccolo.

Piccolo said after several interface …

Kalu

Mixed Reactions As Court Jails Orji Uzor Kalu 12 Years

December 6, 2019 5:43 am
• Abia residents lament forfeiture of assets to FG

Reactions poured in yesterday in the wake of the 12-year jail term bagged by a former Abia State governor Orji Uzor Kalu for fraud. For the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO), the conviction was proof of President Muhammadu Buhari’s sincerity in fighting corruption, even as some residents in the state described the forfeiture of assets to the Federal Government as unfair.

In a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke, BMO said the conviction of a high ranking APC chieftain proves that the courts are independent in this

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A State Of Emergency On Sexual Violence

December 6, 2019 5:42 am

I have often mentioned in my Loud Whispers columns that I love watching television dramas. One of my favourites is Law and Order – Special Victims Unit. It is a spin-off of the Law and Order television series, based on adventures of the New York Police Department (NYPD). The SVU is an elite squad of NYPD officers, trained to identify, track and seek justice for victims of sexual crimes such as rape and sexual assault, child abuse, trafficking, kidnapping and so on. Each episode deals with a new case and story line, so you are mostly spared the headache of …

FG Lifts Adamawa Schools Affected By Insurgence

December 6, 2019 5:42 am

The Federal Government has provided instructional materials to schools affected by insurgency in seven local government areas of Adamawa State. The beneficiaries are located in Madagali, Michika, Mubi North and South, Maiha, Hong and Gombi local government areas.

The government said the initiative was part of efforts to scale up the quality of teaching and learning activities in the schools in the wake of their devastation by insurgency years ago. Several schools in these areas had either been torched or were physically destroyed. In some other cases, classrooms, instructional materials, school walls, among others, were left to their fate after …

Begging: Booming Business In Kaduna

December 6, 2019 5:41 am

To some givers, beggars are humans and deserve kindness, care and support. But others think the other way round. Begging is simply a way of life, a lucrative business culture that shortcuts the hardship of the present times and exploits the rich of their excesses.

Not surprising, the numbers of beggars in cities and towns in Nigeria are on the increase. From Lagos, Port Harcourt, Enugu to Kano, the figures are alarming, the situation is unbecoming. There are, of course, factors that drive up the figures, namely the rural- urban pull that throws up unskilled and unemployable persons to urban …

$2.7m PUMA Contract: AFN May Drag Gusau To EFCC, ICPC

December 6, 2019 5:41 am
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) is threatening to drag its suspended president, Ibrahim Shehu Gusau, to the Nigerian antigraft agencies, the EFCC and the ICPC, for possible forgery over the five-year deal signed with sports wear manufacturers, PUMA.

Daily Sunsports/Sporting Sun gathered that the federa- tion is considering the action following revelations made at the AFN’s alleged illegal congress in Awka, Anambra State, on Wednesday.

In the communiqué is- sued at the end of the congress, which majority of AFN board members have declared as unconstitutional, Gusau revealed that he and the Secretary General of the federation at the

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Minimum Wage: Gombe Begins Preparation For Implementation

December 6, 2019 5:40 am

Gombe has called on workers in the state to be calm and patient as the governor is working to setup a team that will engage labour leaders on the implementation of the new national minimum wage.

According to the head of civil service (HOS), Bappayo Yahaya, the matter will be concluded within the shortest possible time. He assured the workers that their welfare will be top in the priorities of governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya’s administration in state.

Speaking at the 2019 third triennial delegate conference of the Gombe state branch of Trade Union Congress (TUC), the HOS who represented

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Otedola Donates ₦100m To Lagos STF

December 6, 2019 3:24 am

Philanthropist and business mogul, Femi Otedola, has donated ₦100 million to the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), making him the largest individual donor. Zenith Bank took the lead for corporate donors with ₦300 mnillion.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu thanked the donors at an event tagged: ‘Transformational Security’, organised by LSSTF at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Tuesday.

Other top corporate donors on the list include Access Bank, First Bank, Xenon Construction Ltd. and Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB).

The governor, while addressing the guests, said he was happy that other states had adopted the security trust fund idea initiated

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Imo Police To Commence Operation Show-Your-Particulars

December 6, 2019 3:23 am
Motorists who are plying in Imo state with expired vehicle documents may be  in for a rough times in this Yuletide season as the Imo state police command has announced that it is would commences operation VEDE ( Vehicle Examination/ Document Enforcement)  from the next week Monday .
According to the Spokesman for the Imo state police command , Mr . Ikokwu Orlando ( SP) ,it is part of the measures to recover stolen vehicles within the state and to curb crime and criminality.
He said that the operation is in collaboration with the Imo state Internal Revenue service.
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Oshiomole’s Travail And The Burden Godfatherism

December 6, 2019 3:20 am
Godfatherism is a nasty and cynical phenomenon that has existed from time immemorial in every facet of human endeavor. However, in politics, it is a sui generis practice because it involves some tricks, intrigues and astute practice for its sustainability and survival. It is patently believed, factual, however, that for one to have a steady and meteoric rise in political career in Nigeria, one must be loyal to his political chi called godfather.

This loyalty must be unwavering and unqualified to the extent that even if one is called to come and take bullets on behalf of one’s godfather, a

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Oil Demand To Hit 110.6mb/d By 2040, Says OPEC

December 6, 2019 3:19 am
•Prices rise as cartel, allies agree on 1.7mbpd output cutsThe organisation of the Petroleum Oil Exporting Countries (OPEC), said oil will continue to contribute the largest share in the energy mix with demand hitting 110.6 million barrel daily (mbd) by 2040. OPEC World Oil Outlook (WOO) released yesterday, also noted that total primary energy demand would expand by about 25 percent in the next 20 years.

“All forms of energies will be required in the future to help to meet expanding demand in a sustainable way, balancing the needs of people in relation to their social welfare, the economy

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