After going through the over 60-paged judgement of the Federal High Court of the FCT-Abuja division, I can boldly say the learned Hon. Justice I. E. Ekwe did not err on the side of law, in his judgement. I must express my dismay and utter disappointment at the decision of the senior men at law…
I challenge anybody to check from Europe, America and Asia; between 1999-2014, Nigeria was producing 2.1 million barrels of crude oil per day at an average cost of 100 USD per barrel and it went up to 143 USD. When we came, it collapsed to 37 – 38 USD and later was oscillating between 40…
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has suspended its Lagos State chapter’s Chairman, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as Mc Oluomo, indefinitely over alleged misconduct, insubordination, and inciting members of the state chapter against the apex body. The new development may be connected to a protest staged by Mc Oluomo supporters during which they…
A witness told PREMIUM TIMES that 13 soldiers and six police officers attached to the Kebbi State deputy governor’s convoy were killed by the bandits in the attack. Two days after bandits killed 63 vigilantes, the outlaws on Tuesday again killed 19 security agents in the entourage of the Kebbi State deputy governor, Samaila Yombe,…
Joseph Egbunike has died. The deputy police inspector-general died shortly late Tuesday night at the National Hospital, Abuja, according to two sources familiar with the development. Police officers have gathered at his official residence in Maitama in preparation for his burial, an official said. “It is very tragic that he died after battling a protracted…
Some yet-to-be-identified personnel of the Department of State Service have allegedly shot a soldier, Private Obafemi Adetayo, to death in the Lekki area of Lagos State. It was gathered that Adetayo was allegedly shot in the stomach by the operatives about three weeks ago when he attempted to bring out his ID card from his…
The arrowhead of the Yoruba secessionist group, Sunday Adeyemo popularly called Igboho Oosha has reportedly been released from the detention facility of the Beninese government. This news was broken by a blog, Amiloaded. Details later Source: GOVERNMEND
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command on Monday have arrested the driver of a Bus Rapid Transit who drove murdered 22-year-old Oluwabamise Ayanwole, GOVERNMEND has learnt. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Adekunle Ajisebutu, made this known in a chat, even as he confirmed that the dead body of the lady has…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has brought Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner (DCP) of police, to a federal high court in Abuja. The other defendants in the charge marked FHC/ABJ/57/2022 include Sunday J Ubia, Bawa James, Simon Agirigba and John Nuhu. The three defendants are members of the police Intelligence Response Team (IRT)….
In this first media interview, Bello Turji, the notorious Zamfara banditry kingpin, speaks on wide-ranging issues at the root of the violent conflict, its drivers and why he is proposing a peace deal.There is an open letter addressed to the emir, the governor and President Buhari, which has gone viral, said to have been written…