LASTMA To Carry Body Camera Soon – Official

The General Manager of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) Olajide Oduyoye, has said the officials of the agency will start carrying body camera technology as part of measures to ensure offenders are apprehended with solid evidence. The LASTMA GM said this on Friday while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. He added that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos is working towards helping the agency to acquire the necessary technologies to checkmate traffic offenders within...

Zamfara Abduction Is A Violation Of Children’s Right

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over the abduction of over 300 students at the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State. It described abduction as “a gross violation of children’s rights.” The UNICEF country representative in Nigeria, Peter Hawkins, in a statement on Friday, condemned the attack which took place in North West Nigeria. The statement added that the school attack is coming a...

Gunmen Abducts Over 300 Girls in Zamfara

Some suspected bandits have abducted over 300 schoolgirls at Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in the Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A staff of the school who begged for anonymity said the bandits came to the school at about 1am on Friday with Hilux vehicles and motorcycles and forcefully evacuated the students. He narrated that some of the bandits put on uniforms and pretended to be security personnel, they later broke into the...

Kidnappers Demand 100m to Free UI Student

Unknown gunmen, who kidnapped Emmanuel Odetunde, a student of Sociology at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, have demanded ₦100m as ransom from his family before he could be freed. The gunmen broke into the student father’s farm in Oke Odan, Apete area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Monday and abducted him. Odetunde was reportedly kidnapped around 5 pm. Close family sources revealed that four suspected herders had demanded his father. However, they...

Myanmar: Facebook Bans Military Accounts, Citing the Coup

Facebook said on Thursday that it has banned all remaining accounts linked to the Myanmar military, citing the junta use of deadly force against anti-coup demonstrators. The move, which takes effect immediately, applies to the military and entities under the control of the armed forces on both Facebook and Instagram. It added that “military-linked commercial entities” were also banned from advertising on the platforms. “Events since the February 1 coup, including deadly violence, have precipitated...

Deployment of 5G Networks Could Have Some Implication on Nigeria Security – ONSA

The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has warned that the deployment of the 5G telecommunication network could undermine the national security of Nigeria. This was said by the Director, Communication Officer of the NSA, Dr. Bala Fakandu on Sunday in an Investigative Public Hearing jointly organized by the Senate Committees on Communication, Science and Technology, ICT & Cyber Crimes, and Primary Healthcare and Communicable Diseases. The committee was saddled with the responsibility of...

El-Rufai Can’t Be Jonathan’s Running Mate in 2023 – Omokri

Ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has said that the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, can never be Jonathan’s running mate in the 2023 presidential elections. Omokri added that his former boss has no intention of running for president in 2023. He added that the former boss has no intention of dumping the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Omokri spoke on Wednesday in a Punch Online’ The Roundtable,...

Drama in Senate As Kogi Senator Calls Abia Governor “Drunk”

A mild drama erupted in the Senate on Tuesday following a comment by Senator Smart Adeyemi, referring to the Governor of Abia State as a “drunk.” The senator was contributing to a motion on “Safe School Initiative in Nigeria,” when he referred to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu as a “champaign drinking man”. Obviously, Adeyemi was reacting to a social media post that had cast an aspersion on Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello. The post was linked to...

ANALYSIS: Why We Invited Military to Orlu – Uzodinma

The governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has said that his decision to invite the military to douse tension in the Orlu district of the state was precautionary, citing the #EndSARS protest as a lesson. Uzodinma spoke to State House Correspondents on Tuesday after he had a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in his office at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja. Uzodinma added that the whole episode of the protest and the escalation...

Herdsmen Crisis: Farmers Also Carry AK-47 – Lalong

JOS — Plateau State Governor and Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum, Simon Lalong, on Tuesday said herdsmen alone should not be crucified for carrying AK-47. He alleged that farmers also bear AK-47 for self-defense. The governor spoke on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, adding that investigation by the Nigerian Governors’ Forum revealed that farmers also carry AK-47 and other firearms for protection. He added that when the farmers-herders crisis in Plateau occurred, both...

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