Day: 9 August 2024

Gunmen kidnap journalist’s wife, two daughters in Kaduna

Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The wife and two daughters of a Kogi-based journalist, Muhammed Bashir, were among the ten members of the same family kidnapped on Thursday in Kaduna State. Bashir’s wife and his two daughters arrived in Kaduna earlier on Thursday for a holiday with her (the wife’s) family in a suburb of Kaduna. In a terse statement, Bashir, a correspondent with the Nigeria Telegraph, disclosed this to colleagues on Friday in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. “My dear colleagues, please I need your prayers. My two daughters and their mother, including eight…

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The Patriots ask Tinubu to convene Constituent Assembly, seek dialogue on protest

Jide Ige

A group of Nigerian statesmen, The Patriots, has urged President Bola Tinubu to convene a constituent assembly to draft “a people democratic pluralistic constitution” for the country. This came as the group, led by former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Emeka Anyaoku met with the president at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Friday. Anyaoku, who addressed State House correspondents after Friday’s meeting, urged the president to forward an executive bill to the National Assembly to legislate on a national referendum that will approve the draft constitution. He said the 109-member…

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Police interrogates, release Tonto Dikeh over alleged defamation, cyberbullying

Jide Ige

The Nigeria Police Force has interrogated and released Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh in connection with an investigation into criminal defamation, cyberbullying, and forgery, among other charges. The invitation was issued by the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit, which is handling the case. In the invitation letter signed by the Head of the IGP Monitoring Unit, A.A. Elleman, and obtained by our correspondent, it was stated that the actress’s name prominently appeared in the investigation being conducted by the unit. The August 5 letter read: “This office is investigating a case…

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Hunger Protest: Obasanjo blames successors for Nigeria’s woes, warns “we are all sitting on a keg of gun powder”

Jide Ige

Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo has blamed successive administrations for the present situation in the country for not building on the foundation he laid while he was in office, saying that this had caused a lot of drawbacks for the country. Obasanjo, a two=time ruler first as a military Head of State between 1976 to 1979 and later as a Civilian President from 1999 to 2007 also said the Nigerian youths participating in the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests are fighting a legitimate course and deserve a listening ear. He said, “As…

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Amnesty Int’l decries crackdown on protesters

Jide Ige

Amnesty International has described the recent crackdown on protesters against hunger in the country as a disturbing indication of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government’s disregard for human right. Earlier on Thursday, the group had condemned a raid on head office of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Abuja on Wednesday night. In a series of tweets on X on Friday, the global human rights group lamented the crackdown on protesters, saying it would create unhealthy climate of fear that might endanger activists, human rights defenders, civil society organizations and journalists.…

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Investors eye 32% capital gain in Zenith Bank’s hybrid offer

Jasmin Ekua, Banking & Finance

Zenith Bank Plc is offering its ongoing hybrid rights and public offers at the bank’s lowest price range, locking in about 32 per cent gain in potential immediate return for existing shareholders and new investors. Nigeria’s largest bank by profit, Zenith Bank is offering a rights issue of 5.233 billion ordinary shares of 50 kobo each at N36 per share. The shares were pre-allotted to existing shareholders on the basis of one new ordinary share for every six existing ordinary shares held as at the close of business on Wednesday,…

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