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There could be hope at the end of the tunnel over resuscitation of the Ajaokuta Steel Company as the House of Representatives on Wednesday adopted two bills seeking to prevent its concessioning and to ensure its completion. The bills, each sponsored by 301 lawmakers, were introduced for first reading on Wednesday, March 21. The bills are: An act to provide for the Ajaokuta Steel Company completion fund and a bill for an act to amend the Public Enterprise Privatisation and Commercialisation Act. It was then passed for second reading on Thursday, March 22 and subsequently referred to the committee of…

The Police Command in Kwara, on Wednesday paraded a suspected ritualist it arrested with three human skulls in Ilorin. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Lawan Ado, said that one Suleiman Adenifuja was caught with three human skulls along Ogbomosho-Eiyekorin Area, Ilorin, on March 26. Ado said that when the suspect was interrogated he claimed that he brought the skulls from Lagos to Ilorin for ritual purpose. He said that one Wahab Ramoni was also arrested with a stolen Toyota Camry Car, AKD 287 EE. READ: Kogi Commissioner of Police removed over escape of six suspects “The vehicle…

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, has removed Ali Janga, the commissioner of police in Kogi over the disappearance from detention of six suspects, two of whom had claimed they were hired and armed by Senator Dino Melaye. The Commander FSARS in the State, the Divisional Police Officer ‘A’ Division, Lokoja and other Police officers implicated in the escape have also been transferred out of the state and are at the moment facing disciplinary action. In addition, 13 police officers have also been detained and are facing investigation, the Police PRO, Jimoh Moshood said. Moshood said Idris was…

Ugandan authorities have closed 23 radio stations for “promoting witchcraft” and trying to con people out of money. The stations’ licencses were suspended after they had guests on air who claimed they could heal diseases like HIV, Pamela Ankunda, the Uganda Communications Commission spokesperson, told dpa on Wednesday. “The radios have been promoting witchcraft. People claimed on these radios to cure diseases like AIDS and cancer,” she said. “These people have been fraudulently getting money from the public,” she added. READ: Dino Melaye to sue IGP over ‘escape’ of gun suspects “Their operations and licences have been suspended until they…

Senator Dino Melaye has threatened to sue the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris over the reported escape of two suspects who accused him (Melaye) of being their sponsor and gun supplier. Melaye who spoke on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday, cited Order 43 to submit that the police had either released the suspects or killed them. He therefore said that the Police must produce the suspects dead or alive or he would sue the Police IG for intimidation, abuse of power, harrasment and mental assault. On March 20, the Nigerian Police paraded the suspects allegedly working for…

A Lagos based comedian Femi Edwards, trading under the name and style of Mayphem International has dragged mobile communications giant MTN Communications Limited before a Federal high court in Lagos South West Nigeria for alleged pass off of his works. In a statement of claim filed before the court by a Lagos lawyer, Barrister Chuks Nwachukwu, of Indemnity Partners, it was alleged that, in 2009 Femi Edwards started a platform that promotes the comedy industry called ‘Komic RELOADED’. The following year, he rebranded to ‘Comedy+’ and has maintained the brand ever since with sales outlets across the whole of the…

The Senator representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye has been declared wanted by the Kogi state Police command. Melaye was declared wanted alongside Mohammed Audu, son of the late former governor of the state, Abubakar Audu. In a statement issued on Wednesday by the Commissioner of Police in Kogi state, Ali Janga, the police said that Melaye and Audu were wanted for providing false information to the Police in connection with an alleged attempt on the life of the senator in 2017. Janga added that the two men have also been placed on Interpol watch list.…

The Police in Lokoja said on Wednesday that the two suspects that named Sen. Dino Melaye as their gun supplier have escaped from custody. The Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Mr Ali Janga said at a press conference in Lokoja that the two suspects ; Kabiru Seidu alias Osama and Nuhu Salisu alias Small escaped at about 3:21 am at the A Police Division in Lokoja where they were being kept in lawful custody. According to the Commissioner, four other suspects escaped along with Seidu and Salisu, bringing the total number of fleeing suspects to six. Both Seidu and Salisu…

The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria, Oyo state chapter, has stressed the need for the Federal Government to sustain and make effective, policy banning importation of rice. The Association’s Chairman, Mr Victor Korede, made this known on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan. Korede also said farmers needed favourable, progressive and consistent government policy in order to encourage mass production of rice and other produce, for food sufficiency and boost revenue. He said building and acquisition of integrated rice of world class should be encouraged; adding that commercial production of rice should be…

When Aisha Ayuba gave birth to twin girls eight years ago, she decided to give them away rather than allow them to be murdered. In her village of Kaida, which lies about 50 km (31 miles) southwest of Nigeria’s capital Abuja, babies from multiple births are considered evil. “If I kept the children, someone would kill them,” the 29-year-old told the Thomson Reuters Foundation at her home as she breastfed the youngest of her five other children. Others babies considered evil by the Basso Komo ethnic group in Nigeria include those with physical or mental disabilities, those whose mothers die…