Insecurity: Buhari approves community policing
President Muhammed Buhari has approved the adoption of a community police system to combat growing security threats across Nigeria, the IG of Police has said. The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, made the announcement Tuesday at the Forum of Northern Traditional Rulers in Kaduna. The event deliberated on critical security issues, especially as they affect the north. PREMIUM TIMES reported that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said the Federal Government would announce a new policy on community policing for better service delivery. Mr Osinbajo said it would pave the way for modern policing in the country. He assured that the establishment
We Can’t Win Kogi With Bello As Candidate, Party Stakeholders Tell Buhari
Ahead of November governorship election in Kogi State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Stakeholders Forum in Kogi State, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the national body of the ruling APC not to foist the incumbent Governor, Yahaya Bello, on the people as the party candidate if they plan to win the incoming governorship election in the State. The group revealed that the Kogi State governor has received a total sum of N344 billion for the past 38 months he has been in charge of the state and still owes salaries, pensions and gratuities without any visible capital projects on
Evil spirit made me rape minor – Suspect
20 –year- old Sagir Umar has been arrested for raping a four- year- old girl, claiming he was pushed into the act by evil spirits. The Nation learnt that Umar lured the victim into his room with N10 in Abdulsalam quarters in Minna where he forcefully had carnal knowledge of her. The suspect said he could not fathom how he came about having sexual intercourse with the minor. “It looks like evil spirit is controlling my life otherwise why should it happen? “Imagine myself sleeping with a 4- year- old girl. It looks ridiculous that I found myself in this
Rivers APC Makes Peace With Wike
Members of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state on Monday laid down their swords and pledged support for success of Governor Nyesom Wike-led government. Led by Senator Andrew Uchendu(Rivers East), the members under the aegies of “Elected and appointed members of the APC” told reporters in Port Harcourt, the state capital that the war of attrition was over. At the press conference was the State secretary of APC, Charles Bekee and spokesman, Chris Fynbone among other party chieftains. Uchendu expressed willingness of the opposition party to accept Wike’s call for peaceful coexistence of the all political parties. He said
Fashola Seeks Elongation Of Works Minister’s Tenure
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has called for the elongation of appointment of the Minister of Works and critical directors in the ministry, saying a four-year term is too short to design roads, undertake procurement and building the roads. Fashola made the call yesterday in Abuja while unveiling a compendium on “Proof of Infrastructural Delivery across Nigeria,” a three-year special report of the ministry. He stated: “Government cycles in the last 20 years have been fixed tenures of four years at a time, subject to how the electorate vote. Personnel changes are effected by retirement,
Senate Directs Buhari’s Minister To Return N14.3b To FG
The Senate has directed the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelemah, and the acting Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Terhemba Nongo, to return N14.3 billion to the federal government, the Punch newspaper has reported. The demand was contained in a letter written by the Chairman of Senate Committee on Trade and Investment, Mohammed Sabo (APC, Jigawa South-West). The Senate said the money was diverted from the 2017 budget of NEPZA. In the letter, Mr Sabo asked the minister and the NEPZA boss to either refund the money immediately or be prepared to face dire
Traders Shut Computer Village, Amidst Protest Over Installation of “Iyaoloja” And “Babaoloja”
Traders in the Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos State, on Tuesday shut down activities to protest the planned installation of female and male market leaders “Iyaoloja” and “Babaloja” respectively in the hub. The traders told a Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria covering the protest that the computer village was an international market that did not need such imposition of Iyaoloja. Mr Wasiu Agbaje, an Information Communication Technology Engineer, said that hub was not like the regular markets where such should be imposed. Agbaje said that installing such would undermine the hub because there was no relationship between technology and
How Yahaya Bello Awarded Contract of N1.8b 3 Years Ago Without Execution – Dino Melaye Reveals
Dino Melaye, Senator representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, has accused the state Governor, Yahaya Bello, of awarding contract of N1.8 billion naira to TEC Engineering 3 years ago without execution. The Senator said the contract was awarded for the construction of a fly-over bridge at Ganaja Junction, Lokoja. Senator Dino shared copies of documents including Certificate of valuation, Request letter from the commissioner of works Engr. A. A Sadiq, Payment voucher, Request letter by the commissioner of Finance with approval of Yahaya Bello. He also published the Certificate of Due process for the contract, Receipt by TEC Engineering
INEC Currently Replacing All Its Servers To Conceal Rigging, Says PDP
He said the action further exposed the culpability of INEC in the manipulation of the 2019 presidential election. He said, “The PDP has been well briefed on how the INEC leadership and officials of the Buhari Presidency became jittery and resorted to the desperate measure, after they realised that the servers have information of Atiku Abubakar’s victory at the election. “Our party also has details of how the INEC leadership and the Presidency agents procured and detailed computer experts to the commission’s offices to switch the servers, mutilate vital information in the system and attempt to erase all trails of
Man Who Set Girlfriend’s Family of Nine Ablaze In Ondo Arrested
Ondo State Police Command have arrested, Deji Adenuga, the suspected murderer who set ablaze nine members of his estranged girlfriend’s family in Igbodigo, in Okitipupa Local Government Area of the State. The Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Femi Joseph confirmed the arrest today in Akure. According to Joseph, the suspect was arrested under a bridge, along Lagos/Benin Expressway in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. Adenuga is said to be one of the inmates that escaped from the Olokuta Prison in Akure, Ondo State during the prison break that occurred in 2013.
