The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, MD Abubakar, has decorated some newly promoted police officers. The ceremony was held in Abuja and was attended by some high ranking officers. Among the decorated senior police officers were an Assistant Inspector General, Grace Chita Okudo; two Commissioners of Police, Elias Okafor Wayemeru and Henry Adebayo Fadairo; and two…
A report reaching our newsroom confirms that the Galadima of Adamawa, Aliyu Raji, has died. It was learnt that the reputable son of Adamawa gave up the ghost on Tuesday, June 25, 2014 at the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, the state capital. He was said to have died of an undisclosed illness. The late Galadima…
I wonder why some of our policemen are only interested in extorting commercial motorists, motorcyclists and tricyclists. Just last Thursday, some of my colleagues were robbed in front of the Alkem Nigerian Limited, along Alaba-Express Bus-stop, Mile2 area. One of them who luckily escaped ran to call some fierce looking and gun-wielding policemen mounting surveillance…
I met John Kayode Fayemi sometime in 1984 when we were both Student Activists at the University of Lagos. He graduated in 1985, I graduated in 1987. He represented Eni Njoku Hall while I came from Moremi Hall to serve on an ad hoc committee on some issue then. Kayode was the calm, studious type,…
Following recent harassment on the governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, by some federal agents, a member of the House of Representatives, Andrew Uchendu, has raised an alarm on the safety of the state governor. Uchendu, representing Ikerre/Emohua Federal Constituency of Rivers State, at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, urged Nigerians to kick…
Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, Ibrahim Abdulsalam, on Tuesday, disclosed that the small aircraft alleged to be missing is not in the Nigerian airspace. Abdulsalam, addressing aviation correspondents in Lagos, said the four-seater light aircraft had been handed over to the Cameroon airspace authority before the incident. He stressed that the…
About three villages in Sanga local government area of Kaduna State were invaded in the early hours of Tuesday by unknown hoodlums, who unleashed terror on inhabitants of the communities. The incident occurred in Southern Kaduna, which is predominantly occupied by Christians. Several persons were killed by the gunmen and some houses also touched by…
For some months now, the new husband of top Nigerian actress, Laide Bakare, Tunde Orilowo, has been battling with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over an alleged fraud worth billions of naira. This led to the confiscation of the man’s known properties as well as the boutique he opened for Laide Bakare in…
Just when the ‘world’ is yet to locate the missing Malaysian plane, a four-seater plane flying from Nigeria to Gabon enroute Cameroon is reportedly missing. It was said that the search and rescue operations led by Cameroon’s civil aviation authorities have not yielded any positive results at the moment. The small aircraft, owned by a…
According to AIT, a veteran journalist, Helen Eguabor, has died. The woman, a political writer, died in a South African hospital. It was reported that the deceased that gone to a hospital in Kempton Park, Johannesburg South Africa for a medical check-up. Helen, 46, is said to be a devout catholic and a member of…