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SOWORE: DSS acting as if we’re under military jackboot – Gbadamosi
Mr. Babatunde Olalere Gbadamosi, the governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party ADP in Lagos State in 2019 general elections, in a chat with Vanguard spoke on the controversial Bayelsa and Kogi governorship polls, the travail of Sahara Reporters’ Publisher, Mr. Omoyele Sowore in the hands of government security agents, and Land Use Charge among others.
Kogi Gov, Bello relieves Commissioners, Special Advisers of appointments
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Wednesday night announced the dissolution of the state Executive Council which he formed in February, 2016. Bello made the dissolution in Lokoja while speaking with newsmen shortly after a prolonged meeting of the council at the Government House. He said that the dissolution was with immediate effect, directing the
Govs calling for Oshiomhole’s removal are enemies of Buhari
Says NASS, APC NEC solidly with Oshiomhole By Simon Ebegbulem, Abuja A member of the National Executive Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and member of the House of Representatives, Hon.Komsol Alphonsus Longgap says those calling for the removal of the National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole are enemies of President
Desist from actions capable of causing division in Delta, Okowa warns political appointees ECEMBER 18, 2019IN NEWS, POLITICS GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday warned political appointees to desist from actions capable of causing division in the State, enjoining them to ensure cohesion in policy execution.
2020 Budget: Thanks for your patriotism, Buhari tells Reps
as Gbajabiamila hails staff, Journalists for keeping faith his leadership By Levinus Nwabughiogu President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed gratitude to members of the House of Representatives for the patriotism they display in passing the 2020 budget within record time. Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila conveyed the message to the members at the plenary session on Wednesday.
Makinde’s victory, victory for Oyo people
Oyo PDP Chair judgment of the Apex court on Wednesday, affirming the victory of Governor Seyi Makinde as the winner of the state 2019 gubernatorial election has been described as ‘victory for Oyo people by the state Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alh. Kunmi Mustapha.
Imo Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu is dead
Benjamin Uwajumogu, the Senator representing Imo North Senatorial District in the National Assembly is dead. He was said to have slumped in the bathroom while taking his bath and rushed to a private hospital in Apo, Abuja, where he died. Details later…
VANGUARD Court strikes out Umar’s suit against Rivers APC Congresses
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has cleared the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state to go ahead with the conduct of its Ward, Local Government and State Congresses. This order was coming as the court struck out the suit brought by one Ibraham Umar and 22 others
Imo North Senator, Uwajumogu slumps, dies By Henry Umoru
Abuja Chairman, Senate Committee on Employment, Labour and Productivity, Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu, All Progressives Congress, APC, Imo North is dead. The Imo North Senator reportedly slumped in the toilet while taking his bath and rushed to a private hospital in Apo, Abuja where he died.
Gov Emmanuel signs N597.7billion budget into Law By Chioma Onuegbu
Uyo Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state has signed the 2020 Appropriation bill of N597.735billion into Law. The state House of Assembly had on December 5, 2019, passed the N597.735billion budget estimate for the 2020 fiscal year as against the proposed N597.800 billion budget presented to them by the state.
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APC names Lawan, Akande, 8 others into National Reconciliation C’ttee
The development, which was announced by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, yesterday, could sound a death knell for a previous reconciliation committee announced by President Muhammadu Buhari on February 6, 2018
The president had named a former Lagos State governor and one of the national leaders of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to head the committee, which was saddled with the responsibility of reconciling all contending forces within the party. “The assignment will involve resolving disagreements among party members, party leadership and political office holders in some states of the federation,” Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, had said of the Tinubu committee, which other members were not named.
Shehu said then that the former Lagos governor would select those to work with. While not much had been heard of that committee, the APC leadership said, yesterday, that after due consultation, it had appointed a high-level 10-member National Reconciliation Committee, chaired by the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan. “This is in line with the November 22, 2019 resolution of the Party’s National Executive Committee NEC,” the party said. Other members of the committee, according to the party, are the first (Interim) APC National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, who would serve as Vice Chairman; Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Ahmed Idris Wase; Sen. Umaru Tanko Al-Makura and Sen. Kashim Shettima. Others are Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor; Alhaji Nasiru Aliko Koki; Senator Khairat Gwadabe-Abdulrazak; Sen. Binta Garba and Sen.
John Enoh, who would serve as Secretary. According to the NWC, the committee is empowered to address grievances of party members and resolve existing conflicts, all with a view to fostering unity and oneness within the party. “The committee members will be informed of the date for inauguration,” said Issa-Onilu.
Vanguard recalls that the Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum PGF, Salihu Mohammed Lukman, had in the aftermath of the 2019 general elections consistently canvassed a committee to reconcile all aggrieved leaders of the party, saying without self-healing, the ruling party won’t heal the country.
Trump makes history as third American president to be impeached
US President Donald Trump was impeached for abuse of power in a historic vote in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, setting up a trial in the Senate on removing him from office. By a 230 to 197 vote in the Democratic-controlled House, the 45th US president becomes just the third occupant of the White House in American history to be impeached.
The 435-member House is currently voting on the second article of impeachment facing Trump — for obstructing the congressional probe into his attempt to have Ukraine investigate his potential 2020 Democratic presidential opponent Joe Biden.
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Suspects sold 31 human heads to some personalities in Ilorin
The Nigerian police have arrested and paraded eight suspects over alleged kidnapping, murder, ritual killings, exhuming dead bodies from where buried, removing and trading in human skull and other human body parts in Ilorin, Kwara state.
The suspects, according to the police confessed and admitted to have sold thirty one (31) human heads to some personalities in Ilorin and other towns in Kwara State
The suspects are Azeez Yakub a.k.a Baba Muri – Principal Suspect, Abdulrasaq Babamale, Aishat Yunisa, Lukman Saka, Ahmed Yahaya a.k.a Eko, Abdulfatai Kadri a.k.a (Adedoyin) – Vigilante Commander, Adeta Zone, Ilorin; Soliu Ayinde a.k.a Baba Fawasi and Abdulganiyu Bamidele According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood at the Force Headquarters, Abuja on Wednesday he said upon on several complaints received at the ‘D’ Divisional Police Headquarters, Adewole, Ilorin Kwara State on cases of missing persons, kidnapping, murder, killings for rituals, and exhuming of dead bodies from where buried, removing of human skull and other human parts of their victims; the Inspector General of Police on receipt of the Situation Report from the Kwara State Police Command immediately directed the IGP Monitoring Unit to proceed to Kwara State and assist the Kwara State Police Command in their investigation of the matter, arrest perpetrators to bring them to justice. The Police Joint Investigation Team on arrival to Ilorin, Kwara State on the 5th of October, 2018 assisted by the personnel of ‘D’ Divisional Police Headquarters, Adewole, Kwara Police Command, working on actionable intelligence from public spirited individuals in the area, swung into action, obtained search warrant and moved into the house of one Azeez Yakub of No. 20 Ile Opa Adeta Compound, Ilorin. During the search Eleven (11) Human Skulls, some pieces of human bones, human hairs, and powder suspected to be grinded human bones and charms were recovered in the house. Further investigations by the Special Team of the IGP Monitoring Unit led to the arrest of Seven (7) other suspects, Azeez Yakub, Abdulrasaq Babamale, Aishat Yunisa, Lukman Saka, Ahmed Yahaya, Abdulfatai Kadri a.k.a (Adedoyin) – Vigilante Commander, Adeta Zone, Ilorin, Soliu Ayinde a.k.a Baba Fawasi, Abdulganiyu Bamidele. The suspects involve in kidnapping, murder, ritual killings, exhuming of dead bodies from where buried in the community, removing their vital body parts such as the skull, genital organs, eyes, human hair, certain body bones and sell to prominent personalities in the country for rituals and spiritual powers. The suspects confessed and admitted to have sold Thirty One (31) human heads to some personalities in Ilorin and other towns in Kwara State and other contiguous states to Kwara State. (i) Azeez Yakub a.k.a Baba Muri (Principal Suspect) who is a notorious armed robber and have been arrested, charged to court and convicted to prison severally. This suspect now in Police custody has made confessional statement to the Police investigation Team, he confessed and admitted that one Abdulfatai Kadri a.k.a (Adedoyin), the vigilante commander in Adeta Zone, introduced him to the business and also supplies the human skulls and other body parts for him to sell. Eleven (11) Human skulls were recovered from his possession during police search on his residence. The principal suspect confessed that Abdulfatai Kadri has brought to him Twenty (20) human skulls that he exhumed from the Ilorin Community Central Burial ground situated after idl-praying ground in Ilorin, Kwara State. He further admitted that Abdulfatai Kadri a.k.a (Adedoyin) usually brings in the human heads to him in batches of Four (4), six (6), Eight (8) for safe keeping and usually collect them within a day or two, and also informed him of the personalities in Ilorin and other he usually supply the heads to. ii. Abdulrasaq Babamole was equally mentioned by the Principal suspect, Azeez Yakub to have bought one (1) human skull from him. Powder suspected to be pounded human bones was recovered in his possession. He has also confessed to the crime admitting his criminal role iii. Aishat Yunisa a.k.a Iya Alagbo was mentioned by the principal suspect, Azeez Yakub to be a member of the gang who deals in selling of human body parts. During interrogation, she confessed and admitted to have supplied Two (2) human skulls she obtained from Azeez Yakub to one Ahmed Yahaya and Lukman Saka iv. Ahmed Yahaya and Lukeman Saka were indicted in the confessional statement made by the Principal suspect, Azeez Yakub. They confessed to have bought two (2) human skulls from the principal suspect through Aishat Yunusa, grinded for their usage and rituals. v. Abdulfatai Kadri a.k.a (Adedoyin) is a vigilante Commander in Adeta Zone indicted by the Principal suspect to have introduced him to the business and also supplies the human skull and other body parts for him to sell. He is still being investigated on his criminal roles in the incident. vi. Soliu Ayinde a.k.a Baba Fawasi – this suspect also in police custody confessed and admitted to be a member of the syndicate who receives human parts from both Abdulfatai Kadri a.k.a (Adedoyin) the Vigilante commander and Azeez Yakub the Principal suspect. In his possession was recovered human bones cut-off from the leg of one of their victims. He admitted to the Police investigators that the Principal suspect Azeez Yakub and Abdulfatai Kadri a.k.a (Adedoyin) are working together. At a time he requested for human skull from Azeez Yakub, in his presence, Azeez Yakub called Abdulfatai Kadri a.k.a (Adedoyin) to bring the human skull after collecting Fifteen Thousand Naira N15,000 from him. vii. Abdulganiyu Bamidele: He confessed and admitted to buying human skull from the principal suspect, Azeez Yakub and supply same to his friend one Kayode still at large All the suspects have made confessional statements to the Police Investigation Team and have confessed and admitted to the various criminal roles they played in the recent kidnapping, gruesome murder and ritual killing attacks on innocent residents in Ilorin Metropolis and other towns in Kwara State. Investigation is still ongoing and efforts being intensified to arrest other suspects including prominent personalities mentioned by the suspects but who are still at large. They will all be arraigned in court on completion of investigation.
Sack of Daura and police reform: Osinbajo is in order but…— Gen. Idada
The ex-Provost Marshal of the Nigeria Army stated that much as he supports the action of the acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, on the two issues, “it is always advisable that the principal(President Muhammadu Buhari) is made to be part of the decision taken to avoid such action having a serious devastating effect on the system.”
General Idada said: “The order given by the acting President for immediate reform of the Special Anti Robbery Squad(SARS) is in the right direction in the sense there is hardly any Nigerian who is aware of the volume of complaints from across the country on the way and manner the SARS have been carrying out their assignment.
“The complaints have been enormous and from everywhere. So, the reaction of the acting President (Professor Yemi Osinbajo) is quite normal.
“Much as I welcome any change that will make any of our system to work better I will hasten to say that the speed assumed in this matter in terms of quickly renaming and restructuring the organization I think it would have needed the attention of the substantive president”.
By Isaac Olamikan
By Isaac Olamikan
BUHARI RETURNS FROM LONDON
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned from his 10 working-days leave from London. Buhari who left Nigeria on the 3rd came back on Saturday evening.
