By Abimbola Ogunnaike The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that no fewer than 78 million children in Nigeria are at the highest risk from a convergence of three water-related threats. UNICEF stated this in a statement issued On Monday, 20 March 2023 ahead of the United Nations Water Conference. The body listed the threats as inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); related diseases and climate hazards. UNICEF Nigeria Chief of WASH, Dr Jane Bevan who signed the statement, called for urgent action to address the water crisis in Nigeria. Bevan said in Nigeria, one-third of children did not…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike Tragedy occurred in Ondo State on Tuesday, 21 March, 2023, as a 75-year-old grandmother named Iforiti Oloro allegedly set her son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren ablaze. The sad incident, it was gathered, occurred in the Aponmu community, a village on the outskirts of Akure, the state capital. Oloro was accused of pouring petrol in the same residential building housing her son, Victor Oloro and his family of two, sparking off a fire. It was gathered that the victims were rushed to the Federal Medical Hospital Owo, where the man, his wife and one of the children were confirmed dead…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Tukur Mamu, the man arrested for negotiating on behalf of terrorists is expected to appear before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday, 21 March 2023. The case is being handled by the Office of the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF). The charge was signed by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) of the Federation, M.B. Abubakar. Justice Nkeonye Maha of the FHC, had, on September 13, 2022, approved Mamu’s detention at the Department of State Services (DSS). Mamu led the negotiation with the terrorists to release the Abuja-Kaduna…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A former Niger Delta militant leader, Mujahid Asari Dokubo, has dismissed claims that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu under the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC), rigged the 2023 presidential election. Asari Dokubo, the Niger Delta activist, said contrary to claims, the Labour Party, LP, Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, rigged the just concluded presidential election and not Tinubu. Speaking in a Facebook Live programme on Monday, 20 March, 2023, said that Obi has no moral right to complain about the outcome of the election. “The elections all over the country has exposed that the person who rigged…
With the conclusion of the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections, I congratulate all the elected governors and assembly members for earning the mandate of the people. The March 18 governorship election held across 28 states and the state legislative poll across the 36 states of the federation have brought the 2023 election circle to a fitting close. I must praise President Muhammadu Buhari, the Independent National Electoral Commission, security agencies, Observer Groups, Civil Society Organisations, development partners and the electorate for the success of the elections. The election is pivotal to the growth and sustenance of democracy and…
The Federal Ministry of Interior has postponed the commissioning of Ilesa Passport Front Office by one week. The commissioning which was fixed for today, Tuesday, 21 March will now take place on Tuesday, 28 March, 2023. The change in the commissioning programme was announced via a press statement by the Media Adviser to the Minister of Interior, Sola Fasure. Below is the full statement by the Media Aide to the Minister: This is to notify the public and agencies directly concerned that the commissioning of the Ilesa Passport Front Office and Production Centre by the Honourable Minister of Interior, Ogbeni…
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, has postponed all official engagements in his office to mourn Mrs Aisha Ahmed Rufai who passed on early Monday, 20 March, 2023, after a brief illness. The deceased was the Secretary to the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB). Aregbesola while announcing the postponement in a release he signed personally, described the deceased as loyal, hardworking and committed officer. Below is the full statement by the Minister Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Rajiun. With a heavy heart but in total submission to the will of Almighty Allah, I join…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A musician, Collins Etaredafe, aka Top Boy, is now on the run after allegedly killing two-yet-to-be-identified Bureau-De-Change operators at his residence in the Lekki area of Lagos State. Punch reports that Etaredafe, who was with a yet-to-be-identified friend, invited the BDC operators into his apartment under the guise of changing some dollars. Following their entry into the building on Saturday, March 18, 2023, it was learnt that the BDC operators were allegedly killed and their corpses dumped in a drainage located at the front of Etaredafe’s residence. A facility manager in the area, Paul Omotosho, while speaking with…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Chairman of the Edo State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Sheikh Ibrahim Oyarekhua, has announced that 335 intending pilgrims have made payment to perform this year’s pilgrimage to Makkah, Saudi Arabia for the Hajj. Sheikh Oyarekhua, who announced this during an interview with a national newspaper on the Board’s preparedness for the exercise, said total of “274 slots have been allocated to Edo State by the National Haji Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) but at the moment 335 have already made payment for this year’s hajj”. According to him, the number of intending pilgrims that have made payment exceeded the slots…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has announced Dauda Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the governor-elect of Zamfara State. Lawal polled a total of 377,726 votes to defeat Bello Matawalle of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who scored 311,976. Lawal was announced as the winner in Gusau, the state capital in the early hours of Tuesday, 21 March, 2023.