Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved the appointment of Col. Oladipo James Ajibola as the Director-General of Operation Burst. The governor announced the appointment on Friday. The media reports that Operation Burst is the joint security outfit created to attend to some critical security issues across the state. The joint security outfit was established during the administration of the immediate past governor, late Abiola Ajimobi. The joint security outfit consists of the military, the NSCDC and DSS. The appointment of the Operation Burst DG was contained in a letter signed by the Chief of Staff to the Governor,…
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The Ogun State Police Command has a new Commissioner of Police. the new Commissioner of Police is Alamatu Abiodun Mustapha. Alamatu, is among the eight new police commissioners appointed by the Police Service Commission (PSC). According to a statement on Friday, Ikechukwu Ani, the Head of Press and Public Relations, “the Commission approved the appointment and deployment of eight Commissioners of Police to State Commands.” The newly-appointed State Commissioners of Police are; Godwin Aghaulor, Borno State; Adelesi E. Oluwarotimi, Kwara State; Adebola Ayinde Hamzat, Oyo State; Augustina Ogbodo, Ebonyi State; Samuel Titus Musa, Kebbi State; Aderemi Olufemi Adeoye, Anambra State;…
Two persons suspected to be cultists were allegedly gunned down on Friday in Awka, the Anambra State capital, during a clash between rival cult groups. An eyewitness, Mr Ike Odi, said the clash happened at Ukwuoji bus stop, along Zik’s Avenue, at about 11 am. He said that the hoodlums, numbering about five, invaded the area in a tinted-glass car and shot their victims. “We were all there when it happened. Immediately gunshots started going up in the air, everyone scampered for safety, and the cultists used the opportunity to escape,” Odi said. The Anambra State Police Command Public Relations…
Many traders at the Amaraku weekly market in Isiala-mbano Local Government of Imo State, were unsettled on Friday when a 7-month-old baby was reportedly abducted by a woman. The media gathered that the baby girl was taken away by a woman who had only offered to assist the young mother in carrying her distressed child as she marketed her goods. A few minutes after the unsuspecting mum relieved herself by giving her little daughter to a woman who offered to help, she vanished with the child into the tumultuous mob. A market source, who pleaded anonymity, said the baby’s mother,…
Akwa Ibom State Police Command said it has arrested 269 suspects in the state over murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism, rape and theft in the second quarter of 2023. The number, according to the command, was due to the pre- and post-inauguration periods of the present government, the Eastern Obolo and Ikot Abasi crises, and the Nwaniba cult clash. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Olatoye Durosinmi, disclosed this on Friday, during the second quarter press briefing of the command held at Ikot Akpan Abia, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital. The commissioner said among the suspects arrested was one Prince…
Nigerian hip-hop artiste, Erhiga Agarivbie, better known as Erigga, has asserted that 98 per cent of women prefer a rich and unfaithful man to a poor and faithful man. He made the assertion in a post shared via his Twitter handle on Friday. His claim is coming against the backdrop of the infidelity scandals rocking the Nigerian entertainment industry. The rapper said no one should roast him, stressing that his assertion was “a fact.” He wrote, “Most women (98%) prefer a rich and unfaithful man to a broke and faithful one.Don’t come at me, I said 98%. Its a fact.”
Davido’s logistics manager, Israel DMW, has reacted to the claim by the singer’s alleged pregnant American side chic, Anita Brown’ that he is a “woman beater.” Anita Brown had alleged via her Instastory that Davido once beat his wife, Chioma, who was his girlfriend at the time, “mercilessly” over a “so-called side chick.” She also alleged that Davido was manipulating Chioma, stressing that their marriage is toxic. She wrote, “It’s sad because he’s really a woman beater, for real. I should have known since he’s a liar, manipulator and control freak. “Free Chioma out of the abusive relationship! Physically abusive…
President Bola Tinubu has reunited three of his successors as governor of Lagos State. Lagos State has produced Babatunde Fashola, Akinwunmi Ambode, and Babajide Sanwo-Olu as governors after Tinubu. Tinubu ruled Lagos State as governor from 1999 to 2007. In 2007, he handed over to the immediate past Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, who superintended over the state for another eight years. At the expiration of his second tenure, Fashola handed over the baton of the state to Ambode. A clash between Tinubu and Ambode saw him losing the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primaries in the state…
A bill to establish the National Council of Christian Education has been rejected by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, arguing that the proposed law violates sections 10 and 42(3) of Nigeria’s Constitution. The bishops tasked the Christian Association of Nigeria, which originally pushed for the bill at the National Assembly, to promote legislation that decisively addresses unprovoked attacks on Christians in the North, among others, rather than promoting a bill that violates the secular character of Nigeria. The CBCN rejected the bill in a statement by its President, Archbishop Lucius Ugorji, and Secretary, Bishop Donatus Ogu. The bill, which…
Workers in Osun State are lamenting the planned staff audit and workers’ verification by the state government. The new twist is the insistence of the state government for the workers to produce a record of their bank statements. The media had earlier reported that the Ademola Adeleke administration had notified the state’s workforce of plans to conduct a staff audit. Governor Adeleke in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed had also assured the state workforce that the audit would strengthen the capacity of the government to satisfy the needs of the workers. The labour unions had kicked against…