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DAILY TRUST NEWS Two teenage girls have been arrested by operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency which is also known as the Amotekun Corps for allegedly feigning being kidnapped. The duo (names withheld) were nabbed after locking themselves inside a hotel room in the Akoko area of the state and demanded ransom from their parents for their release. Mr Adetunji Adeleye, the Commander of the Amotekun Corps, disclosed this on Monday while parading the teenagers with over 20 other suspects before newsmen in Akure, the state capital. Adeleye said the girls, one 13 and the other 15 years…

TRIBUNE NEWS The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has debunked the circulation of a viral memo claiming that the force has withdrawn police aides from politicians. In a press release, the NPF addressed the ambiguity surrounding the signal, stating that it is fake and did not originate from the NPF or any of its formations. The memo in question, purportedly originating from MOPOL 45 FHQ ABJ, ordered the removal of police aides from certain top politicians and their relatives. However, the NPF clarified that the signal deviates from its telegraphic message structure and standard, as it bears the irregular signature of…

TRIBUNE NEWS A houseboy confessed to killing his employer with a pestle in Awka, the Anambra State capital. He said, ”I struck him three times with a pestle.” The suspect worked as a housekeeper for the deceased, Chima Anolue, a lecturer in the Psychology Department at Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka. On the night of Friday, July 14, 2023, in Ifite village, Awka, Anolue was attacked with a pestle during a fight between him and the domestic staff. The suspect is also accused of bruising the deceased’s body with a knife after being unconscious to make it appear as if…

DAILY TRUST NEWS The Ondo state government has alerted residents on avoiding diphtheria, saying everyone is at risk of being infected with the disease. In a statement issued on Monday in Akure, the state capital, the Special Adviser to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on health, Dayo Faduyile, said the viral disease is a life-threatening infection caused by bacteria. According to him, the disease is usually caused by a bacteria called Corynebacterium diphtheriae. He listed the signs and symptoms of the disease to include sore throats, which can be mild or severe, scratchy and painful, with a thick grey or white membrane…

TRIBUNE NEWS Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, on Monday, swore in Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi as the Secretary to the Gombe State Government. It is recalled that the Governor recently reappointed Professor Abubakar Njodi as SSG, considering his meritorious service in the same capacity during his first tenure (2019-2023). The Governor described Professor Abubakar Njodi as a seasoned administrator who made significant contributions to the modest achievements already recorded in the first phase of his administration. While congratulating the newly sworn-in SSG, the Governor urged him to intensify efforts in consolidating and promoting his administration’s unwavering commitment to delivering…

LEADERSHIP NEWS Barely 72 hours after Akure North Local Government chairman, Bankole Ogbesetore, died, his vice chairman, Hon. Anthony Adebusola, has also passed away. A source told LEADERSHIP that the Vice Chairman died after a brief illness. As at the time of filing this report, the Local Government secretariat was enveloped in sadness over the tragedy. LEADERSHIP recalls that the acting Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, had last week paid a condolence visit to the residence of the late Chairman, before the death of the Vice Chairman on Sunday, July 16. When the deceased chairman, Bankole Ogbesetore, died…

TRIBUNE NEWS Justice Christiana Obadina of an Osun State High Court in Ikire has delivered a verdict in the trial of Philip Segun, a prophet at Cherubim and Cherubim Church, Solution Chapel, Ikoyi-Ile, and Owolabi Adeeko, for the gruesome murder of Lagos State University final year student, Favour Daley-Oladele. The court also convicted Owolabi’s mother, Bola, for her involvement in the incident, which involved the consumption of human flesh. The court sentenced Owolabi Adeeko, 23, to death by hanging for the brutal murder of Favour Daley-Oladele, a final-year Sociology student. Owolabi had lured Favour from Lagos to Ikire under the…

PUNCH NEWS The Federal Government, on Monday, confirmed the first case of anthrax in Nigeria, stating that the disease was detected in a farm in Niger State. On June 13, 2023, The PUNCH reported that the Federal Government alerted the general public to the outbreak of anthrax disease in some neighbouring countries within the West African sub-region and advised Nigerians to desist from the consumption of hides, otherwise known as ponmo, at the moment. The FG had specifically stated that the disease was widespread in northern Ghana, bordering Burkina Faso and Togo, as it also promised to keep the Nigerians…

Osun Assembly on Monday, passed a Bill reverting the name of the state to “Osun State” from the “State of Osun”, given in 2012 by former governor, Rauf Aregbesola. The Assembly, through a Bill called ‘Osun State Anthem, Crest and Flag Amendment Bill 2023’, reverted the name, flag and crest of the state from what they were. After the Bill was passed for third reading at the plenary session, Mr Adewale Egbedun, the Assembly Speaker, said the Bill would be forwarded to the governor for assent. He said the new Bill, after it is assented to by the governor, would…

PREMIUM TIMES NEWS Deputy National Chairman (North) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abubakar Kyari has taken over the leadership of the party on an acting basis following the resignation of the National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu. Mr Kyari announced the resignation of Mr Adamu on Monday after a meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC) at the party’s headquarters in Abuja. The acting chairman, a former senator, while briefing journalists after the NWC meeting, said he was taking over based on the provision of the Constitution of the APC. He announced that the National Secretary, Iyiola Omisore, also resigned and…

Troops of the Nigerian Army have on Saturday, busted an international ammunition smuggling syndicate, while transporting a truck load of smuggled ammunition to Anambra State. This was made know by the the director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement released, on Monday. “The troops, who acted on actionable Intelligence conducted a meticulous and rigorous Stop and Search operation along Ajilete-Owode Road in Yewa North LGA of Ogun State and uncovered the illegal ammunition in a truck with Registration number ENU 697 XY,” Onyema stated. He added that the truck was found “loaded with 720 packets…

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported that Nigeria’s annual inflation rate increased to 22.79% as at June, 2023 This is contained in the latest CPI report released on Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The consumer price index (CPI) measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services and farm products. According to the NBS, the June 2023 inflation rate showed a significant increase of 4.19% points compared to June 2022. This indicates a higher year-on-year inflation rate for June 2023 compared to the same month in the previous year. The report also indicated…

The Lagos State Police command has initiated an investigation into an alleged incident where a singer, Trevboi, is accused of fatally shooting a man named Kehinde Adesanwo at a nightclub in the Fadeyi area of Lagos on Friday. The deceased’s friend, with the handle @cloud_target, took to Twitter, describing the singer as “armed and dangerous” and seeking justice for his friend. The tweets tagged the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Benjamin Hundeyin, as well as the Nigeria Police Force. “WANTED!!!! WANTED!!! Shot and killed my friend yesterday in Bar 38 club, Fadeyi. Known as Trevboi. He is armed…

Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Sunday has distributed food items to not less than 13,000 households, most of whom were affected by the Boko Haram crisis in Gwoza Local Government Area of the state. This was revealed in a statement issued by Governor Babgana Zulum’s spokesperson Malam Isa Gusau in Maiduguri on Monday. According to the statement, the distribution took place at the premises of the Palace of Emir of Gwoza, Shehu Idrissa Timta. Governor Zulum on Sunday, “supervised the food distribution during which each of 13,000 households received one bag of rice and a bag of maize…

PUNCH NEWS The Nigerian Army has said it will investigate the alleged harassment of two returnees from the United States of America by a yet-to-be-identified man in military uniform. PUNCH Metro reports that a video went viral over the weekend showing a man in military uniform holding the side mirror of a car in which a man and a woman were seated. The incident was said to have happened at Oju-Ore, Ota, in Ogun State, last Tuesday. The yet-to-be-identified occupants engaged in an altercation with the uniformed man who was seen brandishing a horsewhip and daring the man and woman…

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria diverted two Kano-bound flights to Lagos as a result of unserviceable runway lighting in Kano State. FAAN explained that the failure of the Runway 06/24 edge light at the Mallam Aminu Kano Airport, Kano to light up led to the diversion of the two Kano-bound aircraft at the weekend. Director, Public Affairs & Consumer Protection, Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua said, “On July 15, 2023, at about 1600hrs, the airfield maintenance team of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) observed that the runway lighting would not come on after the scheduled daily maintenance work of replacing…

Inter Miami has officially welcomed Lionel Messi as their latest signing, with the football superstar set to make his debut as early as Saturday in a clash against Mexican side Cruz Azul in the Leagues Cup. Amidst downpours and lightning, a sold-out crowd of approximately 20,000 eagerly awaited the unveiling of the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner, who will don the iconic number 10 shirt for the team. Expressing his gratitude in a brief address delivered in Spanish, the 36-year-old Messi thanked the supporters and emphasized that his desire to play remains unwavering. The World Cup-winning Argentine forward has joined Major…

TRIBUNE NEWS Police operatives attached to Area Command Headquarters, Ihiala, working with operatives of Anambra State Vigilante in Okija, in the Council Area, on Saturday, recovered one HOWO trailer with Reg. No. Delta AKU 247 XB conveying 1000 bags of stolen cement. The State Police Public Relations Officer DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, who disclosed this in a statement, said information revealed that the truck was hijacked at gunpoint by yet unidentified persons on Friday, July 14, at Obiliokite in Delta. According to Tochukwu, the armed criminals on sighting the joint patrol comprising of the Police and Vigilantes along the Onitsha-Owerri expressway…

TRIBUNE REPORT A financial expert, Mr Okechukwu Unegbu, has decried the proliferation of “loan sharks” in the Nigerian financial system, describing them as dangerous to the economy. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Unegbu, a past president of the Chattered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), who disclosed this in an interview on Sunday in Abuja, urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to empower Microfinance Banks (MfBs) to be more functional in their lending role to small businesses so as to eliminate the menace of loan sharks. “These loan sharks are dangerous to the economy, and the…

Human rights activist and AAC presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has alleged that the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, will not face prosecution due to the involvement of other influential figures. Sowore asserts that if Emefiele were to be tried for his alleged offenses, it would implicate not only former President Muhammadu Buhari but also various APC stakeholders, governors, senators, and other influential personalities. In a series of tweets, Sowore suggests that Emefiele’s continued detention by the Department of State Security (DSS) serves as a strategic move to shield those in power. Drawing a similarity…