Breaking News in Nigeria Today Saturday 9th May 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Saturday 9th May 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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‘One million boys’ menace increased due to hunger –Ejiofor
Mike Ejiofor is a senior security specialist and former Director of the Department of State Security (DSS). He told ISIOMA MADIKE in this telephone interview that all stakeholders in Lagos and Ogun states must work together to nip the festering security challenge in the bud. How would you react to the activities of the ‘one million boys’ in Lagos and Ogun states? Well, they are concentrated in Lagos, they have been in Lagos, but they gained prominence during this lockdown. They were operating freely before, but now they can’t…
E-Money: How billionaire corporal was deceived by gang member, killed by police
Fresh facts have emerged on how the late dismissed police corporal, alleged billionaire kidnapper, Collins Ezenwa (aka E-Money), was tricked by his gang member into police trap and killed by policemen from the Imo State Police Command. According to one of Ezenwa’s gang members, Ifeanyi Asiegbuelam, who is presently a guest in the custody of operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT), his late boss was deceived by another gang member, identified as Chinwedu. The treachery led to the killing of Ezenwa. It has, however, been…
COVID-19: Corporate, private donations hit N697.5m in one month –Presidency
The Presidency has put the total donations by corporate bodies and individuals towards the fight against the global coronavirus (COVID- 19) in the country at N697,538,108.00. This came as President Muhammadu Buhari has called on public spirited bodies to assist the country in the fight against the disease. A statement made available to newsmen yesterday by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, said: “Records obtained from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation about lodgements from 111 individuals and organisations into the FGN COVID-19 Eradication Support Accounts in the five…
Wike arrests 14 persons hiding in trailers conveying cattle to Rivers
•Court convicts 170 others for lockdown violation Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has arrested 14 persons hidden in two trailers conveying cattle from Adamawa State to Port Harcourt. Wike said the trailers were intercepted at Rumuigbo in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area after some well – meaning Nigerians who saw them entering Port Harcourt alerted the authorities. The governor ordered the prosecution of the 14 persons by the Mobile Court constituted under the Executive Order 6 signed for the declaration of the lockdown, and also directed the State Ministry of…
Wike: FG plotting to escalate Rivers COVID-19 cases
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has accused the Federal Government of plotting to escalate the state’s corona virus cases by being hypocritical in its handling of the pandemic and the sabotage of security agencies at the state’s borders. Wike, in a live broadcast yesterday in Port Harcourt, lamented that despite repeated complaint of non compliance of the state’s lockdown order, particularly the restriction of movements along the borders, travellers continue to enter the state from the North and other parts of the country. The governor said a lorryload of livestock…
Akeredolu gets ultimatum as Ondo doctors threaten strike
Resident doctors of the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTH), Ondo State chapter, yesterday threatened to embark on strike over five months outstanding salaries. The resident doctors, who gave the state government a seven-day ultimatum for their request to be met, accused the state government of insincerity despite assurances that the needful would be done. According to the doctors who emphasized that as frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19, they can no longer cope with the situation at hand hence their resolve to mobilise their members for the…
Imo ASUU rejects submission of BVN for salary payment
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Imo State University Chapter, has rejected the directive by the Imo State government demanding submission of Bank Verification Number (BVN) as a pre-condition for salary payment. A statement signed by the Chairman of the union, Mr. Luke O. Uzoigwe, described the directive as unacceptable, insisting that its members will not succumb to government’s intimidation and threats regarding the BVN submission, which, according to Uzoigwe, is a private property of every bank user that should not be made public for financial security reasons. Uzoigwe said…
Edo APC group to Oshiomhole: You can’t impose guber candidate
Members of a youth group of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the auspices of Edo APC Youths for Justice and Development (AYOJD) yesterday cautioned the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, against imposition of any candidate ahead of the party primaries slated for June 2 in the state. The group said they have been watching and monitoring activities of the party, especially the governorship aspirants, seeking to contest against Governor Godwin Obaseki for the party’s ticket. The position of the APC Youth group was contained in an open…
Two die in Ibadan market tanker explosion
Owing to an explosion from a diesel- laden tanker at Moniya Market in the Akinyele Local Government Area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital, two persons yesterday died in flames that left several shops and vehicles completely razed. It was also reported that the fire burnt an excavator, a truck belonging to Kopek construction company which was parked close to the scene where the trailer exploded. Traders, commuters and residents of the area were seen scampering for safety as balls of thick smoke continued to spiral into the sky with high…
Retired Brigadier-General forfeits N426.7m to FG
Justice Muslim Hassan of a Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday ordered the final forfeiture of N426.7 million belonging to a retired Brigadier-General of the Nigerian Army, John Onimisi Ozigi, to the Federal Government. The order was sequel to the granting of a motion seeking the final forfeiture of the funds by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In his ruling on the motion, Justice Hassan noted that the respondents failed to come up with concrete evidence on why the funds should not be forfeited to government. “The application…
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