The Editorials

Oredola Adeola  The Presidency has declared that there is no rift between President Muhammadu Buhari and his strong ally, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This was contained in a statement released on Wednesday by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President. According to the statement, the President and the Asiwaju have a very strong commitment to the All Progressives Congress, APC towards bringing CHANGE and this is a commitment they have made to the Nigerian people. It stated that the reports of a rift between the two leaders of our party are false; the handiwork of some media mischief makers. Statement said, " is quite unfortunate that certain sections of the media feed on birthing controversies, providing a nexus for naysayers who work behind the scenes planting such stories which are absolutely false. "This administration is aware of pessimists and cynics who willfully spread misinformation to create doubts in the minds of the people about the relationship between i...

Oredola Adeola|  ....as officers killed by #EndSARS rioters gets posthumous promotion  As part of  efforts at boosting the morale of personnel and repositioning the Force for greater efficiency, the aInspector-General of Police, IGP, on Monday 23rd November, 2020 approved the promotion of Eighty-Two Thousand, Seven Hundred and Seventy Nine (82,779) Junior Police Officers to their next ranks.  This was contained in statement obtained by The Editorial  through  DCP Frank MBA,  Force Public Relations Officer.  The promotion of the officers comprise of 56,779 Sergeants to Inspector, 17,569 Corporal to Sergeants and 8,431 Constables to Corporal. Those promoted also include 86 junior officers negatively impacted by the ENDSARS riots – 16 got special posthumous promotion while 70 others injured during the violence arising from the ENDSARS protests were equally specially promoted. The IGP, while congratulating the officers, charged them to see their promo...

A canteen owner, Mrs Gloria Edet a.k.a.Madam Honey Food, who cooks with "Mortuary Water" to attract customers in Akwa Ibom State, has been arrested by the Police.  The owner of the restaurant located in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State was arrested for selling to the public food prepared with water used in bathing corpses. She was arrested on Wednesday after she was exposed by a mortuary attendant who claimed she was owing him money for three months. The morgue attendant further claimed that Edet visits him daily to buy the water he used in bathing corpses. On interrogation,Edet confessed that she uses the water she buys from the mortuary to make the charms she uses in preparing the food she sells to attract more customers and make more money. She said because of the charms anyone that goes into her restaurant to eat will automatically be addicted to eating her food. The woman is reportedly at the police headquarters,Ikot Akpanabia, Uyo.

A Lagos State High Court has sentenced popular prophet and Shepherd-in-charge of Celestial Church of Christ Global Genesis Parish, Israel Oladele Ogundipe aka Israel Genesis, to two years imprisonment for defrauding a United Kingdom-based woman, Mrs Olaide Williams-Oni. Ogundipe, who has been on trial since 2011, was charged with seven counts of obtaining by stealing, inducing delivery of money by false pretences, unlawful conversion of property and forgery. In her testimony, Williams-Oni had told the court that she met the prophet in 2002 during her visit to Nigeria when she was taken to his church for prayers by her step-sister. Justice Akinlade, in a judgment that lasted for about four hours, sentenced the defendant, Prophet Oladele, to a year imprisonment on count two and four. The presiding judge, Justice Olabisi Akinlade found the clergyman guilty of two of the seven charges brought against him and dismissed the remaining five over lack of evidence. Akinlade ordered that he shoul...

GOVERNOR of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has challenged Zamfara State Government's control and management of gold deposits in the state, adding that no law of the country permits such.  According to Governor Okowa,  the governors of South-South region will soon take up the matter with the Federal Government. Speaking at his 2020 quarterly media interaction in Asaba, the state capital, the Delta State Governor disclosed that what Zamfara state government was doing was clearly an illegality, warning that if the matter was not properly addressed, South -South governors would have no option than to assume control of oil and gas in their states. The governor, who asserted that South-South governors believe in restructuring and resource control, hinted that governors of the oil- rich region, ministers, lawmakers and other stakeholders would meet, Friday, at Port-Harcourt, Rivers state, to deliberate and take position on the matter and other issues. “South-South governors be...

Barrister (Mrs) Olapeju Akin-Ajayi,Council Manager of Agbado Oke-Odo LCDA passed on at the early hours of the day.  This happened four months after the unfortunate demise of the Executive Chairman, Dr. Augustine Arogundade and the Secretary to the Local Government (SLG), Alhaja Tawakalitu Abiodun Ayilara who both died at different  occasions after a brief illness. The news of the death was announced by the Council's Public Affairs Unit. The Statement said, "Our council manager Barrister Mrs Olapeju Akin - Ajayi passed on today 24/10/2020 after a brief illness .. 

Oredola Adeola | The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwoolu has challenged  the Nigerian Youth to provide two representatives to join the judicial panel and  investigative panels which will soon be constituted to probe the shooting of protesters at the Lekki Tollgate, promising that all proceedings will be transparent. He made this call on Thursday, while apologizing to the families for the unfortunate loss of lives and properties during and after the protest.  According to him, the Government mourn the lives that were sadly lost across the state. To the families that we could have better protected, I sincerely apologise. He also mourned the police and law enforcement that lost members, noting that every life is important to the government. He said,  "We do not take anyone for granted. I had earlier spoke on the efforts we’re making to return normalcy to our state. I mentioned my call to the President after which the Chief of Defence Staff called to assure us on hel...