Author: Alade Adisa

The parents and guardians of the Zamfara students stranded in Cyprus have called for Governor Dauda Lawal’s urgent intervention. The Chairman of the parent’s association, Ibrahim Tudu, made the appeal while addressing newsmen in Gusau on Wednesday. Tudu called on the state government to take tentative measures to rescue their children. He said, “This is to highlight our concern about the condition of our 88 children sent on scholarship by the Zamfara Government studying various courses at Cyprus International University Nicosia, facing numerous problems currently. “We would like to clear that the affected students are bonafide indigenes and citizens of…

A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, ordered an unemployed man, Vincent Danladi, to sweep the court premises for three weeks for stealing one carton of floor tiles and other items worth N130,000. The police had earlier charged Danladi, 30, of Ungwan Pama in Kaduna, with theft. Delivering ruling, Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, said the court took into consideration the fact that Danladi was a first time offender. He ordered the convict to report to the court for three weeks to sweep the premises, after he pleaded guilty to the offence without an option of fine. Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp Chidi…

The Inspector-General (IG) of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has sued former Senator representing Anambra South, Andy Uba, and two others, for alleged fraud . The IG, in a two-count charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/538/2024 filed before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja, joined Crystal Uba and Benjamin Etu as 2nd and 3rd defendants respectively. The charge, dated Oct. 8, was filed on Oct. 10 by Abdulrashid Sidi in the Legal/Prosecution Section at the Police Force Headquarters, Abuja. In count one, Uba, Crystal, Etu and Hajiya Fatima now at large, sometimes in 2022, were alleged to have conspired amongst…

Terrorists that plague northern Nigeria are arming themselves with weapons that originated in Libya, according to Nigerian defence officials. Weapons traffickers in Nigeria are benefiting from instability across the Sahel, particularly in Niger, which has become a key transit point for weapons taken from Libyan stockpiles. Those weapons have moved into other Sahel countries as well as Nigeria, according to the Small Arms Survey. “When we talk about the proliferation of arms, first, you have to look at what happened in Libya years ago and in the Sahel,” Nigerian Maj. Gen. Edward Buba said during a recent briefing. “Now, this…

The Senate, citing Section 157 (1) of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as amended), has removed Yakubu Danladi Umar from his position as Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over alleged gross misconduct. Senators deemed Umar’s actions as incompatible with the responsibilities of his office, describing his behaviour as unacceptable for such a sensitive position. The decision to remove Umar was supported by an overwhelming majority, with 74 senators signing the motion and 10 others present, bringing the total to 84 in favour. Deliberations on the matter began during a closed-door session at 1:17 PM on Wednesday. The session,…

Founder of Ovation magazine and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has refuted circulating reports claiming that billionaire businessman, Mike Adenuga, has passed away. Adenuga, the fifth-richest person in Africa according to Forbes, is the founder of Globacom, Nigeria’s second-largest telecom operator with operations in Ghana and Benin Republic. Rumors online suggested that Adenuga, 71, had died, prompting widespread reactions. However, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday night, Momodu assured the public that the business mogul is alive and well. He disclosed that he had a phone conversation with Adenuga, who confirmed he remains…

Former Niger Delta militant leader and founder of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has said he has become a target of attack by the powerful people behind oil theft in the country. The Gbaramatu king insisted that the oil thieves are powerful people outside of the Niger Delta. Speaking at Oporoza, the headquarters of the Gbaramatu Kingdom, on Monday, Tompolo, alleged that some naval personnel, a few days ago, forcefully attacked operatives of the private outfit during the arrest of some suspected oil thieves along the Port-Harcourt creeks. Speaking during a working visit of the Nigerian…

Buba said he presented strong evidence to the police, including 854 pictures, over 100 video clips, over 200 WhatsApp voice notes and over 500 hours of call records. Nasiru Buba, the man who accused Jigawa Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwal Danladi Sankara, of engaging in an illicit affair with his wife, has rejected the verdict of the Sharia Court which cleared the politician of wrongdoing. Recall that a Kano Upper Shari’a Court had dismissed the adultery case against Sankara, saying it could not be proven. The Presiding judge, Ibrahim Sarki Yola, said he struck out the case due to lack…

The leadership of the G20 has changed with South Africa taking over from Brazil during a handover ceremony at the Rio de Janeiro summit in Brazil. President Luiz Lula da Silva of Brazilian handed over the reins of leadership to South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, on Tuesday. South Africa is the only African country in the G20 and will be the host of the 2025 summit. Ramaphosa told his counterparts at the summit, “We will use this moment to bring the development priorities of the African continent and the Global South more firmly onto the agenda of the G20.” The…

After a long wait, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery has flagged off exporting refined petroleum products to neighbouring West African countries. According to a report by Bloomberg on Tuesday, quoting data sourced from Vortexa, Kpler, Precise Intelligence, and ship-tracking platform, a tanker has hauled a shipment of gasoline from the Dangote Petroleum Refinery to waters off the coast of Togo, a neighbouring country. The report said a CL Jane Austen recently loaded more than 300,000 barrels from Dangote and sailed west. Last month, the chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Authority, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, said the country is considering buying petroleum products…