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File photo of a gunman wearing bullets Five staff of Benue State Internal Revenue Service were on Monday abducted by gunmen in Vandeikya Local Government Area. The gunmen also destroyed property at the agency’s office. File photo of a gunman wearing bullets Speaking on the incident, media aide to the chairman of the agency, Ati Terkula, said, “The gunmen attacked the officially gazetted inspection point in Vandeikya LGA, destroyed property and kidnapped five staff on duty. “The gunmen, who were dressed in military uniform, drove in a Hilux van with three motorcycles and invaded the branch Atser BIRS inspection point in Vandeikya. “At present, the whereabouts of the staff is unknown and the matter has been reported at the Vandeikya Divisional Police Station.” CRIME Insecurity News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3lC8fB6 via EDUPEDIA

The Lagos State Police Command has threatened to close the African Shrine, Ikeja, over the hosting of a programme to evaluate the achievement, lessons and tasks arising from the recent #EndSARS protest. The programme, which is organised by Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, was originally scheduled to be held on Tuesday at the African Shrine. The police have now threatened to close down the place if the programme went ahead. Seun revealed that the police invited his sister and threatened to shut down the facility if the meeting holds. In a letter to the Kuti family and manager of the African Shrine, the police said the programme was not welcome and will be tagged a deliberate action to sabotage the restoration of peace in Lagos. The police cited the recent violence arising from the #EndSARS protest as its reason for ordering the suspension of the programme. “It is on this premise that I write that such a gathering or meeting planned to be hosted at you

The Oxford Committee for Famine Relief-funded Work in Progress project currently implemented by its partner, Chioma Chuka Consulting Services Ltd, have launched a campaign to ask the Nigerian Government to commence the full implementation of the National Youth Policy. The #BeingYoungInNigeria campaign will also petition the government to call for urgent action to ensure the promises of the policy along its key strategic thrusts are duly implemented. The implementation of the youth policy, which is to kick off from 2019 – 2023, is yet to receive any attention from the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. The #BeingYoungInNigeria campaign is to make the government create employment opportunities, a safe and suitable environment, and positive expectations about the future for young Nigerians through the implementation of the National Youth Policy. The project Lead, Princewill Ogbodo, addressing journalists in a virtual press briefing on Monday, said the project will also

Alvan Ikoku Hostel, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The Network for Democracy and Development has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and state governors to save public universities from avoidable collapse. This comes as public universities have remained shut for eight months owing to a strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Alvan Ikoku Hostel, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Tribune Online NDD stated that federal and state governments must take bold steps to save public universities from collapse. The group also condemned the politicisation of the appointment into academic institutions especially into the position of Vice Chancellor. In a statement jointly signed by Tajudeen Alabede, National Coordinator; and Dr Abdul-Wasi Moshood, Director of Public Affairs, the group urged the government to honour its commitment to ASUU in the overall interest of students, the education sector and the nation. It also said that the government and university administrators sh

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has promised to direct the Niger Delta Development Commission to shift attention to Ondo State as flooding continues to render many homeless. SaharaReporters had reported how sea incursion from the Atlantic Ocean sacked over 2000 residents in Ayetoro community in the Ilaje area of Ondo State recently. See Also Sahara Reporters Residents Flee, Others Rendered Homeless As Ocean Surge Sacks Over 2000 Residents In Ondo Community 0 Comments 1 Day Ago Properties worth millions of naira were damaged by the ocean surge. The situation led to a protest among residents as they sought government’s assistance. Reacting to the development, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has promised intervention in the recurrent sea incursion that has overtime rendered residents of Ilaje Local Government Area homeless. The lawmaker, who regretted the incident, assured that the NDDC wo

The Coalition for Revolution has called on Nigerian workers to engage the government by mass action and protest over the recent increase in fuel price and economic hardship. CORE described as “wicked” the increase of petrol pump price to N170 by the Petroleum Products Marketing Company. Defending the increase, Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, said the announcement of a COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer triggered a slight increase in the price of crude oil in the global market. CORE in a statement by its Co-conveners, Baba Aye and Gbenga Komolafe, stated that  the All Progressives Congress-led regime does not have the interest of the poor masses at heart, adding that many small and medium-scale operators in the informal economy had been ruined as a result of the bad policies by the government. It also said that working class people were facing a barrage of economic attacks as the unemployment rate in the country continues to increase. It said, “The composit

The Nigerian Government has said that the recent increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit also known as petrol is as a result of the announcement by an American pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, on its recent breakthrough in the fight against Coronavirus. Recall that the Petroleum Products Marketing Company had announced a new ex-depot price of N155.17 for petrol. See Also Sahara Reporters Petrol Price Increased To N168-N170 Per Litre 0 Comments 3 Days Ago Ex-depot price is the price marketers buy products from depot owners.  An increase or decrease in ex-depot price has effect on the pump price of petrol. Speaking with State House correspondents on Monday, Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, said the announcement of a COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer triggered a slight increase in the price of crude oil in the global market. Sylva said, “What happened recently was because of the announcement of a vaccine for COVID-19 by Pfizer. With that, cr

Tokunbo Abiru; Babatunde Gbadamosi. The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed December 9, 2020, for hearing in a suit seeking to disqualify Tokunbo Abiru, candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the forthcoming Lagos East Senatorial District bye-election. The suit filed by Babatunde Gbadamosi, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the poll, is also seeking the disqualification of the APC for fielding an ineligible candidate. Tokunbo Abiru; Babatunde Gbadamosi. Gbadamosi prayed the court to disqualify Abiru on the grounds that he registered twice and possesses two voter cards. Gbadamosi said the act was a violation of Section 31 of the Electoral Act. Counsel representing PDP, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), is praying the court for an order “nullifying, cancelling and voiding the nomination, submission and acceptance of the name of Abiru as the candidate of the APC for the by-election”. Counsels representing APC’s candidate, Abiodun Owonikoko (SAN) and Kemi Pinheiro

Nigerian musician, Ayodeji Balogun popularly known as Wizkid, has opened up on the reason he was actively involved in the #EndSARS protest. The musician disclosed this when he appeared on Capital Xtra’s ‘The Norte Show’, saying that he participated actively in the demonstration because of his unpleasant experience. He further explained that if he had not spoken up, he would have been a coward. He said, “Police brutality is a serious situation back home in Nigeria. It has been 60 years of political injustice, nepotism, madness and corruption at the highest level. “It is sad that my son is about to be 10 years old and Nigeria is still going through all these madness. If I didn’t speak up or use my voice, then I would be a coward. I will continue to speak about things that affect people in their daily lives. “I had been a victim of police brutality before I became popular and I know it still goes on. That needs to end. We deserve good governance in Nigeria.” #EndSARS Enterta

Prof. Ishaq Akintola, Director of MURIC The Muslim Rights Concern has faulted a lawsuit seeking a court order to remove Arabic language on Nigerian naira notes. Prof Ishaq Akintola, Director of MURIC, described the suit as “acrobatic religiousity” as he urged the court to strike it out. Prof. Ishaq Akintola, Director of MURIC The suit is filed by a Lagos-based lawyer, Malcolm Omirhobo, who argued that the Arabic inscription on naira notes portray Nigeria as an Islamic state contrary to the country’s constitutional status of a secular state. The lawyer also filed a similar suit against the Nigerian Army seeking the removal of Arabic inscriptions from its logo. The cases are being heard before Justice Mohammed Liman at the Lagos High Court. Akintola posited that Omirhobo’s approach was not only naive but also pedestrian as it manifests acute desertification of religious tolerance. He noted that Nigeria was not a secular but a multi-religious state. He said, “A secular stat

Babatunde Fashola Between September and December 2019, a princely ₦4.6bn was illegally paid into the private accounts of some directors and employees of the then Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, data obtained by PREMIUM TIMES have shown. Although the Ministry of Power in response to an Freedom of Information request by the newspaper claimed that only N157mn was paid to 127 staff members within the period under review, records proved that the ministry’s claim was untrue. Babatunde Fashola The Ministry of Power is now a standalone ministry and it is now led by Saleh Mamman.  But at the time the allocation for the payments was made in 2019, the omnibus Ministry of Works, Power and Housing was headed by Babatunde Fashola, a former governor of Lagos. The records, some obtained from the Open Treasury Portal, show that the sum of N4.6bn (exactly ₦4,608,394,262.22) was paid in 654 tranches into the accounts of 21 private individual accounts.  Two-thirds of that amount went to