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By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Oyo State Police Command has declared its readiness to ensure a peaceful and hitch-free conduct of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention scheduled to hold tomorrow (Saturday, November 15) and Sunday, November 16, at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan. This was contained in a statement issued today by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Adewale Osifeso, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), who noted that the Command had put in place a comprehensive security arrangement ahead of the two-day event. According to the statement, the convention was expected to attract high-profile political…

Does retired Naval chief Zubair Gambo possess a valid land title to the disputed Abuja land? Do military rules operate separately or have superiority over civilian laws in a constitutional democracy? These are some of the burning questions that legal luminary and former president, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Olisa Agbakoba, said were thrown up by last Tuesday's confrontation between Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, and a Naval Lieutenant, A. Yerima, who led a military team that bluntly refused the Minister access to a piece of land in Abuja. The land is linked to former Chief of Naval…

Another perspective has emerged from the confrontation between Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike, and a military team led by Navy Lieutenant A. Yerima on Tuesday over access to a piece of land in Abuja,the nation's capital. Recall that the armed soldiers flatly denied the Minister access to the land, now known to be owned by a retired Naval chief, Vice Admiral Auwal Zubair Gambo. Yerima insisted that, in not letting the Minister access, he, a serving officer, was acting on "orders from above." However, at a media briefing on Thursday, Wike disclosed that the Yerima-led military guards…