The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Chess in Slums Africa, and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) have collaborated to host the first-ever Annual Chess in Prisons Championship. The event was held on Tuesday, 10 December, 2024, at the Maiduguri Maximum Security Custodial Centre, to coincide with International Human Rights Day. The competition saw both prisoners and officers vying for the prestigious title of “Chess Master,” showcasing their chess skills, with the programme emphasizing on building sportsmanship, mutual respect, and personal transformation. The programme also set out to empower through training as over 100 prisoners with officers undergoing…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
A cross-section of regulatory agencies in the aviation industry visited the Gateway International Agro-Cargo Airport located along the Ilisan-Iperu axis of Ogun State on Tuesday, 10 December, 2024, commending the quality of facilities put in place as well as its level of completion and thereby certifying it for commercial operations. The agencies, which comprised the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), and Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), unanimously adjudged the airport as world-standard and a source of pride for Ogun State. According to the agencies, the critical infrastructure at the airport, which includes the Control Tower, Weather…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the morning of Wednesday, 11 December, 2024 held a meeting with the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Steinmier arrived in Abuja on Tuesday evening. In a statement on Monday,10 December, 2024, the German Embassy said Steinmeier will meet with President Tinubu and the President of the Commission of Economic Community of West African States, Dr. Alieu Touray. On the morning of Wednesday, 11 December, 2024, the President received the German leader at the Forecourt of the Villa before proceeding into a closed door meeting. Steinmeier was accompanied to the Presidential Villa by…
The Bayelsa State Government and the chairmen of the eight local government areas in the state have acceded to the demand of organised labour to pay the new N80,000 minimum wage to workers in the unified local government service. The state government, which had earlier approved the N80,000 minimum wage for workers in the state employ, also promised to add to the December salaries of its workers the differentials that will arise from the ongoing discussions on the template used in paying the new wage last month. Bayelsa State Acting Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, disclosed this during a meeting with…
Teen comedians: Emmanuella and Success have parted ways with Mark Angel Comedy. This development, it was gathered, follows a recent controversy involving former crew member Denilson Igwe, who, during a viral podcast in August, accused Mark Angel of financial exploitation. However, Mark Angel, a popular comic star, stated during a TikTok live session on Tuesday, 10 December, 2024 that he is no longer managing the teens’ careers. “I no longer manage Emmanuella and Success. They are now being managed by a professional agency because I’m too busy to manage them. But I still work with them,” he said.
Popular Nigerian actress and media personality, Omotunde Adebowale, popularly known as Adaku or Lolo1, has disclosed why she preferred younger men. The actress who made this known while discussing her unique preferences for men during her latest interview on Oyinmomo TV, described her taste as “very weird”. “My tastes in men are very weird. I don’t like old people. I like younger people, men with long hair and earrings. Someone who is visually appealing. “Gone are those days when you will be looking for a God fearing man. Are you even God-fearing yourself? “I like good things. And I’ll find…
Famous American actor and musician, Jamie Foxx, has made public his battle with brain bleed that led to a stroke. Foxx made the disclosure while speaking about the cause of his hospital admission in 2023. In a new Netflix special, the 56-year-old actor explained that he experienced a bad headache and “blacked out for 20 days”. He said he was admitted at the Piedmont Hospital where he suffered a brain bleed that led to a stroke.
Residents of Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State are presently in a mourning mood after fatal road accident along Minna-Suleja Road in the state claimed the life of the council Chairman, Danlami Abdullahi Saku. It was gathered that Saku died in the accident that occurred about 7pm on Tuesday, 10 December, 2024 at Kwakwuti area of the road on his way to Abuja. The Chief Press Secretary, CPS, to the Governor, Bologi Ibrahim, confirmed the sad development, saying his principal, Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago, received the news with rude shock and described Saku’s death as heartbreaking. According to him, the…
Barely 48 hours after a previous crash killed 14 people in Kafin Hausa, Jigawa State, tragedy struck again as another fatal road accident claimed six lives. The latest sad incident occurred on the night of Tuesday, 10 December, 2024 along the Auyo-Adiyani road in Guri Local Government Area of the state. Witnesses revealed that the victims, all members of the same family from Adiyani, were returning from a condolence visit to relatives of those lost in the earlier accident. The community, still mourning the loss of 14 lives, was plunged into grief as the second crash unfolded. Eyewitnesses described the…
The Boko Haram terrorists invaded Niger’s Diffa district and slaughtered Nigerian 14 fishermen The victims had fled violence in northeast Nigeria but were ambushed while fishing on Sunday near Bosso, close to the Nigerian border. A leader of a vigilante group assisting Nigeria’s military, Babakura Kolo, confirmed the killings. “All 14 fishermen had their throats slit by the Boko Haram terrorists who operate in the Bosso area close to the border,” Kolo said.