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President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated the newly retired service chiefs as non-career ambassadors-designate. In a letter to the senate, Buhari said: “In accordance with section 171 (1), (2) (c) & sub-section (4) of 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, I have the honour to forward for confirmation by the Senate, the under-listed five (5) names of nominees as Non-Career Ambassadors-Designate. “The nominees are: Gen Abayomi G. Olonisakin (Rtd ), Lt Gen Tukur Y. Buratai (Rtd), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (Rtd), and Air Vice Marshal Mohammed S. Usman (Rtd).” The President urged the Senate to give expeditious consideration to the nominations. This is coming days after the International Criminal Court confirmed to SaharaReporters it had received petitions on the sacked military chiefs’ over human rights violations and crimes against humanity. In a mail to SaharaReporters, ICC official, Fadi El Abdallah said, “Dea...

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu for three months. The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said that the decision of the President to extend the IGP’s tenure for another three months was to give time for proper selection of the new helmsman. This, however, would be contrary to the provisions of the Police Act 2020, which in Section 7 (6) fixes a single term of four years without an option of extension of tenure for the holder of the office of the Inspector-General of Police. “A person appointed to the office of the Inspector-General of Police shall hold office for four years,” it read. Section 18 (8) of the Act signed by the President on September 15, 2020 also read, “Every police officer shall, on recruitment or appointment, serve in the police force for 35 years or until he attains th...

The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, secured the conviction of one Oyelakin Babatunde who was sentenced to four months of community service for cheating.  He was sentenced by Justice Omolara Adeyemi of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State.  The 32-year-old, who claims to be a fashion designer, was arrested in September 2020.  He allegedly obtained money by false pretence from unsuspecting foreigners through Amazon and iTunes gift cards as well as Western Union and MoneyGram money transfers.  Oyelakin’s offence contravenes Section 421 of the Criminal Code cap 38, laws of Oyo State, 2000 and punishable under the same section. Oyelakin pleaded guilty to one count brought against him by the EFCC. Aside from the jail term, the court also ordered him to restitute the sum of £950 to his victims and forfeit one Lexus SUV, one silver HP laptop, one white iPhone 11, one iPhone wristwatch and one black N...

President Muhammadu Buhari and the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday criticised President Muhammadu Buhari over his failure to condemn and caution the Fulani herdsmen terrorising Nigerians. The governor said from Buhari’s disposition, he has appeared as the President of only the Fulani people and not the President of Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari and the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom THISDAYLIVE The governor said Buhari was not keeping to his promise he made to Nigerians during his inauguration in 2015 that he would be the President of everybody and nobody. Ortom stated this at a press conference in Makurdi on Wednesday after his recovery from COVID-19, saying no Nigerian is a second-class citizen or slave to the Fulani people. At the conference monitored by Punch, Ortom lambasted the Presidency for calling for the arrest of popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, well known as Sunday Igboho, who is...

Governor Kayode Fayemi Six gunmen on Wednesday attacked some accountants attached to the Cabinet Department of the Ekiti State Governor’s Office, snatching N20m from them, the Nation reports. The attackers reportedly ambushed the officials who were returning from a bank at Government Secretariat Road, Ado-Ekiti, where they withdrew the money. An eyewitness alleged that the gunmen shot into the air before robbing the officials. He said, “The officials were paymasters and accountants attached to the Cabinet Department of the Governor’s Office. They went to make withdrawal at the behest of their superiors and while returning, the robbers waylaid them at a place between the Chicken Republic and Fajuyi Park and dispossessed them of the huge cash.” The incident crippled economic activities in the state capital as financial institutions, petrol stations, supermarkets, eateries hurriedly shut down while commuters took to their heels. Rumours spread rapidly that a bank robbery was ...