ADAMAWA: WIVES OF LG CHAIRMEN’S TRIP TO TURKEY SPARKS PUBLIC CONDEMNATION

The 21 local government Council’s chairmen in Adamawa State have sponsored their wives for a leadership training programme in Istanbul, Turkey. The Council’s first ladies were accompanied by senior officials from the ministry of local GOVERNMENT, and were reportedly left the country last week for the training. Commenting on the trip, the chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) Adamawa State branch, Suleiman Toungo, who is also the chairman of Toungo LGAsaid the training is intended to equip their spouses with leadership skills. Toungo, said the council…

FIVE EX-SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR ALLEGED AGE FRAUD. 

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has filed charges against five retired senior Police officers for allegedly falsifying their ages to unlawfully extend their service years. The case, brought before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court, has been assigned to Yusuf Halilu, a judge, who has fixed Thursday, September 25, for the arraignment of the defendants.  The retired Police Chiefs are to face 14-count charge lists: Idowu Owohunwa, a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police; Benneth Igwe and Ukachi Opara, both retired Commissioners of Police; Obo Ukam Obo, a…