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KEMI BADENOCH AND THE NIGERIAN POLICE The police are a reflection of the Nigerian society, argues Joshua J. Omojuwa A casual observer was going to get away with thinking Kemi Badenoch had become the No. 1 hate figure for Nigerians on social media. Before the play that turned the tide, the leader of the UK’s Conservative Party was never going …

REVOKED ABUJA LAND DOESN’T BELONG TO ME – BUHARI Former President Muhammadu Buhari has dismissed reports linking him to a plot of land which was revoked by the authorities of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) in Abuja. In a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, on Thursday evening, the former President clarified that the land was allocated to the Muhammadu …

GOVERNORS LACK POWER TO REMOVE LG CHAIRMEN – FG The federal government, through the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, has declared that governors lack the constitutional authority to suspend or remove local government chairmen from office. Fagbemi made the declaration while addressing journalists on Wednesday. His comments were in response to questions about the recent actions of …

PEOPLE CURSE ME, MY FAMILY OVER TAX REFORM BILLS – OYEDELE The Chairman, Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, has stated that some Nigerians rain curses on him and his family over the tax reform bills. Oyedele spoke during an event for the presentation of the report of a technical committee set up by the League of …

TAX REFORM BILLS DIVIDE FEDERAL LAWMAKERS The ongoing debate surrounding President Bola Tinubu’s proposed tax reform bills has sparked division within the Nigerian House of Representatives, with northern lawmakers expressing concern over the legislation. While some lawmakers are eager to push the bills forward, leaders from northern Nigeria, including former Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau, are calling for a review …

NORTH-WEST HIGHEST IN CRIME INCIDENTS, SOUTH-EAST LOWEST The Federal Government has stated that the North West recorded the highest crime incidence in the country with the Southeast having the lowest. The latest data compiled by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is called Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey (CESPS), and according to a statement by Special Adviser to the …

ABUJA DEMOLITION: SOLDIERS ATTACK WIKE’S MEN, CART AWAY VEHICLE ABUJA: Soldiers reportedly acting on the orders of an army general on Wednesday attacked development control officials who were in Sabon Lugbe, Abuja, to remove some illegal structures in the area. The officials were in the area to remove the fence of a building on Plot 416 said to belong to …

WE’RE INVESTIGATING IBADAN CARNIVAL STAMPEDE WHERE 32 CHILDREN DIED – POLICE The Oyo State Police Command says it is investigating the circumstances surrounding the alleged death of 32 children during a stampede at a funfair in Ibadan, the state capital, on Wednesday. It was gathered from multiple eyewitness accounts that the stampede occurred when participants rushed to gain access to …

POLICE DETAIN PRINCIPAL OVER IBADAN CHILDREN CARNIVALS STAMPEDE Men of the Oyo State Police Command have detained the principal of Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan, Mr. Abdullahi Fasasi. Fasasi was invited by the police on Wednesday and has been detained since then. Our correspondent reports that the principal’s detention is in connection with the stampede that occurred at the school …

INVESTIGATION SHOWS SEVEN REASONS BVAS MAY NEVER WORK IN NIGERIA The growing concern in some quarters over the inability of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct free, fair and credible elections again gained gravitas last week in the wake of Ghana’s successful presidential elections. Without prejudice to the introduction of technology (card reader and co) by the Professor …