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Bola Tinubu, Allegedly Issued Directive Ordering Recapture Of Fleeing Inmates- Interior Minister

According to the Minister of the Interior, Bunmi Tunji-Ojo, President Bola Tinubu has given a marching order that all fugitives from justice across the country should be apprehended. Between the years 2021 and 2022, there were at least seven attacks on correctional facilities around the country, and as a result, a significant number of detainees managed to flee the facilities. Prisons at Kuje, Kogi, Jos, Abologo, Owerri, Okitipupa, and Oko were among the seven detention...

Cherubim and Seraphim, pastor Taiwo Odebiyi set lady on fire during deliverance prayer

According to reports, Taiwo Odebiyi, a pastor at the Cherubim and Seraphim Maberu Parish in Offin, Sagamu, Ogun State, set Sukura Owodunni, a 21-year-old woman, on fire when he was attempting to perform deliverance on her. The incident took place on August 17, 2023, when the victim attended the church at the pastor’s invitation for a special prayer. Our correspondent also discovered that the victim was instructed by the priest to purchase local eggs, the...

Man, Matthew Ifeanyi kills dad over N70,000 debt

The Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, also known as So-Safe, reported that it had detained a 38-year-old man named Matthew Ifeanyi for allegedly killing his father, Anthony Nnadike, with a machete in the Olorunda area of Eruobodo Ntabo, Ijoko. According to reports, Ifeanyi killed his father since he was unable to provide the N70,000 he had with him since July 2022. This was stated in a statement...

Bola Tinubu maintains same pattern of flagrant contempt for law, defiance of court decisions as his predecessor

ALMOST THREE MONTHS INTO HIS PRESIDENTIAL TERM, Bola Tinubu has maintained the same pattern of flagrant contempt for the law and defiance of court decisions as his predecessor. The Department of State Services is leading the attack as usual, solidifying its reputation for impunity. In a recent case involving the illegal possession of a firearm against Godwin Emefiele, the Central Bank of Nigeria’s suspended governor, Nicholas Oweibo, a judge of the Federal High Court in...

Reps find an alleged N81.2b tree planting fraud in Great Green Wall

On Wednesday, the House of Representatives discovered records that purportedly showed the National Agency for the Great Green Wall spent an astounding N81.2 billion on the planting of 21 million trees throughout 11 frontline states. Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Yobe, and Borno are the states in question. The lawmakers raised concerns about the conflicting financial reports provided by the Central Bank of Nigeria, Office of the Accountant General of the...

APC Chieftain demands investigation into allegations of federal character violation, corruption at NIMET

Chief Oluwafemi Adegboye, a leader of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), has charged the Federal Government and the administration of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) with breaking the Federal Character Principles when hiring staff for the organization. He also demanded that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) launch an investigation into the finances of NIMET over the previous eight years, stating that the organization engaged in a number of fraudulent actions during that time. In...

African countries now offering $4,000 to Nigerian directors: CMDs

Prof. Emem Bassey, the chairman of the Committee of Chief Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Hospitals, claimed on Wednesday that Nigerian medical doctors and other healthcare workers are now being stolen by other African nations. Additionally, he claimed that nations like Sierra Leone and the Gambia were giving them up to $3000 to $4000, which was around three to four times the amount in the nation. The University of Uyo Teaching Hospital’s CMD, Bassey, claimed...

Delta: Parade Of “Gay Suspects” Violates Due Process, Dignity, Says Rights Group

The procession of suspects detained for reportedly performing a gay wedding ceremony in a hotel in Warri, Delta State, has drawn criticism from the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Center. The state police leadership paraded the 100 suspects they had captured in a Monday night operation, which totaled 100 people. However, the center said that there are established legal procedures for the treatment of people suspected of crimes in a statement by its executive...

Oyo APC expressed outrage over alleged misappropriation of funds, palliatives supplies to state by FG

On Tuesday, the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State expressed outrage over the alleged misappropriation of monies and food supplies sent to the state by the federal government to ease the effects of hardship on the public after the Bola Tinubu administration removed the gasoline subsidy. According to the report, Tinubu declared that his administration would devise palliative methods to lessen the country’s impoverished people’s suffering from hunger and financial difficulty. It should also be...

National AI collaboration will bring economic development— Researchers

Computer science experts have said that the appeal for researchers of Nigerian heritage to collaborate on the building of a National AI will promote economic growth. In a paper published on Monday, Dr. Bosun Tijani, minister of communications, innovation, and digital economy, invited leading researchers of Nigerian ancestry from around the globe to collaborate on developing a national artificial intelligence strategy. Tijani advised Nigeria to create a national AI policy to use AI for sustainable...