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The Commissioner of Police in Osun State, Olawale Olokode, has demanded that the Department of State Services should produce its operatives who allegedly beat a policeman to death for prosecution. The spokesperson of the Osun State Police Command, DSP Yemisi Opalola, said the CP made the demand when he met with the Director of the…
The widow of the late Peoples Democratic Party, Zonal Chairman, late Matthew Kola-Ojo, Mrs Yemi Kola-Ojo, was among the 14 persons kidnapped on Monday in Okunland, Kogi State. The victims were reportedly kidnapped while travelling between Iffe and Egbeda, in the Ijumu Local Government Area. The journey was said to be her first trip…
The federal government has charged civil servants on grade level 12 and below to work from home, amid the spike in COVID-19 cases. Folasade Yemi-Esan, Head of Civil Service said civil servants within the cadre should keep working from home till the end of February. Yemi-Esan’s directive was contained in a circular dated January 26,…
A recent investigation conducted by Wadata Media and Advocacy Center, Abuja, has exposed a flourishing centre in Lokoja, Kogi state capital, where young girls are subjected to sex slavery. The sex trade centre, Kasuwan-ruwa, is located opposite the popular International Market in Lokoja. During day time, the area is busy with business activities, especially yam sellers….
· AVM Isiaka Amao (Chief of Air Staff) Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Amao, was born on 14 September 1965 at Enugu. He hails from Oshogbo in LGA of Osun State. He enlisted into the Nigerian Air Force on January 19, 1984 as a member of the 35 Regular Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy. He…
Judge gavel with wooden stand. Classic wooden gavel with stand on white background. Law, business, auction. The Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday ordered the final forfeiture of former Governor of Zamfara, Abdulaziz Yari’s funds domiciled in Zenith and Polaris Banks. The funds include $56,056.75 in Polaris Bank; N12.9 million, N11.2 million, $301,319.99 dollars; N217,388.04…
Sunday Adeyemo, well known as Sunday Igboho, has said he had no transaction with Babafemi Ojudu, who is the Special Adviser on Political Matters to President Muhammadu Buhari. Ojudu, in a now-deleted piece published on his Facebook page on Monday, had alleged that opposition politicians contracted Igboho to disrupt the 2009 Rerun Governorship Election in…
The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District at the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Smart Adeyemi has secured the rehabilitation of two federal roads in the district making it two projects already gotten the needed attention from the Federal Government. These are laudable projects courtesy Distinguished Senator Smart Adeyemi (CON) when completed will…
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally sacked the service chiefs with immediate effect. Special Adviser On Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, made this known in a tweet on Tuesday. Adesina wrote, “PMB appoints new Service Chiefs. Maj Gen LEO Irabor, CDS, Maj Gen I Attahiru, Army, Rear Adm AZ Gambo, Navy, AVM IO…
The Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress in Kwara State has rejected the purported replacement of Bashir Bolarinwa with his Deputy, Abdullahi Samari, as chairman by the party’s National Executive Committee. The caretaker committee made this known in Ilorin while addressing newsmen. The Vice Chairman of the committee, Theophilous Oyebiyi, who read the address,…
