8 SANS RECRUITED TO DEFEND SUSPECTS ARRESTED FOR ILE-IFE MAYHEM

Following the arrest of about 20 Yoruba after the crisis that rocked  Ile-Ife Osun State recently, eight senior lawyers and several legal practitioners are set to stand for the affected people at the Federal High Court, in Abuja.
It was gathered that the eight Senior Advocates of Nigeria were assembled by the Pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organization, Afenifere, to defend the 20 Ile-Ife indigenes who were paraded at the Force Headquarters in Abuja.
The lawyers, it was also gathered are expected to file a motion for the enforcement of fundamental human rights for the suspects.

EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY ELECTS NEW ASUU EXECUTIVES

 
After many years of controversies, the Ebonyi State University (EBSU) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of the Universities (ASUU), on Monday, elected new executives to pilot the affairs of the union for the next two years.
Announcing the result of the keenly contested election, the Chairman of the EBSU-ASUU Electoral Committee, Prof. Paul Nwobasi said Dr. Basil Uche Onwe beat his closest rival, Dr. Igidi John, to emerge the new chairman of EBSU-ASUU.

I MADE MY FIRST MILLIONS IN LATE 90'S

A renowned comedian, Atunyota Alleluya Akorobomerere, otherwise called Ali Baba, has said that he started making his millions as a stand-up comedian in the late 90’s when the profession was still in its developing stage in the country.
Ali Baba said, on Monday, in Lagos, that comedy business started paying off when people knew little about the profession.
The comedian spoke against the backdrop of an award conferred on him by The Verdant Zeal Quantum Awards at the prestigious Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, on March 22.

INMATES KILLED AS HERDSMEN INVADE PRISON

The Benue Prisons Service on Monday confirmed that herdsmen invaded its Jato-Aka Farm Center and killed an inmate, one Tersoo Agidi.
ASP Stephen Nwanchor, Public Relations Officer, Benue Prisons Service, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi that the incident took place on Saturday at the farm center.
Nwanchor said that the invasion was not a failed jail break attempt.

Magu: Leaked SSS report vindicates us – Nigerian Sen

 
The leaked report of the State Security Service to the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has vindicated the Senate on its repeated rejection of Ibrahim Magu as substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, its spokesperson said.
The SSS report, leaked on Friday, was a response to Mr. Malami’s request that the security agency back its earlier allegations of integrity deficiency against Mr. Magu with documented evidence.
According to the report, the SSS dispatched 12 documents to Mr. Malami, including 11 that tried to link Mr. Magu with Mohammed Umar, a retired air commodore on trial for money laundering and illicit possession of firearms, and one on how he was “severely reprimanded” by the police after official documents of the EFCC were found in his private residence.

POLICE DEPLOYED TO SOUTHERN KADUNA LAMENTS FOR LACK OF WEAPONS AND WELFARE

Members of Nigeria’s police special forces on deployment in Southern Kaduna have accused police authorities of neglecting them, and failing to provide needed equipment as they confront skirmishes that have killed hundreds in the area.
Members of the unit, trained in Belarus, were drafted to check the persistent clashes between herdsmen and residents of Southern Kaduna communities.
But many told PREMIUM TIMES exclusively that their operational condition had become so unbearable that they now rely on extorting motorists in the area to survive.
“Before we eat now, we need to be tapping vehicles for N50 and N100,” one of them said. “Imagine, we special forces that are not supposed to be seen anyhow.”
Asides the poor living conditions they are subjected to, the officers, who spoke on the condition of strict anonymity, also alleged being poorly equipped to bring the situation in the restive Southern Kaduna under control.

21 DIES OF MENINGITIIS IN SOKOTO

The death toll as a result of the meningitis epidemic in Sokoto State has now risen to 21.
The State Health Commissioner, Balarabe Kakale, confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Sokoto on Sunday.
Mr. Kakale also provided an update on the state of high alert declared by the ministry since March 20.
The deaths were recorded in the seven local governments of Kebbe, Bodinga, Rabah, Wamakko, Gada, Dange/Shuni and Tureta, which are mostly affected by the meningitis outbreak.
“The state government had since Monday deployed no fewer than fifteen medical teams, comprising of over one hundred and fifty medical personnel,” the commissioner said.
“They were deployed across the 23 local governments of the state, fully equipped with ambulances and provided with free drugs, as well as medicament.
“The emergency response teams were conducting house to house search, definition and management, both at home and the hospitals.
“They had so far treated no fewer than 330 mixed cases of severe malaria and meningitis across the seven top-hit local governments.

SENATOR DINO MELAYE'S CERTIFICATE SCANDAL

The Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has said he is ready put his life on the line to ensure those he described as “drug dealers, certificate forgers, money launderers, political manipulators, and assassins” are named and shamed.
Sowore stated this via a post he made on his Facebook page in response to a statement made by Senator Dino Melaye that he would ensure he (Sowore) is sent to jail for alleged libel.