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  • BREAKING: Gunmen attack Ifeanyi Ubah’s convoy, policemen, aides killed

    BREAKING: Gunmen attack Ifeanyi Ubah’s convoy, policemen, aides killed

    The Senator, representing Anambra South Senatorial District in the National Assembly (NASS), Senator Ifeanyi Ubah on Sunday escaped an assassination attempt after gunmen attacked and opened fire on his convoy.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the convoy of Senator Ubah was ambushed by heavily armed assassins who opened fire, killing some of his aides, including some police officers.

    It was gathered that Ubah managed to escape in his bulletproof car, even as the car was riddled with bullets.

    A video of the attack showed the lifeless bodies of murdered policemen in about four of the vehicles in the convoy of the federal lawmaker.

    The spokesperson of the Enugu State police command, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the attack but insisted that the casualty figure remained unknown.

    He said: “Yes, there was an attack at Enugwu-Ukwu today, but the casualty figure is not clear. As I speak to you, the CP has personally led a team of men to the scene, and normalcy has been restored.”

    He promised to brief journalists on the findings of the Command.

     

  • US lawmaker Jackie Walorsk, aides die in car crash

    US lawmaker Jackie Walorsk, aides die in car crash

    US Representative Jackie Walorski and two of her staffers were killed in a car crash on Wednesday.

    Walorski, a Republican from Indiana’s 2nd district was 58.

    Their deaths were confirmed by the sheriff’s office in a Facebook post. “A northbound passenger car traveled left of center and collided head on” with Walorski’s vehicle, the sheriff’s office wrote. The driver of that car was also killed.

    “Devastated to hear the horrible news of the passing of Jackie Walorski and her two staffers,” House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., tweeted. “She was a dear friend who loved serving the people of Indiana in Congress.”

    Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was traveling in Asia, ordered the flags at the Capitol to be flown at half-staff in honor of Walorski and her staffers, her spokesman said.

    A lifelong Hoosier, Congresswoman Walorski lived a life of service: whether caring for impoverished children in Romania, representing her community in the Indiana Statehouse or serving nearly a decade in the House,” Pelosi said in a statement. “She passionately brought the voices of her north Indiana constituents to the Congress, and she was admired by colleagues on both sides of the aisle for her personal kindness.”

    The White House said it will fly flags at half-staff on Wednesday and Thursday in memory of Walorski.

    According to the news stations, Ms Walorski’s vehicle was struck head-on by a driver who crossed over into oncoming traffic; the driver of that vehicle died as well.

    The Indiana Republican served on the House Ethics Committee and was considered a potential contender for a future leadership position, having in the past served on the team of Minority Whip Steve Scalise.

    President Joe Biden offered his condolences in a statement Wednesday, saying that he and first lady Jill Biden were “shocked and saddened” when they heard about the car crash.

    “Jill and I are shocked and saddened by the death of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski of Indiana along with two members of her staff in a car accident today in Indiana. Born in her beloved South Bend as the daughter of a meat-cutter and firefighter, she spent a lifetime serving the community that she grew up in – as a journalist, a nonprofit director, a state legislator, and eventually as a Member of Congress for the past nine and half years,” said Mr Biden.

    “We send our deepest condolences to her husband, Dean, to the families of her staff members, Zachery Potts and Emma Thomson, who lost their lives in public service, and to the people of Indiana’s Second District who lost a representative who was one of their own,” added the president.

  • Jonathan speaks after accident, says death of his 2 aides has thrown him into mourning

    Jonathan speaks after accident, says death of his 2 aides has thrown him into mourning

    Former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has expressed deep sadness over the unfortunate tragic death of two police officers attached to him, in a road crash today at the vicinity of the Abuja airport, while on his way out of the airport.

    Jonathan in a statement by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Mr Ikechukwu Eze, described the incident as painful and heart-rending and stated that the sudden death of the two security details has thrown him into deep mourning.

    He noted with sadness that the deceased, Inspectors Ibrahim Abazi and Yakubu Toma, were fine officers who were dedicated to their duties and service to the nation.

    Two other officers sustained injuries in the accident which involved a car conveying the security men.

    They were rushed to a hospital in Abuja where they are responding to treatment.

    The office of the former President has offered condolences to the families of the bereaved and the Police High Command.

    The former Nigerian first citizen prayed God to grant the souls of the departed eternal rest and bless their families and the nation with the fortitude to bear the loss.

     

  • BREAKING: Fmr president Jonathan escapes death in ghastly road crash, loses 2 aides

    BREAKING: Fmr president Jonathan escapes death in ghastly road crash, loses 2 aides

    Former President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan was, on Wednesday evening, involved in a road crash in Abuja, according to sundry media reports.

    Jonathan was however lucky to have escaped death in the crash, which recorded two fatalities.

    The accident, according to a report by Leadership newspaper, claimed the lives of two of his aides.

    Details of how the accident happened had yet to be obtained as of the time of publishing this report.

    But one of his aides was quoted to have said that the former president was fine and back home.

    The accident reportedly happened while Jonathan was on his way from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport to his residence in Abuja.

  • Buhari approves more appointments for Aisha

    Buhari approves more appointments for Aisha

    President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of two more personal aides to the First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari.

    A statement by the President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Saturday in Abuja named the appointees as A’isha Rimi and Dr Zabah Jawa.

    According to Shehu, Rimi, a law graduate of the University of Buckingham in England, is appointed as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Legal Matters, Office of the First Lady.

    He described her as a resourceful administrative executive and a founding partner at Africa Law Practice, a commercial law firm in Nigeria.

    Jawa, a Senior Consultant in Nuclear medicine and European Certified in Nuclear Medicine, is now Personal Physician to the First Lady

    He is a Fellow of the College of Radiologists of Nigeria and Fellow of the South African College of Nuclear Physicians.

  • ‘I thought I will escape this’, Buhari reacts as ministers, aides surprise him with birthday cake in Turkey [Photos]

    ‘I thought I will escape this’, Buhari reacts as ministers, aides surprise him with birthday cake in Turkey [Photos]

    President Muhammadu Buhari cut a birthday cake moulded in national colours to start the day on his 79th birthday, Garba Shehu said.

    After cutting the cake, the President’s spokesman said his principal went straight to chair a planning meeting with officials in his delegation and, thereafter, drove to the Dolmabahce Palace for a meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Tayyip Recep Erdogan.

    In response to the tributes, President Buhari said he would put in his best for Nigeria until the last day when in 2023 he hands over to a successor and returns to his farm to tender crops and livestock.

    President Muhammadu Buhari cuts a birthday cake as he turns 79 on December 17, 2021.

     

    “I thought that being away from Abuja I will escape these things,” he was quoted as saying in a statement on Friday by his spokesman. “The Guards Brigade had written to tell me what they wanted to do on this day. Now here you are doing this far away from home.

    “I look forward to the year 2023 when I finish, to go home to take charge of my farm. Between now and that time, I will do the best that is possible to advance the interest of the nation and its people and carry out my duties as prescribed by the Constitution.”

    As he stepped out of his suite moving to the meeting room, Shehu said the President met a surprise line-up of the Nigerian delegation with a cake decorated in the country’s national colours.

    President Muhammadu Buhari with members of the Nigerian delegation to Turkey pose for a photograph on December 17, 2021.

     

    The group broke into a chorus, as they began chanting “Happy Birthday, Mr President.”

    The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, and the Ambassador of Nigeria to Turkey, Ismail Abba, spoke on behalf of the delegation.

    They congratulated the President on the work he was doing for Nigeria and wished him a happy birthday, many healthy years ahead, and the energy to give his best to the nation.

    Onyeama noted, in particular, that President Buhari has continued to have a good run with his health, getting better and more active with time.

    President Muhammadu Buhari at a meeting with members of the Nigerian delegation to Turkey on December 17, 2021.
  • DSS releases last two Igboho aides after 114 days in custody

    DSS releases last two Igboho aides after 114 days in custody

    The Department of State Services (DSS) has released the last two aides of embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, from its custody.

    Those released include Jamiu Noah Oyetunji and Amudat Habibat Babatunde (Lady K) who were held back in detention earlier in September when their colleagues were released.

    Speaking on the latest development regarding the case, lead counsel to the Igboho’s aides – Pelumi Olajengbesi stated that the matter is still a subject of litigation.

    He added that no further comments regarding the issue will be made for the time being.

    In July, the DSS carried out a midnight raid of Igboho’s Soka house in Ibadan, Oyo State, and arrested 12 of the activist’s allies, whisking them away to Abuja, where they were kept in detention.

    After a brief legal tussle in August, the DSS released 8 of the aides and then another 2 were released in September.

    Those earlier released were Abideen Shittu, Abdullateef Onaolapo, Ayobami Donald, Olakunle Oluwapelumi, Dikeola Ademola, Bamidele Sunday, Raji Kazeem, Taiwo Tajudeen, Tajudeen Rinloye and Uthman Adelabu.

    The DSS had been ordered by Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja on August 4, to release all 12 detained associates of Igboho, however, the secret police kept two in their custody.

  • Igboho’s aides sue DSS, demand N100m compensation

    Igboho’s aides sue DSS, demand N100m compensation

    The 12 associates of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, have instituted a rights enforcement suit against the Department of State Services (DSS) for being paraded on the media as criminals.

    They filed the suit on Wednesday before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court who presided as a vacation judge while the court is on recess.

    In the suit, Igboho’s associates sought a declaration of the court that their detention beyond 48 hours and their media parade without a court conviction constituted a breach of their fundamental rights.

    They also sought an order of perpetual injunction restraining the DSS from interfering with their personal liberty and freedom of expression.

    Similarly, the applicants prayed for an order granting the sum of N100 million for aggravated and exemplary damages against the security outfit for what they termed a serial breach of their constitutional rights.

    But the DSS lawyer, Idowu Awo, told Justice Egwuatu during the proceedings that his case file was stolen from a member of the legal team who was meant to bring it to the court.

    According to him, his colleague in question boarded a vehicle on Tuesday belonging to criminal elements, known as ‘one chance’, to whom she lost her personal belongings and the case file.

    With the annual recess of the court ending soon, Justice Egwuatu ruled that the file of the fundamental rights suit be returned to the registry for reassignment to the regular court.

  • BREAKING: DSS releases eight of Igboho’s aides, four still detained

    BREAKING: DSS releases eight of Igboho’s aides, four still detained

    The Department of State Security Services has released 8 of activist, Sunday Igboho’s aides after detaining them for 61 days.

    According to reports, the aides were released to their lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi on Monday.

    However, Four of them were not released as the DSS claimed that they played a big role in stockpiling arms and participated in other alleged criminal activities of Igboho.

    Olajengbesi, who addressed the press shortly after their release disclosed that the security agency must release the other 4 that are still in detention because they had been granted bail by the court.

    He also thundered that the DSS must account for the two associates of Igboho killed during the bloody raid of July 1, 2021. It can be recalled that DSS operatives stormed Igboho’s soka, Ibadan residence killing two people and recovering several arms and ammunition.

    Igboho was declared wanted shortly after by the agency. Unfortunately, the activist was arrested in benin Republic alongside his wife as he attempted to flee to Germany.

    However, on August 4th Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja granted bail to the 12 detained aides of the separatist leader. This order was not complied with until today.

  • Court says judge available to release Igboho’s aides

    Court says judge available to release Igboho’s aides

    The Federal High Court, Abuja, says there is a judge on ground to sign the warrant of release of Sunday Igboho’s aides who were admitted to bail recently by the court.

    Chief Registrar of the court, Mr Emmanuel Gakko, gave the clarification in a statement on Wednesday.

    Gakko said that Justice Obiora Egwuatu, who admitted the 12 detaineess to bail early in August did not disappear as reported by some media publications.

    The chief registrar said that contrary to the claim by the media, Justice Egwuatu did not disappear but rather traveled on a national assignment outside the country.

    He stated that although the court is on vacation, there are judges on ground, including Justice Ahmed Mohammed, the other vacation judge.

    He said that the lawyer to the detainees ought to have met with the registrar of the court, who would have told him what to do.

    He stressed that there was no reason why a judge, after granting bail to a defendant, would disappear and not be available to endorse it.

    He enjoined the media never to hesitate to approach the court to seek clarification on issues concerning the court.

    The 12 detained aides were arrested on July 1, following a raid on the residence of Igboho, leader of the Yoruba Nation agitators, in Ibadan and were detained at the facility of the Department of State Service (DSS).

    They were, however, admitted to bail by the court following the granting of an application for the enforcement of their fundamental rights.

    Eight of the detainees were granted bail in the sum of N5 million each with two sureties in like sum, while the remaining four were admitted to bail in the sum of N10 million each with two sureties in like sum.

    Their counsel, Mr Pelumi Olajengbesi, however, claimed that after the perfection of their bail conditions, they had gone to the court for endorsement of the release warrant but were told that the judge had traveled out of the country.