Tinubu ‘flouts’ Nigerian Army rules, appoints Oluyede acting COAS

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed an acting Chief of Army Staff in contravention of the Armed Forces’ rules. The president on Wednesday appointed Maj-Gen. Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede as the…

Police foil terrorist attack in Imo, kill one suspect

The Imo State Police Command reported a significant operational success in the fight against crime in the state on Tuesday. According to a release signed by the command’s spokesperson, Henry Okoye, “Yesterday, operatives from the command’s Counter-Terrorism Unit repelled an attack by suspected IPOB/ESN terrorists during a routine patrol along the Owerri/Aba Road, near Owerri
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The Imo State Police Command reported a significant operational success in the fight against crime in the state on Tuesday. According to a release signed by the command’s spokesperson, Henry Okoye, “Yesterday, operatives from the command’s Counter-Terrorism Unit repelled an attack by suspected IPOB/ESN terrorists during a routine patrol along the Owerri/Aba Road, near Owerri

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No official response from FG on strike, says SSANU

The Joint Action Committee of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has stated that there has been no official communication from the government regarding its ongoing strike. On Monday, the JAC of SSANU and NASU commenced an indefinite strike over four months of withheld
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The Joint Action Committee of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has stated that there has been no official communication from the government regarding its ongoing strike. On Monday, the JAC of SSANU and NASU commenced an indefinite strike over four months of withheld

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Gov Sanwo-Olu speaks on suit against EFCC over alleged arrest, prosecution

Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has denied an alleged suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over planned arrest and prosecution after his tenure expires. Lawal Pedro, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State, disclosed this in a statement released by Sanwo-Olu’s spokesperson, Gboyega Akosile, on Tuesday. His clarification comes amid a
Gov Sanwo-Olu speaks on suit against EFCC over alleged arrest, prosecution

Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has denied an alleged suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over planned arrest and prosecution after his tenure expires.

Lawal Pedro, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State, disclosed this in a statement released by Sanwo-Olu’s spokesperson, Gboyega Akosile, on Tuesday.

His clarification comes amid a report that Sanwo-Olu’s lawyer filed the fundamental rights enforcement suit against EFCC before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of a Federal High Court in Abuja.

However, the Attorney General of Lagos, Pedro, clarified that there was no time Gov. Sanwo-Olu asked any legal practitioner to file a suit on his behalf about the subject matter.

“We need to clarify that Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at no time, sued or briefed any legal practitioner to file a suit on his behalf concerning the above subject matter.

“Also, it is disingenuous for the Governor, who enjoys immunity as conferred on him by the Constitution and has almost three years ahead of him, to brief any lawyer on this kind of matter.

“To the best of my knowledge, my inquiry confirmed that the EFCC is not investigating the governor and has never invited him or threatened arrest of any member of his staff, domestic or otherwise.

“We are currently investigating how the case came to be without our knowledge,” he stated.

Meanwhile, the EFCC has not issued any statement regarding the matter as of the time of filing this report.

Gov Sanwo-Olu speaks on suit against EFCC over alleged arrest, prosecution

Survival strategies when expenses overshoot income

Nigeria, like many other countries, has faced significant economic challenges in the past year, including hyperinflation, currency fluctuations, and an increasing cost of living that has almost reduced earnings to nothing. In this situation, individuals need different strategies to survive the challenges, writes DARE OLAWIN In the past year, Nigerians have had their incomes eroded
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Nigeria, like many other countries, has faced significant economic challenges in the past year, including hyperinflation, currency fluctuations, and an increasing cost of living that has almost reduced earnings to nothing. In this situation, individuals need different strategies to survive the challenges, writes DARE OLAWIN In the past year, Nigerians have had their incomes eroded

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‘Heartland Belong To Imolites, Not Just Me’ —Amuneke Talks Up Club Revival

Technical Manager of Heartland FC, Emmanuel Amuneke, MFR, has emphasised the importance of collective effort in restoring the once-feared Naze Millionaires to the pinnacle of Nigerian domestic football and beyond,…

EFCC arrests four ‘bank hackers’ in Abuja

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says its operatives have arrested about four suspected bank hackers in Abuja. A statement issued on Tuesday by the spokesperson of the anti-graft…

Helicopter Crash: NNPC Spokesperson Cancels 50th Birthday Celebration

The Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPCL), Olufemi Soneye, has canceled his 50th birthday celebration in light of the recent helicopter crash in the…

UNIOSUNTH defends sending patients away at night

The Osun State University Teaching Hospital, UNIOSUNTH, has addressed accusations of discharging patients from its facility on Monday night. The hospital stated that the decision was necessitated by the ongoing strike by the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, and the Assembly of Health Care Professionals. According to UNIOSUNTH’s Public Relations Officer, Wale Ajibolu, the hospital’s
UNIOSUNTH defends sending patients away at night

The Osun State University Teaching Hospital, UNIOSUNTH, has addressed accusations of discharging patients from its facility on Monday night.

The hospital stated that the decision was necessitated by the ongoing strike by the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, and the Assembly of Health Care Professionals.

According to UNIOSUNTH’s Public Relations Officer, Wale Ajibolu, the hospital’s management had engaged in extensive discussions with union representatives on Monday, hoping to persuade them to pause the strike.

Ajibolu disclosed that these discussions lasted into the evening, with the management insisting on the unique role and obligations of the hospital.

However, despite their efforts, the union declined to halt the strike, forcing the hospital to take necessary action.

“The management met the union till late evening to suspend the ongoing JOHESU strike.

“We let them see reasons that we are a hospital and our own case is peculiar.

“But they refused and the management had to do the needful,” he said.

DAILY POST gathered that a relative of a patient admitted in the hospital had raised the alarm on Tuesday morning that the hospital management around 8:00 pm on Monday ordered their patients to leave the hospital immediately.

He wrote, “Gov ADELEKE must hear this. UNIOSUN TEACHING HOSPITAL workers embarked on strike since morning and they never informed the patients until 8 p.m tonight and ordered all patients to leave the hospital immediately, including pregnant women who were about to deliver.

“Relatives and their patients are left stranded, especially those from outside Osogbo. The government should come to people’s aid. You can fact check me. This action is not only barbaric but pure wickedness on the part of the striking workers.

“Why the midnight? It is unfair. A lot of patients don’t know where to go.”

UNIOSUNTH defends sending patients away at night

Reps investigate abandoned N1.46bn road project in Kaduna

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday, launched an investigation into alleged abandonment of the Gidanwaya-Guaran Dutse-Waman Rafi-Saminaka-Kano road project in Kaduna state worth N1.46 billion. The committee registered its grievances during an investigative hearing on Tuesday while quizzing the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Works, Dr Yakubu Adam on
Reps investigate abandoned N1.46bn road project in Kaduna

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday, launched an investigation into alleged abandonment of the Gidanwaya-Guaran Dutse-Waman Rafi-Saminaka-Kano road project in Kaduna state worth N1.46 billion.

The committee registered its grievances during an investigative hearing on Tuesday while quizzing the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Works, Dr Yakubu Adam on the project.

The hearing was on the inspection of critical national assets especially roads that were constructed from the immediate past administration.

The Chairman of the committee Rep. Bamidele Salam (PDP-Osun) lamented that the money for the project was a loan by the Federal Government.

“Information we received from the Debt Management Office indicated the number of roads were even undertaken with loans taken by the federal government.

“But in particular, a particular road with the title Gidanwaya-Guaran Dutse-Waman Rafi-Saminaka-Kano road in Kaduna State awarded by the Federal Ministry of Works on the October 5, 2022 and the sum of N1.461 billion paid to Messrs Jam Jam Dynamic Platform Limited.

“This road was supposed to be completed within 12 months; there is an allegation that the road awarded in 2022 has not started as we speak and there has been full payment of the sum by the Federal Ministry of Works to the contractor concerned,” he said.

Reps investigate abandoned N1.46bn road project in Kaduna

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