November 2018

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Bandits had better stay away from Zamfara and contiguous states as a Police Joint Intervention Force is waging a ruthless campaign against them and in one operation on Thursday, neutralised 104 of them.
Eighty five others were arrested.
The special force, comprising counter-terrorism unit, mobile force, Federal SARS and with air support, destroyed 50 hideouts of the bandits in five camps and also recovered from them over 250 heads of cattle and 109 sheep.
However, one policeman, yet to be identified, died during the counter-assault. Twelve others were wounded
A police statement by Jimoh Moshood, acting deputy commissioner said the Inspector General of Police, Idris has deployed the DIG Operation to take control of the continuous operation in the state to rout out banditry.
Three surveillance helicopters are assisting the police mission.
The Police Joint Operation Team had run into an ambush laid by the bandits in the evening of 29 November at Mahanga Forest in Birnin Mogaji.
The police fired back and killed them mercilessly.
Zamfara had been in the news as a nest of bandits, kidnappers and cattle rustlers. The criminals had also been killing many innocent villagers.
Thus the Inspector General of Police on 9 November, 2018, deployed to the state the Police Joint Intervention Team of about 1000 Police personnel comprising the Seven Units of Police Mobile Force (PMF) headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU), Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Police Anti-Bomb (EOD) Squad, and conventional Policemen.
Police spokesman Jimoh Moshood said the Team recorded significant progress in the arrest of more than 85 suspects and the recovery of 27 AK47 Rifles and 52 locally fabricated rifles and other dangerous weapons.
Now, the DIG, Department of Operation and the Police Joint Team have been mandated to also coordinate the Commissioner of Police, Zamfara State and personnel of the Command to sustain and restore lasting peace throughout Zamfara State.
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No fewer than 113 inmates have escaped from a prison in Indonesia’s Aceh province after breaking through the doors with barbells and other crude weapons, an official said on Friday.
“After evening prayers on Thursday, the prisoners destroyed doors leading to Banda Aceh prison’s hall and then into the guest area,’’ Meurah Budiman, the head of the provincial justice department, said.
Budiman said that guards tried to stop the inmates breaking out from there but were overpowered.
“No fewer than 26 of the escapees have since been recaptured,’’ he said.
Report says Indonesian prisons are overcrowded and understaffed; meanwhile, jailbreaks are not uncommon.
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Nigeria has started trial testing of the rollout plan of 5G networks with the 26GHz, 38GHz and 42GHz spectrum bands beginning with the Eko Atlantic Project
The country to regulatory agency, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), would be ready to roll out 5G by 2020.
NCC said in Abuja on Thursday during a collaborative meeting with GSMA for 5G rollout in Nigeria.
The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said 5G broadband data will drive connectivity and allow humans to interact with connected devices to check their health status and remotely control home appliances without physical contact.
Danbatta acknowledged the deficit in infrastructure rollout and spectrum availability in the country but added that the NCC was already working to address the challenges.
He said NCC would begin with the available 26GHz, 38GHz and 42GHz to drive 5G rollout in the country.
Danbatta said, “NCC is already working on the three key factors that will drive 5G deployments, which include infrastructure, spectrum and regulation ahead of the 2020 rollout date.
“We will rely on existing policies and regulation and still come up with additional policies and regulation that will address any hiccups.”
Also speaking, the Head, sub-Saharan Africa for GSMA, Mr. Akinwale Goodluck, said although Nigeria still operates 2G and 4G networks, they will gradually give way for 5G as the demand for 5G increases among the millennial, who are the digital natives.
GSMA used the occasion of the collaborative meeting to launch its latest report, which focused on ‘Spotlight on Nigeria: Delivering a Digital Future.’
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The Nigerian Army on Thursday said its troops killed four Boko Haram terrorists when they attempted to attack 118 Battalion location at Arege village in Borno.
The army said in its twitter handles that on Nov. 28, the troops successfully repelled the terrorists’ attack, killed several of them and recovered high caliber weapons.
It disclosed that the terrorists suffered heavy casualties and fled in disarray leaving behind four dead bodies of their members.
“Boko Haram met their waterloo and suffered heavy casualties yesterday evening Nov. 28, 2018; when they attempted to infiltrate 118 Battalion location at Arege in Abadam Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno.
“The terrorists were completely routed by the troops, neutralising many of them while others fled in disarray due to superior firepower. As a result, they hastily evacuated most of their corpses under the cover of darkness.
“However, during exploitation of the general area at dawn, the gallant troops discovered four Boko Haram terrorists’ corpses and recovered the following weapons- one Anti Aircraft Gun, four AK 47 rifles and one Light Machine Gun,’’ the army said.
It added that other items recovered included 100 Anti Aircraft rounds, 185 Light Machine Gun rounds, four AK47 magazines, 54 AK47 rounds, and one MOWAG Propeller.
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The Chinese government has approved a project to build the first underwater bullet train route in the country, a media report said on Thursday. The line will connect Ningbo, a port city south of Shanghai, to Zhoushan, an archipelago off the east coast. The proposed underwater tunnel will be a part of the 77-km Yong-Zhou Railway plan to boost tourism and create a two-hour-commute zone within Zhejiang province.

First mentioned in a government transportation plan in 2005, the feasibility study of the Yong-Zhou Railway plan was approved by Beijing in November. Within the 77 km railway route, some 70.92 km of tracks will be newly built, including a 16.2 km undersea section. The new route will transport travellers from Hangzhou -- capital city of Zhejiang -- to Zhoushan in 80 minutes.
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The Nigerian Police has disclosed that the F-SARS officer, Olukunle Olonade, who allegedly shot an officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, Rotimi Adeyemi, at Iyana-Ipaja axis has died.

According to the police, Olonade, who allegedly shot Adeyemi to death at Iyana-Ipaja, also died hours later while been rushed to the hospital.

It was learned that Olonade, an Inspector of Police, was mistaken for robber and attacked by irate mob at the scene and beaten to stupor.

Police Public Relation Officer, PPRO, Chike Oti, in a statement made available to Vanguard on Thursday, said that the police officer was rescued from the scene by police officer deployed to Iyana-Ipaja.

Original hinted that the disclosed that the Commissioner of Police, Edgar Imohimi, has directed that the late officer be tried posthumously and dismissed if found guilty.

According to the statement: “the driver of a Toyota Highlander SUV, with registration number LSR 277 BJ, later identified as Police Inspector Olukunle Olonade attached to FSARS Ikeja while driving along Iyana-Ipaja road, was contravened for driving against traffic by a LASTMA official, one Rotimi Adeyemi, aged 46 years at Iyana-Ipaja roundabout.

“The two men vehemently disagreed with each other. However, during the altercation, the said Inspector Olukunle Olonade allegedly shot the LASTMA officer to death.

“Consequently, irate mob, who thought that the shooter was an armed hoodlum because he was in mufti, decended on him and beat him to stupor.

“Although he was later rescued by teams of policemen drafted to the scene, he later gave up the ghost while being rushed to hospital for treatment.

“The serial number of the pistol recovered at the scene was checked in the system and it revealed the bearer as Inspector Olukunle Olonade attached to FSARS Ikeja.

“Corpses of the deceased have been evacuated to the morgue for autopsy.

“The CP Lagos has directed that the late Inspector Olakunle Olonade be tried posthumously in Orderly room and be recommended for dismissal from the Force.”
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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has announced a massive nationwide recruitment into the force for next year.

Concise News reports that the development is coming after President Muhammadu Buhari approved an enhanced salary structure for the force.

According to a statement on its website, the force invites applications from suitably qualified Nigerians for enlistment into the Nigeria Police Force as:

Job Title: Police Constable (Recruits)

Location: Nationwide

General Requirements

 Applicants must have passion for a career in the Nigeria Police Force and must satisfy the following:

i). Nationality: Be a Nigerian citizen by birth and possess National Identity Number (NIN).

ii). Age: Must not be less than 18 years of age or more than 25 years of age.

iii). Education: Must have an O’ Level Certificate at least Five (5) Credits level passes including Mathematics and English Language in not more than two sittings in WASSCE/GCE/NECO/NABTEB.

iv). Character: Must be of good character and must not have been convicted of any criminal offence.

v). Height: Must not be less than 1.67 metres in height for men and 1.64 metres for women.

vi). Chest Measurement: Must not have less than 86cm (34 inches) expanded chest measurement (for men only).

vii). Physical Features: Must not have any one of the following abnormalities or deformities: Speech Impediment, Knock Knees, Bow Legs, Bent Knees, Flat Feet, Deformed Hands which cannot perform the full functions of the hand, Tattoos, Bodily Scar, Defective Eyesight or Squint Eyes, Amputation of any part of the body, Gross Malformation of teeth, Protruding Navel.

viii). Pregnancy: Must not be pregnant at the time of Recruitment.

ix). Financial Status: Must be free from any pecuniary embarrassment.

x). Guarantors’ Form: Must download and fill the Guarantors’ Form, presenting verifiable references from any two (2) of the following: Traditional Rulers, Magistrate, Local Government Chairman, Heads of Educational Institutions attended, Career Civil Servant not below the rank of Grade Level 12, Police Officer not below the rank of CSP, or Military Officer not below the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Possession of a valid National Drivers’ License is an added advantage.


NOTE: All candidates must undergo medical examination before final selection.

Deadline: 10th January, 2019.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should click HERE to apply.

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Activist, Prince Deji Adeyanju

Popular social activist and co-convener of ‘our mumu don do’ crusade, Prince Deji Adeyanju, has been arrested by men of the Nigeria Police Force.

Adeyanju, had arrived the Force Headquarters, where he was organising a peaceful rally in protest of the alleged involvement of the Police in the siege on the Akwa Ibom House of Assembly Complex on Tuesday before he was reportedly picked.

Though no official statement from the Police authority on his arrest, but a source at the rally ground said the Kogi-born activist had been whisked to the FCT command of the Force, where he is expected to be arraigned in court immediately.

Members of the Police Force were alleged to have provided coverage for 5 out of the 25 members of the Akwa Ibom Assembly, on Tuesday, to carry out a botched impeachment exercise against the state Governor, Udom Emmanuel.
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The Independent Corruption Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Wednesday re-arraigned a former Inspector-General of Police, Sunday Ehindero, and a former Commissioner of Police, John Obaniyi, over alleged N16.4 million fraud.

The accused were again arraigned on a 10-count amended charge before an FCT High Court sitting at Apo.

The charge borders on conspiracy, fraud and making false statement.

The former police chiefs, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The prosecutor, Mr O.G. Iwuagwu, told the court that the accused committed the offences from May 2006 to November 2006.

He said that the duo conspired and used their positions to place N500 million in two fixed deposit accounts.

Iwuagwu said that the money was part of N557,995,065.00 donated by the Bayelsa Government to the Nigeria Police for purchase of arms and ammunition.

The prosecutor said that the N500 million placed in fixed deposits yielded an interest of N16, 412, 315.06.
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Police high command have transferred officers of the Counter Terrorism Unit(CTU) from Imo State command who protested over accommodation and ill-treatment by police authorities to Borno state to fight against Boko Haram insurgents.

No fewer than 100 police officers penultimate weekend took to the streets to protest their planned eviction from their new base in Owerri by their commander, Usman Muhammed Taaba without provision for alternative accommodation.

Daily Times reports that the affected officers, were fully armed and masked, marched in their dozens in front of their base on old Orlu Road Secretariat, Owerri, where they barricaded the highway with burning tyres, shooting sporadically into the air and forcing motorists nearby to scamper to safety.

It was gathered that the officers were being forced to relocate from their base to the new Egbeada Market to occupy the shops upstairs with their families while traders use the ground floor even without toilet and bathroom facilities, an arrangement they vehemently rejected.

A week after the demonstration, sources at the CTU confided on reporters in Owerri that about 60 personnel were given punitive transfers to Maiduguri while some others were posted to other states in the North.

“As I’m talking to you now, some of us are already moving with the faith that we would survive the onslaught of Boko Haram. “That is Nigerian system for you. Instead of them to look into the matter for which we protested, they turned round to give us death penalty.

“We’re working under very excruciating conditions and our commander is only interested in the weekly returns we make for him every Monday while he stays in the hotel in Owerri.

“He doesn’t know whether we survive or not. The worst thing is if you tell him that there was no return, he will order for withdrawals to be made from your ATM and he will happily collect it.

“We were only asking that we should not be forcefully ejected from our base without a provision for an alternative arrangement”, One of the affected officers, lamented.

When contacted the state police public relations officer, Orlando Ikeokwu for reactions, he refused to respond to calls and text messages sent to him.

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced that its officials have arrested two officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) for their alleged involvement in the shipment of 1, 250 rounds of live ammunition.

The spokesperson of the NDLEA, Jonah Achema, in a statement on Tuesday, November 27, said the live ammunition was intercepted by the agency’s FCT command during a motorized patrol at the Gwagwalada end of Abuja-Lokoja expressway.

According to the statement, the consignment was sent through a transport company from Lagos to be collected by the policemen.

“The two policemen, Jacob Jalwap, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) attached to police command headquarters, Jos, Plateau state and Nandul Seizing, a corporal attached to Angua Rogo, Jos, were arrested in Jos in a follow-up investigation of the live ammunition accompanied with a way bill containing the phone number and name of Nandul Seizing,” Achema said in the statement.

Achema said the two officers were arrested after they both turned up to claim ownership of the consignment. He said the suspects and the exhibits have been transferred to the police.
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Federal Special Anti Robbery Squads (F-SARS) in Cross River State has rescued a kidnap victim, One Ikechukwu Obi, a business man in Calabar, Cross River State capital.

The victim was kidnapped on November 16, 2018 by a gang of five young men and taken to Ikot Asuquo Edem in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River state.

Speaking with DAILY POST on Tuesday night, the F-SARS Commander, Mr. Victor James Usang, said that the command had intensively raided the area on Saturday, November 17 and Tuesday, November 20, and at about 2245hrs the victim was rescued and reunite with his family.

He said the persons that kidnapped the man were five but one, Ekpo Eyo Ekpo, 30 was arrested at Ikot Asuquo Edem where the victim was taken to. He said the man’s vehicle had also been recovered.

“The victim is a business man, he sells vehicle tyres and his shop is facing MCC by Mobile filling station in Calabar Municipal area of the state.”

Commander Usang also told our correspondent that another kidnapping took place this night (Tuesday) in Calabar South Local Government Area of the state.
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A lorry load of Christmas trees has caught fire on a motorway in Central Germany.
The lorry was on the A7 motorway near the spa town of Bad Hersfeld in the state of Hesse when its load caught fire on Wednesday, the Police said.
The driver was unharmed in the incident as he was able to detach the trailer and reach safety.
A fire engine that happened to be passing the scene of the incident was able to tackle the blaze.
A Police spokesperson said that there was disruption to traffic on the motorway.
It was not known why the fire broke out.
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A businessman, Rashid Huthman, who the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) accused of providing false information to an official of the commission has appeared in an Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos.
The EFCC on Wednesday charged Huthman alongside his company, Complete Leisure Estate Ltd with making false information to a public official.
The EFCC counsel,  Mr Nkereuwem Anana, alleged that the accused committed the offence between June 22, 2016 and Feb. 15, 2017 in Lagos.
“The defendant knowingly provided false information to Mr Dan Azibagiri, an EFCC officer in the course of duty.
“Huthman falsely stated that Alhaji Oyebanji Oreagba, a former Director of Lands in Lagos State and the Director of Salgons Beverage Ventures Ltd forged the signature of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.
“The defendant claimed Oreagba forged Prof. Osinbajo’s signature who was the then Attorney-General of Lagos to deprive him (Huthman) of his land,” Anana said.
The prosecutor said that the offence contravened the provision of Section 96 (a) and (b) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.
Following Huthman’s plea of not guilty, his defence counsel, Mr Lawal Pedro (SAN), prayed the court to grant his client bail on the most liberal terms.
Obliging the request of the defence counsel, Justice Mojisola Dada granted Huthman bail in the sum of N250,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Justice Dada ordered that the defendant should perfect his bail in two weeks else, the bail will be revoked and he will be remanded in prison custody.
The case was adjourned until Dec. 11 at noon for trial.
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The Bayelsa Police Command in south-south region of Nigeria on Wednesday said it has dismissed a Police Sergeant who shot and killed a 20 year-old undergraduate, Tariela Nikadae, on Nov. 23.
Asinim Butswat, Spokesman of the Command, said the sergeant, would in addition be charged with murder in court.
NAN reports that the incident happened during a police raid and detention of residents by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Command.
The detained residents were later screened and freed by the Police following intervention of their relatives.
“The Bayelsa State Police Command regrets the unfortunate incident involving a Police Officer and a resident of Tenacious Road, Edepie, Yenagoa.
“Sergeant Timadi Emmanuel attached to a patrol team of Akenfa Division, while on patrol at Tenacious Road, Edepie, under questionable circumstances shot one Tariela Nikade, male, aged 20.
“The Policeman has been dismissed after preliminary investigations into the incident and he will be prosecuted as soon as investigations are concluded,” Butswat said.
Meanwhile, residents have continued to lament the harassment of members of the public by the police.
Several victims of the arrest told NAN that the policemen did not screen them or listen to their explanations before the arrest and detention.
Mr Prosper Jacobs, who was arrested alongside many others on Thursday night, said that he was assaulted and bruised for pleading that he should be freed.
“The team just packed their van on our street at Ebis Mechanic Road, Amarata. When they wanted to force me into their van, I insisted on knowing what my offence was and they assaulted me and left me afterwards with injuries.
“Many others were then taken away in the van and detained overnight; their relatives have to intervene before they were freed,” Jacobs said.
Another victim, Michael Gibson, a civil servant said that he was arrested when he went to buy recharge cards for his phone in Amarata area of Yenagoa.
“They never cared to listen to any explanations. I told them that I am a teacher and they could verify my claim from my neighbours, but they took me and others and locked us up,” he said.
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South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa

South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the national minimum wage bill.

The development came at a time Nigerian workers are yet to get total commitment to N30,000 from federal and state governments.

Reuters reports that Ramaphosa’s office said on Monday that the signing was part of efforts by the government to tackle wage inequality in Africa’s most industrialized economy.

The National Minimum Wage Act sets South Africa’s minimum wage at 20 rands ($1.45) per hour, equal to 3,500 rands per month (N126,000).

The law will come into force on a date to be determined by Ramaphosa, the presidency said.

Supporters of the minimum wage say it will reduce inequality and stimulate economic growth as workers spend more.

Thousands of union members protested against the proposed minimum wage in April.
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Super Falcons

Nigeria’s Super Falcons have qualified for the final of the Total 2018 CAF African Women Nations Cup final, edging Cameroon 4-2 in penalty shootout.
The game had ended goalless after 120 minutes, leading to the penalty shootout.
Ngozi Ebere scored Nigeria’s winning goal to make the scoreline 4-2.
The Super Falcons with the victory have also qualified for 2019 FIFA World Cup.
The second semi-final is being played by South Africa and Mali. The winner will pick the continent’s second ticket for the World Cup.
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A retired Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) of Police, Mr Waheed Kazeem, has expressed optimism that enhanced pay package for police personnel will spur their performances.
Kazeem told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday that welfare was germane to improved performance.
He said that training and re-training of police officers and men was equally important.
“They are the first contact of the state with the ordinary man.
“At this period of our nationhood, the state requires an unwavering support of the police to maintain its sovereignty.
“Therefore, their welfare should be a priority to deter them from unethical conducts,” the DIG said.
Kazeem, who expressed dismay at the poor state of police barracks across the country, advised police authorities to provide decent accommodations for the personnel.
According to the former DIG, improved living condition will go a long way to boost police performance.
He added that re-positioning of the police in line with global trends was long overdue.
NAN reports that President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday approved Rank Salary Structure Adjustment for the Nigeria Police Force, which implies that salaries, allowances and pensions of policemen will be increased
A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, said that the decision was part of the commitment of Buhari’s administration to give attention to the welfare and operational needs of the police.
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Isiaka Adegboyega Oyetola will be sworn in today as the new governor of Osun state, succeeding Rauf Aregbesola, who has completed an eighth-year tenure.
Oyetola is the fifth civilian governor of the state, created in August 1991. Others before him were Isiaka Adeleke, who ruled between 1992 and 1993, Chief Bisi Akande,(1999-2003), Olagunsoye Oyinlola(2003-2010) and Rauf Aregbesola(2010-2018).
The swearing in ceremony will take place at the Osogbo Township Stadium today, with the former governor retiring to Ilesa, his hometown.
Oyetola, the 64 year-old new governor won the post with the smallest margin ever in Nigeria’s governorship elections, defeating the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, after a rerun with 482 votes.
Adeleke is disputing the verdict at the election tribunal.
The election held on 22 September went into a rerun in some seven polling units. The PDP candidate had led the APC candidate with 353 votes before the rerun.
The difference was wiped out in the rerun, with the Social Democratic Party candidate, Senator Iyiola Omisore, who was the second runner up in the first election, going into alliance with the APC.
The alliance was the game changer as Omisore gave the APC candidate, the votes needed in Ile-Ife to wipe out the PDP candidate’s lead.
Oyetola was born in Iragbiji in Boripe LGA of Osun State on 29 September 1954.
He went to Ifeoluwa Grammar School in Osogbo for his secondary education which he completed in 1972
He was a graduate of University of Lagos and had a B.Sc (Hons) Insurance in 1978 and MBA in Finance in 1990.
He is also an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute, London and Nigeria and a Member of the Nigerian Institute of Management.
He started his Insurance Career with Leadway Assurance Company after his NYSC in Maiduguri in 1980 as an Assistant Manager and rose to the position of Area Manager, Control Office, Lagos.
He worked at Crusader Insurance as Underwriting Manager, Corporate Alliance Insurance as Controller Technical before he left to set up Silvertrust Insurance Brokers in 1990. He was on the Board of many companies.
He was the Executive Vice Chairman of Paragon Group of Companies with interest in Oil and Gas, Real Estate, Stock Broking etc. until his appointment as the Chief of Staff to the Governor of the State of Osun.
He is happily married and has children.
Oyetola will be inheriting a load of economic and financial problems in the state, with the state owing workers salaries and pensions to retirees. However, junior workers were consistently paid.
The new governor is expected to deploy his financial skills to overcome the problems.
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Former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Nasir Isa; President of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi and the Vice President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, at a news conference

The meeting between the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday in Abuja has ended without any agreement.
Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President, while speaking to newsmen after the closed door meeting, said negotiation was ongoing and the meeting continued.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting, which started at 5 p.m. at the Federal Ministry of Education, was to find a lasting solution to the ongoing strike.
The union embarked on the strike three weeks ago over the funding of Nigerian universities and an alleged plan by the Federal Government to increase students’ fees and introduce an education bank.
The union is also demanding the implementation of the Memorandum of Action (MoA) agreement by both parties in 2017.
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A scientist claims he helped create the world’s first genetically-modified babies during laboratory work in China.
The DNA of twin girls was altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life, researcher Dr He Jiankui says.
He said his goal was not to cure or prevent an inherited disease, but to try to bestow a trait that few people naturally have – an ability to resist possible future infection with HIV, the AIDS virus.
However, many mainstream scientists think it is too unsafe to try, and this kind of gene editing is banned in Britain and in the United States because the DNA changes can pass to future generations and risks harming other genes.
The researcher, He Jiankui of Shenzhen, said he altered embryos for seven couples during fertility treatments, with one pregnancy resulting thus far.
The Researcher, Dr He Jiankui 
There is no independent confirmation of Mr He’s claim, and it has not been published in a journal, where it would be vetted by other experts.
He unveiled his research on Monday in Hong Kong to one of the organisers of an international conference on gene editing that is set to begin on Tuesday.
“I feel a strong responsibility that it’s not just to make a first, but also make it an example,” Mr He told the AP.
“Society will decide what to do next” in terms of allowing or forbidding such science, he added.
Some scientists were astounded to hear of the claim and strongly condemned it.
It is “unconscionable … an experiment on human beings that is not morally or ethically defensible”, said Dr Kiran Musunuru, a University of Pennsylvania gene editing expert and editor of a genetics journal.
Editing sperm, eggs or embryos is different – the changes can be inherited. China outlaws human cloning but not specifically gene editing.
Mr He studied at Rice and Stanford universities in the US before returning to his homeland to open a lab at Southern University of Science and Technology of China in Shenzhen, where he also has two genetics companies.
The US scientist who worked with him on this project after Mr He returned to China was physics and bioengineering professor Michael Deem, who was his adviser at Rice in Houston.
The Chinese researcher said he practised editing mice, monkey and human embryos in the lab for several years and has applied for patents on his methods.
He said he chose embryo gene editing for HIV because these infections were a big problem in China. He sought to disable a gene called CCR5 that forms a protein doorway that allows HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, to enter a cell.
All of the men in the project had HIV and all of the women did not, but the gene editing was not aimed at preventing the small risk of transmission, Mr He said.
Instead, the appeal was to offer couples affected by HIV a chance to have a child that might be protected from a similar fate.
He recruited couples through a Beijing-based AIDS advocacy group called Baihualin.
He said the gene editing occurred during IVF, or lab dish fertilisation.
First, sperm was “washed” to separate it from semen, the fluid where HIV can lurk.
A single sperm was placed into a single egg to create an embryo. Then the gene editing tool was used.
When the embryos were three to five days old, a few cells were removed and checked for editing. Couples could choose whether to use edited or unedited embryos for pregnancy attempts. Eleven embryos were used in six attempts before the twin pregnancy was achieved, Mr He said.
Tests suggest that one of the twins, born this month, had both copies of the intended gene altered and the other twin had just one altered, with no evidence of harm to other genes, Mr He said. People with one copy can still get HIV.
Several scientists reviewed materials that Mr He provided to the AP and said tests so far were insufficient to draw conclusions.
“I believe this is going to help the families and their children,” said Mr He. If it causes unwanted side effects or harm, “I would feel the same pain as they do and it’s going to be my own responsibility”, he added.
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President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Edo on Tuesday may have been cancelled as the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Annual Conference, initially billed to hold in Benin City has been shifted to Maiduguri, Borno State.
President Buhari’s aide on New Media, Alhaji Bashir Ahmad, confirmed this development on his tweeter handle on Sunday evening.
He said: “President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to declare the COAS Annual Conference on Nov. 28, 2018 at the Conference Hall CGH in Maiduguri, Borno state.
“The conference was earlier scheduled to take place from 26 -28 November 2018 in Benin, Edo state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that arrangements had been completed by Edo State Government to host President Buhari on Nov. 27 where he was billed to inaugurate the Edo-Azura Power Plant and grace the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Annual Conference.
NAN gathered that the shifting of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Annual Conference from Benin City to Maiduguri might not be unconnected with the killing of Nigerian soldiers at Metele, a remote village bordering Nigeria and Chad.

Metele B/Haram Attack: Soldiers’ Death Toll Rises To 118; Over 150 Missing
NAN learnt that President Buhari would use the opportunity of the COAS conference to address the Nigerian soldiers at the battlefields to further boost their morale.
It would be recalled that President Buhari had on Sunday presided over a meeting of security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as part of the ongoing efforts to engage military and intelligence community towards addressing Boko Haram insurgency.
In a tweet in Abuja on Sunday, the President’s aide on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, said all the service chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, Idris Ibrahim and the Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS), Yusuf Bichi were part of the meeting.
“All the Service Chiefs, I-G of Police and DG of DSS were at the State House this morning. As President Buhari said (Saturday) yesterday, in the coming days, he will be engaging the Military and Intelligence Chiefs in extensive discussions on the next steps we shall be taking,’’ Ahmad said in the tweet.
President Buhari had pledged on Saturday to ensure that the loopholes, which led to the fatalities are blocked once and for all.
On 18 November, the Al Barnawi faction of Boko Haram attack the 157 Task Force Battalion based at Metele in northern part of Borno state, killing scores of Nigerian troops.
The military authorities are yet to give the specific number of casualties.
Buhari in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu in Abuja on Saturday, reiterated his administration’s commitment to the security of military personnel and other citizens.
“No responsible Commander-in-Chief would rest on his oars or fold his hands to allow terrorists to endanger the lives of military personnel and other citizens”, Shehu quoted the president as saying.
“Our loyal forces have proved their strength over the terrorists and we are ready to give them all the needed support, in terms of equipment and manpower, to succeed in ending the renewed threat.
“In the coming days, I am engaging the military and Intelligence Chiefs in extensive discussions on the next steps we shall be taking.”
The President noted that fighting terrorism had taken a global dimension, which necessitated international collaboration among states facing similar security challenges.
He, therefore, reassured Nigerians of his continued commitment to their security and of his efforts to sustain the momentum in the previous significant successes recorded against the terrorists.
The president, however, advised Nigerians against making a political capital out of the national tragedy, saying “members of the armed forces are one family, commonly committed to the security and safety of all Nigerians.’’
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President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his condolences over the passing of former Military Governor of the defunct North Central State, retired Brig.-Gen. Abba Kyari.
President Buhari’s condolence message is contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Sunday evening.
The president also condoled with the government and people of Kaduna, Katsina and Borno states over the demise of the elder statesman.
He said: “We are extremely saddened by the news of Gen. Abba Kyari’s passing away, an officer and a gentleman for whom we have a lot respect.’’
President Buhari prayed to God to accept his soul, and grant fortitude to the family and friends he left behind to bear the loss.
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Vice president Yemi Osinbajo and his wife Dolapo  marked  their 29th wedding anniversary Sunday with a beautiful family photograph posted on Instagram by Dolapo
Dolapo simply wrote: “Two hearts… 29 years… All glory to God!
The Osinbajos, both lawyers are blessed with three children, Kiki, Kanyinsola and Fiyinfoluwa.
They are also committed members of the Redeemed Church of Christ.
Professor Osinbajo is the pastor-in-charge of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Lagos Province 48, and his wife Dolapo Osinbajo, the leader of the Ladies Fellowship of the same church.
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The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris has directed urgent recovery of two AK47 riffles and a Berretta pistol allegedly snatched from a slain police officer and others by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in Nnewi during a protest last week.

The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Jimoh Moshood made this known in Awka on Sunday evening while parading 33 suspected members of IPOB arrested by the Anambra command.



These are the 33 IPOB suspects paraded above

Moshood said the IG has mandated that a thorough search be carried out and the snatched weapons recovered, while the fleeing members of the group should be arrested and prosecuted.

The FPRO said, “On 23rd November, 2018, there was intelligence report that members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) an unlawful Terrorist organization were sighted gathering in their hundreds with dangerous weapons near Teaching Hospital, Owerri Road, Nnewi about to cause disturbance of Public Peace and public safety in the Nnewi and Environs.

“Consequently, Police Patrol teams led by the Area Commander, Nnewi, ACP Nnanna Oji Ama mobilized to the scene to prevent them from causing breakdown of law and order and mayhem, and destruction of lives and property.

Exibits recovered
“The Police Team, while proceeding to the scene came under ambush from the IPOB members, in the process, a Police Inspector was killed, two (2) other Police Officers were seriously injured and one Police Patrol vehicle was set ablaze, and the proscribed IPOB members snatched and carted away two (2) AK47 Rifles and one Beretta Pistol with ammunition.”
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