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Ghali-Na’Abba Supporters of National Consultative Front will on Monday in Abuja stage a solidarity rally to escort former Speaker House of the Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’aba, to headquarters of the Department of State Services. Na’aba was summoned by the agency over the interview he granted on Channels Television on Thursday on plans by his group to bring about a new Nigeria that will work for all. Ghali Na’Abba The group in a statement on Sunday by Head, Public Affairs Bureau, Dr Tanko Yunusa, directed all members and leaders to converge at the National Secretariat in Abuja to support Na’aba. The statement reads, “Please be notified that all leaders, members, allies and supporters of the NCFront are hereby enjoined to converge at 10am on Monday at the NCFront National Headquarters in Abuja for a major rally to solidarise and escort our leader, Ghali Umar Na’aba, to the DSS at 12noon. “All NCFront organs, structures and allies nationwide are also enjoined to comply with...

The prime suspect in connection with incessant ritual killings of residents of Akinyele area of Ibadan in Oyo State, Sunday Shodipe, who escaped from police custody, has killed another woman in the community. The incident occurred on Saturday when the fugitive sneaked into the room of a woman identified as Funmilayo (Iya Ibeji) and smashed her head with an object believed to be a cutlass. A friend of the victim was said to have alerted neighbours, who rushed her to a private hospital, where they stitched her head but later referred her to the University College Hospital because of the severity of the injuries. She was also rejected because of lack of bed space. SaharaReporters gathered that she was later taken to Adeoyo Hospital at Ring Road where she died as a result of lack of proper medical attention to save her life. See Also Breaking News BREAKING: Ibadan Suspected Serial Killer Escapes From Police Custody 0 Comments 13 Hours Ago An eyewitness, who is also a fr...

It is a known fact that whatever lives shall eventually die. Death is and has always being inevitable, regardless of one’s status, affiliation, age, piety or otherwise. Death has neither passion nor compassion.  If there was anything shocking on Thursday night, August 13 in Bauchi State, is the murder of Hon. Musa Mante Baraza, a member of representing Dass constituency in the Bauchi state House of Assembly. Mante was lying on his sick bed in his village Baraza recuperating from the pandemic – COVID-19 when some unknown gunmen sent him to the land of no return. These unknown men did not end their atrocity there. They went further to kidnap his wives and a year old child. Reports indicated that these unidentified gunmen were armed robbers.  While pondering on the matter, I was impelled by sudden impulse to ask these questions: If they were armed robbers, why did they had to kill the lawmaker?  Why abduct his family?  Could this be politically motivated?...

#BBNaija: Big Brother issues final warning to Nengi and Kaisha over their clash that almost turned violent (videos) Shortly before the eviction show this evening, Big Brother issued a stern warning to all the housemates over the various clashes that almost turned violent. He summoned them to the lounge and played video clips of some of them quarreling and almost going physical. He asked Nengi, Kaisha, Erica, Lucy, and Wathoni to stand up and addressed them. He told them to resolve their outstanding issues and control their tempers as physical violence is prohibited in the house. He specifically issued Kaisha and Nengi a final warning for violating Paragraph 1 of Article 18 of the rule book which is dedicated to prohibited behaviour. It states that Big Brother is a game that encourages individual expression. However, there are types of behavior that will not, under any circumstances, be tolerated in the Big Brother House. Both ladies clashed in the house yesterday August 15. Big Br...

The Coalition Of University of Lagos Student Unionists has said that the ongoing fracas between embattled Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, and Pro Chancellor and Chairman of the Council, Dr Wale Babalakin, was not in the interest of students and staff of the institution. COULSU in a statement by its Chairman, Adedeji Olayinka, urged students to dissociate themselves from defending and taking sides with any of the ‘two corrupt wings’ of the university’s administration but should condemn the duo and call for probe into the finances of the university.  The statement reads, “It should be noted that the present fracas between the wing of the Babalakin-led Council and the wing of the embattled Vice Chancellor is not in the general interest of students and staffs of the University of Lagos. This is because the real fight between the two wings which led to the removal of the Vice Chancellor is about who controls the looted funds of the university. “Whi...

Olusegun Mimiko, immediate-past governor of Ondo State, has described the incumbent governor of the state, Rotimi Akeredolu, as an unprogressive fellow for abandoning the state’s health sector to rot.  Mimiko said any government that does not meet the need of the masses was not progressive and should be kicked out.  He spoke while receiving deputy governor of the state, Mr Agboola Ajayi, who recently defected to the Zenith Labour Party, at his residence in Ondo town.  Ajayi had on Friday dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for ZLP after failing to secure the party’s governorship ticket for the October 10, 2020 poll.  Akeredolu decried the array of abandoned projects left behind by Mimiko in the state during his visit to OSAUSTECH in Okitipupa, describing his predecessor’s style of governance as a disgrace and disservice to the people.  Mimiko, however, noted that it was not yet time for him to talk on the failures of Akeredolu’s government in the sta...

Abubakar Malami The Civil Society Network Against Corruption has petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari about how the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has been stalling high-profile corruption cases to protect “crooks’. The rights group informed the President that Malami takes over the prosecution of high-profile corruption cases in order to protect his allies from facing justice. The group cited how Malami took over prosecution of the case of a former lawmaker, Dino Melaye, and how the AGF also technically took over the trial of former Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. Abubakar Malami See Also Corruption EXPOSED: How Nigeria's Attorney-General, Malami Stopped Prosecution Of Dino Melaye 0 Comments 3 Days Ago CSNAC in a petition signed by its Chairman, Mr Olanrewaju Suraju, said the taking over of cases by Malami raises foul play and undermines the corruption mantra of the Buha...

Ghali Na’abba The Coalition of Northern Groups has berated President Muhammadu Buhari over the invitation of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’abba, by the Department of State Services. Na’abba was invited by the secret police four days after he made critical comments about the government of President Buhari. In a television broadcast, Na’Abba, who is a Co-chairman of the newly formed National Consultative Front, said Nigeria was now a failed state. Ghali Na’abba He listed unemployment, insecurity, economic hardship as some of the factors that have shown that the Buhari-led government “is incompetent”. See Also Breaking News BREAKING: DSS Invites Former Speaker, Ghali Umar Na'abba, For Criticising Buhari's Government 0 Comments 1 Day Ago In a statement on Sunday, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman,spokesperson for the CNG, said the continuous attempt to suppress the existence of the right of freedom of expression of Nigerians by the Buhari-led ...

An unidentified 32-year-old man has been rescued by the police after being locked up in a room by his father at Sheka neighborhood in Kano for 15 years. The victim was said to have been chained and caged for an undisclosed reason by his parents. He was said to have lost his physical strength and was emaciated when he was rescued and was immediately rushed to Nasarawa Hospital in Kano. This comes three days after one Aliyu, a resident of Farawa Babban Layi in Mariri Quarters of Kumbotso Local Government Area, was rescued by the police after being held in isolation for seven years by his parents.   CRIME News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3iQhHiv via EDUPEDIA

The suspect, Sunday Shodipe. The Oyo State Police Command has announced the escape of a suspected serial killer, Sunday Shodipe, connection with ritual killings of people at the Akinyele area of Ibadan, Oyo State. Commissioner of Police in the state, Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, made this known on Sunday in a statement by Public Relations Officer of the command, Olugbenga Fadeyi. The suspect, Sunday Shodipe. The statement reads, “The Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, CP. Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, wishes to state that the prime suspect in the serial killings at Akinyele Local Government Area, Moniya Ibadan, one Sunday Shodipe ‘m’ 19 years, who was arrested and paraded along with two others on 17th July, 2020 and later charged to court but remanded in police custody escaped from lawful custody on 11/08/2020. “Consequent upon this, the CP wishes to implore the general public to be on the lookout, arrest and immediately inform the officers and men of the command when sighted for...

IGP Mohammed Adamu As part of preparations towards the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states as well as efforts by the police high command to curb the proliferation of prohibited firearms in the country, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered Commissioners of Police across the country to immediately initiate appropriate actions to identify, arrest and prosecute any individual(s) or group(s) in possession of prohibited firearms.  In a statement, Force spokesperson, Frank Mba, said that the directive had become necessary following the need to curb the spread of dangerous weapons in the country. IGP Mohammed Adamu The statement reads, “In addition, the directive is targeted at addressing the proliferation and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms in the country which is contrary to the provisions of Chapter F.28 LFN 2004 of the Firearms Act.  “In a similar vein, Commissioners of Police in all the states of the Federation and the FCT h...