February 12, 2020

One Reported Killed As Gunmen Abduct JSS3 Students In Kaduna

Bandits Set 16 Family Members On Fire In Kaduna

February 12, 2020 3:38 pm

A family of 16 have been allegedly locked up in a room and set on fire leading to their death when angry bandits launched coordinated attacks on a community in Kaduna State.

The bandits in their numbers, according to eyewitness account invaded Bakali village, Fatika District in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Tuesday’s evening, razed all they could including farm produce, vehicles and motorcycles among others.

In what appear to be a revenge mission, after setting ablaze farm produce and property, the bandits locked up 16 members of the same family in a room and set the …

Gowon Estate

Lagos Dismisses Rumours Of Covid-2019 In Gowon Estate

February 12, 2020 3:37 pm

Lagos State Government has dismissed the rumoured suspicion of cases of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-2019) in Gowon Estate of Alimosho Local area of the State.
The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi on Wednesday, dismissed the rumour making rounds on social media that Chinese people who recently returned from Wuhan, China and residing in Osoba Close of Gowon Estate were having severe symptoms of Coronavirus and treating the symptoms themselves noted that there is no truth in the report.
Abayomi while giving an update on the investigation carried out by the Ministry through its surveillance team declared that there is …

Benard Eronmosele

I Don’t Pity ‘Marks For Sex’ Lecturers- Prof. Eronmonsele

February 12, 2020 3:36 pm

Outgoing vice-chancellor of Samuel Adegboyega University, Prof. Benard Eronmosele has said he has no iota of sympathy for lecturers undergoing punishment for ‘sex for marks’ in the nation’s institutions of higher learning.

He disclosed this at Ogwa,  Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State while fielding questions from journalists at his send forth ceremony.

He said those lecturers caught in the act should be prosecuted and shown the exit door to serve as a deterrent to others who are nursing the idea of indulging in it.

“Whoever committed such offence should be reprimanded, should be sentenced, he should be …

CISLAC

CBN Hasn’t Shown Commitment To Fight Corruption – CISLAC

February 12, 2020 3:35 pm

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), has accused the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) of not showing enough commitment to fighting corruption, money laundering and illicit financial flow.

Executive Director of CISLAC, Rafsanjani Auwal Ibrahim Musa, stated this at the opening of a two-day conference titled “Exploring New Frontiers in Nigeria’s Anti Money Laundering Regime through Effective Use of Data.”

Musa, who explained that the purpose of the conference was to assess the level of Nigeria’s effort at dealing with issues of illicit financial flows and money laundering, noted that if indeed the CBN as the regulator of all …

President Muhammadu Buhari

Boko Haram: What Buhari Said In Borno On Wednesday

February 12, 2020 3:35 pm

President Muhammadu Buhari has given the assurance that more proactive and decisive measures would be taken by the Federal Government to put to an end to the Boko Haram menace in the country once and for all.

Buhari, who gave the assurance in Maiduguri during a sympathy visit on Wednesday, however, maintained that intelligence sharing and synergy between law enforcement agencies and the civil populace are critical towards achieving the objectives.

“I assure you that improvement in security will be pursued vigorously. The military will work harder and strategise with tactics to deal with the insurgents. This is however not

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Imo

Protest Rocks Imo; Charly Boy, Others Demand Justice

February 12, 2020 12:19 pm

Indigenes of Imo State under the aegis of Concerned Imo citizens have staged another protest rally calling on the Supreme Court justices to speedily review and reverse the January 14, 2020 judgement which ousted Emeka Ihedioha and declared Sen. Hope Uzodinma as the governor. They described the ruling as the height of injustice to the people of the state.

Our correspondent reports that attempts by some to thugs to scuttle the protest by making a bonfire with tyres apparently  to prevent the protesters from coming out of the Ugwu Ekwema hall along the Egbu road where they had assembled failed …

Nnamdi Kanu

Nnamdi Kanu Sets Trap For Army, Orders CCTV Installation

February 12, 2020 9:45 am

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has ordered the installation of a Closed-Circuit Television, CCTV, camera in his family compound in Afaraukwu, Abia State, ahead of his parents’ burial.

Nnamdi Kanu explained that the installation of the CCTV cameras would monitor the activities of the Nigerian Army during the burial ceremony of his parents on Friday.

The IPOB leader, who spoke during his latest live broadcast on Radio Biafra threatened to kill the children of the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai if any IPOB member was injured during the burial ceremony.

According to Kanu: “We

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IPOB

Police’ll Cause Problem Nigeria Won’t Recover From – IPOB

February 12, 2020 9:45 am

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday, warned the police against attacking mourners during the burial ceremony of the parents of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, Eze Israel Okwu Kanu and his wife in Afaraukwu, Abia State.

IPOB warned that the police would be setting up a chain reaction that Nigeria may never recover from if mourners were attacked during the burial ceremony.

The traditional ruler of Afaraukwu community and his wife, who died last year would be buried on Friday.

Read Also: IPOB Should Not Come Near Umuahia – CP

Ahead of the burial, the Police Commissioner in Abia

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Resign

Resign Humbly Now, You’re Worse Than Jonathan – CCNY

February 12, 2020 9:44 am

The Coalition of Concerned Northern Youths, CCNY, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to honourably resign as Nigeria’s President, adding that he has failed woefully.

The Coalition, in a statement signed by its National Convener, Muhammed Ishaq and made available to DAILY POST on Wednesday, cited the President’s lack of the will power to tackle the security challenges facing the country.

This call by the youths Coalition followed a similar call by the Ango Abdullahi-led Northern Elders Forum, NEF, which had at the weekend declared the administration of President Buhari a total failure.

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Burial

You Won’t Threaten To Stop, Scatter Burial Of Emir – FFK

February 12, 2020 9:44 am

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode said security operatives only threatened to disrupt the burial of Nnamdi Kanu’s parents in Afaraukwu because they are not from the Northern region of the country.

He said the government, police and other security agencies are warming up to cause mayhem and shed innocent blood at the burial of the IPOB leaders parents because they are Igbos and note the father’s not an emir.

Fani Kayode’s assertion comes days after the Abia State Police Commission warned members of IPOB not to come near the venue of the burial ceremony of the Afaraukwu royals,

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Pandemonium As RRS Headquarters Is Gutted By Fire

February 12, 2020 9:44 am

There was pandemonium on Wednesday as headquarters of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, at the Lagos State Government Secretariat, Alausa, in Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria was gutted by fire.

The fire started around 11:40am, as smokes emanated from the roof of the one story building.

Police officers with their guns ran out of the building as attempts were made to quench the fire to no avail.

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Several fire extinguishers were deployed to put out the fire, but it was after officers of the Lagos State Fire Service came that the fire …

Edo

Terrorism Has Entered Edo Politics – Ogiemwonyi

February 12, 2020 9:44 am

One of the governorship aspirants jostling to secure the ticket of the All Progressives Congress for the September 19 Edo State gubernatorial election, Chris Ogiemwonyi, in this interview speak on developments in his state, his chances and other issues.

As one of the aspirants, what are your chances at the primaries?

My chances are very bright. We are a total of six aspirants. Each one of us has his own profile. I pray you have time to go through my profile. I have served both in the private and public sectors. I have put in 35 years. Since I left, …

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