The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, on Sunday, expressed its satisfaction at the conduct of the Saturday re-run election which returned its candidate, Ibrahim Shittu, to the state House of Assembly as the lawmaker representing Saki West State Constituency. The Court of Appeal had ordered a rerun election at Unit 07, Ward 06 and Unit 19 in Ward …

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, on Tuesday, expressed worries over incessant killings and kidnappings across the country, urging “the security agencies to up their games and fish out the killers of the two Obas in Ekiti State.” In a statement in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, by his Personal Assistant on Media, Oladele Ogunsola, the monarch miffed, especially at …

A female student of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa in Kwara State, Miss Toyin Bamidele, has been allegedly hacked to death by yet-to-be-identified people. The Higher National Diploma student of Food Technology was said to have been murdered in her rented apartment outside the campus on Thursday. The acting Head of the Public Relations Unit of the institution, Mrs Folake Oyinloye, …

The Centre for Citizens with Disability (CCD) has called on security agencies in the country to be human when dealing with People with Disabilities by not brutalising them. The Administrative Manager, CCD, Florence Austin, made the call during a recent training for security agencies on the rights of PWDs in Lagos State. According to a statement on Thursday, among those …

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Saturday condemned those involved in organ harvesting while pledging to collaborate with law enforcement agencies to curb the menace. The new President of NARD, Dr Dele Olaitan made this known at a news conference organised at the end of the 43rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Scientific Conference in Ilorin. Olaitan described …

Many serving security personnel frowned at the alleged negotiations with bandits by some Federal Government agencies, stating that such a move would jeopardize security agencies’ efforts. Some of them who spoke on the condition of anonymity said negotiating with bandits was an outright vote of no confidence on all security agencies in Nigeria. One of them said, “I don’t want …

The father of a corps member kidnapped in Zamfara State has accused security agencies and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) of showing no concern towards the situation. Emmanuel Etteh’s daughter was one of eight graduates abducted while en route from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State to their NYSC orientation camp. It was reported that gunmen abducted eight members of the …

The House of Representatives, yesterday, at plenary, urged security agencies to desist from setting ablaze vessels laden with stolen crude oil. It also resolved to empanel an ad hoc committee to investigate the whereabouts of the 150,000 metric tonnes of stolen crude oil in the recently burnt vessel, MT TURA in Escravos River, Warri, Delta State. The resolution of the …

The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Audi on Thursday threatened to prosecute unlicensed guards and the Private Guards’ Companies (PGCs) they are working for. The NSCDC CG stated this while handing over licences to 44 PGCs in Abuja. Audi instructed that all licensed PGCs must operate within the required standard in order to reduce the …

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and all relevant security agencies to investigate and make public their findings on the rumored visit of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola to the United Kingdom for medical reasons and the allegation that it was in disguise to meet with President-elect, Asiwaju Bola …