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Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has said former President Muhammadu Buhari never wanted President Bola Tinubu to succeed him. Lamido also said Buhari never trusted his former Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo to succeed him, adding that the former President wanted ex-Senate President Ahmed Lawan. Lamido further noted that Tinubu owed his emergence as President to nobody because he was a very daring and self-made man. Speaking with Tribune, Lamido said: “Prior to the convention, he (Tinubu) was in Abeokuta, Ogun State, where he boasted that it was his turn to rule Nigeria. And Buhari, very naive, was watching.…

Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Saturday berated critics for insulting him over his posts on social media. El-Rufai said “what will be will be” despite insults, abuses, and misinterpretations of his posts. Posting on X with the title: “POLITICS & PUBLIC SERVICE?” the former governor wrote: “veni, vidi, vici” – Julius Caesar. “Interpret, mis-interpret or re-interpret any posts, by me or any others, as you wish. I frankly don’t give a damn. “Abuse and insult with no basis. By all means, pass your judgment in ignorance and bigotry. Nothing will change. What will be, will be, in sha…

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have detained a man for allegedly pushing his 47-year-old younger brother to death. The Command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this on Saturday. He said that the case was reported to the police on August 24 by a fellow whose name was not mentioned. Hundeyin said the fellow reported that one Ayodeji Busari of Iba area in Lagos allegedly pushed his 47 years old younger brother, whose name was not mentioned. According to the police image maker, the younger brother was said to have come from Port Harcourt to visit his friend in…

Fuji music star, Abass Akande, AKA Obesere, has revealed that he recently underwent a surgery that almost claimed his life. Obesere disclosed this in an Instagram post on Saturday. He expressed gratitude to God for surviving a life-threatening surgery. “The Almighty Allah has been merciful to me,” Obesere wrote. “I escaped a surgery that almost took my life but Allah said NO!” The post triggered an outpouring of warm wishes from fans, who wished him speedy recovery. Obesere escapes death after undergoing surgery

Seven people have been declared missing following severe flooding that struck two local government areas in Niger State in the early hours of Friday. The flood, triggered by torrential rainfall, affected Sabon Pegi in Mashegu Local Government and Nasarawa in Magama Local Government. The heavy rainfall, which lasted from 2 am to 12 pm, resulted in the destruction of over 89 houses and three vehicles, while hundreds of hectares of farmland were washed away. The Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, NSEMA, Abdullahi Baba-Arab, confirmed the incident and stated that search and rescue operations are ongoing to…

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has called for peaceful coexistence among mining firms operating in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The call was made on Friday after a meeting between the minister, represented by the Director General of the Nigerian Mining Cadastre Office, Obadiah Nkom, and Governor Abdullahi Sule along with his cabinet members at the Government House in Lafia, the state capital. The minister stated the need to resolve ongoing disputes among mining companies in the state ahead of the sixth National Council on Mining and Mineral Resources meeting, scheduled for November. He pointed…

The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General YD Ahmed has warned Corps Members that night travelling is prohibited in the NYSC. He also said any Corps Member that embarks on journeys not authorized by the Scheme will be sanctioned in line with the NYSC laws. Ahmed however added that if there is need for a compulsory journey, such Corps Member should terminate the trip by 6:00 pm and continue the following day. He gave the warning on Friday while addressing the 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream Two Corps Members and Camp Officials at the NYSC FCT Orientation Camp…

The youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, has demanded a thorough probe of employment process and salary structure at the Ajaokuta Steel Company. The umbrella body of Igbo youth organisations said this in a statement made available to journalists on Friday, signed by its national president, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike. This is coming amid concerns over the state of the federal government-owned facility. Okwu alleged that an enquiry carried showed that there was questions within the company’s staff recruitment process. Ohanaeze youths said, “in our continuous drive to expose the economic sabotage and high level…

A Ghana based Nigerian, Liberty Kelechi Isaac, has urged the Inspector General of Police, IGP, to fish out some policemen who extorted N3 million from him at gunpoint on Monday. Isaac who hails from Nguru Nworie, in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State, spoke to journalists in Owerri on Friday. He said that the policemen accosted him and two of his friends at the Udi axis in Bayelsa State and forced him at gunpoint to transfer N3 million to them after manhandling him and threatening to shoot him. Isaac who said that he was in the country to…

Akwa Ibom State Police Command said it has exhumed bodies of marine hunters of the Ministry of Internal Security and Inland Waterways who were kidnapped, murdered and buried by criminals in Unyenghe, Mbo Local Government Area of the State. The Police Public Relations Officer in Akwa Ibom, ASP Timfon John in a release on Friday, said upon the exhumation of the corpse, their heads were dismembered. She said the suspected killers were arrested following intelligence and a total of 15 live cartridges were recovered from them. The PPRO named the suspects to include: Anthony Archibong ‘M’ 46yrs, Emmanuel Otoyo ‘M’…