In contrast to his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for governor of Lagos State in 2023, Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor, claims President Bola Tinubu won’t hesitate to sack any service chiefs who aren’t working.
On Sunday, the politician was a guest on Channels Television’s Inside Sources program.
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In connection with the murder of 12 native people in the state’s neighboring Plateau State last Saturday, Kaduna State governor Uba Sani revealed 22 suspects had been detained.
The governor made this statement on Monday when he visited the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Kaduna’s survivors.
The 12 Kaduna-born wedding guests who were attending weddings in Plateau State’s Mangu Local Government Area were killed, he said, as barbaric.
He claimed he has spoken with Plateau’s governor Caleb Mutfwang and Bola Tinubu to ensure the justice of all those responsible for the attack.
He praised the calm in the face of the irrational incident among Kaduna residents. He urged Plateau’s elected officials to refrain from carrying out such a reckless deed.
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Sani had demanded that the perpetrators be detained and prosecuted right away.
When the victims were apprehended by the mob in the Mangun District, they were allegedly traveling from Zaria in Kaduna to a wedding in Plateau State’s Quan Pan Local Government Area.
In response to the country’s rising smuggling and insecurity challenges, the Senate has ordered the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to increase its revenue target for 2025 from 6 to 10 trillion naira.
Senator Isah Jibrin, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Customs, made the statement on Monday when the Nigerian Customs Service made its budget defense presentation to the committee.
The committee criticized the government’s tariff policy, which turned out to be the main issue, and expressed regret for the service’s failure to enforce a 4% freight on board (which is the cost of goods).
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The Service made it clear that the Ministry of Finance had authorized them to stop collecting the 4% of the freight on board.
The Minister of Finance will appear before the committee to provide explanations regarding the suspension of the 4% freight on board charges, which the committee’s chairman claims is a lawbreaker.
The Yenagoa Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) held a symbolic court boycott throughout Bayelsa State on Monday to protest the disappearance of Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro, a high court judge currently serving in the state.
The association called on security forces to make more efforts to secure his safe and immediate release and described the action as a “solemn yet powerful demonstration of solidarity with the abducted jurist.”
At Kilimanjaro Eatery, which is located opposite the bustling Ekeki Park in Yenagoa, on Saturday evening, June 21, 2025, masked gunmen kidnapped Justice Omukoro.
When the attackers struck and whisked him away to an unknown location, he reportedly had just left an engagement in Warri, Delta State. His whereabouts are unknown as of the time of writing this report.
In a statement signed by Barr, the chairman of the NBA Yenagoa Branch. The association’s Somina Johnbull described the incident as a direct assault on the judiciary and a serious threat to the rule of law.
“This is not just an attack on Justice Omukoro as a person,” he continued. It attacks both the judiciary’s independence and the entire justice system. We are “deeply concerned” about the rising tide of insecurity, particularly judicial officer targeted attacks, the statement read.
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The association chose to hold a solemn court closure and press briefing instead of a protest march to security agencies, keeping the focus on the judge’s safe return and avoiding side effects.
In a coordinated show of unity, lawyers from across the state gathered at the High Court Headquarters on Monday morning, refusing to appear in court. Yenagoa residents gathered there in full regulation attire, including bibs and collars, in a unified show of opposition.
The Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police and the State Director of the Department of State Services (DSS) were formally informed of the association’s request for immediate and decisive action in the case.
Johnbull made it clear that the boycott was a professional duty rather than a punitive measure.
Our actions today are intended to defend the sanctity of the legal system rather than disrupt it. The judiciary must be safeguarded. Judges must be able to carry out their constitutional duties without fear of being abducted or hurt, he added.
In a robbery incident in Lapai, Niger State, a student from Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University was killed, causing outrage and protest.
The incident occurred on June 23rd, 2025, when unidentified assailants attacked a student lodge in the Ndakitabu area on the outskirts of Lapai, according to the Niger State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, in a statement on Monday.
He claimed that they received a distress call at around 3 a.m., which prompted the Lapai Division to dispatch an emergency response. Before officers could arrive, the attackers had already fled the scene.
One of the students, simply identified as Jafar, was discovered with a neck-stab wound, according to the police. He was taken to Lapai General Hospital, where he later died.
Students who barred the Agaie–Lapai Road in protest of the attack erupted in protests and demanded justice.
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Before police teams were dispatched to restore order, the demonstration halted vehicular traffic for hours.
The attack was condemned by CP Adamu Elleman, the police commissioner, and the search was launched for the killers.
He promised that those responsible would be brought to justice and that a thorough investigation was being conducted.
On Monday, President Bola Tinubu stated that the Federal Government was working with international partners to give young Nigerians the tools they need to become financially independent and ensure the security of their food.
Tinubu made the announcement at the beginning of the Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanization Programme in Abuja on Monday, when he also inaugurated 2,000 cutting-edge tractors and over 9,000 specialized farm implements.
He claimed that his administration’s reforms were intended to improve the appeal of farming to young Nigerians.
INCLUDE Tinubu claims that we are making farming more sexy for young people.
We have more than 2,000 modern tractors, 50 bulldozers for preparing land for industrial use, 12 fully equipped mobile workshops, and 9,000 plus specialized farming equipment.
When used, this equipment will give our young people more opportunities for employment, employment, and sexiness in farming.
A 21st-century agricultural farming implement doesn’t need to be produced using an 18th-century method, he said.
He explained that the strategy of his administration included year-round cultivation, significantly reducing Nigeria’s seasonal shortages.
We have friends all over the world, Tinubu once said. Belarus has pledged to work with us to empower our youths, teach them how to do things, get them off the streets, educate them in technology, review mechanization, and train them in making repairs and fabrications.
The country will benefit greatly from the distribution of this equipment. We must make the most of the opportunity to become completely independent of agriculture and ensure food sovereignty given our country’s arable land and favorable climate. ”
He urged everyone who received this equipment to make the most of it.
We’ll collaborate with you, promise; We’ll keep you accountable and keep you accountable at various locations.
Let history record this day as the start of Nigeria’s agricultural revival, where modern technology and our farmers’ legendary resilience combine to achieve unmatched prosperity, he continued.
Senator Abubakar Kyari, the minister of agriculture and food security, claimed the plan was in line with the president’s call for urgent and creative action, putting agriculture firmly in the spotlight of the renewed hope agenda initiative’s goal of economic revival, job creation, and social stability.
He claimed that the machinery would transform the agricultural landscape of Nigeria.
Mr. Food security is national security, according to President Obama.
It is heartening to acknowledge Mr. Under this administration, four ambitious mechanization initiatives were instituted in response to President Obama’s renewed hope agenda on mechanization. The John Deere Tractorization Programme, Greener Hope Project, Green Imperative Program, and the Belarus Project, which we are launching today, are just a few examples.
Aliyu Abdullahi, the agriculture minister, stated that the 0. He claimed that the current mechanization level in the nation, which was 27 horsepower per hectre, would be almost 2 . With the mechanized scheme, the horsepower per hectre is 5 horsepower.
The minister remarked, ” This particular program stands out because it was created with the intention of lowering the country’s low mechanization rate.