Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has debunked reports making the rounds that it has declared the immediate past governor of Zamfara state, Bello Matawalle wanted. In a June 18, 2023 statement signed by Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media & Publicity of the EFCC, the commission stated that the Commission has yet to announced Matawalle wanted or solicit the assistance of any Agency, including the DSS, to effect his arrest. The commission further stated that it has standard procedures for announcing a person wanted. EFCC arraigns man for alleged N60m fraud in Lagos The statement reads: EFCC Has Not Declared…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and other 13 former governors in the 10th Senate to disclose the total amount of life pensions, if any, that have been receiving from their states as former governors”.  SERAP is also urging them to “promptly clarify if” they have collected and/or currently collecting life pensions as former governors from” their “respective states, to stop collecting any such pensions and return the pensions collected to the treasury”. There are fourteen former governors in the 10th Senate. MDAs mismanage N3.8tr service-wide vote – Senate In the letter dated…

This week, CARICOM invited several Haitian leaders to a three-day meeting in Jamaica, where they spoke about Haiti’s situation. Several Haitian leaders have participated and agreed to listen. The President of the High Transition Council, Mrs. Mirlande Manigat, and other leaders rejected this invitation. After the meeting, the leaders who participated said that the meeting failed because they did not reach a good agreement. 5.5m earthquake strikes Babuyan islands The current Haitian Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, who participated, stated in a speech that he did not come for a new agreement because there is already one. On Thursday, Haitian politician…

In a press release signed by Peter Afunanya, the Public Relations Officer of the Department of State Services (DSS), the DSS said it has unraveled clandestine plans by some unscrupulous individuals and groups aiming to disparage the DSS and the Federal Government over the arrest of Godwin Emefiele, the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In the statement, the DSS stated that such groups and individuals are planning to hold protests at various places in Lagos and Abuja, “depicting the service and government in a bad light as well as calling for the immediate release of Emefiele”.…

The member representing Chukun Constituency in the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Garba Madami, has reportedly died a few days after the inauguration of the Assembly. Madami died on Saturday, June 17, 2023, in the hospital where he was receiving treatment. Madami who was under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), could not attend the inauguration of the 10th State Assembly which took place on June 13, 2023, due to an undisclosed illness. Man killed, 2 daughters raped by robbers in Oyo Ibrahim Sale, the Ardo Ardodin, a traditional title holder from Chukun, confirmed his demise. More details…

Police and local officials on Saturday, June 17, 2023, stated that 25 students in western Uganda have been killed by Militants linked to the Islamic State group. According to Fred Enanga, National police spokesman, in the attack on Lhubiriha Secondary School in Mpondwe by the ADF, which is based in DR Congo’s strife-torn east, “a dormitory was burnt and food store looted”. Cyril Ramaphosa leads Ukraine peace mission He further said “So far 25 bodies have been recovered from the school and transferred to Bwera Hospital. “Also recovered are eight victims, who remain in critical condition at Bwera hospital”. Confirming…

Newly promoted Deputy Inspectors General of Police have been assigned to head different departments and various formations. In a statement signed by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the force’s Public Relations Officer, Usman Alkali, the Inspector-General of Police, has approved the redeployment of DIG Hafiz M. Inuwa to head the Department of Logistics and Supply. Newly promoted Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, DIG Bala Ciroma and DIG Emeka Frank Mba, are to head the Department of Training and Development and the Department of Research and Planning, respectively. Frank Mba, Bala Ciroma promoted to DIGs Chronicle NG reported that the Police Service Commission has…

On Friday, the Oyo State Police Command paraded 21 armed robbery suspects, including a gang that killed one Makanjuola Ogedengbe and raped his two daughters in Apaatuku/Onireke village, Akobo, Lagelu Local Government Area of the state. The victims are 14 and 10 years old respectively. Parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan, the Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, said the suspects were assisting the police with vital information. Man rapes teenage family member to death in Enugu Osifeso stated that the suspects, who were armed with dangerous weapons, stormed the area on Sunday, May…

The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Friday approved the promotion of AIGs Frank Mba and Bala Ciroma as Deputy Inspectors General of Police. This was made known In a statement by Ikechukwu Ani, Head, Press and Public Relations, of the PSC. Their promotion were high points of the 21st Plenary Meeting of the Commission chaired by its Chairman, Dr. Solomon Arase, and attended by all the Members of the Commission including the Permanent Secretary/Secretary to the Commission, Ifeoma Adaora Anyanwutaku. Matawalle’s case: Police hands over properties to court DIG Mba who replaced retired DIG John Amadi will represent the South…

Senator Dino Melaye, the National Collation Agent of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 presidential election, on Friday, June 16, 2023, in Abuja, told the Presidential Election Petition Court that INEC was wrong to declare Tinubu the winner of the election that was marred with irregularities. Senator Melaye who testified as a Star Witness for the former Vice President, told the tribunal that election collation irregularities by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), resulted in the declaration of Bola Tinubu as the winner of the election. Melaye further told the Court that he left the National Collation…