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#EndSARS: Security Agencies, Youths Commended For Maintaining Peace in Bauchi

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Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State on Monday commended the security agencies and youths in the state for maintaining peace and order in spite of the violence and protests that rocked the nation.

The governor gave the commendation in Bauchi during a town hall meeting on security issues organised by the state government in collaboration with the Federal Government.

He said that the security agencies had contributed immensely to the maintenance and promotion of peace in the state through timely reportage of all potentially volatile events, incidences with suggestions of how to tackle them with minimal cost.

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Mohammed further stated that the security agencies had conducted joint patrol for the maintenance of peace in the state in such a manner that most of the trouble areas like Alkaleri, Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Ningi councils had been under constant patrol.

“It is gratifying to know that the relationship between both state government and the security operatives and other stakeholders in the state have been very cordial.

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“We are very happy with our security agencies, even though we are giving them very little resources, they have worked very hard, they are working as a family and they are doing so much for us.

“Thank you so much for making us safe and secure, and making us sleep with our eyes closed at the time when the country was on fire. I cherish your patriotism and commitment to your duties,” he said.

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The governor also commended the youth for shunning violence in the state, especially the recent mayhem caused by some youths in some parts of the country all in the name of #EndSARS protest.

“Let me warn here that no politician will be worth his name if he will use his own children, the Nigerian youth or any interest group to perpetuate mayhem in the country just for selfish interest.

“I’m indeed proud of our youths, going by the quality that is evident in them, the strength they displayed and the sincerity of purpose associated with them which made them to eschew the violence that was going on. They did not participate in the last show of mayhem in the name of anti-SARS demonstration.

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“I commend them and I’m very proud to be a father of Bauchi youths,” he boasted.

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Mohammed said that the town hall meeting was to serve as a forum to rub minds, exchange views and ideas by participants.

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He said that it was with a view to coming up with strategies to identify and check excesses and selfish tendencies by some people, who may want to cause confusion and disorder in the state and the country at large.

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JUST IN: Court Orders IGP To Arrest Mahmood Yakubu, Ex-INEC Chairman

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Despite his exit as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has again ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest the former INEC chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, for an offence relating to contempt of court.

The Court order came a few hours after Yakubu left office as the INEC chairman.

The Action Alliance, AA, had instituted a case before the court challenging INEC and its former chairman, Prof Yakubu, over their non-compliance with the judgment of the Court delivered by Justice Funmilola Demi-Ajayi in suit number FHC/OS/CS/194/2024.

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In the said judgment, the court ordered INEC to put the names of the National Chairman of the Action Alliance, Adekunle Rufai Omoaje, and other members of the party’s National Executive Committee, NEC, on the INEC portal.

The Court also held that the names of all the state chairmen of the party be uploaded on the INEC portal.

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The court held that the elective convention of the party held on the 7th of October, 2023 which produced Omoaje as the national chairman of the party and other NEC members of the party was authentic as it was properly monitored and supervised by officials of INEC in accordance with the party’s constitution and the electoral acts.

However, INEC claimed to have complied with the court judgment, but the party disagreed with the commission, as the name of Omoaje was yet to be uploaded on the commission’s website despite the orders of the Court.

Although the names of the state chairmen of the party under the leadership of Omoaje and those of the NEC members are already on the INEC portal, Omoaje’s name is yet to be uploaded as of press time, a development that the court frowned at.

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The court order obtained by our correspondent dated 7th October, 2025, and signed by Mr O.M. Kilani on behalf of the Court Registrar reads in part, “it is hereby ordered that the Inspector General of Police shall cause the arrest and shall charge the defendant/judgment debtors for contempt and committal proceedings within seven days of this ruling.”

The court also awarded a cost of #100,000 against the judgment creditors.

 

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Lagos Closes Adeniji Adele–CMS Lane For Six Weeks Of Repairs

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The Lagos State Government has announced a partial closure of the Adeniji Adele Interchange Junction to CMS for six weeks to allow for rehabilitation works by the Federal Government.

According to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, the repair works will run daily between 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., starting Sunday, October 12, and ending Sunday, November 23, 2025.

Osiyemi explained that only one lane of the road will be closed during the period, while the remaining lanes will remain open to traffic to minimize disruptions.

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He assured motorists that traffic management officers will be stationed along the corridor to ensure smooth vehicular movement and reduce inconvenience during the rehabilitation.

Motorists are implored to be patient, as the lane diversion is part of the traffic management plan for the rehabilitation of the road by the Federal Ministry of Works,” the commissioner said.

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He also urged drivers to comply with the directives of traffic officials on duty to ensure safety and efficient traffic flow throughout the repair period.

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JUST IN: Tinted Permit Enforcement Placed On Hold Due To Court Order – Police

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The Nigeria Police Force said on Wednesday that the enforcement of the vehicle tinted glass permit has been suspended following a court order halting the exercise.

Spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this during an interview on Africa Independent Television, AIT.

She said the decision to halt the enforcement came after the police officially received the court order.

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Adeh said, “Information reaching me from the office of the PRO is that the order has been received and the enforcement of the tinted permit is now on hold pending the court’s verdict”.

Disclosing that the directive to suspend enforcement would remain in place pending the outcome of the ongoing legal process, Adeh said, “We are waiting for the verdict. We are not against the courts, and we will continue to wait until we get a verdict”.

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Speaking on public concerns about the purpose of the tinted glass regulation, Adeh explained that it was introduced for security reasons, noting that some criminal activities had been carried out using vehicles with darkened windows.

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The law was not made by us. We are enforcers. The policy was purely security-driven. Some criminals were using tinted vehicles to commit offences, making it difficult for law enforcement to identify suspects,” she said.

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She dismissed claims that the policy was designed for financial gain, noting that all payments related to tinted permits are made directly into the Federal Government’s Treasury Single Account (TSA), not to the police.

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