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*They Plead Not Guilty *Remanded In DSS Custody Finally, justice may be knocking on the door for relations and victims of June 5, 2022 bombing of Owo Catholic Church as Federal Government (FG) today, August 11, arraigned five men before a Federal High Court in Abuja for their alleged involvement in the attack. The five are alleged to be members of Al Shabab terrorist group, a violent religious extremist group dominant in Somalia and hated in all of East Africa. The attack took place on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, in a development that shook and outraged the…

The Abuja city sanitation operation of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), today, August 11, cleared illegal occupants and traders around UTC, in Area 10, Abuja, according to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) . Director, Department of Development Control, Mukhtar Galadima, who headed the operation, explained that the exercise was directed by the FCT Security Committee. Galadima said that the goal was to enforce sanity and rid the city of criminal elements. He explained that the UTC was one of the areas identified as dark spots harbouring criminal elements. He explained that the team equally evacuated a…

By our reporter Ms Comfort Emmanson, the Ibom Air passenger who reportedly assaulted airline officials on a flight from Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, to Lagos, has reportedly been remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre following her arraignment in court today. This was disclosed by Tunde Moshood, Special Adviser (Media and Communications) to Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, today. Emmanson, a young lady, had earlier been slammed with a lifetime ban by Ibom Air which announced that she has been prohibited from ever traveling in any of the airline's planes. The Ministerial aide broke news of the…

By our reporter A female passenger, Ms Comfort Emmanson, involved in an unruly incident on an Ibom Air flight from Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, to Lagos, has been handed a lifetime ban from traveling on any plane owned by the airline. Ibom Air said today that the passenger, who arrived Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, in an Ibom Air flight, proceeded to allegedly assault a flight attendant and clashed with security operatives at the airport. Several videos of the clash, which occurred on Sunday, are still trending on the internet,as of press time. In one of the videos,…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Mbakor Community Development Association (MCDA), Makurdi branch, of Benue State, has honoured the former Auditor-General of the Federation, Dr. Samuel Ukura; Hon. Simon Shango, elder statesman; and the former Minority Leader in the Benue State House of Assembly, Dr. Benjamin Bem Mngutyo. The community also honoured Professor Terfa Ahon Adaka; former Permanent Secretary, Mr Terna Ahua; DCM Edward Aondowase Zamber, who retired from Federal Road Safety Corps; university don and Director, Research and Publication, at Benue Public Service Institute Makurdi, Dr Mark Nyitse; and late Col. John Nenger, who was honoured posthumously. Speaking during the ceremony,…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan There is fresh political heat in Osun State over the vexed issue of Local Government (LG) funds allegedly seized by the Federal Government (FG). The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-West State has countered the fresh claim by the Peoples Democratic Republic Party (PDP)-controlled state government that the FG is withholding the much-needed funds. The State chapter of APC said contrary to "the misinformation contained in the press statement of the State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Kolapo Alimi, on Sunday that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is withholding the allocations of the Local Government councils,"…

*State, Bastion Of Peace In Troubled Region, CAN Notes By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has called for a regional framework to dismantle entrenched stereotypes and usher lasting peace across Northern Nigeria. Chairman of Northern CAN, Rev. John Joseph Hayab, made the call during a courtesy visit to the Governor of Gombe State/Chairman, Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF), Alhaji Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya. The northern Christian leader urged the Gov to use his position as Chairman of NSGF to lead a coordinated regional drive to foster unity, bridge…

 By our reporter Apparently beating its chest, Delta State Police Command said it has recorded what it described as a major breakthrough in its fight against armed robbery, recovering a stolen Mercedes Benz GLK, firearms, motorcycles, and an array of stolen valuables in a string of coordinated operations across the South-South state. The operations, ordered by State Commissioner of Police (CP) Olufemi Abaniwonda, also resulted in the arrest of notorious robbery suspects and the neutralizing of criminal threats in Asaba,the state capital, and Ogwashi-Ukwu,a major town in the oil-producing state. According to the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Superintendent…

By our reporter National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has arrested a General Overseer (GO), Prophet Adefolusho Aanu Olasele (alias Abbas Ajakaiye), of a Lagos-based church for alleged trafficking in prohibited hard drugs. According to the agency, the GO had fled the country for months and abandoned his church, allegedly to escape arrest, when he knew of NDLEA's sniffing around into his illegal involvements. The agency said Olasele, who is GO of The Turn of Mercy Church, Ajah, was nabbed for masterminding multiple shipments of illicit drugs into Nigeria. A statement by NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, today, disclosed…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Humility and contriteness are the hallmarks of noble minds, so goes the saying. Fuji maestro, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal (also known as KWAM 1 De Ultimate) today apologized for his behavior over the Valuejet plane incident in which he was accused of obstructing an aircraft from taxiing. The Federal Government (FG) subsequently slammed a six-month blacklist on him from traveling by air within Nigeria just as the plane captain and pilot were also sanctioned. Sparks flew when an airline staff refused him entry into the plane on the ground that a flask the musician was carrying…