By Abimbola Ogunnaike A front-runner in the race for the Senate Presidency, Senator Jibrin Barau of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has hosted over 70 Senators-elect to form the needed bond ahead of the inauguration of the Parliament. Barau is the only APC member that won a senatorial seat from Kano State. The other two seats were won by the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP). It was gathered that over 70 senators-elect attended the luncheon held at the NICON Hotel, Abuja on Tuesday, 7 March, 2023. The meeting was part of the moves to familiarise with the Senators-elect and seek…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Zamfara State Police Command has disclosed that it dislodged bandits’ camp, rescuing 14 kidnapped victims, after 68 days in captivity. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), S P Mohammed Shehu, disclosed this in statement signed and issued to newsmen in Gusau, the state capital on Saturday, 11 March, 2023. “On March 10, 2023, Police Tactical Operatives in Conjunction with the vigilante while on Mop Up Operation near Munhaye forest successfully dislodged bandits camp belonging to one recalcitrant bandits’ Kingpin AKA Dogo Sule” “As a result of the operation, fourteen hostages comprising two male adults, seven…
As the gubernatorial election holds Saturday, 11 March, 2023, across Nigeria, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Lagos State, has called on all eligible voters among the student populace in Lagos State to vote for Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, a man they described as one who is tested and trusted with the best plan for education in Lagos State.Speaking during a press briefing at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja Lagos, Comrade Olusesi Tolulope said that due to Governor Sanwo-olu’s progressive thinking, Lagos now boasts of three world-class universities, adding, “The priority accorded to tertiary education in Lagos by…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Imo State State Governor, Hope Uzodinma has approved the immediate removal of the state Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, Chief Ford Ozumba. The removal was contained in a statement issued on Saturday, 11 March, 2023 in Owerri, the state capital by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba. The statement, which did not give reason for the removal of the commissioner, also directed him to hand over to the Permanent Secretary of the ministry with immediate effect. It was gathered that public sector workers in the state, under the umbrella of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), have…
A popular presenter with Ibadan-based private radio station, Fresh FM, popularly known as Baba Bintin, has been reported dead after he slumped on his way to the radio station for his programme on Saturday morning, 11 March 2023. The death of Baba Bintin was announced during a radio programme by the ace radio twins: Komolafe Olaiya and Olalomi Amole, Oyin Ado on Saturday, 11 March, 2023. Earlier during the programme on Saturday morning, the duo spoke about the unusual lateness of the presenter to the studio but towards the end of the programme, the presenters announced that he died while…
In its commitment to addressing the root causes of child labour and accelerating its elimination in Nigeria through targeted actions in the Cocoa and Artisanal Small scale Gold Mining (ASGM) supply chains, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) under the Accelerating Action for the Elimination of Child Labour in Supply Chains in Africa (ACCEL Africa) project, has completed the renovation of Oke Agunla Community School, Ondo State, and enrolled in school, a total of 110 children at risk of child labour in the community. “Today is a significant show of the importance of education in the elimination of child labour as…
The Nigeria’s 2023 Census received a major boost with the donation of Post Enumeration Survey (PES) Laptops to the National Population Commission (NPC) on Friday, 10 March, 2023, by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Presenting the 16 laptops, put at a cost of N2 million each to the Chairman of NPC, Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra, the Country Representative, UNFPA Nigeria, Ms Ulla Mueller said Census-taking is a priority national development activity worldwide that should be conducted at least decennially, insisting that: “Despite a seven years’ delay, the Nigeria 2023 Population and Housing Census is billed to be transformative in…
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have smashed two syndicates that specialize in criminal conspiracy, cheating, obtaining by trick (OBT) and production/distribution of counterfeited US Dollars (USD) and new Naira notes into the society. A statement on Friday, 10 March, 2023, by the spokesman of the Corps, Olusola Odumosu read that acting on credible Intelligence, the Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps’ Special Intelligence Squad (CG’s SIS) in a clandestine operations, arrested two syndicates alleged to be involved in offences ranging from criminal conspiracy, cheating, obtaining by trick (OBT) and production/distribution of…
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Friday, 10 March, 2023, paid visits to families of over 30 fishermen killed by Boko Haram insurgents on Wednesday, 8 March, 2023, at Mukdolo village in Ngala Local Government Area (LGA), some kilometers away from Dikwa. Zulum was in Dikwa town where the fishermen lived and from where they went fishing at Mukdolo before they were ambushed. Dikwa town, headquarters of Dikwa Local Government Area is located within Borno Central. Dikwa was once occupied by Boko Haram around 2014 as a stronghold before it was liberated by the military, rebuilt by government and…
Abimbola Ogunnaike At least 13 people have been found dead following historic storms since late February that buried the mountain communities in Southern California under snow, authorities said on Saturday, 11 March, 2023. According to the San Bernardino County Coroner’s Office, it responded to 13 deaths in the mountains from Feb. 26 to March 8, when a series of snowstorms belted the area, covering homes and paralyzing travel. The coroner so far only confirmed one of the deaths was weather-related, while eight other deaths were under investigation. The victim having a direct correlation to the storm was a 39-year-old woman,…