Author: The Nation

The Inspector-General of Police IGP Usman Baba has commended security operatives particularly Police officers for the peaceful conduct of the Osun governorship poll.

elections held on Saturday July 16th, 2022 in the 3 Senatorial Districts, 30 Local Government Areas

The IGP applauded the massive deployment of Police Operatives, Specialised Units, and other human and operational assets, including three helicopters and a couple of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for aerial surveillance in the 3 senatorial districts, which enabled swift responses to the pockets of electoral issues.

He lauded the collaborative efforts of other security agencies which assisted in the peaceful conduct of the elections.

According to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi: “The IGP appreciates the electorates in Osun State as well as critical stakeholders for their role in collectively maintaining decorum and cooperating with law

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enforcement agencies, noting that the professionalism displayed by officers deployed for the election equally helped to garner trust, and ultimately led to the success of the process. He similarly assures that the Force is continuously improving on it’s election security mandate for a top notch 2023 General Elections.

“In the same vein, the Inspector-General of Police has encourages Nigerians to tow the line of peaceful conduct in subsequent elections most especially the forthcoming General Elections. He assures all citizens of improved election security management during any electioneering processes even as he calls on well meaning Nigerians, particularly electorates and political actors, to accord necessary support to the Police and other security agencies in the forthcoming 2023 General Elections and general security and safety of our dear nation”.

The National Industrial Court in Abuja has been asked to reverse the sack of 114 lecturers of the Kogi State University (KSU).

The request is contained in a suit the lectures filed through their lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN).

At the last hearing of the case on Friday, the court, presided over by Justice Rakiya Haastrup admitted 345 exhibits, mostly documents, tendered by claimants’ lawyer, Femi Adedeji (who held Falana’s brief).

While tendered the exhibits through the Chairman, ASUU, KSU branch, Dr Daniel Oluwagbemiga Aina, Adedeji said the documents formed the fulcrum of the case of the 114 lecturers against their unlawful sack by the installation.
Adedeji urged the court painstakingly examine all the exhibits and order the restoration of the lecturers to work in the interest of justice and fair play.

Lawyers to the defendants Wisdom Caleb (for the school) and Abbas Kamarudeen (for the state’s Attorney General) said they would decide whether or not to object to the admission of the documents at the final address stage.

Justice Haastrup while admitting the exhibits fixed October 24, 25 and 26 for the cross-examination of the witness.

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Last Friday’s proceeding was witnessed by the North Central Zonal leaders of ASUU, led by the Chairman, Dr. Chris Piwuna.
The suit by the lecturers, comprising about six Professors, has as defendants, the Kogi State University and the state’s Attorney General.

The Kogi State University (KSU) had, by a letter dated August 14, 2017, with reference No. KSU/R/EST/EMP/SS/Vol 1, purportedly terminated the appointment of the 114 lecturers on grounds of reorganization of the institution.

The lecturers are, in the suit, praying the court to among others, declare the termination of their appointments as illegal, null and void on the ground that it violated the extant provisions of Chapter 6 paragraph 6.4.6 of the Kogi State University conditions and schemes of service for senior staff dated November 2008.

They want an order setting aside the purported appointment termination and for payment of all salary arrears and allowances of the lecturers.

The claimants are also seeking an order of perpetual injunction, restraining the university and its agents from ejecting them from their respective offices and residents.

Former South West Women Leader of the All Progressivss Congress(APC) Olukemi Nelson died on Sunday at 66.

Prior to her death, she served as executive director of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSTIF) in President Muhammadu Buhari’s first tenure

Below are nine things to know about her:

1. Olukemi Nelson was born 9th of February 1956.

2. she’s an alumni of school of Nursing in the University College Hospital Ibadan where she qualified as a registered Nurse and Midwife.

3. She obtained an MBA in Financial Management.

4. She has a Diploma in Law from the Lagos State University Ojo .

5. She was the Zonal APC woman leader.

6. She was the senatorial candidate for the Lagos West Senatorial district in 1992 and was defeated at the polls by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu

7. She was married to Adeyemi Nelson and had three children together.

8. From 1999-2003, she served as the Lagos Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation under Tinubu

9. Nelson was the only female serving member of the Lagos State Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC).

A female student (name withheld) of the Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro, Isoko North LGA has been reportedly hacked to death by her lover over alleged infidelity, The Nation has learnt.

The Nation gathered the lovers cohabited off campus in a rented room.

The suspect is a graduate of the tertiary institution.

It was learnt trouble started after the suspect accused the deceased of infidelity on Saturday night and a fight broke out leading to her death. They have a child together.

The suspect took the corpse to the State General Hospital in the morning where she was confirmed dead, it was learnt.

A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity said: ” It happened today (Saturday) at Ozoro. A guy beat his girlfriend to death with machete.

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“People said he was high that he didn’t do it with his clear eyes because he didn’t run away after killing her, instead, he rushed her to a general hospital.

“I just confirmed that the girl is a student of the school, but the guy is not. Maybe he has graduated.

“The guy must have been on drugs last night It was this morning that the guy regained himself.

“After seeing what he had done, he rushed the girl to the hospital.”

A video footage seen by this reporter showed a lifeless female body lying on a stretcher while the suspect was being flogged with a cane by a mob.

Efforts to reach Delta Police Command image maker, DSP Bright Edafe, proved abortive as he neither picked his call not responded to text.

The National Drug Law Enforcement (Agency) has intercepted over 91 jumbo bags of cannabis, weighing 1,029.5kg concealed in a truck-mounted natural gas tank on Doma Road, around 500 Housing Estate, Lafia in Nasarawa.

This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja.

Babafemi said that a 52-year old suspect, Ernest Ojieh, was arrested in connection with the seizure on Saturday.

This he said was barely four days after operatives at Agwan Doka, Lafia, seized 38 large bags of the same substance with a total weight of 367kg.

“Two suspects: Abdullahi Iliyasu, 30, and Bashir Mohammed, 29, were arrested over the seizure, ” he said.

Babafemi said that over half a million pills of pharmaceutical opioids were seized and suspects arrested in raid operations across Kaduna and Adamawa.

” In Kaduna alone, 294,400 pills of Tramadol and Diazepam were seized from Shaban Nasir, Aminu Usman and Shamsudeen Hussaini, on Abuja-Kaduna express road.

” Sa’idu Yahaya and Umar Abubakar were as well arrested during a follow-up operation in Kano, all on Friday, ” he said.

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In the same vein, over 227,000 different grades of Tramadol tablets were seized during the raid of a patent medicine store at Sabon Layi, close to Mubi Main Market, Mubi North LGA, Adamawa State on July 3.

“Recovered from the store where a suspect, Nasiru Abubakar, 27, was arrested, included Tramadol 250mg (aka Boko Haram).

“Royal Tramadol 225mg (aka Vectra); Tramaking Tramadol 225mg (aka Jan Dara); Tramadol 200mg (aka Dogari) and Tramadol 100mg (aka Green), were all recovered.

“Another suspect, Idris Adamu, 25, was arrested in a shoe shop in the same Sabon Layi where over 5,000 tablets of Tramadol 225mg were recovered from him, ” he said.

Babafemi reported the Chairman NDLEA, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, as commending the officers and men of the Nasarawa, Kaduna and Adamawa Commands for the arrests and seizures.

Marwa warned the drug cartels that no matter the ingenuity of their modes of concealment, the dedicated workforce of the Agency would always expose them and their tricks.

(NAN).

Wukari (Taraba) July 17, 2022 (NAN) The governorshp candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba, Lt.-Col. Kefas Agbu (rtd) on Sunday pledged to transform education sector if elected governor of the state.

Agbu stated this in Wukari, his home town, where he was received by a large crowd of supporters over his emergence as the Taraba PDP standard bearer.

According to him, quality education is key to training young citizens to effectively manage security, economy and attract development for the state.

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He said that if elected governor of the state, he would equip primary and secondary schools with modern teaching and leaning facilities, and adequate trained teachers to meet the global standards.
“My desire for quality education in Taraba if elected governor is to build development base young talent who would think positively about the state.

“With quality education for our children, developmental ideas would be impacted in the manner that non will grow to think of criminality.
“I believe in peace and development, and I am convinced that quality education is the key to all of these,” he said.

Agbu assured the people that he would also use his experience as former army intelligence officer to tackle security issues in parts of the state to foster development.
Earlier, His Royal Majesty Aku UKa of Wukari, Dr Manu Ada told the candidate that people in the area were desirous of peace and convinced by his profile as an ex-army officer to handle the rising insecurity and bring development for the state.

Ada blessed Agbu and prayed God to lead him to victory for the good of the people of the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the candidate also officially unveiled his running mate, Dr Abdullahi Alkali to the people of the state.

(NAN)