ASHENEWS reports that Bolanle Raheem was allegedly shot dead by an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) attached to Ajiwe Police Station in Ajah, Lagos state on December 25. This online platform further reports that following the incident, the Police Service Commission (PSP) has called on the management of the Nigeria Police to commence an immediate investigation into the shooting and killing of a Lagos lawyer, Mrs. Bolanle Raheem by a police officer. A statement by the spokesperson of the Commission, Mr. Ikechukwu Ani emailed to ASHENEWS on Tuesday, described the incident as irresponsible and savage, and urged the management of the Force to report the…
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The House of Reps member representing Igabi federal constituency, Zayyad Ibrahim has secured relief materials from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displace Persons and distributed to IDPs and vulnerable persons in his constituency. The relief materials which were distributed on Sunday, 25th December 2022 at the LEA Primary School, Jaji include rice, beans, maize, salt, spaghetti, cement, groundnut, tomatoes, maggi and zinc. Others are mat, towels, mattress, charcoal cooker, mosquito nets, children wears, women wears, brocade, plastic buckets, plates, cups and bowls. Presenting the items, Ibrahim said the relief materials…
It was all drama as bridegroom walked out of engagement ceremony in Imo state following extortion by family of the bride. He had paid N1,500,000 to cater for food, tents, chairs and a public address system and also made to set aside N100,000 as the bride price that the two families had agreed on. Biobelemoye David was asked to add N50,000 to the bride price because he had already impregnated the girl. He was slapped with a N10,000 fine for making a detour to the wrong path and ending up in a different homestead instead of the girl’s. He was…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has lauded the efforts of Chief Dotun Sanusi, Chairman of Ilaji Hotels and Sports Resort, for his consistent mobilization of support for Sen. Bola Tinubu, the Presidential candidate. The Chairman of the Media and Publicity Committee of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Kehinde Olaosebikan gave the commendation in a statement on Monday in Ibadan. Sanusi, a renowned philanthropist and business mogul, is the Otun Apesinola of Ibadanland. Sanusi, a non-partisan Nigerian, said he was supporting Tinubu based on his competence and great track record of achievements as the former Governor of…
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Usman Baba has condemned the shooting and killing of a legal practitioner, Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem by a police officer. The Force spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He said the deceased was allegedly shot and killed by a Policeman attached to Ajiwe Police Station, Ajah, Lagos state. The IGP described the incident as unfortunate and ordered a speedy investigation and prosecution of the officers responsible for the ugly and unprofessional act. He said the act didn’t portray the Nigeria Police Standard Operating Procedure and core values.…
The Founder/Pro-Chancellor of Greenfield University, Kaduna, Engr. Simon Nwakacha has awarded a scholarship to two best graduating pupils of Makarfi Central Primary School for secondary education at Imperial school in Kaduna, He disclosed this to journalists in a statement he signed and issued on Monday in Kaduna. He said that the gesture was part of his appreciation for the contribution to the development of Imperial school and Greenfield University, Kaduna, respectively by some prominent indigenes of the Makarfi local government area of the state. Nwakacha added that the gesture from his family to the two best graduating pupils (a male…
Determined to contribute to the growth and development of under-five children in Bauchi through complementary feeding, a Bauchi-based volunteer has produced over 300 containers of ready-to-use food for malnourished children in Katagum Local Government Area in Bauchi state. This gesture was conducted under the initiative of Uwatagari Women Multipurpose, meaning ‘Kind Mother’. The volunteer, Uwani Umar said in an interview on Monday that the gesture was to contribute to the well-being of children. Umar said that each beneficiary is to be fed for two weeks as treatment for malnutrition. According to her, each beneficiary will locally produce food that includes; wheat,…
Timber traders in Imo have lamented severe losses resulting from a fire accident at the popular Timber market, along Wethedral road, Owerri, the state capital. Some of the traders who spoke in Owerri, on Monday, said that the inferno which started at about 1.30 am on Saturday, December 24, consumed over 200 shops and goods worth over N4 billion. The fire was still raging in some parts of the market at about 1.00 pm on Monday, despite efforts by operatives of the Federal Fire Service to quench it. One of the traders, Mr. Darlington Chinaza, the Chief Executive Officer of Bekee…
Three civil society organisations (CSOs) have dragged the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to court over alleged failure to furnish them with its 2020 budget breakdown in line with the provisions of the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act. The CSOs; Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy & Development (FENRAD), Social Development Integrated Centre (Social Action) and Abia State NDDC Advocacy groups, filed the suit at the Federal High Court (FHC), Umuahia in Abia. The Executive Director of FENRAD, Mr Nelson Nwafor stated this on behalf of others in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja.…
The Zamfara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has received defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and New Nigerians Peoples’ Party (NNPP). The former governor and chairman of the APC governorship campaign council, Abdul’aziz Yari in Talata Mafara on Monday received the defectors. In a statement issued by the media assistant to Yari, Dahiru Mafara said among the defectors was Ibrahim Shinkafi, the NNPP Senatorial candidate for Zamfara North Senatorial district in the 2023 general elections. Mafara said the defectors also include the NNPP House of Representatives candidate for Shinkafi and Zurmi Federal Constituency, Suleiman Garba, and…