Author: Alade Adisa

To quieten the uproar trailing the fainting of six #EndBadGovernance protesters in court during their trial on Friday, the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has stated that the fainting was staged to attract negative attention. The police chief said despite that, the fainting suspects were promptly provided with medical attention, underscoring the police’s commitment to the welfare of individuals in their custody. 76 suspects, mostly minors who appeared malnourished, were arraigned in connection with the #EndBadGovernance protest on Friday. Six of them collapsed and were rushed out of the courtroom. Following their arraignment, the court granted each minor bail set…

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has said the House of Representatives did not ask him to revoke the airstrip licence for Oyedepo’s Living Faith Church or those of other private individuals. The minister said this in a statement via his official X handle on Friday. There were reports that the House of Representatives asked the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development to halt the issuance of airstrip licences to private individuals and organizations and to revoke existing licences, including those granted to Living Faith Church, as a measure to safeguard national security. Reacting to the report,…

One of the participants of the August #EndBadGovernance nationwide protests has rendered a harrowing narration of how operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) arrested him in Kano, detained and tortured him for over 60 days. Khalid Aminu, an engineer by profession, said he was picked up alongside other young demonstrators protesting hunger and bad governance in early August. Aminu said he was subjected to all forms of dehumanizing torture while in custody and he had no contact with his family for the period of his incarceration at the Kano office of the DSS. He was a guest on…

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of $2.045m, seven choice landed properties and share certificates linked to the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Deinde Dipeolu ordered the permanent forfeiture of the monies and the two share certificates of Queensdorf Global Fund Limited Trust, after holding that the former CBN governor or any other interested party did not contest same after the initial interim forfeiture. The court also forfeited the seven choice landed properties on the ground that the former CBN Governor, Emefiele,was not able…

North Korea will back Russia until it achieves victory in Ukraine, Foreign Minister, Choe Son Hui said in Moscow as the United States warned thousands of Pyongyang’s troops were at the Ukrainian border and could soon be deployed into combat. In her meeting on Friday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Choe also accused the US and South Korea of plotting a nuclear strike against her country. “Our traditional, historically friendly relations, which have travelled the tested path of history, today … are rising to a new level of relations of invincible military comradeship,” she said, praising the role played…

Social media figure, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan is scheduled to appear in court on Friday (today) over allegations of impersonation levelled against him by the police. A recent viral video in which VeryDarkMan was seen in Nigeria Police Force uniforms has irked the police who say VDM will have to explain why he wore the uniform “without authorization.” The police in a statement from the FCT command, which is spearheading the prosecution, condemned VeryDarkMan in the recently released video, where he described himself as CSP VeryDarkMan and Nigeria’s “number one online police officer.” According to the release, the…

The Rivers State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to withdraw services of its members over the court order stopping disbursement of financial allocations to the state. A federal high court in Abuja, on Wednesday, restrained the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from further disbursing financial allocations to the Rivers State government. The court held that monies from the federation account should not be released to the state pending the passage of a lawful appropriation act by a validly constituted house of assembly. Condemning the judgement, Rivers State NLC chairman, Alex Agwanwo, told journalists after an emergency…

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has said parents must take active part in the efforts to stop the menace of drug abuse and trafficking among children. The senate leader stated that for the war against drug abuse in Nigeria to succeed, parents must be actively involved, insisting that they are critical in combating the surge in drugs. He made the appeal at a joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on Drugs and Narcotics one-day sensitization programme on Thursday in Abuja. Akpabio, who was represented by the Deputy Leader of the Senate, Senator Lola Yisa Ashiru, he urged…

The minister of works, Dave Umahi, has said the federal government is working to ensure that all federal high roads are motorable before Christmas. Speaking during a stakeholders’ meeting organized by the ministry of works in Akure, the capital of Ondo State on Thursday, the minister said the administration inherited over 2,000 uncompleted road projects worth trillions of naira, adding the government terminated 10 contracts of erring companies. Umahi said the federal and Ondo State governments are committed to restoring the Aiyetoro community facing sea incursion. The minister said, “We have terminated over 10 contracts of big companies, and we…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has disclosed that the agency, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, was able to rescue five people from the collapsed building in Ibadan. NEMA made this declaration via a statement made available to New Daily Prime on Thursday. The incident that occurred at the Jegede area of Ibadan yesterday claimed the lives of more than 10 people. Mr Kadiri Olanrewaju, South West Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, told newsmen that the agency received a distress alert on Thursday. He stated, “With the combined effort of response stakeholders five (5) persons were rescued alive, which include One…