Day: 20 August 2019

See who gets what in Sanwo-olu’s cabinet

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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday swore in his commissioners and special advisers at an event held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium in Alausa, Ikeja. The Lagos Assembly had on Monday confirmed 35 persons as members of Sanwo-Olu’s cabinet. Three persons were not confirmed. Photos from the swearing-in were shared on the verified Twitter handle of the Lagos State Government Mr. Rabiu Olowo Onaolapo (Finance) Mr. Tunji Bello (Water Resources and Environment) Mrs. Folashade Adefisayo (Education) Prof. Akin Abayomi (Health) Dr. Idris Salako (Physical Planning and Urban Development) Mr. Gbenga Omotoso…

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Kogi Assembly asks CJ to set up impeachment panel against Dep. Gov

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The Kogi state house of assembly has requested Nasir Ajanah, the state chief judge, to constitute a 7-man panel of inquiry to investigate allegations of gross misconduct levelled against Simon Achuba, deputy governor of the state. The assembly made the request in a resolution reached at plenary in Lokoja, the state capital, following the adoption of a motion by Abdullahi Bello-Balogun, majority leader, on Tuesday. The motion called for an investigation into the allegations, which is a second step toward impeachment of the deputy governor. Presenting the motion, Bello-Balogun said…

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Wadume: How Soldiers aided my escape from Police

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Suspected kidnapper, Hamisu Bala Wadume, has explained how soldiers helped him to escape from the operatives of Intelligence Response Team on August 6. Wadume escaped from the custody of IRT operatives when they came under attack from soldiers attached to Battalion 93, Takum, Taraba State, as they conveyed the kidnap suspect from the scene of his arrest. The Army later explained that the soldiers attacked the IRT operatives when they mistook them for criminals, following a distress call they had received. In the said attack, three policemen and a civilian…

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Wadume, Taraba’s notorious kidnap king re-arrested

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The Nigerian Police have announced the re-arrest of Hamisu Wadume, the suspected kidnap gang leader whose arrest, earlier, led to the killing of three policemen and a civilian in Taraba state by soldiers at a roadblock. According to a statement authored by Frank Mba, Force Public Relations Officer, Wadume was re-arrested at his hideout at Layin Mai Allo Hotoro area of Kano state. On August 6, 2019, some soldiers had opened fire on policemen who had earlier arrested Wadume in Ibi, Taraba, over “high-profile kidnap incidents in the state”. “The…

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Yes, we are investigating Ex-Gov., Ambode, EFCC confirms

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday, has confirmed that the anti-graft agency is investigating former Lagos State governor Akinwunmi Ambode but denied raiding his Epe home. EFCC’s visit to Ambode’s country home in Epe is coming weeks after the agency secured a court order placing an embargo on three bank accounts totalling N9.3bn allegedly linked to the former governor In a statement issued by the EFCC spokesman, Tony Orilade, the anti-graft agency said since Ambode no longer enjoys immunity, it was investigating him and the visit to his…

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My attackers are drug addicts, says Ekweremadu

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A former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, returned to the country on Monday and declared that he would not be seeking punishment for his attackers because he had forgiven them. Ekweremadu, who spoke with journalists at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport on arrival from the trip, described his assault in Nuremburg, Germany on Saturday as an action carried out by a few misguided individuals. He said his observation about them showed that they were under a heavy influence of drugs and alcohol. He said, “I had a feeling…

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