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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will be representing President Muhammadu Buhari at the 32nd anniversary of the creation of Akwa Ibom on Saturday in Uyo, the state capital. Prof. Osinbajo who is expected to arrive in Uyo on Saturday will commission some projects to commemorate the anniversary and also attend a church service on Sunday to mark the event. Akwa Ibom was among the States of the Federation founded in 1987 by the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida. READ: Nigeria is bound for success – Osinbajo The VP had visited Osun State earlier on Saturday where he spoke at…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has reiterated his conviction that Nigeria has great hopes towards development as its success is key to Africa’s development. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja, said that the Vice President delivered the 8th Convocation Lecture of the Osun State University on Saturday in Osogbo. Osinbajo spoke on the topic, “Six Decades of Chequered Nationhood: Nigeria Still Holds the Key to Africa’s Development”. READ: Army warns residents of Borno & Yobe states against shielding Boko Haram terrorists Osinbajo on his verified Twitter account tweeted: “This country is bound to succeed; we will get there”…

Following military’s unrelenting onslaught on the BHT/ISWAP hideouts,  along the Lake Chad region and Northern Borno, credible information reaching the Headquarters of Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) indicates that some of the surviving criminals are seeking refuge in the homes of some unscrupulous individuals in some parts of Borno and Yobe States. The Theater Command said, “These fugitives have been escaping and taking refuge in the residence of some persons in  Maiduguri, Damboa, Gajiram, Monguno, Damasak, Biu, Gwoza Dikwa, Benisheikh, Ngamdu, Bama, Gamboru, Konduga, Gajigana and other smaller towns all in Borno State. “Others, have also ran to Damaturu,…

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Extension Department, has trained 10 extension workers on ginger production. The gesture, in collaboration with Nasarawa Agricultural Development Programme (NADP), was sequel to stepping the training of 200 farmers in the 13 local government areas of the state. Malam Umaru Yusufu-Mohammed, Nasarawa State Coordinator of the ministry, made this known to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lafia on Friday at the end of a two-day training on ginger production. Yusufu-Mohammed, represented by an official of the ministry, Mr Sunday Odogo, said the training targeted 10 extension officers in the 13…

An apprentice at a tailoring shop in Lagos, Adenike Fatai, reportedly committed suicide just three months after her boyfriend identified as Bayo Atanda also killed self. The 25-year-old indigene of Kwara State who lived with her mother at Igbekele Street, Iyana Cele bus stop, Shibiri area of Lagos State has reportedly been battling depression since her boyfriend died and she took a poisonous substance suspected to be ‘sniper’. Though she left no suicide note, a quick check on her Facebook page revealed that she engaged in posts which centred on death and depression. READ: Suspected serial killer admits strangling 7 girls…

The Federal Government on Friday filed seven counts of treasonable felony and money laundering against the Convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr Omoyele Sowore. Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters and a presidential candidate in the February 2019 presidential election, is charged along with Olawale Bakare, also known as Mandate. The charges were signed on behalf of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), by Aminu Alilu, a Chief State Counsel in the Department of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, the Federal Ministry of Justice. The charges were filed a day before the expiration of the…

A suspected serial killer, Gracious David-West, 39, arrested by the police has admitted killing at least seven women in hotels in Lagos, Owerri and Port Harcourt. The suspect was arrested on Thursday, following CCTV footage which showed him leaving an unnamed hotel in Port Harcourt after he allegedly killed the lady he slept with the previous night. David-West confessed to killing the seven women to newsmen on Friday after his arrest by the Rivers Police command. “So far, I’ve killed five girls in Port Harcourt; one in Owerri (Imo) and another in Lagos. I started the killing in Lagos. “I…

The Zamfara Police Command has recovered a total of 100 guns from repentant local militia group members in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Usman Nagogo made this disclosure at a news conference held at the Command Headquarters in Gusau on Friday. The commissioner said even though the weapons consisted of locally made Dane guns, “they are of different calibre and are much of the imitation of AK 47, RPG, LMC and other sophisticated weapons that are of mass destruction. READ: Police launch Operation Eagle Eye in Zamfara “The number of the guns surrendered is also just the…

Zamfara Police Command on Friday inaugurated Operation Eagle Eye to check criminal activities in the urban and rural areas of the state. Briefing newsmen in Gusau the Police Commissioner in the state, CP Usman Nagogo, said the unit was necessary to carry out special patrol in order to fight all forms of social ills in the society. Nagogo said the unit was formed in collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and Nigeria Army. The police commissioner said the state had started enjoying peace from the prolonged activities of bandits that impeded…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Bello Muhammad, as the new Medical Director of Federal Medical Centre, Gusau, Zamfara State. A statement issued by Mrs Enefaa Bob-Manuel, Head of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Health on Friday in Abuja said the appointment is for an initial period of four years with effect from Sept. 29. She said the Minister of Health Dr Osagie Ehanire had congratulated the new MD on his appointment. The minister urged the new MD to consolidate and improve upon his predecessor’s achievement to justify the confidence reposed in him by the…