Nigeria’s Terrorism Deradicalisation Scheme Leaves Traumatised Victims With No Lifeline

NewsNigeriaSpecial ReportNigeria’s Terrorism Deradicalisation Scheme Leaves Traumatised Victims With No Lifeline

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 11, 2020

Nigeria’s decade-long war with terrorists in the Northeast is fraught with lots of controversies, but the most contentious of them is what to do with those the government has described has repentant Boko Haram members, writes the West African Pilot News correspondent Adeola Oladipupo. There are three known deradicalisation programmes in Nigeria. The programme in Kuje Prison was set up for fighters convicted of violent extremist offences, or inmates awaiting trial; the Neem Foundation owns...

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Again, Fayose Attacks Obasanjo, Vows to Jail Him

NewsNigeriaAgain, Fayose Attacks Obasanjo, Vows to Jail Him

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 11, 2020

The former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has vowed to jail former President Olusegun Obasanjo if he becomes President. The brickbat between the former leaders began when Obasanjo in a condolence letter to the Ogun State government over the death of Senator Buruji Kashamu, said that the late Senator evaded justice on alleged criminal offence by manoeuvering law and politics. In a swift reply, Fayose said that Nigerians will watch out for the end...

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Ondo Deputy Governor Dumps the PDP

NewsPoliticsOndo Deputy Governor Dumps the PDP

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 11, 2020

Weeks after losing the ticket to represent the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the forthcoming Governorship election in Ondo State, the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Agboola Ajayi, has resigned from the PDP. Ajayi left the PDP after he was cleared by the National Executive Committee of the Zenith labour Party (ZLP) to contest in the primary He told his supporters through his Media Adviser, Allen Sowore, that his next line of action would...

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Why Fuel Scarcity May Begin in Lagos Tomorrow

LabourNewsOil & GasWhy Fuel Scarcity May Begin in Lagos Tomorrow

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 9, 2020

Due to the failure of the state government to address grievances, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has directed tanker drivers to suspend their services beginning from Monday. Williams Akporeha, the National President of NUPENG, said in a statement that the appeal to Lagos and the Federal governments to decongest the Apapa Port has not been addressed. “The entire rank and file members of the union are deeply pained, frustrated and...

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Political Enemies Trade Words Over the Life and Death of Buruji Kashamu

CorruptionLifestyleNewsPoliticsPolitical Enemies Trade Words Over the Life and Death of Buruji Kashamu

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 9, 2020

Political heavyweights and sworn enemies in Nigeria’s Southwest have clashed over the controversial life of Senator Buruji Kashamu, who died at the First Cardiology Hospital in Lagos, due to complications from COVID-19. The clash began when former President Olusegun Obasanjo in a letter titled ‘letter of condolence’ addressed to the State government, said that the late Kashamu manipulated the law and politics to escape justice over alleged criminal offences in Nigeria and abroad. “I receive...

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Parents of 300-Level UI Student Who Died at a Soap-making Factory to Get Compensation

NewsNigeriaParents of 300-Level UI Student Who Died at a Soap-making Factory to Get Compensation

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 7, 2020

The family of Richard Gbadebo, a 300-level University of Ibadan student who died at the Henkel Industries Ltd, makers of WAW detergent, located at Oluyole Industrial Estate, Ibadan, Oyo State, has been assured by the Ogun State government that an investigation of the incident had begun and that they would be compensated. Gbadebo, 21, was an on night shift on July 28 when he reportedly slipped and fell into a machine which then crushed him....

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Police Disrupt #RevolutionNow Protest in Lagos, Arrests 25 Protesters

NewsNigeriaPolice Disrupt #RevolutionNow Protest in Lagos, Arrests 25 Protesters

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 5, 2020

The Lagos Command of the Nigerian Police disrupted the #RevolutionNow protest on Wednesday. The Coalition for Revolution (CORE) called for a nationwide protest against massive corruption, rising unemployment and demanded accountability in the management of public resources. In Lagos, the organisers of the protest Baba Aye and Gbenga Komolafe, had in a statement on Monday, said that the protest would hold at two locations, Ikeja and Victoria Island. Hundreds of young people gathered at the...

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Lagos Abolishes 2018 Land Use Law

InvestingNewsPovertyLagos Abolishes 2018 Land Use Law

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 5, 2020

…Pardons payment defaulters from 2017 to 2019 The Lagos State Government, today, made several changes to the 2018 Land Use Law which generated lots of controversies in the last administration. The government cancelled 2018 Land Use Charge Law, reverted to pre-2018 land use charges but maintained the 2018 valuation, according to the Nation In a press conference, the Commissioner for Finance, Dr Rabiu Olowo said that defaulters of land use payment from 2017 to 2019...

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Fayemi Laments: It is Not in My Character to Deny People of their Deserved Benefits

NewsFayemi Laments: It is Not in My Character to Deny People of their Deserved Benefits

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 5, 2020

Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has lamented the State’s poor revenue status and its inability to pay worker’s emoluments and benefits in an address on Wednesday. The West African Pilot News recalls that the Organised Labour embarked on a warning strike over non-payment of outstanding allowances and other benefits on Monday, but called it off a few hours after it commenced. “I always feel sad whenever I have to sit down to listen to workers...

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Falana, Others Demand Justice for UI Student Who Died at a Soap-Making Factory

BusinessLaw & JusticeNewsFalana, Others Demand Justice for UI Student Who Died at a Soap-Making Factory

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 5, 2020

Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond, a group led by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has partnered with the Oyo State Chapter of the International Lawyers Assisting Workers, to demand justice for Richard Gbadebo, a 300 level student of the University of Ibadan who died at a soap making factory on July 28. Gbadebo, 21, was said to be on a night shift at a factory owned by Henkel Nigeria Limited, manufacturers of WAW detergent...

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