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HID Awolowo, Tinubu, Osoba, others seek Yoruba unity

Widow of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, fondly called Awo, Chief H.I.D Awolowo, among others, on Thursday urged current generation of leaders to emulate the virtues of the late former Premier of the defunct Western Region.

They spoke in Lagos, during the launching of a book, ‘Yoruba Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria: Obafemi Awolowo and Corporate Agency’, written by an associate professor at the University of Carlifonia-Davis, Wale Adebanwi.

Woman accuses Lagos DPO of rape

31-year-old cook, Idowu Akinwunmi, has narrated how the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Onikan Station, SP Adekunle Awe, allegedly raped, extorted and threatened her life.

The victim told PUNCH Metro that the incident occurred on April 15, 2014.

She explained that  on April 14 she was arrested by the police for “spurious” reasons.

She said, “I work at an eatery on Keffi Street, Obalende, as a cook. The eatery also has a tailor’s shop in the compound and it belongs to the same person. There is also a quarters where we all live in the compound.

Military lied about schoolgirls’ rescue – Principal, parents

The    Principal of the secondary school in Chibok, Borno State where over 100 girls were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents has described as false, the claim by the Defence Headquarters that only eight of the pupils had yet to regain their freedom.

The denial on Thursday by the   principal, Mrs. Asabe Aliyu, was corroborated by the parents of the girls, who said the military had by the DHQ’s claim shown that it could not  be trusted to free their children and wards.

B’Haram attacks: APC govs shun Jonathan’s meeting

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday adjourned an enlarged meeting   with state governors on security challenges facing the country till Wednesday.

The adjournment was necessitated by the absence of   the All Progressives Congress governors.

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State told State House correspondents that the meeting was adjourned till 4pm on Wednesday to give room for the All Progressives Congress governors to attend.

All the APC governors did not honour the President’s invitation to the meeting which was scheduled to commence at 1pm at the First Lady’s Conference Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Boko Haram: Buhari threatens to sue PDP

 A former Head of State, Maj.  Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on Thursday, gave the Peoples Democratic a seven-day ultimatum to apologise to him or face legal action for linking him with Boko Haram.

Buhari, in a statement, demanded that the party retracts  its “offensive” statement.

He said he could not sit back and allow his image and that of his political party, the APC, to be smeared through falsehood in the name of politics.

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