Today’s Headlines: Tinubu Has Something to Hide on Chicago University, Police arrest two for murder, five cultists in Ogun

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Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democracy Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, in his quest to unravel the controversy around the educational qualifications of President Bola Tinubu, has said he was puzzled by Tinubu’s vigorous opposition to a request asking the Chicago State University to make open disclosure about the matter.

Also, a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has called on Tinubu to allow the Chicago State University release his academic records to a court in Nigeria if he had nothing to hide.

Atiku’s lawyer, Liu Angela, said she had sent an email to Tinubu’s lawyers asking for their cooperation in asking the Chicago State University about documents that were already in the public domain, which have been submitted in proceeding in the Nigerian court.

Atiku has thus, through his lawyer, expressed a willingness to cooperate with Tinubu’s legal team to shut down controversies surrounding the president’s credentials.

But rather than extend the same cooperation to Atiku’s lawyer, the team representing Tinubu has vehemently opposed all initiatives aimed to setting the records straight about Tinubu education claims at the Chicago State University.

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Police arrest two for murder, five cultists in Ogun

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The police in Ogun, yesterday, arrested five suspected cultists terrorizing the Aboro area of the state.The Guardian learnt that the suspects: Adetayo Ismaila, Kunle Oluwole, Ibrahim Ademosun, Meshach Olaide, and Dare Kehinde, have confessed to various crimes, murder.

Confirming the development, spokesperson for Ogun State Police Command, Superintendent of Police (SP), Omolola Odutola, said the suspects were arrested based on a distress call received from a concerned citizen, who narrated how the community had remained threatened by the endless panic constituted by the hooligans.

According to her, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Awoniyi Adekunle Isaac, together with other security agencies, embarked on an aggressive raid, following the credible source, patrolling around and within the Matogun community, which led to the arrest of the suspected cultists.

The Pin Down Team, led by Inspector Sunday Adeyemo, arrested one Esube, during a patrol of Okeganmu in Ilaro Division. Osunmuyiwa Solomon, was also arrested after a revelation from Esube that both of them had been involved in a series of killings in their area.

Bad Politics Cause of Governance, Policy Failures in Africa

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Research carried out at Harvard University has revealed that bad politics remains the root cause of governance and policy failures on the continent, which makes a case for training future public leaders to be disruptive change makers.

This was contained in a statement by the School of Politics, Policy, and Governance (SPPG), which advocated for increased active citizen participation in governance. 

The SPPG is an initiative that provides 33 weeks of thorough politics and policy training to cover all aspects of the leadership problem, with disruptive thinking as the requisite expertise needed to govern well.

Citing data from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the SPPG identified causes of low voter turnout in Nigeria’s 2023 general election through a rigorous scientific method of data collection and research analysis.

Diri Raises the Alarm as Atlantic Ocean Surge Endangers Bayelsa Communities

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Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said coastal communities in the state are in danger of being submerged by the Atlantic Ocean.

Diri raised the alarm on Tuesday, when he visited Odioama community in Brass Local Government Area to assess the devastation from ocean encroachment.

His Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, in a statement, stated the governor lamented the effects of coastal erosion on the community and others on the banks of the Atlantic Ocean while addressing the Odioama council of chiefs, elders, youths and women at the community town hall.

He said he decided to personally visit the community after sending a team to have first-hand knowledge of the plight of the people.

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