LP Appoints New Campaign DG as Replacement for Okupe

NewsNigeriaPoliticsLP Appoints New Campaign DG as Replacement for Okupe

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 28, 2022

The Labour Party has appointed Akin Osuntokun, a former political adviser to ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo, as the new director-general (DG) of the party’s presidential campaign council (PCC). Osuntokun was announced as the replacement for Doyin Okupe by the national chairman of the party, Julius Abure on Tuesday after a strategic meeting of the party, which had Peter Obi, the party’s presidential flag bearer for the 2023 general election, members of the national working committee and...

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Bolanle Raheem: Lagos Police Command Release Two Police Officers Who Witnessed Lawyer’s Murder

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBolanle Raheem: Lagos Police Command Release Two Police Officers Who Witnessed Lawyer’s Murder

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 28, 2022

Two police officers arrested alongside Assistance Superintendent of Police (ASP) Dambri Vandi in connection with the murder of a Lagos-based lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, have been released. The Lagos State Police command spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin disclosed this in Tuesday in an update on police investigation into the killing. Hundeyin said the officers were arrested because they only witnessed the incident but were released on the orders of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police having given a...

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Why is Bola Tinubu Weighed on a Much Different Scale?

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPoliticsWhy is Bola Tinubu Weighed on a Much Different Scale?

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)December 27, 2022

“The PDP is reputed for its penchant to handover it’s ticket to the highest bidder”— Ebuka Onyekwelu The candidate of the All Progressives Congress – APC in the 2023 Presidential Election, Ashiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has continued in most social media debates, to be measured on a different scale. A former governor of Lagos State, Nigeria’s most successful model state, and a former senator, yet, somehow, Bola Tinubu’s presence in the contest has generated more controversy...

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US to support NDLEA on improved intelligence gathering capacity

National SecurityNewsNigeriaUS to support NDLEA on improved intelligence gathering capacity

Beloved John (Staff Writer)December 27, 2022

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has disclosed the United States government’s intention to work on improving the agency’s capacity for intelligence gathering and prosecution. Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA’s spokesperson disclosed this in a statement on Monday, According to him, the project will also support the agency’s forensic and chemical analysis capacity. Babafemi noted that the support, which is from the US Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, was...

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Nigerian Army To Deal With Terrorist Groups, 100 Top terrorist Commanders Killed

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaNigerian Army To Deal With Terrorist Groups, 100 Top terrorist Commanders Killed

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 27, 2022

The Nigerian Army has been directed to deal decisively with any terrorist group and all those who take up arms against the Nigerian State, as military authorities said yesterday that 100 notorious commanders and fighters of the terrorist group, Boko Haram, were killed by joint military operations involving air and ground components. The Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Farouq Yahaya, stated this at a Christmas luncheon with troops of Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin...

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US To Strengthen Intelligence Gathering, Forensic Capacity Of NDLEA

National SecurityNewsNigeriaUS To Strengthen Intelligence Gathering, Forensic Capacity Of NDLEA

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 27, 2022

The United States government has announced a project that will strengthen intelligence gathering and prosecution capabilities as well as forensic and chemical analysis capacity of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The project will be implemented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Nigeria. The latest support from the U.S. Department of States Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) comes on the heels of an award of...

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Osun State Government Disengages Quarry Sites Consultants, Revenue Collectors

NewsNigeriaRegionsOsun State Government Disengages Quarry Sites Consultants, Revenue Collectors

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 27, 2022

The Osun State Government has disengaged all consultants and revenue collectors on all quarry sites across the state with immediate effect. Chairman of, Review Committee on Solid Minerals in the state, Samuel Oyedotun in a statement warned all illegal revenue collectors to steer clear of all quarry sites in the state. The statement signed by the secretary of the committee, Hashim Abioye, said the decision became necessary to stem the tide of loss of revenue...

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Federal Government To Verify Money Spent By States On COOVID-19

HealthNewsNigeriaFederal Government To Verify Money Spent By States On COOVID-19

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 27, 2022

The Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba has hinted that the federal government will soon begin the process of verifying money spent by states to tackle the COVID-19 virus. The minister said an Independent Verification Agent (IVA) had been engaged for the implementation of the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) Programme. Speaking at the signing of a contract between the federal government and Steigler Services Ltd to serve...

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4 Kidnapped Victims Rescued In Enugu by Joint Effort of Police, Neighborhood Watch

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeria4 Kidnapped Victims Rescued In Enugu by Joint Effort of Police, Neighborhood Watch

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)December 27, 2022

Police Operatives serving in Iwollo Division of the Enugu State Police Command collaborating with Neighborhood Watch personnel and Forest Guards on Saturday rescued 4 kidnapped persons in the state. The victims, 3 males and 1 female were kidnapped along 9th-Mile/Eke/Akama-Oghe Road, on Friday the 23rd of December, 2022 at about 8pm. According to the Enugu State Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, they were rescued at about 10am on Saturday 24th December, 2022 in...

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Tinubu, Atiku, Obi Pledge to Reform the Police Sector Over Killing of Lawyer by Cop

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu, Atiku, Obi Pledge to Reform the Police Sector Over Killing of Lawyer by Cop

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 27, 2022

The three leading presidential candidates in the forthcoming general elections, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) have pledged to reform the Nigerian Police Force following the killing of Bolanle Raheem by a police officer in Lagos State. Raheem, a Lagos-based female lawyer, was shot dead by a police officer from Ajiwe Police station under the Ajah Bridge...

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