Gunmen Murder Osun Permanent Secretary, Olufunke In Kogi

Hamilton Nwosa
Writer

Ad

Guinea-Bissau in Turmoil as Soldiers Arrest President Embaló, Announce Military Takeover

By Obinna Uballa Guinea-Bissau has plunged into fresh political chaos after a group of military officers announced they had seized control of the country and detained President Umaro Sissoco Embaló. Government sources confirmed to the BBC on Wednesday that Embaló was arrested shortly after heavy gunfire erupted in the capital, Bissau. The shooting, heard around…

Tinubu Declares National Security Emergency, Orders Mass Recruitment into Army, Police

By Abiola Olawale President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday declared a nationwide security emergency. The President has also ordered additional recruitment into the armed forces in a bid to tackle insecurity in the country. This was made known in a press statement issued on Wednesday. The statement reads in part: “Today, in view of the…

Reps Warn Tinubu: Negotiating with bandits fuels violence, undermines national security

By Obinna Uballa The House of Representatives has strongly condemned the Federal Government for negotiating with bandits to secure the release of 24 students abducted from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State. Speaking on Wednesday under the coalition “House to the Rescue,” lawmakers said the government’s engagement with kidnappers, as disclosed by…

Ad

Unknown gunmen have murdered the Osun State Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Mrs Olufunke Oluwakemi Kolawole around Okene, in Kogi State.

Kolawole had left Osogbo in the early hours of Thursday for Abuja, to felicitate with her friend, who is the Solicitor General in the state on her confirmation as a judge before he was accosted and shot by unknown assailants along Okene-Abuja road around noon.

She was said to have been rushed to a hospital at Lokoja, the state capital but later gave up the ghost.

It was gathered that the deceased, who is one of the most powerful Permanent Secretaries in the state hailed from Modakeke, in Ife East Local Government of Osun.

Ad

X whatsapp