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Court Fixes November 22 To Rule on Bail Application For Detained Glory Okolie A Federal High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has fixed November 22 to rule on the bail application of a 21-year-old young woman arrested and enslaved by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in Imo State. The police had arrested Okolie in June 2021 for allegedly being friends with a suspected member of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). She was later transferred to Abuja, despite efforts by her family members to secure her release. At the resumed hearing…

Zamfara's Matawalle bags Governor of the Year Award Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, has been nominated for the award of ‘Governor of the Year’ by a leading labour and youth online news platform, Aluta News, as part of activities marking its 2nd Year Anniversary. Aluta Media Limited, Publishers of Aluta News (www.alutanews.ng), said Matawalle was nominated for the prestigious award, having scaled all the strict standards of excellence laid down by the Board of Directors of the media organisation. According to the publisher of the premier Labour, youth and current affairs news portal, Comrade Gambo Jagindi, the assessment committee found…

Cameroonian Separatists Invade Taraba Village, Kill Monarch, Set Houses On Fire Suspected Ambazonia separatist from Cameroon have wreaked havoc in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State. According to the Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Emmanuel Bwacha, the suspects gunned down the village head and some residents of Manga community. Manga village is 20 kilometers away from Kashimbilla Dam. The lawmaker, coming under a point of order during Senate plenary on Wednesday, said the residents were killed during an invasion of the community by the Cameroonian separatists, who also razed down the village. Bwacha, who represents Taraba South in the Senate,…

Ondo Governor, Akeredolu, Appoints Son As Head Of Govt Agency Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has appointed his son, Babajide, as the Director-General of the Performance and Project Implementation Monitoring Unit (PPIMU). The appointment of the governor’s son was announced alongside that of 14 commissioners. Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. “Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has nominated 14 new commissioners-designate and seven special advisers.” “The commissioner nominees are as follows: Mrs Bamidele Ademola Olateju (Akoko South East), Otunba Adefarati Gboyega (Akoko South West), Rt Hon Olotu Fatai (Akoko North…

Sani Dangote’s Body Arrives Kano Today For Burial The body of Sani Dangote, a younger brother to Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, is billed to arrive Nigeria today from the United States (US). Sani, the Group Vice President of the Dangote Group, died on Sunday after a brief illness in the US. A source close to the family said, “Sani Dangote had been battling colon cancer and he travelled to the US in search of a cure, but as God willed, he died at the age of 61. “Indeed, the Dangote family really feel the death, but we have…

Ex-Gov Nnamani loses mother at 85, to be buried in U.S The mother of former Governor Chimaroke Nnamani of Enugu State, Mrs. Elizabeth Nnamani, has passed on at 85 years of age. The former governor, now representing Enugu East in the Senate, disclosed this in a statement, yesterday. Mrs. Nnamani will be buried in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States of America (U.S.A.), where she died, according to her wish while alive. Many children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren survive her. Nnamani added that the traditional funeral rites would be held in her hometown, Ojiagu, Agbani, Nkanu East Council of Enugu on a…

Lagos #EndSARS Panel Admits There Was Massacre At Lekki Tollgate The Lagos State Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS-Related Abuses and Other Matters has admitted that there was a massacre at Lekki Tollgate on October 20, 2020. In a 309-page report submitted to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Governor of Lagos State, on Monday, the panel said soldiers shot live ammunition at armless protesters with the intention to kill and maim them. “The soldiers actually shot blank and live bullets directly and pointedly into the midst of the protesters at the Lekki Tollgate, with the deliberate intention to assault, maim and…

Troops Kill 50 ISWAP Terrorists In Borno, Destroy Combat Vehicles The army said on November 15, 2021 that it had killed 50 ISWAP Terrorists In Borno, The army said on November 15, 2021, that it had killed 50 ISWAP Terrorists In Borno, Troops of Joint Task Force, North East (NE), Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have neutralized over 50 Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists and destroyed several of their combat equipment in a fierce counteroffensive in Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. This is according to a statement on Monday signed by Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director…

Missing OAU MBA Student Timothy Adegoke Found Dead Timothy Adegoke, the MBA student at Obafemii Awololowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, who was declared missing on November 7, is dead. According to a statement signed and made available to FIJ by Opalola Yemisi Olawoyin, the spokesperson for the Osun State Police Command, the police said it was working to unravel the circumstances surrounding Adegoke’s death. “The Commissioner of Police, CP Olawale Olokode, psc, wishes to assure the general public, especially the family of the deceased, students and management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, that the police command is working assiduously…