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  • Couple dies as suspected herdsmen attack community

    Couple dies as suspected herdsmen attack community

    A victim, allegedly attacked by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government of Delta State, has died of injuries.

    The victim, Mrs. Patience Akpomiemie, who was attacked on her farm, died last weekend at Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH),Oghara.

    The Nation learnt that the victim’s husband, Mr. Happy Akpomiemie, who was also allegedly attacked by suspected herdsmen, died on the spot. He was shot in the back.

    It was gathered that the couple and son were shot while working on their farm.

    The President-General of Abraka Development Union, Dr. Joseph Tedwins, condemned the violence wreaked on the community by suspected herdsmen, saying “we have lodged a complaint at the police station.”

    He added: “We are mourning the deaths. The law forbids us to retaliate. We have lodged a complaint at the police station. The police commissioner has visited our community. The police are investigating the incident. No suspect has been arrested. It appears these people are operating guerilla warfare, they attack and disappear. No culprit has been nabbed. We keep losing our people. Our farm produce are destroyed and farms torched. The killings have continued again. Until the government decides to do something about it, it is going to be a difficult thing.

    “As a community, we cannot take the law into our hands. We do not have any faith in the security agencies. The area commanders, most of the security agents that should take decision on this matter are of northern extraction. They pretend to be doing one thing or the other about the matter, but they are not doing anything. But if you raise your hand to slap or insult a Fulani man, the next minute they (police) will want to arrest everyone. This is the situation we find ourselves.”

    Police spokesman Andrew Aniamaka said: “We have not arrested any suspect

    “We have gone beyond making arrest. But never again will this happen in Abraka. We are working with other security agencies and stakeholders, including the traditional institutions, to solve the problem.

  • Shagaya dies in accident

    Shagaya dies in accident

    Former Minister of Internal Affairs, Senator John Shagaya, died yesterday in a road accident along Langtang-Pankshin road in Plateau State.

    A former Chairman of Langtang North Local Government Dan Dandur confirmed his death.

    “Shagaya died in a road crash today; we are right now with the body at the Air Force Military Hospital, Jos,” Dandur told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in a telephone interview.

    Dandur said the 75-year-old retired army general was on his way to Jos from his village in Langtang, when the accident occurred at Amper in Kanke Local Government of the State.

    “Shagaya was traveling along with his driver and orderly when the accident occurred, but the two survived with serious injuries and are receiving treatment at the hospital,” he said.

    Dandur described Shagaya’s death as “shocking and unbelievable”.

    “His death is too sudden. I just can’t believe that he has left us,” Dandur, who holds the traditional title of “Baraya Langtang”, told NAN.

    Born in Langtang North, on Sept. 2, 1942, Shagaya served as minister of internal affairs under military President Ibrahim Babangida, and represented Plateau South in the senate from 2007-2011.

    Until his demise, he was a chieftain of the APC in Plateau State.

    Shagaya, who attended Junior Primary School at Nyer and Sudan United Mission (S.U.M) Primary School, Langtang between 1952-1959, later went to the Nigeria Military School (N.M.S) Zaria in 1960-1964.

    After graduation from the Nigeria Military school, Zaria, Shagaya was posted to the Nigerian Army Corps before  attending the first short service Combatant Commission Course at Nigeria Defence Academy (N.D.A) Kaduna, in 1967.

    He was posted to 3 Marine Command upon commission, where he participated in the Nigeria Civil War from 1967-1970.

    Shagaya became the first Field Commander to chair the Conference of the Joint Chief of Staff of the enlarged ECOMOG having Commanded the 1st Mechanized Division in the Nigerian Army including a Platoon, Company, Battalion and Brigade.

    In addition to being an active politician, Shagaya was Director of the defunct Lion Bank (Nig.) Plc between 1998-2003, and is the author of a book: “The Tarok History”, after publishing two other books – “Governance in Nigeria: The IBB ERA, an Insider’s View” and ”The Ministry of Internal Affairs, an Overview”.

    He was recently appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as Chairman of the Board of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru near Jos.

  • DSIEC ad-hoc staff slumps, dies on duty

    An ad-hoc staff of the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) unexpectedly slumped and died yesterday while on duty.

    The deceased simply called Ufuoma was going about his assignment at Unit 9, Ifeyinwa Primary school, Onicha Ugbo with other officials when the unexpected happened.

    He slumped and died on the spot.

    The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Andrew Aniamaka confirmed the development.

    He said: “He was not killed; rather he slumped and died.”

  • Ex-Appeal Court Justice Ajose-Adeogun dies at 93

    Ex-Appeal Court Justice Ajose-Adeogun dies at 93

    Head of the Ajose-Adeogun family, Justice Olatunji Ajose-Adeogun, is dead.

    He was a retired Justice of the Court of Appeal and the Baba Oba Agba – Ilu of Lagos. (The Kings traditional father & distinguished Elder of Lagos)

    Aged 93, he died after a brief illness. The late Ajose-Adeogun attended the C.M.S Grammar School Lagos, and later proceeded to the University of London to study Law.

    He obtained his LL.B (London) degree from the University in 1952 and qualified as Barrister at law of the Middle Temple Inn, in the same year.

    He returned to Nigeria the same year and joined the firm of Bode Thomas, Rotimi Williams & Fani Kayode.

    After a spell, he was appointed to the newly created post of Secretary/Legal Officer of the then Lagos Executive Development Board now (LSDPC) from 1955 -1961 during which he dealt with Legal & administrative matters connected with the Central Lagos Slum Clearance Scheme, Free-Hold Housing Schemes & New Estate Layouts (Residential and Commercial) before returning to private practice in 1964.

    He was in the same year appointed to the Foreign Service of the Federal Ministry of Justice along with ten other Lawyers to assist the New Republic of Malawi (formerly Nyasaland). The assistance extended to Tanzania and Uganda.

    Justice Olatunji Ajose-Adeogun was eventually appointed by the Malawi Government as it Director of Public Prosecution for four years in that capacity before returning to Nigeria in 1968.

    He joined the Lagos State Ministry of Justice and acted as Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions before quitting for private practice.

    He was appointed as a Judge in the Lagos State Judiciary from 1975 to 1985 when he was appointed as a Judge of the Federal Court of Appeal from where he voluntarily retired in 1987.

    Few years after leaving the Judiciary he was appointed by the Federal Government as the Lagos State Public Complaints Commissioner from 1990-1996.  Within the same period, he was in 1992 appointed to serve as Chairman National Election Tribunals in Niger and Enugu State.

    He was appointed the Social Secretary of the Island Club in 1961 and helped in developing Sports including Tombola which were competed for by other clubs including the Lagos Country Club and the Railway Recreation Club.  He was decorated with the highest honour of the Island Club the Knight Commander of the order of the peacock (KCOP) in 2003.

    He was also a deeply religious Christian of the Anglican Communion and was well decorated by the church in recognition of his services to the church.

    He was decorated   with the National Honour of the Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria OFR in 2006 in recognition of his services to the nation.

    He was also honoured by the Oba of Lagos for his contributions to the development of Lagos State and Isale – Eko in particular by conferring on him the honorary Chieftaincy title of Baba Oba-Agba Ilu of Lagos by Alaiyeluwa Oba Riliwanu Babatunde Osuolale Aremu Akiolu 1 on his 88th birthday anniversary in May, 2012.

    Justice Olatunji Ajose-Adeogun is survived by wife, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

  • Two injured as motorcyclist dies in crash

    One person died at the weekend at the point of diverting traffic from Akungba-Iwaro-Okeoka-Isua Road to Ikare-Arigidi-Ikaram-Akoko in Ondo State.

    The diversion followed the commencement of the rehabilitation of the Iwaro Oka-Isua Road.

    A commercial motorcyclist (popularly called Okada) collided with an articulated truck at “Semusemu” area of Ikare-Akoko.

    He died instantly.

    The second accident involved another truck at a Muslim praying ground on Ikare Akoko-Ugbe Road.

    The vehicle was said to have skidded off the road and rammed into a nearby house. Two children were injured.

    The kids were reportedly taken to the specialist hospital at Ikare-Akoko for treatment.

    Chief Medical Director (CMD) Dr Wale Oguntuase said: “One commercial motorcyclist was brought here dead. Two children were also rushed here. The condition of one of them was critical. He had to be referred to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) at Owo.’’

    Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) at Ikare-Akoko, Jimoh Basiru, confirmed the incidents.

    He said his men took the victims to hospital.

    The Aare Iyalaje of Ikare-Akoko, Hajia Risikatu Mohammed, cautioned traders at Olukare Palace Central Mosque and Post Office at Ikare to desist from displaying their wares on the road.

    She hailed the FRSC for reducing road carnage in Akoko.

    The FRSC, it was learnt, had been advising road users to be careful at the wheels.

    Besides, they warned motorcyclists to use helmets to protect their heads, in case of a crash.

  • Ex-lawmaker slumps, dies

    A member of Rivers State House of Assembly between 2011 and 2015, Andrew Miller, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has slumped and died.

    Miller, who represented Opobo/Nkoro, died in the early hours of yesterday. He had lost his wife in an accident at Saakpenwa-Ogoni, headquarters of Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State.

    It was learnt that the ex-lawmaker, who just recovered from illness, attended the send-off in honour of APC chieftain, Oji Ngofa, now ambassador to Netherlands, penultimate week.

    Miller, according to sources, visited a hospital in Port Harcourt on Wednesday for check-up, where he slumped and died.

    It was gathered that he may have had a sudden relapse.

    State APC’s Publicity Secretary Chief Chris Finebone, who confirmed the former lawmaker’s death in a telephone interview yesterday evening, described it as shocking and that he would be greatly missed.

  • Ekiti Fed Varsity’s bursar slumps, dies at meeting

    Grief has enveloped the Federal University at Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), with the death of its bursar, Mr. Adebayo Adejuyigbe, during the governing council’s meeting in Lagos, last Thursday.

    Adejuyigbe, 59, was said to have slumped. Though later revived, he died at an undisclosed hospital.

    The meeting was called by FUOYE Governing Council’s Chairman, Prof. Saadat Mabadeje.

    The deceased was reportedly buried according to Islamic injunction on Friday at Offa in Kwara State.

    A source, who witnessed the incident, said: “He was in the meeting when suddenly he started shaking and slumped. He was revived and was rushed to the hospital where he died.

    “His health situation deteriorated on the way to the hospital and he died after he got to the hospital.”

    FUOYE’s Vice Chancellor Prof. Kayode Soremekun described Adejuyigbe’s death as a big loss to the institution.

    The vice chancellor said his prudence and administrative acumen would be missed.

    Soremekun, who confirmed Adejuyigbe’s death, said it was devastating.

    He said the late bursar’s expertise and commitment to duty would be missed.

    Soremekun, who spoke through the university’s spokesman, Mr Godfrey Bakji, said: “He (Adejuyigbe) has been buried in his country home and we pray that Allah grants the family the fortitude to bear the loss.

    “Mr Adejuyigbe was a prudent and highly professional man. His advice to the management had helped in so many ways and times. He was a reservoir of knowledge on fiscal issues. He was a good and dependable administrator.

    “The university community commiserates with his family, the people of Kwara State and the Federal Government on the loss of this illustrious son and great Nigerian.”

  • Robbery suspect dies in gun duel

    Robbery suspect dies in gun duel

    Policemen attached to the Ijanikin Division, Ojo, a Lagos suburb, yesterday killed a  robbery suspect in a gun duel. Arms and ammunition were recovered from him.

    It was gathered that the suspect was a member of a five-man gang, which operated with a motorcycle with registeration  number LAR929VW.

    They were said to have held residents of Oto/Awori hostage before a patrol team stormed the area.

    It was learnt that a gun duel ensued which led to the death of one of the suspects. Others fled with gunshot wounds.

    Confirming the incident, the command’s spokesman, Olarinde Famous-Cole, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) said two locally made pistols with five unexpended cartridges were recovered.

    He said the suspects also abandoned their motorcycle, which the police also recovered.

    “The corpse has been evacuated to Badagry General Hospital Morgue for autopsy. Effort is being made to arrest other fleeing hoodlums,” said Famous-Cole.

  • Eminent jurist Onalaja dies

    Eminent jurist, Hon. Justice Moronkeji Omotayo Onalaja, a retired justice of the Court of Appeal, and founding chairman of the Independent Ombudsman of the Nigerian press, passed on yesterday at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, two months to his 84th birthday.

    Born July 24, 1933, Onalaja attended the CMS Grammar School, Lagos, the London School of Economics and Political Science where he obtained LL.B degree in 1956 and the LL.M in 1958. He was called to the English Bar at Inner Temple on June 16, 1959. A year later, he became a legal practitioner of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and joined the chambers of E. B. Craig & Co. After three years, he opened his own chambers.

    Until his death, Justice Onalaja was the sponsor of the Judicial Reporting prize of the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME).

    He is survived by six children, including Mrs. Olawunmi Idowu of the Nigeria Insurance Association and Mr. Jide Onalaja, lately of Virgin Atlantic. His wife, Margaret died in 2002.

  • Eight-day-old baby dies in fire

    Eight-day-old baby dies in fire

    An eight-day-old baby was killed on Saturday when fire razed over 26 shanties at Makoko, a slum community in Yaba, Lagos Mainland.

    The baby, it was gathered, was to have been christened yesterday.

    Residents attributed the cause of the fire to electrical surge.

    It was gathered that no fewer than 20 families were rendered homeless; about six shops were destroyed.

    Fire also gutted the former Stepping Stone Comprehensive Girls College in Satellite Town, Amuwo-Odofin, destroying the West African School Certificate (WASC) results of many old students kept in a locked up office.

    All the 32 flats, which now stand on the old school ground, were razed, according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).

    NEMA Zonal spokesman, Ibrahim Farinloye said: “The building is 9/11 Stepping Stone Close, Satellite Town. It was formerly a school compound later converted to 32 residential houses and all of them were affected by the fire.

    “A woman was injured and the WASC results of many former students were burnt while many others were partly affected.

    “Eleven gas cylinders were involved with seven air conditioners. The owner of the complex has been advised to gather all the mutilated certificates, get police report and inform the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for issuance of Certified True Copies of the affected certificates.”

    The fire, Farinloye said, was put out around 12:25am.