BY ABADOM LAWRENCE AMECHI TO CLAIM that the Osun State election was “free and fair” and leave it at that is blatantly unrealistic. It will be a deliberate attempt to push a false narrative because the diabolical schemes of the APC did not work. An election is not a single event. It is a process. That process includes: candidate emergence, voter registration and collection of PVCs, campaigning, mobilization and sensitization of party agents and members, voting, counting, collation, and announcement. To declare an election free and fair, the entire process must be assessed. It is not enough to reach that…
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The FEDERAL Government has unveiled a five-year National Strategy for Combating Organised Crime aimed at dismantling criminal networks, disrupting illicit financial flows and strengthening inter-agency response. The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, represented by the National Coordinator, National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Maj.-Gen. Adamu Laka, unveiled the strategy on Monday in Abuja. Ribadu said the strategy, covering 2027 to 2031, would provide an integrated framework for confronting terrorism, drug trafficking, human trafficking, cybercrime, maritime crime, corruption and illicit financial flows. He said the sophistication of criminal networks demanded more than institutional strength, requiring “coherence, coordination and intelligence-driven collaboration across…
FIVE farmers, comprising four males and one female, are feared dead after a canoe conveying them to their farmland capsized while crossing River Kuji in Katcha Local Government Area of Niger. Alhaji Abdullahi Baba-Arah, Director-General, Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), disclosed this in Minna on Monday. Baba-Arah said that the incident occurred in the morning of Saturday, Aug. 15, when the victims left Shaba Woshi village for their farmland across the river. He identified the victims as Yahaya Abubakar, Usman Abubakar, Lamin Hussaini, Baba Ahmadu and Salihu Aliyu, all residents of Shaba Woshi village. According to him, the victims…
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun to continue to deliver good governance after winning his re-election on Saturday. This is contained in a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson, Malam Olawale Rasheed, on Monday in Osogbo. According to the statement, Obasanjo made the call during a congratulatory visit to Adeleke at his country home in Ede. The former president prayed for further success for the governor and urged him to remain committed to good governance and the delivery of dividends of democracy. “Continue to deliver good governance. Continue to meet the needs of your people,”…
THE ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University (KASU) chapter, has raised concern over the departure of more than 200 lecturers. Chairman of ASUU-KASU, Dr Abubakar Abdullahi, disclosed this at a press conference on Monday in Kaduna. He said the lecturers, including professors, left the institution due to poor conditions of service and non-implementation of the 2025 Federal Government-ASUU Agreement. The union also issued a two-week ultimatum to the Kaduna State Government and university authorities to implement and domesticate the agreement. The union warned that failure to act within the period could result in a total and indefinite…
TWO men, Shehu Umaru (40) and Muhammadu Riskua (30), were, on Monday, arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged unlawful grazing. The defendants, of unknown addresses, are facing a charge of unlawful grazing. The prosecutor, ASP Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on Aug.11 at about 2:00 p.m in Itapaji-Ekiti. He alleged that the defendants unlawfully graze their cattle in an unauthorised farmland at Itapaji-Ekiti forest. Oriyomi said that the offence contravenes Section 2 and punishable under Section 7 of the Prohibition of Cattle and Other Ruminant Grazing in Ekiti State Law, 2016.…
NIGERIA has deployed its first standardised justice sector platform for tracking cases of violence against women aimed at closing long-standing gaps in Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) data and accountability. The platform, developed by the Federal Ministry of Justice, is being deployed and operationalised to report cases from the point of reporting to resolution. This was disclosed during a five-day national validation and capacity-building workshop to review and validate the reporting tools, strengthen reporting standards and build the technical capacity of SGBV desk officers. The workshop was organised by the European Union Support project to End Sexual and Gender-Based Violence…
THE ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the Federal Government to provide more funding so universities can carry out quality research in key sectors of the economy. The President of ASUU, Prof. Christopher Piwuna, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Jos. Piwuna said that quality research would promote agriculture, boost power supply, tackle insecurity, poverty and other challenges confronting the nation. The ASUU president, who decried poor funding of research, particularly called on the National Research Council (NRC) to support innovative research by university lecturers. “As university…
THE NATIONAL Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has publicly destroyed 329,865.585 Kilogrammes of assorted illicit drugs. The illicit drugs with an estimated street value of N301 billion were destroyed on Monday in Lagos, following a court-ordered exercise. This is contained in a statement by the NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi on Monday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the exercise conducted pursuant to orders of the Federal High Court, Lagos Judicial Division, disposed of uncontested concluded cases and abandoned seizures. He also said that speaking at the event, the NDLEA Chairman, retired, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa described the exercise as a bold…
THE RECONCILIATION Committee of the Rainbow Coalition in Rivers says no member will be victimised or discriminated against during the ongoing peace process. Committee Chairman, Sen. Magnus Abe, disclosed this after members met with Gov. Siminalayi Fubara at Government House, Port Harcourt, on Sunday. Abe said the meeting was the committee’s second engagement with Fubara within two weeks to discuss modalities for the reconciliation process. He said the committee was established by Mr Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and former Rivers governor, to facilitate reconciliation. According to him, the initiative seeks to enable members of the political…