Raliyat's Blog

 Today January 28 is a Singer Adekunle Gold  birthday and his wife and colleagues in the industry, Simi seize the opportunity to declear her love for him. Posting via Instagram page,  Wrote; My baby were growing old together and it is exactly what is would hope it will be. May you never lose your wonder, your big belly laugh, your dream, your joy, your love, your peace, your grace, your smile, may the world be good for you, may God stey blessed you, May wisdom abide you. I love you so much happy birthday to my lover. By Rashidat Mustapha from Abuja.

 Former President of Ghana, Jerry Rawlings has been laid to rest. Rawlings was buried with full military honour on Wednesday January 27 after a state funeral was attended by Ghanian President, Nana Akufo Ado and representative of the world leaders. Late died November 2020, he was 73 years old, he held power twice in Ghana, first as a military ruler and later elected President. By Rashidat Mustapha from Abuja.

  Kano state police command has arrested 18 illicit drugs dealers for    supplying intoxicant to notorious thugs also known as Yan Daba. Spoke man of the state police command DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who confirm this in the 1statement on Wednesday January 27 said large quantities of drugs were recovered from the suspect. "Based on the information received from the thugs (Yan Daba) 18 illicit drugs were arrested and large illicit drugs were recovered from them All the suspect will be charged to court after the completion of investigation. By Rashidat Mustapha from Abuja.

  Federal civil servants on grade level 12 and below have been directed to work from home following the increase case of coronavirus recorded in country. In the circular dated January 26 and address to the Chief of staff to the President Muhammadu Buhari, Clark of the national Assembly and permanent Secretaries, the head of the civil servants Folasade Yemi Esan said the decision was taken to curbs the spread of coronavirus. Read; "Further to the circular No. HCSF/3065/vol 1 /47 dated 22nd December 2020, on the above subject and following the advise of presidential task force PTF on Coronavirus all officer on GL 12 and below are to continue working from home till end of February 2021. It is important to emphasised the need to ensure strictly compliance with the existing guidelines on the prevention of the spread of coronavirus. Permanent Secretary and Chief executive officer are enjoined to bring the contents of this circular to the attention of all concerned and compliance. "

  No fewer than 13 persons have died in a terrible car incident that occurred in Ogodumu, along Otukpo Adoka Banue state. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon January 26. The accident was reportedly caused by articulated truck that lost control and rammed into a fully loaded bus going to Abuja. Among the decease were mother of three kids between the age of 3,5 and 7 who were traveling in the bus. At least nine others people also died in the crash and only a few passenger survived the tragic accident. By Rashidat Mustapha from Abuja.

  President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked Chief service and has appointed new officer to take over the office. A tweet by a special adviser to the President on media and publicity, Femi Adesina announce the dismissal. Read; "PMB appointed new service Chief Maj Gen LEO irabor CDS, Maj Gen I Attahiru, Army, Rear ADM AZ Gambo Navy AVM IO Amao air force, Be congratulate outgoing service Chief effort to bring enduring peace to the country." Major General Leo Irabor assume office as the Chief of defence staff, Major General I. Attahiru is now the Chief of army staff, Rear Admiral AZ Gambo assume office as the new Chief of Nava Staff while Air vice Marshall I.O Amao is now the Chief of air staff. By Rashidat Mustapha from Abuja.

 Suspected cultists has killed a bricklayer simply identified as Uruese alias iron monkey in orerokpe headquarter of okpe council area of Delta state. It was gathered that the incident happened on Friday night January 22 along a street opposite the council secretarial while the decease was sleeping with his wife. According to the report, the assailants tore the window of the decease and shot him on his bed. Spoke man of Ogun state police command, Onome Onovwakpoyeya who confirm the killing on Tuesday morning, said that investigation is on going. "Uruese wife was saying that previously she notice mark of canning on her husband and all of those things that she asked he does not give a satisfactory respond. By Rashidat Mustapha from Abuja.

 The national examination council NECO has announced the new date for the 2020 SSCE external examination. The exam body said the examination which were scheduled to commerce February 1 and end March 3 will now start February 8 and end March 10. NECO spoke man, Azeez Sanni made this known via a statement released on Tuesday January 26, it was further learnt that special arrangements has been made for candidates who missed some paper due to the #EndSars protests in certain state to take those exam with the external candidates. Read; Following the request of candidates to be given more time to complete their registration for the 2020 SSCE EXTERNAL examination council has now give a date for the examination. The council hereby informed those candidates who missed some paper during the SSCE 2020 internal due to the #endsars protests in some state, to take note of this new date and report to the examination accordingly at their various examination center.   By Rashidat Mustapha from Abuja.

  The Inspector general of police, Adamu Muhammad has explained why the Nigeria police is acclaimed to be the best in the world. Appearing on the channel television on Monday January 25, Adamu Muhammad said the police in Nigeria do a lot to keep the peace even though it is underfunded. He also disclose that when Nigerians officers are taken out of the country to an international environment were the logistics of effective policing are available, they perform wonderfully well. Adamu said; "When you have police as an organization that is supposed to fight crime and to mentioned law and order, the personel of that organization must be properly trained, must be properly equipped, must be given a necessary tools required for them to perform the function for their recruited. It is only in Nigeria that you have police officer that don't have the required logistics but the struggle and make the society peaceful."   By Rashidat Mustapha from Abuja.

 Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, Femi Falana has alleged that the federal government is portraying him self as a defender herder in the country. Featuring on television continental TVC program the platform, the lawyer started that the forestry reserve law compulsory registration for those who went to carry out operations in the state. Falana said; there is nothing whether you are talking of Banue or Ekiti state or whatever, the federal government have come in to the defend herder at the same time the federal government does not defend the poor, The beggers, destitute and other who are forcefully arrested deported to their state origin. The human activists who further started that Governor Rotimi direct the headmen the leave the forest reserve in Ondo state should not be generated controversy. Falana Added; That shouldn't attract any controversy what one should expect Miyetti  Allah group in Ondo state is to ensure all their members are registered no more no less. By Rashidat Mustap

Nollywood actor.  Nollywood actor, Dan Nkoloagu is dead. He passed on Friday January 22 2021, his son Dan Nkoloagu Jr announced on Facebook. Sharing the photos of the veteran actor on hospital bed, the bereaved son wrote,  IT WAS A BLACK FRIDAY FOR US YESTERDAY as my dad left us with out saying good bye. May his soul rest in peace. By Rashidat Mustapha from Abuja.

 Salihu Dovo Chairman of Ardo Kola local government area of Taraba state has been killed by gunmen who kidnapped him early Sunday morning. It was learnt that the gunmen stormed Mr Dovo's residence in Sabin gari at about 1:00 am at thereafter abducted and killed him. An eye witness told premium time that the suspected assassins called an official of the local government to announced that they have murdered Mr Dovo and also mentioned were to recovered his corpse. The source said; "They called an official of the cancil to inform him of the killing,  telling them to go a search for the corpse in the bush. Members of the community went into the bush and started looking for his body and it was found not long ago, the body is been taken to town now ."  The police spokesman in the state David Misal confirmed the incidents and also revealed that a suspect is been arrested. Misal said; "As I am talking to you now his corpse is deposited in the hospital,  the command detective

 Operative of Ogun state police command have arrested three men who beat a 23 years to death over alleged phone thefts. According to the spoke man of the state police command DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi  the three men identify as Ugo Obi, chinonso Jude and chibuke Samson, all of the MTN Street iju ota were arrested following the report of Ajibade Gbenga who reported at unipanu divisional headquarters that his son Samuel Ajibade was alleged to have stolen two hand set by the suspect consequent upon the three suspect jointly beat him to the state of comma. Oyeyemi said Ajibade informed the police that the decease was rush to general hospital ota for medical attention but was confirm dead on arrival, by the doctor on duty. "Upon the report the DPO Unipanu division CSP Bamidele job let his detective scene were the three suspect were quickly arrested.  It was quite response of the police that save the suspect from been lyinched by angry mob who have gathered to apply jungles justice on them i

 The Chief of air staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has said that the attack of boko haram terrorist in the northeast and bandit in the northeast and north central zone in the country have been largely curtailed. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of officer of basic Regiment course and other specific Regiment course training center in Kaduna on Saturday January 23, Abubakar said the feat was achieved through constant push back by the air and grand troops of service and other security forces, and constant deployment of well trained personnel and equipment to theatre of operations in various military operations. The Chief of the air staff who started that the Nigeria air force under his leadership has relentlessly pursued the improvement of force protection capacities amidst the increasing complex nature of contemporary threat, added that this has necessitated the drive to massive recruitment and training of regiment to complement of Nigeria air force operations across various theatr

 Nigerian Rapper, Erigga, and his partner have welcome a baby boy. The proud dad shared the good news on his Instagram page. Posting the video of the baby boy, He wrote; "God you are two much best gift from God and my wife @fabsnikki... Una two much, una shock me."     By Rashidat Mustapha from Abuja.

 The national Assembly resumption which was scheduled for January 26 has been postpone till February 9. The postponement was conveyed in the statement released by the clerk to the national Assembly, Ojo Olatunde Amos. Amos said the postponement is to enable members of all progressive congress APC party to participate registration and revalidation of it membership scheduled to commence on January 25. Statement; "This is to inform all distinguish Senators and honourable members of national Assembly that the resumption of plenary sessions earlier scheduled for Tuesday 26 January 2021 is here by scheduled February Tuesday 9 2021." By Rashidat Mustapha from Abuja.  

 Nine soldiers are reportedly been killed by boko haram insurgency during rescue operations along mararaba udege road in nasarawa state linking Otukpo oweto in Banue. The nation report that the slain soldiers who were led to the Forest by an officer Felix Kura an indigene of Banue State, Were Iliya Kefas , Bati Yakubu and other young officer whose name can not be identified immediately. It was learnt that the soldiers from 177 Guards Battalion, shitu Barrack in Kefi, Nasarawa state were on mission to dislodge to boko haram insurgency from the forest who kidnapped many indigene of the state and held them in captive. They killed 5 boko hara before they were overpowered by the terrorist whose weapons are more sophisticated. A source in the Barack says; "As soon as they ran into the Bush and they realized they were over powered Kura was said to have told his colleagues including his cover escape. The authority of 177 guards battalion have informed the family of the slain soldiers of t

Tipper.  An unidentified motorcyclist was crushed to death in a fatal accident that occurred in Umuazu Nteje in Anambara state on Friday 22 January, A statement released by the public education officer for Anambara state sector of FRSC Edor Florence N , SRC Said that the accident happened between Udoka Nwoya, the driver of Mercedes Benz Tipper with registration number XA 156 EFR and unidentified motorcyclist with out registration number at about 11.10am. Edor Identified excessive speeding as the case of the traffic crash that involved two male adults. She said the motorcyclist was taken to chira hospital Awkuzu were he was confirmed death by the doctor on the duty and his body deposited at wisdom mortuary Nteje. By Rashidat Mustapha from Abuja.

  Nasarawa state Governor ABDULAHI SULE has said that members of dreaded sect 'Boko haram' are regrouping in the state and carrying out act of violence. The Governor started this when spoke with statehouse correspondence after a close door meeting with President Buhari at the state House in Abuja today January 22, according to the Governor, members of the sect who were dislodged from location along the Abuja, nasarawa borders last year has regrouped along the nasarawa, Benue borders wrecking New form of Havocs. He said some of the boko Haram element active in his state belong to the darussalam group that had been dislodge from Niger, adding that upon the joint security operations a lot of them were killed while 900 were arrested, he said that those arrested confirmed they membership of boko haram insurgency group. He also said he is confident that a decisive action will be taken to curtail the security challenge his state following his meeting with President Buhari. By Rashidat

Ex-IGP.  Former inspector general of police IGP Gambo Jimeta is dead. Jimeta who served as IGP between 1986 and 1990 also served as national security adviser NSA for a former Head of state, Ibrahim Babangida and also the representative of adamawa state to the national conference hold in 2014. Presidential spoke person Garba Shehu who confirmed the death of the former IGP describe him as 'The great son of Nigeria who lived for the nation and served with all his strength' He wrote; "President Buhari express sadness over the death of Muhammadu Gambo Jimeta a one time Spector general of police whose transition was announced Thursday evening. Conveying the condolences of his family and the government and the Nigeria people , President describe the cracks police as a man of great courage, intelligence police, adding that Nigeria lost as great son." May Allah bless his soul. By Rashidat Mustapha from Abuja.