Author: Akintayo Adams

Deji Ajare, a human rights lawyer, in a letter, addressed to the Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly,  Umar Yusuf, urged the house to begin impeachment proceedings against the Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, over allegations of misconduct and abuse of office. According to the lawyer, Ododo shouldn’t have been in the way of EFCC laid siege at the house of erstwhile governor of the state, Yahaya Bello. Furthermore, he called on the house to ensure cooperation with the anti-graft agency. “In the light of the above allegations and the inherent potential breaches of statutory duties imposed by…

Elon Musk, the owner of micro-blogging site, has issued a stern warning to users on the incessant practice of engagement farming. Numerous X users have been reported to be engaging in farming practices to boost their earnings through the platform’s content creator monetization program. Musk took to the official handle on the platform to issue the statement which is believed to be part of his ongoing efforts to combat the proliferation of bots and fake accounts. Join our WhatsApp community via https://goquick.ly/cj8q2 for instant and latest news updates.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has advised candidates writing the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, to be vigilant and refrain from giving their details to fraudsters. The Board helmsman, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, gave the advice when fielding questions from journalists during the monitoring exercise at the JAMB Professional Centre on Friday, in Bwari. “Today’s examination is very important to us because we have done so much engineering that we have been trying to do in the last seven years and we are only successful today for the first time,” he said. “Those who are fraudsters, who are…

The Government of Zamfara has imposed a ban on political office holders, heads of agencies, and civil servants from granting interviews, issuing statements, or participating in programs on radio, television, and social media without prior permission. The directive was contained in statement issued by the Commissioner of Information, Mannir Haidara, who stated the government’s resolve to monitoring all radio stations to ensure compliance with the directive. Haidara’s statement reads: “The Zamfara state government has observed with dismay the attitudes of some individuals, political groups and heads of MDAs towards conducting radio, television stations and social media platforms interviews and programmes…

A driver has been arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad attached to the Lagos State Police Command for stuffing 15 children into a Volkswagen Passat car. According to reports, the driver was contracted to take the children to a beach. However, he locked four of the children in the car trunk while 11 others were crammed together. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday by the State Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin at the command’s headquarters in Ikeja. The statement noted that the vehicle was reported by “concerned citizens on the Lekki–Ikoyi Link Bridge at about…

Former Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Mohammed Bello Adoke, has been cleared of money laundering charges by an Abuja Federal High Court. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, upheld Adoke’s “no case” submission against the money laundering charges against him. In 2017, Adoke and Abubakar Aliyu, a property developer, were dragged to court by EFCC for allegedly laundering about N300 million. While the EFCC admitted before Justice Ekwo that Adoke took a mortgage from Unity Bank, it alleged before Justice Kutigi that the money was a bribe from the sale of the oil block by Malabu Oil…

The Nigerian Army has released the traditional ruler of Ewu-Urhobo kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Clement Oghenerukevwe Ikolo, Urhukpe 1, who was earlier declared wanted and arrested after reporting himself to the Police over the gruesome murder of 17 soldiers in Delta State on 14 March 2024. He was released during a brief at Army Headquarters by the Director, Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu. He was released to Senator Ede Dafianone (Delta Central) who stood surety. Senator Ede was on the team which accompanied Senator Ned Nwoko (Delta North) to pay a visit to the Chief of Defence Staff,…

Alhaji Abdulmutalib Jankada, the traditional ruler of Sansani chiefdom in Gassol local government area of Taraba state has been killed by unknown attackers. It was gathered that the gunmen gained access to his palace on Thursday night while the monarch was resting after the day’s activities and shot at him during the attack. The gunmen, who rode into Sansani town on motorcycles, sneaked into the palace, went straight to a room where the monarch was sitting, and shot him multiple times, seizing his phones afterwards, according to a report by DailyTrust. Musa Sansani, a resident of the town said no one thought the…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been advised by a group, the World Igbo Congress (WIC), to consider solution from another perspective over the lingering case of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra. It was contained in a statement signed by the Chairman and the Secretary-General of WIC, Sir Festus Okere  and Sir Chris Ogara, and addressed to the President, Senate President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the National Assembly. The group called for Kami’s unconditional release as he is only advocating self-determination for his people, a fundamental human right that is recognised in…

The Presidency, through Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, said the security situation in Nigeria has witnessed great improvement since President Bola Tinubu assumed power. This was contained in a statement, by the Special Adviser, who explained that the current administration is also leaving no stone unturned to revive and enhance the economy. He disclosed this while reacting to the claim of the opposition, People’s Democratic Party (PDP), that President Tinubu is trying to make Nigeria a one-party state. “It was surprising that the PDP under whose watch Boko Haram was born in 2009…