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We’ll Continue To Strengthen Security Architecture In Oyo -Makinde Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Sunday, said the state would continue to provide more support to the security agencies and also continue to strengthen the security architecture so as to keep residents of the state safe and secure and maintain peace and order. The governor stated this at The Cathedral of St. Peter, Aremo, Ibadan, during a service to commemorate the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Celebration Church service. Governor Makinde, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government ( SSG), Prof. Olanike Adeyemo, stated that the state government…
Men of the Oyo state police command have arrested a Lagos-based blogger, Mr Gbenga Dan Asabe over alleged defamation of Satguru Maharaj Ji. The blogger and publisher of Asabe Africa Afrika TV on YouTube was arrested by a team of policemen from State CID, Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Saturday. Asabe is currently being detained at the Iyaganku, Ibadan by the Oyo State Police Command. This was revealed in a statement made available to Nigerian Tribune on Saturday. According to the statement, he was arrested on Saturday morning at a mosque located at Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos, after some months of…
A university lecturer with 4 master’s degrees and a Ph.D recounts his woes as he resigns from his job after 10 years to hawk vegetables due to financial constraints The former lecturer, Sandeep Singh used to be a faculty member at a Punjabi University before financial difficulties drove him into resigning He told India Today that the university salary was very low and never came on time, driving him to seek for other means to sort his bills. “I taught at Punjabi University – five years on a junior research fellowship and seven years as a guest faculty. In…
A suspected rapist, Abubakar Yakubu, who allegedly defiled two minors in Limawa area of Minna, Niger State capital, has disclosed that he committed the act due to lack of confidence to approach mature ladies. The suspect, aged 30, of Limawa area of Minna assaulted little girls within the ages of six and eight years Parading the suspect at the Niger State Police headquarters in Minna, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Shawulu Ebenezer Damamman said the suspect lures his victims with a token of fifty or hundred Naira. According to him, “On 2/1/2024 at about 1700hrs, based on information…
by Tonnie Iredia In many developing societies where the government of the day is unable to provide basic facilities to improve living standards the way out is usually to resort to the tokenism of distributing palliatives to citizens. Nigeria adopted the option in 2015 – an option which from inception has been unable to wear a transparent and credible toga. No one including those in government had faith in Sadiya Farouq, pioneer minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development as well as her officials who were mandated to superintend the subject during President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The…
Ruth Ogunleye, a soldier, has accused three senior officers in the army of harassment, intimidation and threat to life. In a video she published on TikTok, the soldier accused a colonel and two other senior officers of threatening her. Ogunleye said her trouble started when she was posted to the Cantonment Medical Centre, Ojo, Lagos, where she met the colonel. The female soldier alleged that the colonel made sexual advances to her and she rejected him. She claimed that the senior officer consequently threatened to dismiss her from the army, denied her promotion courses, and rejected her army pass…
Thirty-two-year-old Alli and Abdullahi, aged 35, who were the two suspects arrested by personnel of the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN), popularly known as Amotekun Corps, in Saki, Oke Ogun area of Oyo State, in connection with a human head found in the abode of one of them, have spoken on how they got it. The suspects also revealed their use of human parts for themselves and clients who might desire fortune. One of them, Alli, even confessed that he was once caught burning a human bone and animal parts for fortune making, while Abdullahi said he had a…
•Diezani, other ex-ministers listed as agency vows not to spare politically exposed persons The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has reopened money laundering cases against 13 former governors and some former ministers, with the amounts involved running into over N853.8bn. Sunday PUNCH findings revealed that the amount at stake in the high-profile cases involving the former governors and ex-ministers was not less than N772.2bn, however, the anti-graft agency is currently investigating the N81.6bn that was allegedly looted in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. However, another $2.2bn was alleged to have gone missing through money laundering, fund…
THE Dangote Petroleum Refinery has sought the approval of the Federal Government to hit the domestic market with diesel and aviation fuel. The approval is expected from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, which is responsible for the regulation of midstream and downstream petroleum operations in Nigeria. Meanwhile, checks by Sunday Vanguard, weekend, indicated that refined products are currently stored in the refinery’s storage tanks while awaiting approval. In a statement, the company stated: “We have started the production of diesel and aviation fuel, and the products will be in the market within this month…
The Henley Passport Index, on Thursday, released the most powerful passports in the world. HPI, known for its comprehensive and authoritative ranking, evaluates passports based on the number of destinations their holders can access without needing a prior visa. Nigeria sits behind Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Morroco, Benin Republic and Namibia which are at number 76th, 83rd, 67th, 65th, 71st, 79th and 65th respectively. See the full list below: 1. Barbados 2. Benin 3. Burkina Faso 4. Burundi 5. Cambodia 6. Cameroon 7. Cape Verde Islands 8. Chad 9. Comoro Islands 10. Cook Islands 11. Cote d’Ivoire 12. Djibouti…