By Ebinum Samuel
The Delta state Commissioner of Police , Olufemi Abaniwonda, today, commissioned a renovated police station in Sapele.
The station said to be one of the oldest police station in defunct Bendel state,
was given facelift by joint efforts of the DPO, officers of the station and other well meaning Nigerians.
Abaniwonda enjoined his officers to be more proactive in nipping in the bud crime and criminality hence they have been provided a conducive atmosphere to operate.
PSC team at the Service of Songs in honour of it’s former Chairman, Dr. Solomon Arase,on Friday, September 26th 2025, at the Holy Trinity Church, Maitama Abuja. Team led by DIG Taiwo Lakanu fdc, Honourable Commissioner representing the Police in the Police Service Commission. Dr. Arase’s remains will be airlifted to Benin, Edo state this morning after lying in State in his Maitama residence.
By Ebinum Samuel
A Lagos based lawyer, Chief Gabriel Giwa Amu, has petitioned the Lagos State Commissioner for Local Government And Community Affairs over an alleged impersonator of Baale title in Agege area of the state.
The petition written on behalf of his client, Dr Serry Adeoye Adebayo, Giwa Amu disclosed that the alleged impersonator, Adeola Ismail Abatan , an ungazetted Baale, on August 18, 2025, led no fewer than 20 thugs to forcibly entered his client land in Agege to wilfuly destroyed survey pillars, blocks, desecration of the burial site of his client late wife.He said that the land which was purchased by his client from Madam Abibatu Adebi Sunmola of Ajegunle Oniwaya, Ifako, Agege, was with the consent of the Yaya Abatan Chieftancy Family of Agege.
The lawyer disclosed that when the remains of his client late wife was buried on a portion or part of the land, there wasn’t any adverse claim or objection by anyone.
Craving the indulgence of the honourable commissioner to as a matter of great urgency cause a detail investigation to be carried by his office , Giwa Amu called on security agents in the state to investigate the activities of Adeola Ismail Abatan and his minions so to prevent breach of peace and breakdown of law and order as enquiries made by his client have revealed that the suspect has started to build illegal structure thereon.
By Ebinum Samuel
Commissions canine complex donated by German Government in Lagos; success of agency’s operation to keep Nigeria safe important to Germany- Consul General
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has said that the donation of a newly built canine facility to NDLEA by the German government will boost ongoing efforts against the menace of illicit drugs in Nigeria.
“May I assure all stakeholders that the provision of this facility will significantly drive our fight against illicit drugs, fulfil our core mandate and secure the future of our nation. The quality of the infrastructure at the new NDLEA Dog facility is indeed commendable. It speaks volumes of the commitment, goodwill, and tenacity of our partners”, Marwa declared in Ikeja Lagos on Friday 26th September 2025 while commissioning a new modern canine complex built and donated to NDLEA by the German government.
He commended the German government for its numerous supports to NDLEA, which he said has translated into an excellent performance by the Canine Unit of the Agency over the years, citing the remarkable seizure of 74.119kg of captagon at the Apapa seaport in Lagos in 2021 as a striking example of such successful operations aided by sniffer dogs.
He however noted that more work is required to sustain the current quantum leap in operational excellence. “This newly commissioned facility will, without doubt, provide a comfortable and dignified environment that will motivate our Canine Unit personnel to discharge their duties effectively and continue to meet both developmental and interdiction mandates.
“The commissioning of this new NDLEA Dog facility marks a significant milestone in the history of the collaboration between the Agency and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany. Everyone who understands the pivotal role of sniffer dogs in drug interdiction will share my sentiment and joy today. These canines play a critical role, using their heightened sense of smell to identify and detect concealed narcotic substances in cargo and shipments at our airports, seaports, land borders, courier service centres, and bus stations”, he stated
While buttressing the importance of canines to NDLEA’s successes, Marwa noted that the sniffer dogs have been instrumental to the seizure of over 17.932 metric tonnes of various illicit substances since their deployment in the Agency.
“In years past, the poor infrastructure of the NDLEA Canine Unit has limited its capacity to effectively address developmental and operational challenges. It is against this backdrop that the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, through the Liaison Office of the German Federal Criminal Police, intervened to sponsor the construction of a modern dog facility for the Agency.”
He commended the German government for always fulfilling its commitments to the Agency in wide-ranging areas covering technical, logistics, and training support. “Most significant is today’s commissioning and handover of the NDLEA Dog facility. The construction of the facility commenced in August 2024 and was completed on schedule”, he added.
He expressed appreciation to the German Consul General Mr. Daniel Krull, the personnel of the Liaison Office of the German Federal Criminal Police and their colleagues in Berlin,Saxony and Sachsen-Anhalt who worked tirelessly to bring the project to fruition.
In his remarks, the Consul General Mr. Daniel Krull said the success of NDLEA’s operation is not only helping to keep Nigeria safe but also of great benefit to Germany. According g to him, “Chairman, I would like to congratulate you for the implementation of this important project, the success and the amazing work of your agency under your leadership. My colleagues briefed me that your agency has been very, very successful, instrumental in fighting crime in Nigeria. And that is, of course, not only important for Nigeria, but it is important for the region. And it goes far beyond. It is also important for us in Germany. So congratulations for the amazing work and I would encourage all members of the NDLEA to keep up the good spirit and continue the amazing work. Secondly, I would like to thank you, Chairman, you and all staff members for the trust you have in your German partners. And that trust, I think, is what is the most important currency in this international cooperation. And we hope that this trust will be so solid that we will have a very fruitful cooperation in the future.”
Speaking in same light, the deputy head of section IZ14 BKA, Berlin, Mr. Florian Bulow said the support for NDLEA is one of the most longest-reaching projects the BKA has done in police capacity building. “And if you have such a long cooperation, it’s like in a marriage, it needs love. But love is not everything. You also need trust. So if you trust, you can work together. You also have to share the same goals and values. And we do that in our fight against drug smuggling and drug abuse. But one of the most important things, you have to work together as a team. And we did that for many, many years. And if you work together as a team and go this long road as a team, you can achieve something. And what we have achieved together is that”, he stated.
A 14 year old girl (name withheld )that was allegedly impregnated by her 43 year old father, Kayode Oluwaseyifunmi in Ibadan has given birth to a baby girl at the University College Hospital, UCH.
The girl was said to have gone into premature labour at the orphanage home that gave her shelter after the case was brought into the open by Radio Nigeria.
She was initially rushed to Molete Health Center, Oyo state owned hospitals, Yemetu Adeoyo and Ring Road hospital but was rejected due to some complications associated with her delivery.
She was later referred to the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan where she eventually gave birth to a baby girl through a Cesarean section, and the newborn was immediately placed on oxygen as the baby was born premature.
The mother too had to be given oxygen to resuscitate her due to the stress of carrying pregnancy at tender age.
When Radio Nigeria contacted the relatives of the Mr. Oluwaseyifunmi and that of his late wife, none could provide financial assistance needed at the hospital, while no family member is available to stay with the teenage mother and the newborn at the intensive care unit.
After much pleading, a care giver was hired by the two families to do the job for just six days which cost twenty one thousand naira.
The young mother, a student of Junior Secondary School 3 at a public school in Oluyole local government area of Oyo state before the incident happened.
The case of the fourteen year old girl came into the open when her sudden disappearance from the school became a tale in the community where she was living with her two younger sisters, age ten and twelve.
In an interview with Radio Nigeria, the girl explained that she had to stop her Basic Education Certificate Examination, BECE, due to the shame of facing her co-students.
The dark chubby girl also said she had been having an illicit affair with her biological father for about two years before she became pregnant.
Meanwhile, the incident was reported to the Ministry of Women Affairs by Radio Nigeria and the perpetrator, Mr. Kayode Oluwaseyifunmi who had been nurturing the three girls for over seven years after the demise of their mother was arrested by the police and detained at Agodi Correctional Center in Ibadan.
The 43 year old man who was also a bricklayer attributed the act to the devil, claiming that he did not know what came over him.
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Mr President may wish to recall an earlier Press Statement dated August 7, 2025, authored by the *Movement for the Emancipation of Kogi State, (MEKSTA),* drawing your kind attention to the precipitate state of anomie in Kogi State. We are constrained, less than two months after our initial alarm, to remind Your Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, and restate that Kogi State is going to the dogs and it is imperative that you act decisively to arrest the drift into full-blown anarchy. Critically, Mr President, Kogi State is a peculiar and sensitive state abutted by nine states and the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). To be sure, the state shares boundaries with: Kwara, Nasarawa, Benue and Niger in the North Central; Ekiti and Ondo in the South West; Edo in the South South; and Anambra and Enugu in the South East. Any combustion whatsoever emanating from Kogi State holds ominous potential for national conflagration.
We wish to begin by drawing Your Excellency’s attention to the contemporary reality of minimum governance in Kogi State today. Whereas Rivers State where you declared a State of Emergency March 18, 2025 to stem possible sociopolitical inflammation with potentially dire socioeconomic consequences was in contest between two political leaders, the situation in Kogi State is more scary. True, Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo is the face of governance in Kogi State. It is common knowledge, however, that very much like his colleague, Siminalayi Fubara in Rivers State, Ododo was wholly and totally installed by his immediate predecessor and consanguinal relative, Yahaya Bello. Very early in the life of his administration, Ododo announced to his constituents in Kogi Central that Bello’s word takes precedence over his on any and every issue.
Your Excellency might have also seen a recent video clip where newly “elected” members of the Kogi State House of Assembly paid homage to Yahaya Bello in his Abuja home and were expressly told by Bello that they’ve merely been invited to “come and chop,” and are total “yes men” under his watch. That is the level of totalitarianism enthroned in Kogi politics since the tragic advent of Yahaya Bello in 2016, the quantum vice grip he exercises on governance in the state. For the records, all the bills passed by the Kogi State House of Assembly since 2016, have been generated from Government House, Lokoja. Mr President may wish to deploy official and intelligence resources at his disposal to double-check on this. This is not the kind of democracy you fought for from deathly trenches under military fascism when General Sani Abacha held Nigeria at its jugular.
A dangerously uncanny dimension to the political harakiri in Kogi State is the recent emergence of a new extension to the Kogi State power dysfunction. Habibat Oyiza Tijani Onumoko, Accountant-General of the state, has become a veritable political “third force,” consummating the gubernatorial tripod of: *Ahmed Ododo; Yahaya Bello and Habitat Onumoko.* All three of them are blood relatives from Ebiraland in Kogi State. Until the twilight of the Yahaya Bello term in office, Onumoko was a *GL 12 officer in Okene council area.* Against extant civil service rules and conventions, she was accelerated through the rungs of Director, Acting Permanent Secretary and substantive Permanent Secretary, and then deployed to the Local Government Service Commission. Weeks after Ododo’s inauguration in 2024, Onumoko was appointed Accountant-General of Kogi State!
Onumoko has been so emboldened in the Kogi State power structure that while Bello and Ododo are almost permanently resident in Abuja the federal capital city, Onumoko is “Governor in-situ” who stays in Lokoja and manages the home front. Commissioners, Advisers, Council Chairmen, legislators, defer to the all-powerful Onumoko who goes by sundry nicknames and aliases. These include *Mama Alert,* *Mama Cash,* in tacit reference to her position as official exchequer of government, and elsewhere as *Capacity Mama,* to underscore her omnibus powers in statecraft. Like we earlier noted, Mr President, Kogi State effectively operates an illegal and ubiquitously novel governorship tripod. While there are suggestions to the effect that her appointment to the Accountant-General position is to help consolidate the proxy hold of Yahaya Bello on the public vault in Kogi State, Onumoko’s recent full blown excursion into on-field partisan politics is the more troubling.
Onumoko has been on a roadshow, visiting local government areas, local government chiefs, traditional rulers, heads of security and intelligence agencies, schoolchildren and common folk, lining the streets in sun and rain to receive her. In recent weeks, she has toured Olamaboro, Dekina, Bassa, Mopamuro, among others. In a widely publicised statement, the *Kogi Indigenous Progressive Union, (KIPU),* slammed what they described as her “reckless, wasteful and preemptive campaign tours.” *KIPU* described the exercise as “needless, extravagant and of no visible benefit to the people.” The statement alluded to the indefensible coercion of the people into singing praises of the establishment, and carpeted Onumoko for overstepping her professional and official schedule. *KIPU* referred to the ongoing aberration as a “gross violation of the Electoral Act, constitutional provisions and global electioneering protocols.”
*MEKSTA* notes that while Kogi State is experiencing this unimaginable charade in the hands of state actors, governance and security have been left to the mongrels. Infrastructural development remains largely tokenist, cost of living unbearably high. It is on record that beginning from the administration of Yahaya Bello in January 2016, no single housing estate has been conceptualised or developed in Kogi State. As Governor of Lagos State between 1999 and 2007, Mr President expanded and improved upon the mass housing and aggressive infrastructural traditions initiated by your predecessors, a template serially advanced by your successors. Absentee governance and leadership has unwittingly exposed the innocent and hapless people of Kogi State, to the murderous, bloodletting mercies of mindless bandits and miscreants who have made Kogi State their killing field in recent days and weeks. Within the space of one week, nearly a dozen policemen and vigilantes were mowed down by ruthless criminals in Kogi West alone for instance, leaving behind a trail of communal trepidation, pervading sorrow, tears unceasing and blood on the land. Kogi State is in the throes of total security breakdown with humongous collateral consequences for the country if urgent and decisive action is not taken, Mr President.
*MEKSTA* recalls that Mr President’s efforts in ensuring the availability of more resources at the level of the subnationals is being rubbished and ridiculed in Kogi State. Whereas monthly allocations to local government areas in the state in recent months have averaged between N450million and N600million, depending on the council area, Chairmen are reportedly ingratiated with stipends of N4million each per month, on the standing instructions of Government House, Lokoja. Mr President, you famously fought for the devolvement of development to every part of Lagos State in your time and courageously established 37 Local Council Development Areas, (LCDAs), to take development to the depths grassroots. If developmental indices in Lagos State today ensure that the state nestles in the bracket of certain African countries, it is partly due to your visionary efforts two decades ago, despite strident opposition from the centre. You will weep today, Mr President, if you see the wholesale disenfranchisement of leadership at the third tier of governance and the orchestrated impoverishment of the mass of the people.
Your Excellency, Mr President, the depth of official insensitivity, the width of financial recklessness, the span of state-enabled lawlessness, the profundity of the crass impunity prevalent in Kogi State today is dangerously unacceptable and unbearable. The people have been the butt of the specie of sustained repression which has foisted a regime of ominous silence on the state. The potential volcanic portents of a spontaneous eruption will reverberate beyond the boundaries of the state. A surface wound is best managed before it degenerates into a festering sore, which could become gangreneous and require painful, disfiguring amputation. *MEKSTA* confirms we have reached this unfortunate crossroads in Kogi State. A desperate situation requires a desperate antidote. The *Jagaban* that you are, Mr President, you have never been shy to take tough decisions, tough measures. Kogi State is ripe for the declaration of emergency rule to stave up imminent holocaust, that the state may use the hiatus for reflection and recalibration.
On behalf of the teeming, deeply concerned, well-meaning people of Kogi State, *MEKSTA* eagerly anticipates Mr President’s early call to rescue our beloved state, please.
*SIGNED:*
1. Hon Obafemi Medaiyese (Yagba Federal Constituency constituency)
2. Comrade Joseph Mebatonije (Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency)
3. Alhaji Yusuf Kpareke (Lokoja/Kotonkarfe Federal Constituency)
4. Mallam Jimoh Ozovehe (Adavi/Okehi Federal Constituency)
5. Dr Nurudeen Adaviriku (Okene/Ogori-Magongo)
6. Alhaji Isiaka Momoh (Ajaokuta Federal Constituency)
7. Chief Ojonimi Adegbe (Idah/Igalamela-Odolu/Ofu/Ibaji Federal Constituency)
8. Pastor Mark Onucheyo (Dekina/Bassa Federal Constituency)
9. Bishop Husseini Saidu (Ankpa/Omala/Olamaboro Federal Constituency)
By Ebinum Samuel
At grand reception in honour of newly promoted Officers.
The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd mni has declared that promotion in the Police Force is not just a recognition of past service, “but also a call to greater responsibility, discipline and sacrifice “. He urged the beneficiaries not to see the promotion as an end, but rather as a new beginning reminding them that the challenges before the Nigeria Police today ” are enormous – from combating violent crimes, insurgency, Cybercrime to managing the complex demands of democratic policing”.
The PSC Chairman said the nation will continue to look up to them to demonstrate leadership, integrity, and professionalism at all times.
DIG Argungu spoke today, Thursday, September 25th, 2025, at the Special commendation session/grand reception organised by the Police Community Relations Committee(PCRC) in honour of newly promoted Senior Police Officers. He was represented by Mr. Ikechukwu Ani, Head, Press and Public Relations of the Commission.
DIG Argungu noted that at the Police Service Commission, “we remain committed to ensuring that promotions are merit-driven, transparent and anchored on due process” adding ” this we believe , is the surest way to inspire confidence, boost morale and reposition the Nigeria Police for optimum performance “.
To the Police Community Relations Committee, (PCRC), the PSC Chairman expressed his sincere thanks for their unrelenting support to the Police Force and the Commission, stressing that their partnership “is a testimony to the fact that security is a shared responsibility. He observed that “we must continue to build bridges of trust and collaboration between the Police and the Communities they serve”.
The PSC Chairman reminded the promotees that to whom much is given, much is expected, “Wear your new ranks with humility, carry out your duties with renewed vigor, and remain worthy Ambassadors of the Nigeria Police Force.
By Ayo Oyoze Baje
Partnership between the Nigeria Soybean Association ( NSA ) and IAR& T
The critical role which partnerships between two organizations, especially those focused on achieving similar goals of boosting both food and nutrition security plays in the country cannot be underestimated. Each of such organizations needs the best of brains to conceptualize the vision, navigate the challenges that evolve and of course, the enabling environment to carry out the processes, projects and programs, to actualize such noble mandates.
Of interest is that recently, the President of the Nigeria Soybean Association, NSA Chief Uwala Ayodele brought to the public sphere the efforts of the agricultural organization with regards to increased production of the crop in the country. According to him one of the primary functions of the NSA is the production of good, high – yielding, pest – resistant soybean varieties to meet the feed requirements in the country. Specifically, the NSA Seed Production in the year 2025 is funded by Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation through bop incorporation and partners (Beyond farming collectives). So far Benue,Kaduna, Niger and Oyo states have cultivated 10 hectres each of one of the improved high yielding soybean varieties TAX 1951-3F. it is expected that the more improved soybean will be available to the soybean farmers in the country. Pushing the strides of the association forward, pragmatic partnerships are being put in place to ensure that it delivers on its mandate.
One of such is between the NSA and the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, IAR&T in Ibadan which incidentally has got a new Executive Director, Prof Gabriel Oluwatosin. Precisely, on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, the Executive Director, IAR&T, Prof. Gabriel Oluwatosin received in his office the President of the Nigerian Soybean Association (NSA), Dr. Uwala Ayodele on behalf of the Association. During the brief meeting, Dr. Uwala seized the moment to formally congratulate him on his appointment and wished him a very successful tenure.
He proceeded to appreciate the Institute for its collaboration on soybean project over the years and its support for the NSA. In addition, he used the medium to appreciate the immeasurable and quality contributions of Prof. Egbetokun (who is also in attendance) to the project team and this, he believed, is a credit to the Institute.
Furthermore, he stated that given Prof. Egbetokun’s remarkable contributions, he has been nominated as the Project Team Leader of the NSA, which will cut across states in the country and by implication,he understood how the new assignment may affect the work schedule of the nominee in the Institute. Hence, he officially sought the Director’s permission to grant Prof. Egbetokun the opportunity to be available whenever he is called upon. The President also reiterated the call for support from the Institute, as it was promised by the previous administration led by Prof. Obatolu.
In his response, the new Executive Director expressed his pleasure of seeing Dr. Ayodele, whom he considered an old time friend and extended gratitude to him for the visitation and well wishes. On the one hand, he congratulated Prof. Egbetokun for his nomination and believed it is a good development for the Association and the Institute at large. On the other hand, he unequivocally granted the request and charged him to deliver to his utmost capability. He added that the Institute has always been a significant collaborator of the Association and stated that something will be done with reference to the call for support.
It is worthy of note that the
Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T) located at Moor Plantation, Ibadan has the
matching mandate to conduct researches into the genetic improvement of maize, kenaf, jute and soybean.So far, it has performed well breeding different varieties of these seeds as hybrids that are early – maturing, disease – resistant with bumper harvests, attracting patronage not only across the African continent but on the global scale.
With the partnership between the NSA and IAR&T many improved varieties which have been developed over the decades with desirable characters such as high yields, pest resistance, with no shattering and logging will be put to better use .That is especially so in states such as Benue, Kaduna, Niger, Bauchi Jigawa, Nasarawa, Oyo Kwara, Ogun, Kogi Taraba, Zamfara, Kebbi and others. These will benefit the over 30 processing oil mills across Nigeria, including the new ones. Good to also that note cottage industries have been processing soybean into many product,s such as cheese, soy milk, soy fortified, bread gari, and noinmoin. At least a trailer load of soy condiments (Dawadawa) leaves Nigeria to Cameroon weekly and.70% of food source eg Maggi cube contains Soybean.
Eventually, the collaborate between the two organizations will yield fruits for the benefit of the consumers, not only for employment generation but for food and nutrition security.But adequate and sustainable funding should be provided along with solid infrastructure, stable power supply and of course security across the states to walk the talk on pragmatic partnership such as this.
By Ebinum Samuel
A police officer serving in Lagos, yesterday, “narrowly escaped death” after being hit on his forehead by a bird suspected to be evil. The bird, however, fell and died almost instantly.
A source revealed that the police officer ( witheld) is attached to one of the investigating sections of Force Criminal Investigation Department, FCID, Alagbon, Ikoyi.
It said that the officer was hit by the bird while returning to his office from another office within the premises of the police command.
A police officer who pleaded anoymity said the bird of the crow species flew from one of the roofs within the complex to hit the officer’s forehead.
“But for the fact that the officer is a born-again christian, maybe he would have died. He’s one of the few honest, upright, an easygoing Cop we have here” said the anonymous police officer.
Meanwhile, the remains of the bird was reportedly set on fire by colleagues of the police officer.
By Ebinum Samuel
The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, PSC, retired DIG Hashimu Argungu, yesterday named the Commission Conference Hall after the immediate past chairman, late Dr. Solomon Ehijiator Arase. This was disclosed in a press release issued and signed by the Commission’s spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani.
According to the statement the final journey for the immediate former Chairman of the Police Service Commission and retired Inspector General of Police, Dr. Solomon Arase, CFR, NPM, fdc, began yesterday Wednesday September, 24th 2025, with a day of tributes held at the Police Resource Centre Jabi Abuja.
It says that tomorrow, Friday, September 26th, 2025, there will be a requiem mass at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama Abuja and lying in State at his Abuja residence in Maitama on Saturday before his remains will be airlifted to Benin Edo State for the continuation of the burial rites.
Speaking at the day of tributes in Abuja yesterday, the Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd mni, represented by the Director, Human Resources Management, Mr Aminu Malumfashi, said his predecessor was not only a Police Officer of repute, a Scholar and a reformer, he was a gentleman of rare courage and intellect.
While a strong delegation from the Commission will be in Edo state for the final burial of the former chairman, the remains will be lowered to mother earth, on Friday, October 3rd 2025 in his Benin city residence.
