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The former governor of lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode has reacted following the search on his home by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)on Tuesday morning. The immediate past governor who served Lagos State  between 2015 and 2019, has called on his supporters and the general public to remain calm and law-abiding as there was no cause for alarm. Mr Ambode, in a statement by his media aide, Habib Aruna, said the search on his Epe Country home and Parkview Ikoyi residence, occurred without any incident. The raid by the EFCC on Mr Ambode’s home occurred as part…

A new HBO series on the killing of a Palestinian youth after three Israeli teens were murdered in a deadly summer five years ago is stirring up painful memories for bereaved families on both sides of the conflict According to Reuters, “Our Boys”, which premiered in Israel and the United States last week, centers on Mohammed Abu Khdeir, a 16-year-old Palestinian who was abducted near his East Jerusalem home and burned to death by three Israelis, two of them also teenagers, in July 2014. “I wish I could reach into the screen and grab hold of my son,” Abu Khdeir’s…

The Police Command in Jigawa said on Tuesday it had rescued a couple trapped inside a building that collapsed at Auno village in Kafinhausa Local Government Area. Mr Abdul Jinjiri, its spokesman, told Newsmen, in Dutse that the victims – Musa Awaisu, 27, and Fatsuma Musa, 20, were evacuated and rushed to the hospital by the Police after their room collapsed on them on Monday, Aug. 19. “We received a distress call from the village head of Auno, Kafinhausa Local Government, that a mud room collapsed on one Musa Awaisu and his wife, Fatsuma Musa. READ: Security: FG sets up…

Suspected Taraba kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Wadume has been re-arrested after days of manhunt by the Nigeria Police Force on Monday night in Kano. Mr Wadume was taken into custody on Tuesday, a source told Premium Times. Reports say he has been taken to the Police Headquarters in Abuja, popularly known as Louis Edet House. Police authorities are yet to respond to inquiries on the matter but there are indications that police may issue official statement in the next few hours on the breakthrough. Mr Wadume was sighted at the Force Headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday. The police are expected to…

The Federal Government has set up inter-security task force to conduct joint border security in four geopolitical zones of the country to tackle insecurity. The Public Relations Officer of Nigeria Customs Service, Mr Joseph Attah, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Attah said that the joint border task force, codenamed “EX-SWIFT RESPONSE”, comprised members of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). He said the exercise would be done in collaboration with the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) as well as the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). Attah said the affected zones were South-South,…

Kidnappers seems to have adopted a new measure to ensure they stay alive while carrying out their nefarious activities as they now demand for foodstuffs as condition to release their victims. The families of the Chief Imam of Ode-Omi, whose son Abdulazeez Sanni and two others – Adams Bamidele and Jelili Adams – were abducted last Sunday and rescued by the police on Friday have disclosed facts that led to the release of their sons. The kidnap victims were reportedly kidnapped on the eve of the Eid-el Adha in Ode-Omi, a boundary community between Lagos and Ogun states. Although, the…

Manchester City will be bringing its silverware to Lagos, Nigeria to celebrate with fans as part of their global trophy tour, with club legend Micah Richards among other stars on 31st August 2019

The governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom on Monday suspended two third-class chiefs and a district head for their roles in the protracted crisis …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has denied reports that its operatives raided the residence of the former governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode in Epe on Tuesday. In a statement to signed by Tony Orilade, the acting EFCC spokesperson noted that Ambode was under investigation but was not raided. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has since early hours of today, been inundated with calls that operatives of the Commission raided the residence of the former governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode. We need to state for the records that the EFCC did not raid Ambode’s house.…

The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck out an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last presidential election. The appeal marked SC/738/2019 was filed against a ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), in which it held that the Atiku and the PDP do not have a reply to an application filed on May 14, 2019 by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking among others, the dismissal of their (Atiku and the PDP) challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the last presidential election. TheNation reports that a five-man panel led by Justice Datijo…