Day: November 16, 2025

FCT Police debunks assassination attempt rumour on Lt. Ahmed Yerima

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has dismissed viral social media reports alleging an attempted assassination on Lt. Ahmed Yerima, described the claim as entirely false and capable of causing unnecessary public panic. In a statement issued on Sunday, November 16, 2025, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, said the Command has no record or report of any such incident within the FCT. She urged residents to disregard the publication, which she described as misleading and unverified, noting that the spread of false information poses a threat…

Ogbomoso Investment Roadshow rescheduled to March 10, 2026, set to spotlight Africa’s industrial future

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The organisers of the Ogbomoso Investment Roadshow have announced a new date for the highly anticipated Abuja edition, now scheduled to hold on March 10, 2026. In a statement issued by the Convener, Mr. Benjamin Onigbinde, Chief Executive Officer of Sigvent Industrial Cluster Limited, the event previously slated for an earlier date will now take place at the Trade and Convention Centre of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry.   The Roadshow, themed “Kick-Starting Large-Scale Investment in Industrial Clusters Development for Prosperity and Trade Growth in Africa,” will bring…

Insecurity: I cry whenever I hear reports of killings – Akpabio

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has expressed deep concern over the spate of killings in Plateau State and other parts of the country, saying he feel personal pain whenever he received reports of violent attacks. Akpabio spoke on Saturday at the Jos Polo Field during the formal reception of political decampees into the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State. He said it is the responsibility of the government and citizens alike to work toward restoring peace and unity across the country, stressed that no foreign intervention can bring lasting stability…

Aso Rock and Kitoye Ajasa’s lickspittle press By Festus Adedayo

Emporium Reporters

President Bola Tinubu did the unexpected last Wednesday. He attended the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) Conference 2025. It was the very first for any Nigerian president. Quite absurdly, the watchdog, the Nigerian press, willingly moved into the tiger’s buba – the lair – for deliberation on its welfare. Ayinla Ade-Gaitor, the Iganna, Ìwájòwà LGA of Oyo State-born Apala musician of the 1970s/80s fame, equally wondered at this quixotic equation. My compatriots, can a tiger and a dog co-habit in the same lair? – “K’ájá ó dúró, k’ékùn ó dúró,…

Wanted Drug Baron arrested as NDLEA uncovers massive drug shipments, foreign currency in Lagos hideout

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a wanted drug baron, Frank Chijioke Ibemesi, popularly known as Chisco Bee, following weeks of coordinated intelligence gathering and surveillance by a Special Operations Unit. Spokesperson of the Agency, Femi Babafemi, confirmed that the 42-year-old suspect, who doubled as a businessman and hotelier, was apprehended at his Daisy Garden Hotel on Ago Palace Way, Isolo, Lagos, in the early hours of Saturday, 15 November 2025.   According to Babafemi, the suspect later led operatives to a warehouse linked to him on…

PDP elects Kabiru Turaki as National Chairman

Emporium Reporters

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has elected former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, as its new National Chairman. His emergence followed the party’s national convention held on Saturday in Ibadan, Oyo State, where he ran unopposed after other aspirants stepped down. Turaki secured 1,516 votes to seal his victory. Lado Danmarke, the PDP’s 2023 governorship candidate in Katsina State who had earlier withdrawn from the race, nevertheless received 275 votes. Also at the convention, Solarin Sunday Adekunle was elected Deputy National Organising Secretary with 633…

America and the Parable of a Now-Disgraced Country, by Hassan Gimba (2)

Emporium Reporters

The Arbiter “You have to be very careful introducing the truth to the Black man, who has never previously heard the truth about himself.” – Brother Malcolm X   Whenever America wants to invade, it invades. They concoct reasons from the air that make them look like angels out to save humanity. However, by the end of their invasions, after wreaking havoc on stable nations, the world always realises their deceit.   On December 20, 1989, in an operation code-named “Operation Just Cause”, the US invaded Panama to overthrow the…