The International Press Centre, IPC, is extremely concerned over the increase in the number of incidents of abductions of journalists and media professionals as evident in today’s kidnap of Mrs. Chinyere Okoye, a female reporter with Nigeria Television Authority, NTA Aba, Mrs. Okoye’s abduction is coming barely two weeks after another female On-Air Personality (OAP) with Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), – Pacesetters FM – Umuahia, Ms. Chinenye Iwuoha, was abducted according to the Sun Newspaper of May 28, 2020. It was gathered that the hoodlums who appeared to have laid in wait to pick Mrs. Okoye to an…
Author: Funke Busari
As part of efforts at addressing threats posed by the dynamics of crimes in the country and the full implementation of the Federal Government Community Policing initiative, the Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the reorganization of the Nigeria Police Force. This reorganization includes full autonomy of the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB), creation of five additional Police Zonal Command Headquarters and the decentralization of the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (FCIID). By this re-organization, the FIB, which was previously a section under the FCIID, is now a full-fledged Department of the Force to be headed by a Deputy…
The Abia State Government has declared one Mr Emmanuel Ononiwu wanted as he tested positive to COVID-19. This information is contained in a public announcement as announced by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. In a statement signrd by Chief John Okiyi Kalu, the Honorable Commissioner for Information, Abia State, the said patient has refused to submit himself for appropriate medical management and isolation. He was reported to have escaped from a temporary holding facility in Aba prior to movement to an isolation center after being informed of his COVID-19 status. According to the information “All subsequent appeals made to him…
The Minister of State for Mines and Steel, Dr. Uche Ogah has said that the renewed calls for his probe over a business transaction which he has been investigated and cleared years ago by law enforcement agencies is an act of political malice. Some group of lawyers under the aegies of Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates had issued a statement published on some online platforms calling for Ogah’s probe over the transaction he had with one Mrs Bridget Adeosun while running his private business before he joined politics. Reacting to the publication, legal counsel to Ogah, Monday Ubani…
From the month of July, Lagos State Government will introduce what it describes as First Mile and Last Mile (FMLM) mobility solution to replace banned Okada and tricycle. This was made known by the Commissioner for Transportation, Frederick Oladeinde on Wednesday at the 2020 ministerial press briefing at the JJT Park, Alausa, Ikeja. The commissioner said: “Following the restriction of motorcycles and tricycles for commuter operations in some areas in the metropolis, the government is working on implementing a First Mile and Last Mile (FMLM) mobility solution.” He explained that Okada and tricycle are not part of the state’s transport…
The father of a-25 year old female serving Youth Corps member, Abdulraheem Rukayat Titilayo has cried out to well meaning Nigerians for financial support to enable his daughter carry out a total surgical operation of her dislocated hip at the Orthopedic hospital, Igbobi, Lagos. He said it will cost a total of N1.3 million to perform the surgery as demanded by the hospital. Speaking with our correspondent, the father of the girl, Alhaji Olayiwola Saka Ida-Oba who wept profusely over the matter said, “I have nobody to assist me in settling the N1.3 million charged by the Igbobi Orthopedic hospital,…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has commiserated with the management and staff of the New Telegraph newspaper on the death of its former Saturday editor, Alhaji Waheed Bakare, describing the loss as painful end of a promising journalistic career. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile said although the demise of Bakare was a rude shock to his family, friends, colleagues and associates, we should accept it as the will of Allah. The Governor said, this would certainly have been the reaction of late Waheed as a faithful Muslim. He said: “we should…
Sadly a-82 years old Theophilus Okere, a retired Director General of Imo State Broadcasting Corporation arrested for allegedly killing his wife Mrs. Beatrice Okere in Imerienwe community in the Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State. According to cornerstone News, the Imerenwe community in Ngor–Okpala council area of Imo State was thrown into mourning as the former Director-General of Imo Broadcasting Corporation, Sir T.C Okere allegedly stabbed his wife of 50 years of marriage to death. The deceased wife was a retiree of the Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo. It was gathered that on Monday from a community source the Okere…
Although it has been a long winding road, we are closer now to our destination than when we began. Like a lone ranger on a mission, the President started a seemingly silent ‘revolution’ to grant autonomy to the legislature and judiciary of the States. This is a commendable development of the Muhammadu Buhari government, coming in the midst of its many challenges. It started with the 4th Alteration to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which was initiated by the Saraki-led National Assembly. For sometime now, there has been nationwide clamour for autonomy for the State Houses of…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Sunday that farmers must double their efforts in producing more food for the country as Nigeria no longer has “any money to import food”. He made these statements in a short interview after observing the Eid-el-Fitr prayers at his State House residence because of the raging COVID-19 pandemic. “I wish the farmers will go to farms and save lives so that we can produce what we need in sufficient quantity so that we don’t have to import food,” Buhari stated, calling on those in the agricultural sector to maximise the opportunities afforded by the…