Falana, who spoke on behalf of a group, Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), made the appeal in a memoranda to the National Assembly during the South-West Zonal Public Hearing on the 1999 Constitutional Review in Lagos on Thursday.
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According to the command’s spokesperson, ASP Mariam Yusuf, the joint operation, led by the command’s Anti-Kidnapping Squad, combed the forest, engaged the kidnappers in a fierce gun duel and arrested two of them, while others escaped with bullet wounds.
The NGO said that Oyo State has grown in the space of two years to become the fourth richest state in the country, and so there is a need for patriotic investors to join the forum in expanding the state’s economy.
The Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, gave the renewed directive on the enforcement of the ban with effect from Tuesday 25th May, 2021 after a strategic security meeting with the Area Commanders, Heads of Departments and Tactical Commanders held on Monday 24th May, 2021, at the Conference Room, Command Headquarters, Ikeja, Lagos.
The legal body also sought an extension of service year and retirement age of staff members of the National Assembly and National Assembly Service Commission.
He said the totality of his administration’s efforts is geared towards ensuring a safe and secure society, where youth employment is guaranteed.
The Chairman, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, disclosed this at the end of the programme in Owerri on Thursday.
Chinwe Ikaraoha, Deputy Director, Special Duties, said during an advocacy visit to the NUJ FCT council.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Yinka Oyebode.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that one of the APC chairmanship aspirants, Jimoh Azeez, on Monday announced that he was stepping down for Folashade Olabanji-Oba ahead of the party’s primaries on Saturday.
Ayade said this while addressing the youths under the aegis of Coalition of APC Support Groups who held a rally to welcome him to the party at the governor’s office in Calabar.
The Police Commissioner in the state, Adamu Usman, who confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Minna, however, said 26 other passengers had been rescued.
Ezekiel Vulgap, Plateau State ALGON Chairman, made the position known in an interview with newsmen on Thursday in Jos after submitting the ALGON memorandum to the Senate Committee on Review of the 1999 Constitution.
Their entries trounced more than 2000 others received from about 600 secondary schools across 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the groups wanted creation of Amana and Gongola out of present Adamawa State and Mambilla out of the present Taraba State.
The pair comfortably overcame Paul Emmanuel and Ojo Oyelami 6-0 6-4 to set up a round of 16 showdown with the highly rated duo of Thomas Otu and Tosho Yusuf for a place in the quarter-finals.
Manzo Ezekiel, the agency’s Head of Media and Public Relations, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Igbifa was on his way to Abuja on May 25 for a scheduled meeting with the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Office, retired Colonel Milland Dikio, when the incident happened.
The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at the commission’s emergency meeting with security agencies under the auspices of the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security.
Ngige gave the assurance while speaking at the 41st Ordinary General Meeting of the National Association of Resident Doctors in Awka, Anambra State on Thursday.