The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the arrest of Barr. Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), who was alleged to have announced the candidate of the All Progressives Congress winner of the gubernatorial elections during the recently concluded supplementary elections. News of Yunusa-Ari’s arrest was broken by the Force Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi via a statement issued on Tuesday, 2 May, 2023 in Abuja. According to the statement, there have calls for the arrest and investigation of the Adamawa REC by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the basis of alleged impropriety in…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
Renowned author and critic, Chimamanda Adichie has described the book, ‘Osinbajo Strides: Defining Moments of an Innovative Leader’ written by 25 journalists and writers in honour of Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, as an enthusiastically organic book that is a labour of love. In her keynote address during the virtual launch of the book by the writers, PYO Collective, she explained that the Vice President brought a different kind of leadership which has inspired millions of young Nigerians. She spoke about his people-focused policies from his time as an Attorney General in Lagos State. She also noted that the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Ahead of President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s visit To Rivers State scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, 3 May, 2023, the state Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared Wednesday as a public holiday to enable the people of the state give him a rousing welcome. The President-elect, during his two-day official visit to the state, is scheduled to commission the Rumuola/Rumuokwuta Flyover and the ultra-modern Magistrates’ Court Complex, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday, 3 May and Thursday, 4 May, 2023. Wike, in a state broadcast on Tuesday, 2 May, 2023, said during Tinubu’s presidential campaign visit to Rivers State, he had indicated intention to…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike American iconic tennis player, Serena Williams has announced her second pregnancy with husband and co-founder of Reddit, Alexis Ohanian. Williams, dressed elegantly in a black gown, made her baby bump apparent through the fabric she donned. She further declared the news on her Instagram profile, posing with her husband. Captioning the post, she wrote: “Was so excited when Anna Wintour invited the 3 of us to the Met Gala.”Since the announcement of Serena Williams’ second pregnancy at the Met Gala, fans and celebrities alike have flooded social media with messages of congratulations and well-wishes for a healthy delivery.
By Abimbola Ogunnaike No fewer than six people died and more than 30 others were injured in a dust storm that caused pileups from vehicle crashes on a highway in U.S. Midwest state of Illinois on Monday, 1 May, 2023. State police troopers responded to numerous crashes about 11 a.m. Monday on both directions of I-55 in Montgomery County, south of Springfield, capital of Illinois, the Chicago Tribune quoted the police as saying Monday, 1 May, 2023. About 20 commercial motor vehicles and 40 to 60 passenger cars were involved in the crashes, including two tractor-trailers that caught fire. The…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike After 32 years of marriage without a child, a Nigerian couple has been blessed with a set of twins, a boy and a girl. A Lagos-based photographer, Zibah Omo Ologo, the CEO of Zibah Photographer, shared photos of the couple and their babies at the weekend. “What God cannot Do Does Not Exist. God Bless This Beautiful Family with A Bouncing beautiful Twin boy and Girl. After 32 years of waiting. God is Great,” the post read.
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Okey Wali, SAN, has finally regained freedom after two weeks in the den of kidnappers. The 26th President of the NBA was kidnapped and held hostage for 14 days following a violent attack on his convoy along East-West Road, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on 17 April 2023. The President of NBA, Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, SAN, made this disclosure on the evening of Monday, 1 May, 2023. Maikyau, who called on the Federal Government to live up to its constitutional responsibility of protecting the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Arewa Community in Southern Nigeria has faulted the call for the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), just as the group also said Kanu release may worsened the security situations in the south east of the country. Musa Saidu, leader of the community, made the remark in response to the call by the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu. Recall that Iwuanyanwu had urged Buhari to release Kanu before May 29. However, Saidu said Iwuanyawu’s call was wrong, just as he also wondered if the killings in the Southeast…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike As a measure of serving as deterrents to others in the society, the Lagos State Government on Monday, 1 May, 2023, published the details of three adult males convicted for different sexual offences in the state. Their identities were made known via the official Twitter handle of the state Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, @Lagosdsva. The agency, in the message tagged “Justice has been served,” said it was giving an “update on publication of details of sex convicts as maintained by Lagos State.” The details of the publication include the names and pictures of the sex offenders, the nature…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike After previous pleadings with Wizkid and Burna Boy to feature in their songs yielded no positive response, controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, a.k.a Portable, has again taken to the direct message, DM, of the famous Nigerian Afrobeat singer, David Adeleke, professionally known by his stage name Davido to beg for a feature in his song. Sharing a video of him pleading with Davido to give him a chance as he already has a chorus prepared; Portable also shared a screenshot accompanied by voice notes from their conversation. The self-acclaimed ‘Wahala Musician’ wrote: “@davido Ogun Owo Music industry Carry…