Military authorities have assured Nigerians that no group can interfere with the 2023 elections in the South East region of the country. Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) gave the assurance on Monday during the 25th edition of the Scorecard Series of President Muhammadu Buhari which also featured the Minister of Defence, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (Rtd.).
The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 5, comprising Edo, Delta and Bayelsa states, Lawan Tanko Jimeta is dead. He passed on Sunday morning at the Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State after a brief illness. Jimeta’s death was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, SP Ahmed Wakil, in a terse Whatsapp message on Sunday.“Inna Lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un. With a heavy heart but total submission to the will of Almighty Allah, I wish to announce the death of A.I.G Lawan Tanko Jimeta. He died at the Teaching Hospital, Benin Edo State, this morning after a brief Illness,” Wakil wrote.
The chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Hon. Nasiru Isa Kwarra has disclosed that census will hold in Sambisa Forest despite the security challenges in the area. He said the commission would ensure people in the area are counted, despite the insecurity in the forest.
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has disclosed that it has seized 6,216 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) and National Identity cards from foreigners in 21 border states across the country. This disclosure was made on Wednesday by the Acting Comptroller-General of the NIS, Isa Jere Idris during a retreat with Zonal Coordinators and all Command Comptrollers at NIS Headquarters, Abuja. According to him, 2,393 PVCs and 3,823 National Identity Cards were confiscated from non-Nigerians suspected to be in unlawful possession of such documents.
Some rampaging residents of Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun state, have taken to the streets hauling stones and burning tyres in protest of current Naira and fuel scarcity. The protest reportedly started at Asero, Abeokuta, on Tuesday, by some customers of GTBank over their inability to get new naira notes from the bank. The protesters who made bonfires on the roads blocked the road that leads to Adatan and Osiele-Ibadan during the protest.
The Kogi State High Court in Lokoja has ordered the arrest and remand of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa, for disobedient to a court order, this judgment was delivered on 6th February, directing the Inspector-General of police to effect Bawa's arrest and remand in the Kuje correctional prison for the next 14 days until he purges himself of contempt. Justice R.O. Ayoola of the Kogi state high court granted the application for committal to prison of the anti-graft agency over disobedience to a court order.
