 Crime › Re: Police Killed My Husband For Rejecting Special Duty — Wife Of Kwara Inspector by treesun(op): 3:50pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
billyG:
Naijerian police force is a dog eat dog force.... imagine a police image maker lying that her dead colleague was a drunkard...if they know he was a drunk why sent him on special duty not rehab?is that how they employs drunks in d force?is someone was drunk & fell inside a gutter injured u take him to d hospital not detained him for 7days without informing his family.someone was constantly stooling but left to die in a cell...was only admitted in an hospital as a decease.
Imagine how he bribes through his way to have his posting reversed all to no avail.
To get his entitlement will be another tough nut to crack.he may be denied after tagging him "AWOL" You hit the nail on the head. A drunkard and you will still give him AK-47! |
| Crime › Re: Police Killed My Husband For Rejecting Special Duty — Wife Of Kwara Inspector by treesun(op): 2:57pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
Police are very brutal and wicked to themselves, not to talk of ordinary citizens! |
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| Crime › Police Killed My Husband For Rejecting Special Duty — Wife Of Kwara Inspector by treesun(op): 12:59pm On Apr 29, 2023 |
The atmosphere was pensive as seated family members and friends of Inspector Taiye Atobiloye sobbed quietly.
The sombre air was punctured anytime a new visitor rushed in, asked if the news was true and burst into searing tears.
Curled up in a corner of the two-bedroom apartment was Taiye’s wife, Oluwabukola, a teacher in a public school in Kwara State. She looked dishevelled and shattered.
After four stillbirths, her hope of being a mother after 12 years of marriage had just ended.
The bereaved woman kept wondering how her police husband died after seven days of being held incommunicado in a police cell in Lokoja.
“How could the police do this to one of their own?” she asked rhetorically.
“I want the world to know what they did to my husband. They collected a lot of money from him and tortured him to death,” she wailed.
The deployment
Inspector Taiye, with force number 232980, was attached to the Oke Onigbin Police Division, Kwara State, after 22 years in the police force.
During a meeting at the division early April 2023, the Divisional Police Officer, Stephen Aigbogun, reportedly announced that a particular inspector would be deployed on special duty to Zone 8 Police Command, Lokoja, Kogi State.
The deceased’s wife alleged that the affected inspector, however, found a way to dodge the assignment and her husband was picked as a replacement.
According to her, the development created a sharp discord in the division, as 47-year-old Taiye rejected the deployment.
However, a senior officer reportedly prevailed on the Ikosi, Kwara State indigene, to go and wait at Ilorin while he pleaded on his behalf with the divisional officer.
She said, “My husband went to Ilorin on Tuesday, April 3, as the officer promised to call my husband the next day.
“But throughout that day, he did not. My husband called him on Wednesday night for an update and he said a signal had already been sent for my husband to report at Lokoja.
“My husband said he could not just go like that and that he would need to raise money for his transportation and accommodation. He promised to go the following Monday.
“But from Good Friday, the police started calling him from Lokoja and asking where he was.”
According to her, after getting enough money, Taiye travelled to Lokoja on Easter Monday with some medical papers indicating that he was not fit for the special assignment.
Saturday PUNCH gathered that in 2019, the inspector was involved in an accident while going for night duty.
His leg was said to have been crushed by a motorcycle.
At the time, he was hospitalised and underwent treatment after a series of X-rays at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital.
Oluwabukola said her husband went to Lokoja with copies of his medical reports to appeal for a reversal of the deployment.
An Assistant Area Commander was said to have expressed shock at the posting of the inspector and promised to send another signal for him to return to Kwara.
According to the wife, Taiye was made to part with some funds to make the signal quicker.
“The assistant area commander assured him that the new signal was already being typed. He (the assistant area commander) said he was going to eat and my husband should not yet report.
“Before the man would return, he and the DPO at Oke Onigbin had spoken and reached another agreement.
“Because my husband had spent a lot of money, some of which he borrowed from me, without getting the letter, he left Lokoja on Thursday, April 13.
“When he returned, I asked why he did not stay and he said his spirit was troubled and that was why he returned home. I told him to go back since he did not have any other job and his uniform was still there. He promised to return next Tuesday,” she added.
Oluwabukola said by Monday, the Oke Onigbin Divisional Traffic Officer called her and demanded her husband’s whereabouts and why he had yet to report for the special assignment.
She said Taiye took the phone from her and promised to return to Lokoja the following day.
The detention
“When my husband got to Lokoja the following morning, he called me and said he was asked to go to ‘D’ Police Division and that he would be detained there for absence from duty without permission.
“He also called me and said he was behind the counter with other policemen on duty. He said he would be put in a cell and I should not bother because it was normal police procedure, but by the following day, he would be released.
“By 8pm that night, I called him, but nobody picked up the call. Throughout that day, the phone rang out. The following morning, I called him more than 20 times but nobody picked up the phone.
“On the third day, I did the same thing and nobody picked. I became afraid and called his brother in Lagos to inform him,” she added.
Taiye’s brother was said to have spoken with the Oke Onigbin DPO, who also wondered why the inspector’s phone was collected from him.
Oluwabukola said on the fourth day when she tried her husband’s phone, it was switched off.
However, while she was in church on Sunday, one of her husband’s friends in Ilorin called her phone.
“I did not pick up the call because we were still in service. I saw the message he sent after the service that my husband was in critical condition.
“I called the man and he said I had to come to the hospital that my husband was sick and that he had messed up the cell where he was held.
“I told the man that he was only a family friend and why was he the one they called and not me or another family member?
“I asked the man to give me the phone number of the person who gave him the information.
“He said my husband’s phone was used to make the call and that the caller didn’t give his name,” she added.
She said she alerted family members of her husband to the development, adding that the deceased’s brother called the Oke Onigbin DPO on the phone, but he didn’t take his call.
Oluwabukola said when she called her husband’s phone number again, nobody picked up the call for two days.
The death
However, around 4pm on Monday, April 24, she said Taiye’s brother called to inform her that her husband had died in the cell.
“He said the DPO of Oke-Onigbin called him. I told him that there was no way my husband would be dead because I had been calling his phone and no one picked.
“Immediately, I called his number again and someone, who identified himself as Inspector Musa or Isa picked up the call. I asked him why he was with my husband’s phone for seven days and he should return the phone to him.
“He then switched off the phone. I called the DTO of Oke-Onigbin and requested to speak with the DPO. I asked the DPO where he sent my husband to and what he had done to my husband. He said I should not tell him that rubbish. He said my husband went on duty and cut off the call,” she added.
Saturday PUNCH gathered that the matter was reported to the office of the Kwara State Commissioner of Police, who promised to get to the root of the matter and ensure justice was served.
Oluwabukola, while demanding justice, lamented the manner in which her husband died despite being a policeman.
“Aside from the accident that he had that broke his leg, my husband was not sickly. Maybe he was poisoned or the cell was sprayed with chemicals.
“I want the world to know what they did to my husband. They collected a lot of money from him and tortured him to death,” she added.
The bereaved teacher described her husband as gentle and loving, saying she had advised him to quit the police work, but he asked for three more years.
“We were married for 12 years. By this time of the day (12 noon), he would have called me about six or eight times to ask after my welfare. He was a very cheerful man.
“Around the time he had the accident that affected his leg, I also had a minor one that affected my hand and that hindered my ability to wash clothes. Because of that, he only allowed me to cook while he washed the clothes; he spread and ironed them and cleaned the house.
“They took him from me just like that. We have had stillbirths more than four times. And now, they are asking me to come and pick his corpse as if he was an animal,” she stated.
Oluwabukola’s elder sister, Folashade Alase, who was among the visitors, wondered why the police would cut off communication between the inspector and his family.
“Now that he is dead, they are asking us to come and pick up his corpse,” she stated.
A source told Saturday PUNCH that the victim was soiling his body while in the cell and the police abandoned him till he died.
“The ‘D’ Division DPO, Lokoja, Adigun Salami, must explain what happened to him in the cell. I was told he defecated until he died without getting medical help. We want to know who gave the order that he should be left in the cell,” the source added.
The defence
The Kwara State Police Public Relations Officer, Okesanmi Ajayi, said the command was pained that the policeman died.
He said, “The inspector was serving in Kwara, but the incident happened when he was deployed in Lokoja, the zonal headquarters, for a special duty of one month. The moment he was posted and he reported there, he was responsible to them and they were responsible to him. We still don’t know the full details of what transpired. We are awaiting the details from the zonal command, where an investigation is ongoing.”
The Zone 8 Police Public Relations Officer, Ruth Awi, said the inspector was a drunk, adding that he was detained after he fell into the gutter.
She said the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of the zone had ordered that an autopsy be conducted to determine the cause of his death.
Awi said, “He died in a hospital, though when he was detained, he fell sick. He was confirmed dead in the hospital. His corpse has been deposited in a mortuary.”
Asked to respond to allegations of the officer being held incommunicado, she said, “Zone 8 is a zonal headquarters; officers come from Kogi and Kwara commands for quick intervention duties. This man, apparently a drunk, was picked up from the gutter where he fell on the day he was detained. So, whether it was in the process of falling that his phone fell, nobody knows.”
She insisted that detention was part of police punishment and nobody seized the officer’s phone.
The zonal police spokesperson described reports on the matter on social media as mere speculation.
On the allegation that money was collected from the cop, Awi wondered where he would get money as an inspector.
“This man, does he have money? Their coming to the zone is not usually for more than three weeks or one month before they return to their commands.
“He was detained in ‘D’ Division and when they noticed he was behaving funny, he was taken to the police clinic and from there, he was referred to the Federal Medical Centre, where he was confirmed dead. He could not have been left (in the cell); he was one of us,” she added. https://punchng.com/police-killed-my-husband-for-rejecting-special-duty-wife-of-kwara-inspector/
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| Politics › Re: Buhari Doesn’t Deserve Forgiveness by treesun(op): 11:24am On Apr 29, 2023 |
Everything about Buhari shows he is not prepared and in right frame of mind to rule. Say something today, backtrack tomorrow. look at ALL the policies. new Naira note, censor, fuel subsidy and so on. His policies are putting ,many in unimaginable hardships and poverty! |
| Politics › Re: Buhari Doesn’t Deserve Forgiveness by treesun(op): 6:52pm On Apr 28, 2023 |
One month for the worst President, Nlpfmod! |
| Politics › Re: Buhari Doesn’t Deserve Forgiveness by treesun(op): 6:06pm On Apr 28, 2023 |
A man that destroy what is called a peaceful and cooperate Country called Nigeria! |
| Politics › Buhari Doesn’t Deserve Forgiveness by treesun(op): 4:23pm On Apr 28, 2023 |
During the governorship and state house of assembly elections in March, the president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) enjoined Nigerians to go ahead and collect any monies distributed by vote-buying politicians but still vote their conscience. Ideally, it should be shocking that a country’s president—especially one who came to power as an anti-corruption crusader—would shamelessly endorse an electoral infraction. But he has let us down so often that pointing out this error will be a waste of everyone’s precious time. The more annoying part of that thoughtless statement was that it negated his previous posturing on the naira redesign policy to protect electoral integrity. When he met King Charles in the UK in November, he insisted the policy had come to stay because it would protect Nigerians from those who would use their lush resources to manipulate the election outcome. After reiterating that he would ensure a level playing field for contestants, this conviction would swing only months later. So, if ensuring election integrity was not a deep resolve, why take people through so much pain and hardship? This man and the “Sai Baba” men watched as Nigerians, already severely impoverished by his uninspiring leadership since 2015, underwent the diminishing effects of the poorly conceived and shoddily executed naira redesign. The dwindled loss of livelihood especially crushed the small-scale producers who work in the agricultural produce sector and operate within the informal economic system. We are not a society that knows how to count and account for lives and resources, so we will never be able to adequately comprehend the full scale of the debilitating effect of that policy. However, it is still certain that people died from the stress, and some of the crippled businesses will never recover. All for what? Naira redesign policy was a disaster that Buhari superintended over as a military dictator. Even though he saw the brutal outcomes of the policy, he still repeated it 40 years later. As it turns out, there was no larger vision for either our elections or democratic processes that drove the agenda. There was no gain for democratic institutions to which they were committed, it was just another one of the sadistic ideas that Buhari cranks out of his sociopathic mind each time he feels that Nigerians have not suffered enough. If there was no profound objective to be derived from the whole redesign policy, and he himself could advocate people taking money from their corrupt politicians, why did he not just leave people to collect their N5000? Why break things in the guise of trying to fix them? That was the sort of ineptitude that defined Buhari’s regime. Several policies unleashed severe suffering but were hardly followed by any bigger plan to make the outcome meaningful. They banned food importation to stimulate local agriculture, but all we have to show for the economic ingenuity is the soaring costs of food prices. He closed the borders for almost two years to galvanise local manufacturing, making life even more unaffordable. After accumulating losses and hardship, they re-opened them. They could not point out anything remarkable they achieved through it. They said those ideas were why countries like China flourished, but ended up proving that half education is bad especially when running a country. In not wanting to deal with either the complexities of planning or the messiness of human behaviour, Buhari’s regime treated social engineering as a process that could be automated. For instance, to make Nigeria a cashless economy, his administration restored far less cash into circulation than they took out in the form of the old notes. They imagined they could force people to use electronic means without first ensuring that the infrastructure to support such a massive scale of transaction was in place. That is his standard approach to governance: throw people into a desert and expect them to either stimulate their creative impulses and invent food, or eat sand and die. Even his anti-corruption agenda was half-hearted. With too many Faustian bargains he had made to get to power, the best anti-corruption agencies achieved under him was to pursue the small fry while the real thieves of the Nigerian patrimony sashayed freely. Last Friday, while giving his farewell message at the final Sallah homage at the Presidential Villa in the FCT, he reportedly said, “Having been a governor, minister, and the president twice, I think God has given us an incredible opportunity to serve as your president. And I thank God for that. So, please whoever feels I have done wrong to, we are all humans. There is no doubt I hurt some people and I wish you will pardon me. And those that think that I have hurt them so much, please pardon me.” Here are two things he should note: First, we do not think or feel we have been hurt by his leadership, no. Those words suggest that the visceral impacts of his punitive leadership are simply a matter of individual perspective rather than objective reality. We have receipts that substantially demonstrate that he stole eight years from us. From rising and multidimensional poverty to out-of-school children rates, insecurity, corruption, and overall diminished quality of life, Buhari’s failure is not a matter of mere opinion or emotions. We live the insalubrious effects. Second, saying we are all humans is fallacious. Who would look at the past eight years of his inhumane administration and not wonder if Buhari has a drop of humanity in him? When you look at Buhari, when you study his characteristic nonchalance to the high hopes and aspirations of Nigerians that his administration serially frustrated through their ineptitude, you cannot but understand why humans invented the concept of Satan. Some people’s wickedness is so unique that you need idioms of the supernatural to explain that degree of malevolence. Under Buhari’s watch, people were routinely kidnapped, and there was at least an instance where a community had to organise a fundraising to get money to retrieve their children abducted from school; entire communities were imperiled by rampaging herdsmen; prisons were serially attacked; terrorists and bandits killed poorly-armed security personnel in such high numbers that their bosses allegedly resorted to burying them secretly in order to hide the casualty rates; even the Nigerian Defence Academy was breached, and an Airforce Fighter jet shot down. Despite all the restlessness that defined his tenure, the man gaslit Nigerians by insisting we were doing better than ever before. How does that lack of fellow feeling qualify him to be categorised as “human”? Buhari admitted he got all he wanted by becoming the president, but what of Nigerians? What did they get in return? Now he says he will no longer be burdened by the country’s issues. If over-solicited after May 29, he promised to relocate to Niger republic across the border. He might have said that as a joke, but that is in fact quintessential Buhari. He has a pattern of expecting others to do things he ought to do because he is lazy and inept. He is never responsible for anything. He got into power by pretending to be poor because he was incorruptible even though his election was sponsored by people whose hands were soiled by public corruption. He achieved little, and now expects Nigerians to clean up his failures. For him to ascribe his failures to the fallibility of humanity when he barely even tried is another failure in itself. As someone who has had the privilege of living off Nigeria’s resources his entire adult life, Buhari failed spectacularly because he took and took and took but never gave back. He has not only failed as a leader, but also as a human being. He does not deserve forgiveness from even an all-merciful God. https://punchng.com/buhari-doesnt-deserve-forgiveness/ |
| European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Fulham Vs Manchester City (1 - 2) On 30th April 2023 by treesun(op): 1:06pm On Apr 28, 2023 |
Fulham are winless in their past 15 Premier League meetings with Manchester City (D3 L12) since a 3-1 away win in April 2009. They've lost the past 10 in a row by an aggregate score of 28-4.
Erling Haaland has scored 33 Premier League goals for Manchester City this season, a record by a player in a 38-game season. He is one goal away from equalling the overall record in a season, set by Andrew Cole in 1993-94 and Alan Shearer in 1994-95 (34 goals) in 42-game campaigns.
This will be Haaland's 30th appearance, with his 33 goals already more than 21 clubs managed in total in their first 30 Premier League games.
Fulham have kept just one clean sheet in their 29 Premier League games against Man City, a goalless draw at the Etihad Stadium in March 2004.
Only Middlesbrough (15 against Manchester United) have played more Premier League home games against an opponent without ever keeping a clean sheet than Fulham's 14 against City. |
| Politics › Re: Cash Scarcity Crippled Nigeria’s Economy, Says UN by treesun(op): 2:35pm On Apr 27, 2023 |
Nlfpmod! |
| Politics › Buhari Inherited Boko Haram; Will Leave His Successor Boko Haram, IS, by treesun(op): 2:35pm On Apr 27, 2023 |
Senator Sani made the remark on Thursday saying that Buhari fought Boko Haram in the North East but his successor will be inheriting the same Boko Haram which has expanded and other insurgent groups that emerged during Buahri’s administration including ISIS (ISWAP), Ansaru, gunmen and bandits who are terrorising most parts of the country. Former Nigerian federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari inherited Boko Haram insurgents operating in the North East region of the country when he assumed office in 2015 but he is leaving behind more insurgent groups for his successor. Senator Sani made the remark on Thursday saying that Buhari fought Boko Haram in the North East but his successor will be inheriting the same Boko Haram which has expanded and other insurgent groups that emerged during Buahri’s administration including ISIS (ISWAP), Ansaru, gunmen and bandits who are terrorising most parts of the country. Sani, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly said, “President of Nigeria inherited a War with Boko Haram Insurgents which he fought in the North East; And he is leaving behind for his successor an expanded war with Boko, ISIS, Ansaru, Gunmen and Bandits. Security must be the top agenda of the next administration.” In the buildup to the 2015 presidential election, Buhari promised to subdue Boko Haram insurgents who have been operating particularly in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital in the Northeastern region since 2002, within a short period. However, not only is Boko Haram still alive, other parts of Nigeria have been overwhelmed by insecurity with the emergence and bloody activities of other terrorist groups including bandits, ISWAP and Ansaru in the North, and gunmen in the Southern part of the country. https://saharareporters.com/2023/04/27/buhari-inherited-boko-haram-will-leave-his-successor-boko-haram-ansaru-bandits-gunmen |
| Politics › Re: Buhari Arrives Army Parade In Military Uniform (Photos) by treesun: 12:37pm On Apr 27, 2023 |
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| Politics › Cash Scarcity Crippled Nigeria’s Economy, Says UN by treesun(op): 11:50am On Apr 27, 2023 |
The shortage of the naira in recent times crippled the Nigerian economy, the United Nations has disclosed. It stated that the informal sector felt the brunt of the scarcity the most. It noted that the continuing decline of oil production is set to impact the country’s finances in 2023. The UN disclosed this in its ‘Trade and Development Report Update; Global Trends and Prospects (April 2023),’ report produced by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. UNCTAD said, “In Nigeria, a shortage of cash, triggered by the replacement of the highest denominations of the country’s currency, hobbled the economy, especially the informal sector. “Meanwhile, the continuing decline of oil production, accompanied by large-scale oil theft, poses a main threat to strained finances in Africa’s most populous nation.” According to the organisation, the general African economy is projected to expand 2.5 per cent, which is a drop from last year, and insufficient to curtail poverty levels on the continent. It explained that this is in no thanks to weaker external demand and tighter financial conditions. It noted that many African economies are at risk of stagflation in 2023, with half of African countries recording double digit inflation in early 2023. UNCTAD highlighted, “In many instances, these recent inflation spikes relate to the continuing depreciation of several African currencies in early 2023 – often following a loss in 2022 of 10–30 per cent of their value vis-à-vis the dollar. “Public debt, in many cases standing at levels not seen since the early 2000s, is another worry across the continent. Out of the 38 African countries that are part of the Debt Sustainability Framework of IMF and World Bank, 8 entities are already ‘in debt distress’, while 13 are considered ‘at high risk’ of distress.” The New York-headquartered agency raised concerns that many African economies are approaching a maturity wall as maturities on international bonds issued in the previous decade peak in 2024 and will remain elevated for the next decade, with most governments unable to tap international capital markets to roll over maturing debts. The agency added, “Overall, risks remain tilted to the downside. The rising domestic cost of living and a deteriorating security situation remain of a key concern in many parts of the continent. More than 116 million African people are currently in acute food insecurity according to the latest projections of WFP and FAO.” Recently, the UN revealed that the Nigerian economy will grow to three per cent in 2023 due to its commodities trade and consumer goods and services markets. https://punchng.com/cash-scarcity-crippled-nigerias-economy-says-un/ |
| Politics › Re: Suspected Herders Murder Nathaniel Ochoche, LP Ward Chairman In Benue by treesun: 10:28am On Apr 25, 2023 |
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| Politics › Tinubu Already Serving Igbo ‘bread Soaked In Water’ — Nwodo by treesun(op): 2:47pm On Apr 24, 2023 |
The former National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, has said that Nigeria’s President-elect, Ahmed Tinubu, has started serving Ndigbo “a piece of bread soaked in water”.
Back in January, Tinubu was at Michael Okpara Square for a presidential campaign rally.
During the rally, he urged the southeasterners to work for his victory and that of the party.
According to Tinubu, “… nobody will give you any credit, you are working hard, you’re sweating now.
“We want you to sweat well now for this party until you deliver victory.
“Until Bola Tinubu becomes the President of Nigeria, we will not give you but a soaked sliced bread.”
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Nwodo
Speaking on Monday in an exclusive interview with Vanguard, Nwodo said Tinubu was already serving the Igbo the promised “soaked bread”.
He said it in reaction to the perceived exclusion of Igbo in Tinubu’s 14-man inauguration committee.
Nwodo, an ex-governor of Enugu State, said that any President of Nigeria who is not making conscientious efforts to unite the ethnic groups in Nigeria will fail woefully.
He equally bemoaned the repeated attacks on Igbo in Lagos State, who he said were being allegedly punished for voting their conscience during the general elections.
… on Buhari’s apology
The elder statesman also said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s apology to Nigerians was belated and not enough to heal the trauma he caused Nigerians.
Nwodo, who gave an abysmal scorecard of 30% to the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government, said insecurity, ethnic bigotry and hunger festered across Nigeria during its reign.
The President had apologised to Nigerians, stating that he had done his best and cannot wait to head back home to Daura, in Katsina State. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/04/tinubu-already-serving-igbo-bread-soaked-in-water-nwodo/
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| European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Manchester City Vs Sheffield United FA CUP: (3 - 0) On 22nd April 2023 by treesun(op): 8:07am On Apr 22, 2023 |
How do you stop the world's best striker? That could be the question facing Sheffield United later today if Erling Haaland is named in the Man City team for their FA Cup semi-final at Wembley.
The Norwegian international, who is a close friend of Sander Berge, has been in sensational form for Pep Guardiola's side. Still only 22, the striker has netted 54 goals in 47 appearances so far this season.
He has found the net in eight of his last 10 appearances, bagging 16 goals in the process, including a five-goal haul in the Champions League and a hat-trick against Championship leaders Burnley in a 6-0 rout in the last round.
Indeed, his career tally, since making his debut for Norwegian side Bryne in 2016, is an impressive 173 goals in 208 professional games at club level. |
| Politics › Re: FG Plans 6-Month Petrol Stockpile Ahead Of Subsidy Removal by treesun: 2:16pm On Apr 21, 2023 |
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| Politics › Gunmen Kill Five Policemen, Couple In Imo by treesun(op): 12:47pm On Apr 21, 2023 |
Gunmen on Friday morning killed five policemen at the Okpala Junction in the Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State.
Also killed were a couple identified as Mr and Mrs Chinaka Nwagu who hailed from Amankwo Okpala community.
The incident has thrown the junction and the entire community into a state of panic as commercial activities had abruptly come to end.
A source who identified himself as Uche and a relative to the couple told our correspondent that the slain cops drove from neighbouring Abo Mbaise police division to eat at the junction.
He said that while the policemen were eating, some gunmen drove to the scene and opened fire on them.
He said that while three police were shot dead at the scene, two others ran to a nearby shot but their attackers raced to the shop and killed them and equally killed a couple who owned the shop they ran into.
The eyewitness disclosed that after killing the policemen, the gunmen carted away their five rifles.
The source said, “It is a black Friday in our community. Gunmen around 8am shot five policemen dead at Okpala junction. The policemen drove in a white coloured Hilux from Aboh Mbaise Police Division to eat at the junction.
“As they were eating, gunmen drove to the place and opened fire on them. Two out of the five policemen ran to a nearby shop where a couple sold meat pie and sachet water. After killing the three policemen, they came two the shop where the two other officers were hiding, and killed them. They also killed a husband and wife that owned the shop.
“They took away their rifles and drove off. This is so unfortunate. Our community is bleeding. Everybody is confused. The couple just relocated from Lagos about one year ago. We just deposited their bodies in a mortuary. The market is shut. People here ran away out of shock and fear. This is unbelievable.”
Another source, Dominic Okpor, told our correspondent that he saw the lifeless bodies of the cops on the road when he drove through the Owerri – Aba Road.
Okpor described it as horrible. “The bodies of the five policemen were lying on the road as we drove through. Their Hilux was also parked at the junction. The scene was horrible. It is terrible. God have mercy.”
When contacted, the spokesperson for the police in the state, Henry Okoye, said that he had yet to be briefed on murder incident.
He however promised to make enquiries and revert to our correspondent but he had yet to do so as of the time of filing this report.
Our correspondent recalls that on March 27 some fleeing gunmen ambushed and killed five personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in the same Ngor Okpala LGA. https://punchng.com/breaking-gunmen-kill-five-policemen-couple-in-imo/
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| Politics › Adamawa Poll: Tinubu Urges Police To Conduct Full Investigation by treesun(op): 3:10pm On Apr 19, 2023 |
The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has urged the Nigeria Police Force to fully investigate what transpired during the Adamawa State supplementary governorship [/b]election.
This is as he also called on all elected officials during the 2023 elections to brace themselves for the task ahead and prepare to serve the Nigerian people.
In a statement he personally signed on Wednesday, the President-elect urged the elected officials to rededicate themselves to selfless service.
He said, [b]“With the conclusion of the 2023 elections, I now welcome all of us who have been elected to brace up to serve our people with diligence and dedication and to join hands with me as your President-elect in the pursuit of our agenda to renew the hopes of our people in a better, stronger, more secure, economically vibrant and prosperous Nigeria.
“I congratulate the winners of the Supplementary Governorship elections held in Kebbi and Adamawa States on Saturday, April 15, 2023. I also rejoice with those elected into the Senate, House of Representatives and State Houses of Assembly during the last round of elections in states where such took place. These victorious men and women have earned the trust of their people and I call on them to rededicate themselves to the service of their respective constituents.
“The supplementary polls have now brought the 2023 elections to a final, fitting conclusion. I observed, with satisfaction, the largely peaceful atmosphere that pervaded the supplementary election on Saturday. It was a further testimony that our citizens have accepted democratic norms and have unalloyed faith in the electoral process.”
on Adamawa supplementary poll, Tinubu said, “I note the matter of Adamawa Supplementary Governorship Election and I urge police authorities to fully investigate all that transpired in the election given the attendant controversy.
“In every democratic contest there has to be one winner. I call on those aggrieved to pursue legitimate means of addressing their grievances.” https://punchng.com/adamawa-poll-tinubu-urges-police-to-conduct-full-investigation/
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| Politics › Re: Adamawa: Time To Rejig INEC - Vanguard Editorial by treesun(op): 1:59pm On Apr 19, 2023 |
Nlfpmod, Yakubu didnt do well! |
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| Politics › Adamawa: Time To Rejig INEC - Vanguard Editorial by treesun(op): 11:39am On Apr 19, 2023 |
NIGERIANS were full of hope that the Professor Mahmood Yakubu-led Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, would conduct a general election in 2023 which would surpass the highly-applauded exercise handled by Prof. Attahiru Jega’s regime in 2015 in acceptability. But the fiasco of the presidential election on February 25, 2023 has continued to beget weird offspring in the subsequent subnational elections.
In the same manner that Prof. Yakubu abandoned the INEC guidelines in the collation of results and announced the winner, the Commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Adamawa State, Hudu Ari, usurped the role of the Returning Officer, RO, Professor Mohammed Mele, and announced the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Aishatu Dahiru (Binani) as the winner of the governorship election.
Adamawa was one of the states in which the March 11, 2023 governorship election was declared inconclusive by INEC, and bye-elections rescheduled for April 16, 2023. Ari made the announcement off-the-cuff while results from 10 local government areas were yet to be collated. His strange behaviour had manifested during the governorship election when he was overheard in a voice note ordering electoral officials to “rig” the election in Binani’s favour, an allegation Ari has never debunked.
Ari and his cohorts were responsible for the fake news and Twitter trend announcing Binani as the “first elected female governor” while elections were still ongoing on March 11, 2023. Immediately after Ari’s illegal announcement of Binani as the winner over the weekend, she gave an “acceptance” speech.
Beyond the sick comedy that these behavioural displays portrayed, Ari and a good number of INEC officials did not even bother to pretend about their partisanship. For instance, the Lagos State REC, Segun Agbaje, committed hate speech against an ethnic group resident in the state. Top INEC officials were not only accused of brazenly rigging elections but also violated the constitutional rights of fellow Nigerians with impunity. Calls on the INEC Chairman, Yakubu, to repost some of the openly biased officials fell on deaf ears.
We expect the services of Hudu Ari and any other INEC official who violated the electoral law to be terminated while they are brought to book where they contravened the law. Elections in this country will never be trusted again if these shameless lawbreakers are allowed to continue in their posts after slaps on the wrist.
INEC under Prof. Yakubu has really hit the rock bottom. We must resume the journey to redeem the image of our electoral umpire from scratch. Erring INEC officials, including RECs, must go. We must return to the Uwais Commission Report of 2009 and adopt its sterling recommendations that will truly guarantee INEC’s independence. No amount of innovations will yield results if the same set of rotten eggs continue to man our elections. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/04/adamawa-time-to-rejig-inec/
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| Politics › Adamawa Poll: Court Refuses To Hear Binani’s Motion Over Jurisdiction by treesun(op): 3:03pm On Apr 18, 2023 |
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, refused to hear an ex-parte motion filed by the All Progressives Congress candidate in the Adamawa governorship election, Senator Aisha Ahmed, popularly called Binani. Justice Inyang Ekwo, instead, ordered the APC candidate’s counsel, Mohammed Sheriff, to address the court on the issue of jurisdiction before hearing the substantive motion. Upon resumed hearing on the matter, Afeez Matomi announced appearance for Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, the third respondent in the suit, shortly after the sheriff mentioned his name. Justice Ekwo then asked Matomi if he had been served. The lawyer told the court that though they were yet to be served, they had filed a motion to counter part of Binani’s prayers. He said they got the hint about the ex-parte motion through social media, hence, they decided to file a motion. But the judge, who declined to listen to Fintiri’s lawyer, said it was imperative for counsel to go by what the law says. Ekwo then ordered Sheriff to proceed on addressing the court. The lawyer said his ex-parte motion was filed on April 17 and he was ready to move it. The judge said though he was ready to hear Sheriff, the lawyer must address the court on issue of jurisdiction before he proceeded. “I am ready too but you have to address me on jurisdiction,” he said. Justice Ekwo, who ordered Sheriff to address him on whether the court had the jurisdiction to hear the matter, held that the application would be taken together with the issue of jurisdiction on the next adjourned date. He, consequently, adjourned the matter until April 26 for hearing of the motion and an address on jurisdiction. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Binani and the APC, in the motion ex-parte marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/510/2023, had sued the Independent National Electoral Commission, the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Governor Fintiri, as 1st, 2nd and 3rd respondents respectively. Binani, through her lawyer, Hussaini Zakariyau, SAN, had sought a judicial review of the administrative decision of INEC on April 16 in respect of her declaration as the winner of the governorship election held on March 18 and the supplementary poll of April 15. She is also seeking an order of prohibition and certiorari preventing INEC and its agents from taking any further steps towards the declaration of the winner of the elections pending the determination of her application for judicial review. The application was brought pursuant to Order 34 Rules 1a, Order 3(1) & 3(2) a, b, c, Order 6 of the Federal High Court (Civil Procedure Rules), 2019 and Section 251 (1)q & r of the 1999 Constitution, as well as Section 149 & 152 of the Electoral Act, 2022. Giving grounds why the motion should be granted, Binani stated that after the collation of results, INEC declared her as the winner of the elections but the PDP and its candidate, Governor Fintiri, resorted to fighting and causing a public disturbance which led to the beating and manhandling of an INEC staff. This crisis, she said, led INEC to cancel the initial declaration which it had no power to do as only the election petition tribunal was vested with such powers. By cancelling her declaration, Binani contended that INEC usurped the powers of the election petition tribunal which was the only court vested with powers on a declaration from the conduct of an election. In the application, she averred that a judicial review existed to enable the superior court to checkmate the actions and decisions of inferior courts as well as the legislative and administrative arm of government including agencies and public officers. The applicant further submitted that INEC, being an agency of the government, could have its actions, records, and decisions checked by the court and only a court could nullify the actions of an INEC official and not INEC itself. NAN https://punchng.com/adamawa-poll-court-refuses-to-hear-binanis-motion-over-jurisdiction/ |
| Politics › Re: Osinbajo Condemns Attempt to Deny People Right To Vote by treesun: 2:52pm On Apr 18, 2023 |
TheRareGem1:
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
LEADERS DON’T HAVE LUXURY OF TOYING WITH PREJUDICE IN CONTEST FOR POWER, IT’S A THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY, OSINBAJO WARNS
*Condemns attempts denying people right to vote in last elections
*VP calls for deliberate efforts to overcome ethnic, religious prejudices
*Speaks at NIPSS Good Governance Lecture series
In the contest for power, leadership elites must not toy with prejudices that alienate or divide any section of the country, rather they should conduct themselves with a high sense of responsibility in order to build a new Nigeria where there is justice, equity and shared prosperity.
Besides, deliberate efforts have to be taken to deal with ethnic profiling and prejudices before they influence political contests.
These were some of the highlights of the speech delivered today by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, at the maiden Policy Making and Good Governance Lecture Series of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Plateau State.
According to the VP, “the leadership elites have a duty to conduct themselves with a high sense of responsibility even as they prosecute their contest for power.”
Explaining further, he noted that, “historically conscious and patriotic elites all recognize that, beyond what the letter of the law asserts, there are lines that cannot be crossed in the pursuit of political power.
"One of such lines is the willful exploitation of sectional sentiments and the invocation of ethnic antipathies to mobilize a political constituency. It is dangerous because it is an attempt that seeks to mobilize by fostering division and hatred.
Prof. Osinbajo outrightly condemned reported attempts in some parts of the country that denied some Nigerians their right to vote in the last elections.
“These elections witnessed the exploitation by political actors of the fears and anxieties of people about so-called outsiders. Any attempts to deny people the right to vote in any locality on the basis that they do not belong in that place is condemnable in the strongest possible terms,” he stated.
The Vice President also noted that “when ethnic or religious prejudices are weaponised for political purposes, we are confronted with a lethal potentially destructive situation.”
In a speech that also addressed the way forward in building a new Nigeria, the Vice President noted that “the most prosperous places are countries that have learned to harness diversity while building ever more inclusive institutions.”
He observed that “discrimination against people on the basis of their identity is explicitly condemned by most legal codes, including our own Constitution. But there is still a tension that exists between this new Nigeria and the old Nigeria as understood by a generation that is much more accustomed to political mobilization on the basis of identity. But we must ennoble and validate the Nigeria that our young people are consciously or unconsciously building. This is the future we want.”
According to him, "let us never forget that although we may speak different languages, belong to different tribes and profess diverse creeds; we are bound, above all else, by the language of a shared hope, by our common humanity as Nigerians, and a supreme faith in the possibility of our country."
Speaking further against any form of discrimination, the VP noted that “if we are truly committed to economic growth, then we must also be committed to creating inclusive communities and strengthening social cohesion. Put another way, the only thing that grows in a climate of tribal hatred is poverty. This is why justice, healing, and a stronger commitment to the ideals of integration are so important.”
Continuing, Prof. Osinbajo stated that “where the forces of primordial division and polarization are harnessed for the sake of electoral gain, the venom of such devices remains and continues to poison communal relations, setting neighbour against neighbour. We have witnessed the catastrophic consequences of the political weaponization of prejudice in places such as Rwanda.”
Emphasising the role of political elites, Prof. Osinbajo asserted that “elites have a responsibility to discipline themselves in the pursuit of their political ambitions and exercise of power to ensure that the fabric of our communities is not rent asunder.
“When elites fail to compete responsibly and moderately, they foster a sense that everything goes, which breeds instability. We have seen this dynamic play out time and time again in our history. A model of competition that recognizes no ethical limits or boundaries is a threat to our democracy. It is incumbent upon politicians to act and conduct their competition responsibly.”
Urging Nigerians to learn from the Rwandan genocide which claimed about a million lives, the Vice President also pointed out the lives lost in Nigeria’s civil war, which he observed was fuelled by bigotry, what he called the “exploitation of prejudice and the incitement of hatred against ethnic communities.”
He stated that “we talk about the civil war, but we seem to ignore the fact that it is the manipulation of ethnoreligious sentiment that eventually boiled over into that tragedy. The demons released by that bloody conflict among brothers are yet to be fully caged, and we pay the price of that healing process daily. This is not a chapter of our history that we should ever allow to repeat itself."
Emphasising the need for inclusion and unity across tribes and political divides, Prof. Osinbajo said urgent steps must be taken by the country’s elites and citizens to avoid the tragedies fuelled by bigotry and prejudices.
Proposing the implementation of laws to safeguard society from the dangerous manipulation of ethnic sentiments, the VP noted that “the Rwandese took deliberate steps to ensure that that tragedy would never be repeated, including even a memorial to the dead.
“But more importantly, the strict enforcement of laws against the use of ethnically or religiously charged rhetoric, and a raft of laws that criminalize divisive attitudes and behaviour. We also must do the hard work of providing and implementing a framework for fair, just, and unifying dealings amongst our people.”
He also observed that “people do not suddenly start hating each other during elections.
“While political actors may invoke ethnic or sectional sentiments in an election, these social and cultural antipathies exist, lurking beneath the surface. As we reflect on the takeaways from this election cycle going forward, we must also consider the prevalence of ethnic profiling and other forms of day-to-day discrimination that occur.”
Highlighting Nigeria’s uniqueness, Prof. Osinbajo noted that the country’s diversities should be harnessed for good and not for political gains and selfish motives.
“There is a recognition that sociocultural diversity while being a fact of life is neither a weapon nor a weakness. The most prosperous places are countries that have learned to harness diversity while building even more inclusive institutions.
“I believe that Nigeria is neither unique nor exceptional on account of her diversity. The genre of scholarship and public polemic that problematizes our country’s profusion of ethnicities and religions and characterizes it as a profound flaw is one with which I differ strongly. Our diversity is neither a liability nor a curse; it is, in fact, a blessing and an asset,” he said.
Prof. Osinbajo then called for a fair, just, and more inclusive society, noting that “inclusion is essential to prosperity,"
"So, is it possible to conquer ethnic or religious prejudice and build a unified nation? Yes, it is, but it is a journey, not an event; and it is perhaps the most important issue in nation-building," he buttressed.
The VP referenced countries such as Singapore, Tanzania and Rwanda which have tackled and overcome national prejudices, noting that Nigeria can equally do the same to address the underlying challenges brought about by all forms of prejudices in our society.
According to him, “leadership has been critical in all the countries that have been relatively successful in the journey to overcoming prejudice. He highlighted particularly the conduct of the elites of these countries.
“The elites of both countries recognized that cohesion and peaceful coexistence have to be intentionally prioritized and pursued. This is the challenge of leadership in our country. Elites have a responsibility to discipline themselves in the pursuit of their political ambitions and their exercise of power to ensure that the fabric of our communities is not rent asunder.
“We must recognize that if peaceful coexistence is sacrificed on the altar of partisan politics, then all will be lost.”
Exploring further the nexus between a country’s diversity and shared prosperity, the Vice President observed that “in the 21st century, the true wealth of nations is human capital.
"This means that places that have learned to attract and retain the most diverse pool of skilled human resources are easily winning the race for success."
Prof. Osinbajo submitted that diversity “also provides a broad range of cultural, philosophical, and intellectual approaches for solving problems.
“A state’s chances of growth will depend upon how much qualitative capital it can attract and the richer the human capital pool at its disposal, the more taxes it can harvest to fund governance and social services. In this scenario, the politics of division and tribalism will breed poverty because it can only alienate the human capital that a state desperately needs for growth.”
Proffering solutions, the Vice President noted that fairness and justice were crucial elements in moving the country forward.
Aside from the responsibility of the political elite in fostering unity, the Vice President also called on the media and civil society to act responsibly in projecting particular narratives.
“That burden is also on civil society, including and perhaps, especially the media. The media has a twofold responsibility. As an institution that is uniquely influential in shaping public perceptions and attitudes, it has to be extremely mindful of what sort of narratives it is projecting and how it frames disputes, especially in our multicultural and heterogenous contexts,” he stated.
Prof. Osinbajo recalled the surgery on his right femur in July 2022, in a Nigerian hospital to buttress his point.
He explained: “On the 16th of July 2022, I went in for surgery on my right femur at a hospital in Lagos. Of course, as I lay on the operating bed and I was about to be anaesthetised, a thought crossed my mind that I would be absolutely at the mercy of the surgeons, the paramedics and the anesthesiologist. I had to trust them with my life.
“One was from the South East, the head of the team was from Delta State, some were Muslims, some were Christians. In fact, I suspect one did not even believe in God. Yet it didn’t seem to matter. They were the experts.
“When we make the decisions that affect our lives and those of our children the most, somehow, we are able to ignore tribal or religious prejudices. This is the attitude we must adopt always to build the nation of our dreams,” he concluded.
During the interactive session with the NIPSS faculty and course participants, Prof. Osinbajo answered questions posed by participants about curbing ethnic and religious biases, ensuring policy continuity, and the imperative of building a new Nigeria, among others.
In separate remarks, Plateau State Governor, Hon. Simon Lalong, and the Gbong Gwom Jos, HRM, Jacob Gyang Buba, thanked the Vice President for his steadfastness and interest in the upliftment of academic standards at the National Institute, noting that since his assumption to office as VP, the institution has grown in leaps and bounds.
On his part, the Director General of NIPSS, Prof. Ayo Omotayo, said the inaugural Policy Making and Good Governance Lecture Series is one of the many innovations of the institute that is inspired by Prof. Osinbajo’s visionary leadership and useful recommendations.
He assured the Vice President of the management’s commitment to always maintain the high standards set before them, especially in making the institute Nigeria and Africa’s foremost think-tank.
After the lecture, the Vice President accompanied by other dignitaries inaugurated the newly built quarters for Nigeria Army participants at the Institute.
Also present at the event were the Deputy Governor of Plateau, Prof. Sonni Tyoden; the Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Hon. Yakubu Sanda; the Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos, Prof. Tanko Ishaya, and the General Officer Commanding, 3 Armoured Division, Nigeria Army, Maj. Gen. Abdul Khalifa Ibrahim, who represented the Chief of Defence Staff, among others.
Laolu Akande
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity
Office of the Vice President
17th April, 2023
https://www.chronicle.ng/2023/04/2023-osinbajo-condemns-people-right-vote/ May be they dont have network where he voted and he couldnt see attrocities of people preventing others from voting! |
| Politics › Re: Why Buhari Won’t Complete Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Highway – Fashola by treesun: 2:40pm On Apr 18, 2023 |
inoki247:
Lol I think the Lagos Ibadan Express way is at 80 to 90 percent unless you jus don't want to tell ursef the truth....
The road is better than the Previous years of OBJ... Go to OPIC from Berger! |
| Politics › Re: NRC Services Debt With N111bn, Generates N12bn – Report by treesun(op): 2:39pm On Apr 18, 2023 |
Solsix:
The kind of economics we practice in Nigeria will surprise even havard. Government is not supposed to be running all these. Private will do better, Nigeria is a peculiar state, Nlfpmod! |
| Politics › NRC Services Debt With N111bn, Generates N12bn – Report by treesun(op): 12:56pm On Apr 18, 2023 |
The Federal Government has spent $247.98m (which amounts to N111.23bn using the Central Bank of Nigeria’s December 30, 2022, official exchange rate of N448.55) servicing railway debts in the last two years while making only N11.61bn from railway services during the period. According to data from Nigeria’s external debt service payments reports by the Debt Management Office, Nigeria spent $122.92m servicing debts incurred for the Nigeria Railway Modernisation Project (Idu-Kaduna Section), the Nigeria Railway Modernisation Project (Lagos-Ibadan Section), and the Nigeria Abuja Light Rail Project in 2021. By 2022, the government spent $125.06m servicing debts incurred for the Nigeria Railway Modernisation Project (Idu-Kaduna Section), Nigeria Railway Modernisation Project (Lagos-Ibadan Section), Nigeria Abuja Light Rail Project, and Nigerian supply of rolling stocks and depot equipment for the Abuja light rail project. Despite spending N111.23bn on railway debt servicing, railway services were only able to generate N11.61bn according to new industry statistics, released on Monday, from the National Bureau of Statistics. In 2021, railway services generated a total revenue of N6.04bn from passengers, goods, and other income receipts. By 2022, revenue fell to N5.57bn from the aforementioned revenue sources. 2.72 million passengers and 142,438 tons of goods used rail services in 2021. In 2022, the number of passengers rose to 3.21 million while goods fell to 118,587 tons. Insecurity and mismanagement might be hampering the growth of rail services in Nigeria. In March 2022, an Abuja-bound train was attacked in Kaduna by terrorists. Also, suspected kidnappers attacked another train in the Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State on January 7, 2023. Also, rail derailment is almost becoming a constant in the sector, further discouraging passengers from relying on rail services. After the attack on Kaduna-Abuja rail services in 2022, the Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, disclosed that the Federal Government lost about N113m because of the non-operation of trains on the Abuja-Kaduna route. He said, “The last time we checked that was between the months of February to August. We have lost about N113m.” However, an independent report by The PUNCH revealed that the Federal Government lost about N5.37bn due to the suspension of the train service on the Abuja-Kaduna route. Meanwhile, the Warri-Itakpe Train Services will resume operations on Monday, April 24, 2023, The PUNCH has learnt. The Station Manager, Helma Sani, disclosed this to our correspondent in Abuja on Monday. He said, “We are resuming operation on Monday 24/4/2023.” Recall that in January 2023, 148 passengers and 38 crew members of a train plying the Warri-Itakpe route escaped death when the train derailed inside the Kogi forest, forcing them (passengers) to be stranded. Many passengers reportedly abandoned the train for fear of being kidnapped. It was gathered that the train left Warri early Sunday and got derailed at around noon inside the forest between Ajaokuta and Itakpe. After this, the Nigerian Railway Corporation through the Coordinator of Warri Itakpe Train Service, Sanni Abdulganiyu, suspended rail operations on the corridor. https://punchng.com/nrc-services-debt-with-n111bn-generates-n12bn-report/ |
| Politics › Re: Why Buhari Won’t Complete Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Highway – Fashola by treesun: 12:45pm On Apr 18, 2023 |
Same way Lagos-Ibadan will not be completed ! |
| Politics › Re: Nigeria’s 96% Revenue Used To Service Debt In 2022 – World Bank by treesun(op): 11:19am On Apr 18, 2023 |
skj1377:
Tinubu will do the needful. Restructuring and resource control. Only 4% available for use! |
