The sacked Chairman of the PMS in Oyo State, Mukaila Lamidi, has said the police cannot declare him wanted, that Seyi Makinde, Governor of Oyo State, is his destiny helper.
Recall that Eons Intelligence earlier reported that Lamidi Auxiliary was declared wanted by the police for alleged gunrunning.
Auxiliary further stated that he is committed to peace, he said he would abide by whatever decision the Governor takes on transport unions.
The Oyo State Police Command, on Friday, declared the Chairman of the disbanded Park Manager System, Mukaila Lamidi, aka Auxiliary, wanted over attempted murder, causing grievous harm, arms dealing, murder, armed robbery and kidnapping at Oke-Ogun and Ibarapa areas of the state.
The state police command raided his hideout in Ibadan, the state capital, on Tuesday, where guns and other weapons were recovered while 78 suspected hoodlums were also arrested.
The police said more sophisticated arms and ammunition were recovered at his hideout.
Briefing newsmen at the command’s headquarters, Eleyele, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, said, “The general public, particularly good citizens of the state, is hereby notified that Lamidi Mukaila, aka Auxiliary, whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the Nigeria Police Force, the state command.”
Osifeso stated that a suspected drug peddler alleged to be working for the embattled chairman was also caught in possession of hemp and hard drugs worth millions of naira
“Sequel to the strategic intelligence coordinated raid on Diamond Hotel, Alakia-Isebo, Ibadan, being the criminal hideout of the sacked PMS chieftain, Auxiliary, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, which led to the arrest of 78 hoodlums and recovery of a large cache of sophisticated firearms and ammunition, further discreet intelligence gathering revealed that some other sophisticated firearms, ammunition and weapons were still concealed in the hideout.
Acting on the strength of the intelligence, on May 31, 2023, a team of police operatives attached to the command monitoring unit executed a search warrant around the premises of the above-mentioned hotel and in the process, the following items were recovered: 70 rounds of AK-47 ammunition, 400 pieces of live cartridges out of which 62 had been expended, 13 pieces of 9-MM ammunition, two SMG rifles with two magazines and one pump-action rifle.
Others are nine locally-made pistols, two locally-made English pistols with magazines, nine jack knives, three axes, 400 pieces of long cutlasses, one hammer, one walkie-talkie device, one army camouflage jacket, one bulletproof with the inscription, ‘Kiriji Heritage Defence’, three long swords, three passports and a huge cache of criminal charms. The list also includes three picture portraits and one traditional crown,” he added.
An actress, Angela Eguavoen, has said she cannot marry a man who is tied to the apron strings of his mother.
In an interview with Saturday Beats, she said, “I cannot marry a mummy’s boy. He has to be a man of himself. Of course, I want a man that has someone in his family that he respects and listens to. He has to be someone who keeps to his words, and cannot be easily swayed.”
Eguavoen added that she would not allow any relatives in her home. “No family member will live with me and my husband unless she (mother-in-law) is sick and is in need of attention. I am a busy woman and not the type that would sit at home to take care of anybody. I am of the opinion that in-laws living permanently with a newly-wed couple is not good,” she said.
Commenting on actresses who complain about fake friendships in the industry, she said, “I don’t know about them. I do not keep many friends. I have just a few of them and they have all been true to me. I believe friendship should not be a one-sided thing. If we (friends) are benefiting from each other, the person won’t think I am using them.
“But, one way or the other, one person will outdo the other at some point. However, that one person is doing better than the other does not mean they cannot do better later.”
The Federal Capital Territory Administration demolished the UTC Shopping Complex on Saturday, located at Area 10, in the Garki area of Abuja.
Shopowners said the Joint Task Force of the FCTA stormed the area in the early hours of Saturday, barring them from evacuating valuable items from their shops before the demolition began.
According to them, they hadn’t received any notice of the demolition, although they had been instructed to move to the other complex provided, which, they argued, had not been completed and could not contain the over 480 shops in the now demolished complex.
While the majority say they received no notice of the impending demolition, one John Sunday admits the FCTA had sent a notice earlier in the year but says the shop owners had relaxed since the matter of the ordered move was still being contested in court.
Yes, we were given notice earlier this year that they were coming. But the whole matter is still in court, according to what our leaders in the complex told us. So we just had hopes that it was a fifty-fifty situation; we didn’t think it would happen this way. So perhaps the case had been settled in court without us knowing”.
Another shop owner, Yusuf Adebayo, insisted they were not notified at all, adding that “I’m not aware of that”.
He further said that the new shops provided had not been fitted with amenities such as electricity, despite the fact that about 300 shop owners had already paid about N250,000 each for the shops.
They asked us to relocate to the other side, and that place they are trying to take us to, they have not done anything. No lights, no proper arrangements for people to move in there. People have already paid. They said they should pay. I think they are paying about N250,000 for each shop. And about 300 shop owners have paid already, and nothing has been done properly,”he said.
Meanwhile, a salesgirl, who declined to be named in this report, alleged that security agents who accompanied the demolition team shot tear gas into the air to disperse the protesting shop owners and arrested another man.
“We came here this morning; they blocked everywhere; they did not allow us to enter. So there was even a man who was trying to speak up that they should allow us to carry our things, but they arrested him, and even the person that went to plead for him was arrested.
“They were spraying tear gas, they beat him up as if he were a child. Even me too, I ran there to go and carry some things; they sprayed tear gas inside that place; they wanted to kill people with tear gas, that policeman was even threatening to shoot us”.
Efforts to reach the FCTA Director of Monitoring, Inspection and Evaluation, Attah Ikharo, to comment on the issue have however proved abortive, as he did not respond to phone calls by our correspondent, as of the time of filing this report.
Manchester City vs Manchester United…..
City are desperate to scratch their Champions League itch and lay their hands on a first European Cup but Ruben Dias says it is imperative they put Inter Milan firmly to one side and focus solely on overcoming United.
“We’ve not done anything yet,” the City defender said. “We definitely know what we’re going for and we really want it. But we know if we start to think too far ahead then it will kill us. Our heads are on training. Little by little, we think. Just think and do it.
“Having a bit of tension in these games is what makes you run more, makes you make a bigger effort and reach your best level. It’s good that all of us know how to manage it well.”
Asked which is the bigger game, Dias said: “The next one and the next one is United. Our best chance of beating United is just by being Manchester City. It’ll be a tight game. A final is a final, it’ll always be tight – whatever the odds.
“It’s a special competition for all of us and a special competition for the country. We want to win it very much. We’ll celebrate it if we do [win it] and then we’ll think about what is coming because we are still not finished.”
When is the FA Cup final?
The FA Cup final will take place on Saturday, June 3 2023.
Where is the FA Cup final?
The final is due to be staged at Wembley Stadium in London.
What time does the FA Cup final kick-off?
The FA Cup final is back to its traditional 3pm kick-off for the first time in more than a decade, after police deemed it a “high-risk” fixture.
Although security and logistical advice is understood to be the main factor driving decisions for the first Manchester derby final, an earlier kick-off will also please fans of both clubs who are making the 170-mile journey.
The last 3pm FA Cup final kick-off was in 2011 but concerns have been raised at the higher risk of disorder associated with later start times.
The final is in June rather than the usual mid-May date after club football was pushed back this season to accommodate a winter World Cup.
This means a date clash with the Epsom Derby, which is also being screened by ITV and is now set to start at 1.30, before the FA Cup final.
Nigerian female singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems has finally received the plaque for her Grammy award win.
Tems won the award for Best Melodica Rap Performance at the 65th Grammys on February 6, 2023 for her contribution to Future’s ‘Wait For U’ which also featured Drake.
The singer’s manager, Muyiwa Awoniyi broke news of the plaque’s arrival on social media on Friday night.
Being the first female Nigerian artiste to win a Grammy, the curvy singer is also the first female Nigerian singer to be nominated for a Grammy award.
She was nominated in the Best Global Performance category last year for her hit song with Wizkid ‘Essence’ but lost to Pakistan’s Arooj Aftab.
Considered one of the most critically acclaimed African artistes, Tems was honored with the Prize for Music at The Future Awards Africa and the Impact Award at the BMI London Awards in recognition of her “ground-breaking artistry, creative vision and impact on the future of music”.
In 2020, Tems published her debut album For Broken Ears, promoted by the song “Damages”. The album was nominated for awards at the All Africa Music Awards and The Beatz Awards. Then she collaborated in Wizkid’s “Essence”, received critical support, being nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Global Music Performance.
The song also won several awards at the BET Awards, NAACP Image Awards, The Headies Awards and at the Soul Train Music Awards.
In 2021 Tems publisched her second studio album If Orange Was a Place, which won The Headies for Best R&B Album. She was featured in “Wait for U” with Future and Drake, which was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Song and won the Best Melodic Rap Performance, an American Music Awards and a BET Hip Hop Awards.
In 2022 Tems contributed to Beyoncé’s seventh studio album Renaissance on the track “Move”, receiving nominations at the NAACP Image Awards and Soul Train Music Awards.
Earlier in the week, popular singer, Tiwa Savage, set the rumour mills agog when she posted a picture of her and a man on a beach in Rio Janerio, Brazil. She could be seen planting a kiss on the cheek of the mystery man, whose back laced with tattoos, faced the camera.
Expectedly, her post attracted a lot of comments as both celebs and fans made remarks.
Entertainers such as Rita Dominic, Mercy Aigbe, Daniella Okeke, Munachi Abii, Uti Nwachukwu, Destiny Etiko, Iyabo Ojo, Chioma Akpotha and others posted emojis. A social media comedian, Craze Clown, also wrote, “Slide three is going to make a lot of people see life differently.”
Apparently, many were excited for the singer, as they interpreted the picture to mean that she had found love again.
Recall that since her messy split from her estranged husband and former manager, Tunji Balogun, aka Tee Billz, Tiwa has had a turbulent love life.
However, a comment by her friend, Papa Omisore, insinuated that it was a stunt. He commented on the post, “Please return your rental in slide three. Thank you!”
The singer responded, “You already know, it was just for content o. Baba no even send me (the man didn’t even have my time).”
In 2021, a video of her having sex with an unidentified man surfaced online. The singer stated that the video was ‘mistakenly’ uploaded to Snapchat by the man she was having intercourse with. She added that though the video was immediately deleted, someone had downloaded it and tried to blackmail her with it. She insisted that she refused to give in to the antics of the blackmailer.
Though some people felt that the sextape saga could have a negative impact on her career, the singer refused to let it weigh her down. While performing, she often referenced the incident on stage. In her song titled, ‘Loaded’, which featured Asake, she sang, “Sex tape o le ba aye mi je (sex tape cannot ruin my life).”
Savage has also been linked to quite a number of personalities in the entertainment industry. Some years ago, it was widely believe that she was having an affair with pop star, Wizkid. On different occasions, the duo displayed affection in public, with Wizkid even grabbing her butt at some events. In a music video for Wizkid’s music video, ‘Fever’, the pair were cosy as they lay on a bed and caressed each other.
She was also rumored to have been in a relationship with singer, Davido’s late personal assistant and road manager, Habeeb Uthman, Obama DMW. After his demise, she posted a lengthy and emotional tribute to him. It read in part, “Brave heart, strong heart, soft heart, kind heart, pure heart, peacemaker, hot stepper, incoming politician. I had never met anyone as brave/strong as you, who was also as soft and kind as you. You were ready to take a bullet for your loved ones.
“This is not the end. That thing that you and I always talked about, I promise to do it and you will be proud. I love you; we love you. Till we meet again, king.”
Other entertainers she had been romantically linked with include Dr Sid, Don Jazzy, 2Baba, Humblesmith and Patoranking.
Whether it eventually turns out that the man in the picture is her lover or not, many of her loved ones want her to find love again. That much was evident in the comments that trailed the post.
The Lamidi Apapa faction of Labour Party on Friday told the presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi, to step down his case at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal over what they described as “lack of seriousness”.
According to the faction, the advice became necessary following the incident which happened at the Tribunal on Thursday where the court stepped down hearing in the petition filed by Obi and the LP against the election of President Bola Tinubu.
Speaking on fuel subsidy removal, the LP faction knocked the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria for rejecting new pump price of petrol.
They insisted that the position of the LP on removal of fuel subsidy during the campaign has not changed, saying “we cannot reverse that position because it was not our candidate that won the presidential election.”
The factional National Publicity Secretary of the LP, Abayomi Arabambi, raised these issues during a press conference in Abuja.
He told journalists that Obi has not been able to provide any concrete evidence to back this claims since PEPT began sitting.
Arabambi alleged that Obi went to court to challenge the victory of Tinubu because he (Obi) and his co-travellers had different motives as against the wishes of the Nigerian masses who freely offered their supports to LP.
He said, “We have followed with keen interest the shameful developments and approach by the so-called legal team assembled by Peter Obi challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission and we have, like many Nigerians, come to the conclusion that Obi is not only taking Nigerians for a ride but would continue to waste the hard earned resources donated by Nigerians for this purpose to even enrich himself the more.
All of you here who have been following this case can recall that the day we had altercation in court with (Julius) Abure’s group, that INEC announced that Peter Obi could not pay for CTC form EC08 and other documents. That now compelled them to only present 30 per cent of the materials they would need for the hearing at Election Petition Tribunal.
How would any right thinking person go to election tribunal with only 30 per cent of documents where none of all them would be accepted or agreed to be tendered by other political parties?
Three days ago, they said two of their counsels were sick and yesterday (Thursday), they could not even file a single process with the array of SANs with Obi. This is what we have been saying that they are just trying to hoodwink the public, deceiving the Obidients and giving them false hope that they have something at the tribunal.
“It’s evident from the attitude displayed by them when they wrote a letter to INEC that Obi could not pay N1.5 million. Who are they deceiving? Counsel were sick?
“That’s why we have consistently maintained that Obi is not serious. He came in to the party with nothing. He didn’t fund the election, he didn’t fund the party, he didn’t do anything for the party. He only came to mess of the entire process and to deceive Nigerians that he has something to offer to them.
“Labour Party is thereby calling on him to step down his selfish ambition and stop messing up the party if he has nothing serious to present to the tribunal.”
Fuel subsidy
Arabambi said, “Whatever we have agreed on during our campaign, and as a party that promote peace, equity and justice in Nigeria, then we can’t be found approbating and reprobating at the same time. Our position is that, once Obi has said he would remove fuel subsidy from his first day in office, the same organized labour who stood on that position must not be seen working in cross purpose on the same thing that Tinubu, Atiku and even Obi said they were going to do.
Obi said subsidy was an organized crime that must be stopped. The NLC can’t call for any strike. If they do, it is obvious that they are just being mischievous for a reason best known to them or maybe they have something against the President that they should come out open to tell Nigerians. That is our position as Labour Party.”
The Nigeria Labour Congress will embark on a nationwide strike on Wednesday next week.
The congress said the strike action would be implemented if the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited fails to reverse the new pump price for the Premium Motor Spirit.
The NLC took the decision at the end of the emergency National Executive Council meeting held in Abuja on Friday.
The President, Bola Tinubu, during his inaugural speech on Monday, May 29, 2023, announced the removal of fuel subsidy. “Subsidy is gone,” Tinubu had said.
Though the President’s image makers in statements issued by the state house insisted that the new president was misquoted by some sections of the media.
Tinubu’s declaration led to an increase in panic buying with some filling stations across the country pegging the pump price of petrol to as high as N600 per litre.
On Wednesday, May 31, 2023, the NNPCL announced new pump prices according to states.
Some representatives of the government also met with the officials of the NLC, a meeting which ended in a deadlock.
However at the end of its NEC meeting on Friday, the national president of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, while briefing journalists said, “The NLC NEC directs all state councils and industrial unions to commence mobilisation from this moment.”
Governors at the meeting include: Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos); Hope Uzodinma (Imo); Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa); Umar Namadi (Jigawa); Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe); Yahaya Bello (Kogi); Babagana Zulum (Borno) and Mai Mala Buni (Yobe).
Others are Uba Sani (Kaduna); Dikko Radda (Katsina); Father Hyacinth Alia (Benue); AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (Kwara); Dapo Abiodun (Ogun); Umar Bago (Niger); Aliyu Ahmed (Sokoto); Francis Nwifuru (Ebonyi) and Bassey Otu (Cross River).
Other APC Governors not seen at the meeting include Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (Ondo) Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti);and Dr Nasir Idris (Kebbi).
Also in the meeting are the Permanent Secretary of the State House, Tijjani Umar and former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Nuhu Ribadu.
The agenda of the meeting, which kicked at around 11:35am, was unknown as at the time of filing this report.
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