Author: Amina Mohammed

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has ordered security agents in the state to launch a massive manhunt for perpetrators of Sunday’s kidnapping, along the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode expressway. Many people were reportedly kidnapped around the Area Command and Ilishan City Gate on the ever busy road by gunmen who ambushed them at about 9 pm. Security sources said the kidnapping was an insider’s job, as all the victims were foreign nationals who arrived the country the same day the incident occurred, adding that they were probably trailed to the location where the kidnapping took place. Abiodun, in a statement on Tuesday,…

Rear Admiral Alison Amaechina Madueke has petitioned the court for an injunction restraining his ex-wife, Diezani Alison-Madueke, from using his first name (Alison) and surname (Madueke) following the dissolution of their marriage. He prayed the court grants an order directing the respondent (Diezani) to adopt and revert to her pre-marital surname (Agama) and issue publications in newspapers of national circulation in both Nigeria and the United Kingdom of a notice of her discontinuation of the use of the petitioner’s first name and surname. The petition, in the high court of Lagos, suit no LD/15144HD/2024, sought that the ex-wife desist from…

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declared as illegal, the declaration of the wife of former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, Margaret as a wanted person by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Mrs. Emefiele had dragged the Commission and its chairman before the court for declaring her a wanted person and publishing her photographs on its website without any valid court order. In the suit number FHC/L/CS/262/2024, Mrs Emefiele prayed the court to among other things, hold that the decision by the EFCC to add her name to its wanted persons list without any valid charge…

England international Ross Barkley has rejoined Aston Villa, the Premier League club announced Monday. The former Everton and Chelsea midfielder returns to Villa on a permanent basis from relegated Luton after making 24 appearances for the Birmingham club during a 2020/21 loan spell. “Aston Villa is delighted to announce the signing of Ross Barkley from Luton Town,” said a club statement, which did not disclose the length of the player’s contract or a transfer fee. The 30-year-old’s arrival at Villa Park came after the club announced earlier Monday they had signed the Juventus duo of Samuel Iling-Junior and Enzo Barrenechea…

Kinsmen of late former governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Owo local government have pledged to work in unison to secure maximum votes for Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa in the November polls. They used all aggrieved members to mend fences and work together for the success of the Aiyedatiwa/Adelami ticket. The Owo APC leaders pledged stakeholders hosted by Ondo state deputy governor, Dr Olayide Adelami. Chairman of the APC Council of Elders in Owo, Chief Thompson Akinrinbola, said the APC would repeat its 2020 feat in Owo local government by defeating opposition parties by a wide margin.…

It was a scary sight on Monday, July 1, as the Nigeria Customs Service paraded a shipment of arms ammunition originating from Turkey it impounded in Rivers state. The customs said the assorted weapons were worth over N13.9bn. Speaking at the Onne Port in Rivers State, the Controller-General, Bashir Adeniyi, disclosed that the 40-foot container with registration number MAEU165396 arrived from Türkiye. He said the customs monitored the entire process until the container was intercepted in Rivers He said the service seized the container when the importer attempted to circumvent protocol. He stated on inspection, it was found loaded with…

Ethiopian Airlines has announced that the Nigerian government is no longer interested in partnership aimed at establishing the proposed Nigeria Air project. The Airlines’ Group Chief Executive Officer, Mesfin Tasew, made the announcement in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, according to Ethiopian Tribune. “The Nigerian government has lost interest in partnering with a foreign airline,” Tasew was quoted as saying. This announcement comes barely two months after the Federal Government indefinitely suspended the Nigeria Air project. Recall that the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, had on May 27, announced the indefinite suspension of the Nigeria Air project…

Abia State Government has suspended the restriction on the operation of tricycle and motorcycle operation in the state. The suspension was contained in a statement issued Monday by the Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu. Government had last week, given July first as the commencement date for the restriction of tricycle and motorcycle operation between 7pm and 6am. According to the statement, the suspension is as a result of pleas from members of the public. It read in part:”This is to inform the general public that the planned restriction of the operations of Tricycles[ keke] and Motorcycles [Okada] introduced by…

After several threats, the Federal Government on Monday announced the termination of sections of the Obajana-Benin Road contract being handled by messers : MotherCat, Dantata&Sawoe and RCC over non-performance. This was contained in a terse statement issued by the Ministry of Works on Monday. Stay tuned for more details…

France’s Varvara Gracheva was the first winner at the 2024 Wimbledon tournament on Monday, beating Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko 6-3, 6-1 in just over an hour. The Russian-born Gracheva, ranked 70th in the world, broke her opponent five times in total in a dominant performance under cloudy skies on Court 5. Tsurenko, 59th in the world, made 20 unforced errors compared with her opponent’s eight. Gracheva will face 28th seed Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine or Argentina’s Nadia Podoroska in the second round.