Author: Amina Mohammed

The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a Police Inspector, Aminu Mohammed, over the robbery of the residence of those around his duty station, ‘C’ Division in Lokoja, the state capital. According to reports, the officer’s activities were exposed on Sunday. The Public Relations Officer, SP William Aya, told journalists on Tuesday in Lokoja that ”luck ran out of the officer following the activities of a notorious gang of armed robbers who specialises in robbing houses of household items and cars. ”The car was found in the workshop of the policeman’s panel beater, Arome Moses, who was…

Thousands of students at the University of Ibadan have protested against a hike in school fees and other issues. As early as 8 a.m., the visibly angry students moved in large numbers to all the entrances of the institution and blocked them. Both academic and non-academic staff were locked outside the gates. After blocking all the entrances, they moved from one faculty to another to ensure that academic activities were totally paralysed. The students who warned sternly that there should be no video recording of the protest explained that the school management has not been fair to them. Some of…

The International Monetary Fund yesterday downgraded its forecast for Nigeria’s economic growth in 2024 to 3.1 per cent citing weaker growth recorded in the first quarter of the year, Q1’24. The new forecast was contained in the July 2024 World Economic Outlook of the IMF released, yesterday. The downgrade represents 0.2 percentage points below the earlier forecast of 3.3 per cent. The downgrade followed weaker-than-expected Gross Domestic Product, GDP, and growth recorded by the country in Q1’23. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, showed that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, growth dropped, quarter-on-quarter, QoQ to 2.98 per cent…

The Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf has approved the appointment of three second-class Emirs. The announcement was made by the Director General Press to the governor, Sanusi Bature. They are: Alhaji Muhammad Mahraz Karaye, Emir of Karaye, Alhaji Muhammad Isa Umar, Emir of Rano, and Alhaji Aliyu Ibrahim Abdulkadir Gaya, Emir of Gaya. The appointments which take effect immediately, will see the new emirates serving as second with Kano as first-class emirate. Yusuf named the newly appointed Alhaji Muhammad Karaye as the Emir of Karaye. He was the District Head of Rogo before his latest appointment. Alhaji Muhammad Umar was…

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has declared that his government will not allow the people of the state to suffer from the fallout of the Supreme Court judgment which granted financial autonomy to local governments in the country. Makinde maintained that the judgment had created a constitutional lacuna that would throw up different challenges at the local government level, saying that though he was not opposed to transparency in the councils, the Supreme Court judgment “is not a silver bullet that will wash away” Nigeria’s problems. The governor stated this on Monday during an Advisory/Consultative Committee Meeting comprising stakeholders in…

The Osun State House of Assembly on Tuesday confirmed the appointments of Wale Abbas as the chairman, Osun Amotekun Board and Adekunle Omoyele as the Corps Commander respectively. The confirmations followed the nomination of Abbas and Omoyele by the state governor, Ademola Adeleke, on July 5. The governor had forwarded their names to the House of Assembly for the necessary legislative approval. A statement by Olamide Tiamiyu, the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Adewale Egbedun, said the confirmation was a move to strengthen the state’s security apparatus. “The House of Assembly confirmed Abbas, a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police,…

President Bola Tinubu has given a marching order to the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Christopher Musa to curb oil theft and vandalism in the Niger Delta region within the shortest possible time. The President said the menace had become a national issue that should be surmounted to boost oil production in the country. The Group Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, said this on Tuesday, July 16, while speaking to journalists at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, after a meeting of all security and intelligence agencies heads convened by the Chief of Defence Staff.…

The House of Representatives has slated Tuesday, July 26, 2024, for questioning of six Area Council Chairmen of the Federal Capital Territory on their expenditures. They would face the House Committee on FCT and Ancillary Matters after failing to honour several invitations extended to them. The Chairman of the Committee, Frederick Agbedi, stated this on Tuesday during a meeting attended by the Minister of State for FCT, Mariya Mahmud and the six council chairmen. The lawmaker chided the council bosses for treating parliamentary invitations with contempt. He said, “The committee is not witch-hunting anyone, but anyone who is in public…

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Dr Abraham Ehizojie, the Medical Doctor at the health facility of Kuje Correctional Centre. The warrant was issued, over the alleged refusal to produce the medical report of Tigran Gambaryan, the detained executive of Binance Holdings Ltd. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order following an application by Gambaryan’s lawyer, Mark Mordi, SAN. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gambaryan was whisked into Court 9 of the high-rise building in a wheelchair earlier in the morning. Gambaryan, alongside the cryptocurrency firm, is facing a…

The attention of the Edo State Government has been drawn to a fictitious story by the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in which they returned to the expired tactic of dragging the palace of the Oba of Benin into politics with an allegation that there are purported plans to demolish the Benin Royal Museum. It is regrettable that the APC has found themselves in this sorry situation where they are now hell-bent on sacrificing the hard-won respect, legacy and heritage of the revered place on the altar of political exigencies. This should not be a matter for…