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By Admin  -  July 25, 2020  Four months after he was shot by officers of the Nigeria Customs Service Oyo/Osun Command, Mr Emiola Tunde is seeking for justice and compensation. aibnetwork.blogspot.com recalls that in March, four people were shot by some customs officers in Ibadan when a crisis broke out between them and commercial motorcyclists Ijokodo-Apete Road in Ibadan. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the four people, who were plying the road at the time the fight happened, were immediately taken to the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan for medical attention.Three of them later lost their lives despite the medical intervention. However, Mr. Emiola the only survivor has called on Nigerians including its political leaders to save him from permanent incapacitation due to the wounds he sustained. Mr Emiola, who said four bullets were removed from his stomach after two surgical operations at UCH, noted that all efforts to get compensation from the customs Oyo/ Osun command led by area

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors on Saturday said it will resume its suspended nationwide strike in three weeks if the Federal Government fails to meet its demands. President of the Association, Aliyu Sokomba, revealed this to journalists in a press conference in Abuja. NARD had, on June 22, suspended its nationwide strike, after a virtual meeting of over 300 of its members. Sokomba, at the time, said the association suspended the strike in order to give the Federal and State Governments time to fulfill its outstanding demands. The association declared an indefinite strike on June 15 over several demands including the provision of adequate PPE for all healthcare workers and immediate reversal of the disengagement of all 26 resident doctors at the University Teaching Hospital in Jos, the Plateau State capital. Others demands were the universal implementation of the Medical Residency Training Act in all Federal and State Hospitals and ensuring pay parity among doctors of an e

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami   The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, on Saturday ordered the suspension of an increase in license fees for courier and logistic services planned by the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST). “Our attention has been drawn to an increase of licence fee, which was not part of the regulation I earlier APPROVED for you,” Pantami said via his verified Twitter profile. “Your Chair and PMG were YESTERDAY contacted to put the implementation on hold and send a report to our ministry by Monday. Best wishes!” The Minister added that “any change of fee” must be approved by him before implementation.   A memo announcing the increase in license fees for courier and logistics services started to circulate on social media on Friday. A number of Nigerians felt the move would cripple small businesses and further deplete economic activity amid a pandemic. One Chiedu Chiadika started a petition on change.org and had

By Ibrahim Agunbiade    July 25, 2020 Wyclef, the police officer who allegedly recorded a viral video where an Ibadan-based woman was harassed and dehumanized has been arrested. The Nigeria Police Force said Wyclef, whose real name is Ope Owoeye, was arrested alongside Corporal Aiyedun Akeem. Before the latest arrests, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Tijani Olatunji and Inspector Gboyega Oyeniyi had earlier been arrested for their involvement in the act which drew the ire of many Nigerians on the social media. The video, which went round on Wednesday, revealed how the policemen made uncouth sexist remarks against the lady said to be a girlfriend of the suspect who was trailed to Ibadan from Lagos. The latest arrest was confirmed in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, on Friday. He said, “The Nigeria Police have arrested the remaining two persons involved in the dehumanising treatment of a female citizen in a viral video making the rounds since Wedne

Gov. Makinde Inaugurates Community Policing Advisory Committee ….tasks traditional rulers for participation Governor  Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Friday, inaugurated a 22-member committee on community policing, saying it was in response to yearnings of citizens for local policing apparatus to check rising security challenges in the state. The committee is State Community Policing Advisory Committee (SCPAC). At the ceremony held at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, Makinde said that raising the committee was aimed at deepening the security architecture in the state to enable insecurity issues to be nipped in the bud. According to him, the committee would help to bolster community policing to check criminal activities and assist the Police and other security agencies to provide and ensure the sustainability of a crime-free society. The governor said: “The last six weeks or so have been very tasking and challenging due to the criminal activities at the Akinyele axis of the state, not

25 th  July, 2020 By Admin  Abuja The Presidency is currently probing the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu. The Nigerian Senate is also currently probing the Niger Delta Development Commission.     Reacting to the probes, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has described the probes as confirmation of the genuineness of the war against corruption embarked upon by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. MURIC made this declaration in a press release issued by its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola on Friday, 24 th  July, 2020.     The Islamic human rights organization said, “Critics and wailers were initially happy that Ibrahim Magu was facing a probe. They were exited when Magu’s security details were withdrawn and he was arrested. They expected a can of worms. They were disappointed. Although the probe is still going on, Magu has been released while his security details have been returned to him.     “Whichever way the cat

By Admin    July 24, 2020  Oyo State has recorded its highest coronavirus pandemic cases. According to the number released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Friday night, the state has the highest cases for the day with 191 while Lagos trailed with 168 cases. With Friday’s cases, AIBNETWORK.BLOGSPOT.COM understands, Oyo now has a total of 2,497 cases.

July 24, BREAKING: Former Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, defects to All Progressives Congress.

By Admin  -  July 24, 2020  A 30-year-old fraudster, Gabriel Adekola Oluokun, was on Thursday July 23, 2020, sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State for defrauding a Taiwanese to the tune of $22,300 (Twenty-Two Thousand, Three Hundred United States Dollars). The convict was prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a six-count amended charge of obtaining money by false pretence for which he was found guilty and convicted. Oluokun’s journey to prison started when the Commission received a petition from one Nduka Lucious in which he alleged that the convict collected the sum of $22,300 from him in three instalments on the agreement that he will supply 100 metric tonnes of sesame seed to one Victoria Xhung, a China-based Taiwanese businesswoman, whom the petitioner represents in Nigeria. While the convict failed  deliver, he converted the sum to his personal use. On co

By Admin   -  July 23, 2020  An Ibadan – based trader, Mr . Kehinde Omotosho , has died in police custody seven days after being arrested for a crime allegedly committed by his son , Kabiru. Nigeria Tribune reports that based on a report lodged in a crime – reporting app , FlagIt App, the deceased was arrested along with another of his sons, Jelili , by policemen last week and detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department , Iyaganku, Ibadan. While in detention , the police allegedly denied him access to relatives until his death on Wednesday. Akin Fadeyi , Director of the Akin Fadeyi Foundation, said Kehinde , who was the breadwinner of his family , left behind an aged mother. Fadeyi said , “ We just received another sad report through FlagIt App. Mr . Kehinde Omotosho , alias Akéde , a trader at Gbagi Market , Ibadan , Oyo State , was in his house on Wednesday . Nigerian police officers from Iyaganku came to his house to effect arrest of his son , Kabiru. He was said to have

By Ibrahim Agunbiade  A map showing Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases as of July 23rd 2020. Channels TV/Benjamin Oluwatoyin.     Oyo State on Thursday reported  eighty – seven  new COVID-19 cases as Nigeria’s infections stood at 38,948.  This is according to a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) which noted that the country had six hundred and four (604) fresh cases of the virus for the day. The data from the NCDC further showed that the latest COVID-19 infections were reported in twenty states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with Lagos State, the country’s epicentre for the disease, having the highest number of infected people – 203. READ ALSO :  US Coronavirus Cases Top Four Million A breakdown of the new cases of the pandemic in the country for the day showed they were distributed as thus: FCT – 79; Edo – 41; Osun  – 35; Ogun – 24; Rivers – 22; Kaduna – 22; Akwa Ibom – 20; and Plateau – 18.Others are: Delta – 9; Ebonyi – 9; Imo – 8; Enugu – 5; and Kano – 5; Cross R