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Ogun state Police command has confirmed that the hip hop artists, Habib Okikiola a.k.a Portable has reported at the force Head quarter in Eleweran, Abeokuta. The force image maker, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this known in a press release on the 30th of June at the force head quarter and added that they released him on bail to a reliable surety because the offence is a bailable one couple with the strike action embarked upon by the civil servants in the state which also affected our courts. Remember that the Ogun Police Command, on Monday 20th June 2022, ordered Portable, to report himself immediately at the nearest police post or be arrested , following his involvement in a viral assault video. AZ:5310/OGS/PRO/VOL 7/128.  30/06/2022.  POLICE PRESS RELEASE. The Ogun state police command wishes to inform the general public that the hip-hop artist Habib Okikiola a.k.a portable who was requested to report himself at the nearest police station over a viral video where he was seen o...

A businessman and laptop engineer, Oyekan Tobi, has revealed that David Ukpo Nwanmini who was taken to the United Kingdom for organ harvesting by the former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife is not a 15-year-old boy. Tobi, who is also a postgraduate student of the Nigeria Institute of Journalism, Ogba Lagos, spoke to a Vanguard correspondent after the passport of the allegedly 15years boy surfaced online. According to him, the boy on the passport with the name David is from Ebonyi state and assists his elder brother, Linus (also known as) Mile 2 in the market with customers. “His elder brother deals in phone accessories, it is false to say the boy is 15 years old because a boy of 15 years won’t have that energy to be dragging customers in the market with other boys. He’s not a boy you can slap on the way and walk away easily. Hence, he should be in his 20s,” he said. When asked when last he saw David in the Ikotun market of Lagos state, Tobi said it has been a while...

With regards to the arrest of the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife in United Kingdom over an allegation of organ harvest , a political mentee to the lawmaker has said that he was yet to confirm the incident from his principal. The mentee who pleaded for anonymity spoke to Vanguard on phone in Enugu, expressing surprise over the incident. “I have not confirmed anything. I am still trying to establish contact with my principal. Until I hear from him, I really don’t know what is  happening. The way everybody saw online publication with regard to the incident is the way I saw it too. I am not in the best position to react properly until I hear from him,” he said. Vanguard confirmed that the news of Ekweremadu’s arrest has engulfed the people of his country home, Mpu, in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State in agony. © Vanguard 

Two Nigerians have been arrested on suspicion of plotting to harvest the organs of a child in the UK. Beatrice, 55, and Ike, 60, both from Nigeria, have been remanded in custody and would have appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court today. They are both charged with conspiracy to arrange or facilitate travel of another person with a view to exploitation, namely organ harvesting. NAPTIP investigatees human organ harvesting in Nigeria  The Met said a child has been safeguarded. Scotland Yard has not given the gender or the age  of the child – or the location of the arrests. But given the suspects are appearing in court in Uxbridge, it is likely they were held at the nearby Heathrow Airport.  Organ harvesting involves removing parts of the body, often for cash and against the victim’s will. The investigation was launched after detectives were alerted to potential offences under modern slavery legislation in May 2022, the force said. In 20...

—-  We await full report – Catholic Church, CAN —-  We’ve not been fully briefed – Olowo —-  Good news if true, but parade them to the world – Victims brother. Divergent views have greeted the alleged arrest of suspected killers at the St Francis Catholic Church in Owo , Ondo state by the state security outfit codenamed Amotekun. Recall that the state Commander of Amotekun, Chief Àdetunji Adeleye while addressing newsmen in Akure, said a number of the suspected killers have been arrested. Adeleye also told newsmen that some weapons and the vehicle used by the killers have been recovered. He however, declined to give the number of suspect arrested and also parade them before newsmen at the office of the security outfit in Akure. Speaking with Vanguard, the spokesperson of the state police command, Funmi Odunlami said the command was ignorant of the said arrest. Odunlami said that ” the police is not aware of any arrest. Our investigation is ongoing. We don’t have informati...

It was a sad day in Lagos, as an 18-seater yellow bus heading towards the Maryland area of the state was engulfed by fire. The incident occurred on Thursday, June 22, at the popular Obanikoro bus stop, very close to Awoof fast food. An eyewitness who pleaded for anonymity told Vanguard that the driver who did not want his bus to be seized by officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) who were on patrol, parked his bus in the middle of the road when one of the LASTMA operatives opened the bonnet of the bus and pulled out the fuel pump which led to the fire outbreak. It is not clear exactly how many people were on the bus, but witnesses said there were passengers who ran out of the bus immediately after they noticed the fire. Vanguard also gathered from an eyewitness that LASTMA operatives in recent times have turned the said location of the incident into an ‘oil well’, stating that they mount at the spot every day to extort money from motorists and seize vehicles...

* Recovers weapons, vehicle The Commander of the Ondo State Security Network Agency also known as  Amotekun , Chief Adetunji  Adeleye  said the suspected killers of  worshippers at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo , Ondo state have been arrested. Adeleye who made the remarks in Akure the state capital said the vehicle and of  some weapons used by the suspected killers  have been recovered by the security outfit. His words: “We have arrested a number of those who perpetrated evil at the St Francis Catholic Church in Owo. “We have also recovered the vehicle they used last after the deadly operation. We have also recovered some of their weapons.” ” They came on motorcycles and hijacked a Golf vehicle.” ” We have successfully recovered the vehicle and will soon arrest all the killers” The report is however, yet to be confirmed by the police as at press time. On June 10, 2022, similar news had earlier being debunked by the Ondo State Police Command and Olowo of...

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 22-year-old tricycle operator for allegedly robbing and raping her female passenger. The suspect reportedly raped the victim, dispossessed her of her money, put her back in the tricycle and was taking her to an unknown destination when he was arrested. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested around 4am on Monday when a distress call was received by policemen from the Ifo divisional headquarters. The PPRO added that the victim, who boarded the tricycle from Iyana Coker in Ifo, raised the alarm that the tricycle operator was taking her to an unknown place. He said, “Upon the distress call, the DPO, Ifo division, CSP Kehinde Kuranga, quickly led his patrol team to the scene, where the suspect was promptly arrested. “On interrogation, the victim explained to the police that she boarded the tricycle from Pakoto Bus-Stop going to Iyana...

  The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on Wednesday said its members would continue to sell fuel at the Federal Government approved price of N165 per litre. This represents a reversal of its earlier directive to its members to sell petrol at N180 per litre. The Lagos chapter of IPMAN through its secretary, Akeem Balogun on Monday announced it would no longer be able to sell petrol below N180. He said the decision was taken because its members could no longer operate at a loss. He had said while the government had fixed N165 per litre as the pump price of petrol, the current realities in the market showed that the minimum the product should be sold at retail stations should be N180. But National President of IPMAN, Elder Chinedu Okoronkwo, gave the new directive at a press conference in Abuja. He said the association has resolved to maintain the status quo going forward since the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) and the Pipeline and Product Ma...

The Federal Government has given the assurance that its face-off with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other university-based unions will soon be resolved and academic activities resume in earnest. This was disclosed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 while responding to questions from State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council, (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. Recall that the  public universities were shut down on February 14 , 2022, by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the other three university-based unions, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), the Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutionsn(NASU), and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), joined in the strike over the inability of the government to address their concerns. The minister said the government was inter...

I, onbehalf of many Concerned Alumni felt necessary and pertinently compelled to write you this open letter with sincere mind, and I do hope that you will also read and digest its content without prejudice and act on it in dispatch. Having watched and observed from the sideline the activities of the Board of Trustees (BOT) since you took over the running of the association, immediately after the botched election in November 2021.  I am gravely concerned that the steps taken by the BOT are worrisome, hence there is need to illuminate you on some crisis that your actions might brought to the association, because the BOT are seriously treading on the path that may bring more chaos than expected solutions if failed to desist from pressing further. Curiously, it is of great concern that the BOT are now interpreting the constitution to suite their plans and interest to run the Association by proxy in buying more time to stay longer in office than expected as provided by the C...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has agreed to extend the ongoing continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise initially slated to end on June 30, June, 2022. Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters, Hon. Aishatu Jibril Dukku, disclosed this on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, while briefing fellow lawmakers on the committee’s efforts to ensure implementation of a House resolution reached last week. She told the House that; “The Committee held a meeting with INEC yesterday (Tuesday) and they agreed to extend the CVR, all our resolutions were approved.” The House of Representatives had last Wednesday urged INEC to extend the deadline for the continuous voter registration by an extra 60 days from June 30, 2022, to enable more Nigerians to register. The House also called on the Commission to deploy additional staff and voter registration machines across the country to meet the objective. The chairman, House Committee on media and publicity, Hon...

“One peculiar thing about the top three guys battling it out for the 001 seat, is that neither of them is there for the money. 1. One has milked Nigeria well enough systematically, and just wants to answer President by all means.* *He lives in Dubai full-time and only comes around every 4 years to contest for the Presidency. He doesn't understand the struggle of the average Nigerian. He doesn't care so much. If he loses this one, he will go back to Dubai and wait out the next 4 years before coming out again. Besides the fact that his ambition is scary, we can't afford to have a Paul Biya of Cameroun as President. 2. Another has been controlling Lagos treasury since 2003. He just wants to fulfill his lifetime political ambition of answering President, even if he dies the next day after swearing-in. He would properly share Nigeria like cake to his boys....just like he did in Lagos. At the end of the day, he would teach us what being "fantastically corrupt...

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) Below is the full, unedited text of Nigerian President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s written responses to questions posed by Bloomberg News: Q1. You campaigned for office with a pledge to fight corruption, secure the country and fix the economy. How would you rate your performance in fulfilling those pledges during your eight years in office? Why has insecurity been so hard to tackle? Are you making headway? A: We leave Nigeria in a far better place than we found it. Corruption is less hidden for Nigerians feel empowered to report it without fear, while money is returned; terrorists no longer hold any territory in Nigeria, and their leaders are deceased; and vast infrastructure development sets the country on course for sustainable and equitable growth. Security In 2015, Boko Haram held territory the size of Belgium within the borders of Nigeria. Today they are close to extinct as a military force. The leader of ISWAP wa...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 149 suspects and seized 1,699kg of illicit drugs between January and June in Kogi state. The NDLEA Commander in the state, Abdulkadir Abdullahi-Fakai, made the disclosure at a news conference on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in Lokoja, as part of a week-long celebration of the United Nations Day Against Drug Abuse and Trafficking. The event has as its theme: ‘Addressing Drug Challenges in Health and Humanitarian Crisis’. The commander said the suspects included males and females, while the seized drugs included Codeine, Methamphetamine, Exol-5, Diazepam, tramadol, Cannabis sativa, and Pentazocine among others. “Consequently, the command has convicted 29 accused persons and other cases are still pending at the Federal High Court, Lokoja,” he said. He described the drug abuse situation in Kogi as highly disturbing and called for collective efforts to tackle it. “The drug situation in Nigeria and indeed Kogi is disturbing, especially...

Fast-rising singer, Portable and his lover Feranmi get married during their child’s naming ceremony on Tuesday. The duo welcomed their second child together last week, and the naming ceremony was scheduled for today (Tuesday). Read Also: Alleged assault: Report yourself or be arrested, Police to Portable Portable aide kills motorcyclist with singer's car in Ogun During the child’s christening, the couple, in matching outfits, exchanged wedding bands in the presence of Islamic clerics, their families, and wellwishers. A video by GoldMyne TV captured the moment when Portable slid the ring on his lover’s finger and she reciprocated the action. Credit: Instagram | goldmynetv

Ogun State Police command has confirmed that one of the aides of the popular ‘Zazoo crooner’, Habeeb Okikiola popularly called ‘Portable’, on Tuesday hit a motorcyclist at Iyana Ilogbo area of the State. The command Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incidence in a telephone chat with Vanguard, said the driver was with the singer’s Range Rover jeep. It was gathered that the driver of the car, who is one of Portable’s associates, was running errands when the sad event happened. Speaking on the incident, Portable’s manager, Theresa, said the victim died after he was rushed to the hospital. Theresa in a chat with newsmen said, “I’ll be very fast with you because I’m very busy. I was the one that sent one of his boys to go and buy something for me”. “On their way going, maybe the bike man thought that Portable was the one driving or they wanted to collect money or whatever, but the man drove to the vehicle. That was how they hit the man”. “They called me. I l...

….okays substituted service of processes on him The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, slated July 20 to hear the fresh suit that is challenging the eligibility of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, to contest the 2023 presidential election. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, ordered substituted service of all the legal processes on Atiku to enable him to respond to the suit. It directed that the former VP, who is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, should be served within seven days, through publication of the court processes in a national daily. It will be recalled that a constitutional lawyer, Mr. Johnmary Jideobi had approached the court, contending that Atiku is not constitutionally qualified to participate in the presidential contest. The Plaintiff, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/751/2022, posed two legal questions for the court to determine, afterwhich he sought seven principal reliefs against Atiku, PD...