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Mass Resignation Looms In Nigerian Army Over Revised Conditions Of Service Awaiting Tinubu’s Approval

5 months ago1055 min

Nigerian Army officers who joined the Armed Forces after university education face a looming mass exodus following the proposed Revised Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service (HTACOS) 2024, which is awaiting President Bola Tinubu’s approval. Aggrieved officers warn that if the document is approved, it will frustrate them out of service due to prolonged stays on ranks. The document, reviewed by LEADERSHIP, reveals that military authorities are contemplating a policy change that would...

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#EndBadGovernance Protest Is War Against Hunger, Starvation, Not Against Nigerian State, Says Pan-Yoruba Group

5 months ago884 min

The Yoruba Revolutionary Movement (YOREM) has called for a respectful and restrained approach by Nigerian security forces during the upcoming ‘Day Of Rage’ national protests from August 1 to 10, 2024. Comrade Wale Balogun, National Coordinator of YOREM, emphasised the importance of non-violence during a press conference at the International Press Centre in Lagos on July 27, 2024. “Protesters from August 1st, 2024, are your children; they are your brothers, they are your...

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Nigerians donate N1m for ex-inmates wrongfully jailed 24 years

5 months ago6313 min

Well-meaning Nigerians have donated at least one million naira on behalf of ex-inmates Ismail Lasisi and Lukman Adeyemi, who spent 24 years in prison for the ritual killing of a woman they knew nothing about. In an emotional interview with The Punch, Lasisi and Adeyemi shared their harrowing experience. They were arrested and detained in August 2000, they were sentenced to death in 2009. Adeyemi, who had housed Lasisi after a fallout with the prime...

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Nigerian Police Arrest Man In Suleja Over Facebook Post Supporting #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria Protest

5 months ago1064 min

Sardauna Walin Wasa, a resident of Suleja in Niger State, was arrested by the Nigerian police on Friday, July 26. SaharaReporters gathered that the arrest followed Wasa’s Facebook posts advocating for protests, which read, “Protesting is possible in Nigeria. We support the motion. Let’s go ahead.” His post, also written in Hausa as “Zanzo zanga wajibine a najeriya,” quickly attracted attention. Authorities acted swiftly, detaining Wasa and transferring him to Minna, the...

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Police arrest five for selling two-month-old baby

5 months ago6593 min

The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested five persons, including a couple, over their alleged involvement in selling a two-month-old baby. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrests on Saturday in a statement in Lagos. Hundeyin said that detectives from the Oko-oba Police Division arrested the suspects following a report from the mother of the baby boy. According to him, the mother of the child reported that one of the suspects absconded...

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Police arrest five for child trafficking, rescue two-month-old baby

5 months ago973 min

Detectives from the Oko-oba Division of the Lagos State Police Command have busted a child trafficking ring, rescuing a two-month-old baby and arresting five individuals involved in the crime. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement released on Saturday. Hundeyin revealed that the operation was launched following a report filed by the distressed mother of the abducted infant, who said that one Gloria Sunday absconded with her son on July 11,...

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Man jailed for N3.1m visa fraud in Ogun

5 months ago10393 min

A Magistrates’ Court in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Friday, sentenced a 33-year-old man, Olawale Abiodun, to three years imprisonment for N3.1m visa fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that Abiodun, whose address was not provided, was found guilty of conspiracy, obtaining under false pretence, fraud, and stealing. The Magistrate, Mr S. S. Shotayo, said that the prosecutor, Insp. Evelyn Motim proved the charges preferred against the convict beyond a reasonable doubt. He sentenced Abiodun...

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Lagos command queries policeman, awaits medical report

5 months ago3056 min

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, on Friday, confirmed that the policeman accused of raping a 17-year-old girl in one of the offices at the Area H Command in Ogudu, in the Ojota area of the state, has been queried over the allegation. Fayoade, while speaking with City Round, said the command was awaiting the medical report of the test conducted on the minor who accused the policeman of raping her during a...

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Abia gang leader rapes woman, collect N200,000 ransom

5 months ago2695 min

The Abia State Police Command, on Friday, confirmed the arrest of no fewer than 162 suspects for various crimes including kidnapping and child trafficking in the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Maureen Chinaka, made this known while parading the suspects at the command headquarters in the Umuahia area of the state. According to Chinaka, the suspects were arrested for various crimes that include kidnapping, child trafficking, robbery, unlawful possession of arms, hard drugs...

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Immigration intercepts traffickers, rescues baby, three others in Lagos

5 months ago2704 min

The Nigerian Immigration Service, Lagos Border Patrol Command, Seme, Badagry, Lagos State, has rescued a six-month-old baby and three others, suspected to be victims of human trafficking. The Controller of the command, Comptroller Peter Adache, who disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Badagry on Friday, said the victims were rescued when the officials intercepted a yet-to-be-identified couple suspected to be human traffickers. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Adache said the suspects were...

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