The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun on Tuesday, February 27, 2018, survived the plot to remove him from office by some top leaders of the ruling party. Among APC leaders believed to be the arrow heads of the chess game to unseat the Odigie-Oyegun-led National Working Committee (NWC) were the APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, state governors and National Assembly members loyal to him. But at the party’s meeting in Abuja yesterday, the NWC received an overwhelming support from the National Executive Committee (NEC), which extended their tenure beyond June 2018, when it is expected to end. While Tinubu and his loyalists intensified efforts to actualise their push for the conduct of elective congress of the party in June to elect the successor of Odigie-Oyegun and his team, the APC chairman, it was gathered stretched his lobby of party stakeholders to carry the day. It was learnt that the Presidency joined t
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The Nigeria Police has paraded five hundred and eighty suspected criminals in Cross River State (580). Of this number, five hundred and twenty nine (529) were arrested between February 1st and December 31st 2017, where as fifty one (51) were arrested in 2018, between January 1st to January 11th. Disclosing this to newsmen in his office in Calabar, the Commissioner of Police, Hafiz Mohammed Inuwa said that a total of two hundred and thirty four (234) assorted firearms were recovered. Consequently, he explained that of the 529 suspected criminals arrested in 2017, 186 were for armed robbery, 83 murder, nine attempted murder, five sea piracy, 21 rape, six child stealing, 40 Kidnapping, 29 stealing/conspiracy, 80 unlawful possession of firearms, 60 cultism, four defilement, two internet fraud, two criminal abortion and one abduction. The police commissioner said that “three pump action rifles, one AK 47 rifle without magazine, four locally made revolver pistols, one English double b
FORMER Vice President and a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP), Atiku Abubakar has said that his hope in the new year was for Nigeria to all her citizenry to be united for the Nation to move forward to greatness This was contained in a new year message he signed and released to the media yesterday by his media office. The Wazari of Adamawa, however, promised that he would devote the year for the emancipation of Nigerians from the present suffering in the country. The statement reads, “it is my hope that this year will bring out the empowerment of Nigerians and that through increased job opportunities Nigeria will be working again “It is my hope that all Nigerians will live in a safe and secure country “It is my hope that all Nigerians will live in an economy that provides them the quality of life they deserve and our youth have the opportunity to receive an education that sets the standard for all of Africa and the world “My commitment in this new yea
President Muhammadu Buhari was very unpleased with his security aides over his son, Yusuf’s accident with a power bike. Yusuf was drag racing with a friend on Tuesday night around 8 pm when he crashed his power bike, sustaining head injuries and breaking a limb in the process. “The president was at the hospital on Wednesday night. He was very devastated when he saw his son, Yusuf, in a very critical situation. He was shaking his head, while looking at his son and thereafter angrily reprimanded his security officials for allowing Yusuf to leave home at that time of the day for power-bike racing. From the way the president spoke, it appears the security aides are in trouble. He spoke angrily. The Minister of Interior, Lt-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau ( rtd ); his FCT ministry counterpart, Alhaji Mohammed Bello; and the Senate President’s wife, Mrs. Toyin Saraki; stayed throughout the night of Tuesday till Wednesday at the hospital with Hajia Aisha Buhari. While the doctors
In his letter to the AGF, Falana pointed out that the AGF was required to supply the information within seven days as laid out by the FoI act. The letter read in part; “As you are no doubt aware, Section 29 (1) of the of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 has mandated the Inspector-General of Police and heads of all agencies authorised by law to remit quarterly to the Attorney General of the Federation a record of all arrests made with or without warrant in relation to federal offences within Nigeria. We have noted that the office of the AGF is required by Section 29 (5) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 to establish an electronic and manual database of all records of arrests made by all enforcement agencies at the federal and state levels in the country. In exercise of my right to freedom of information, guaranteed by Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby apply for an electronic copy of the records of arrests made and judgments
“Our attention has been drawn on a tweet by EFCC on its official Twitter handle claiming that the Gestapo kind of arrest of Dr Innocent Chukwuma (OFR) today at his Enugu residence was because he didnt honour an invitation from the commission sent to him. This claim by the commission is not factual and it tends to mislead the public and bring the personality and character of Dr Innocent Chukwuma to disrepute. Hence we want to state the true position so as to inform the general public the truth about this matter. EFCC never at any time invited Dr Innocent Chukwuma either in writing or through any other means. We are aware that EFCC investigated GTB complaint against Innoson in 2012. During the investigation, he was invited and he honoured the invitation. After the investigation, EFCC filed a charge against him at Lagos State High Court. The charge was subsequently struck out. However, Dr Innocent Chukwuma and Innoson Nigeria Ltd appealed against the order striking out the case
Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, gave the clarification in a Short Service Message (SMS) to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri. Nicholas said that the troops escorting the trucks had killed six insurgents and recovered weapons. He explained that there were no civilian casualties in the attack, adding that he was at Dikwa when the incident occurred. “There was an ambush but the soldiers killed six Boko Haram insurgents and recovered weapons. No civilian was killed. “I was in Dikwa that Saturday and this happened while I was within,” Nicholas said. However, the Wold Food Programme (WFP) on Sunday said a driver of its hired truck and three other persons were killed in an attack at Ngala in Gamboru-Ngala Local Government Area of Borno. Adedeji Ademigbuji, the Communication Associate of the WFP, said in a statement issued in Maiduguri that a convoy of the WFP’s hired trucks conveying food items were attacked by gunmen 35 kilome