By Abimbola Ogunnaike No fewer 14 people who were being held hostage by bandits in Kaduna State have rescued by the Nigerian soldiers. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, made this disclosure in a statement issued on Saturday, 4 March, 2023. In the statement obtained by thegazellenews.com, Aruwa said the rescue mission was carried out recently by Nigerian troops who embarked on an operation targeted at a hideout of the bandits in the Chikun local government area of the state According to the commissioner, the troops overpowered the bandits and killed one of them while others fled…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Lagos State Government has expressed opposition to exhuming the remains of a student of Chrisland Schools, Whitney Omodesola Adeniran, who died under mysterious circumstances. Her death occurred amid the school’s inter-house sports activities on Thursday, 9 February, 2023 at the Agege Stadium. According to a statement issued on Saturday, 4 March, 2023 by the Director Public Affairs, Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Alo Grace, Adeniran’s death was as a result of asphyxia and electrocution, as indicated by an autopsy conducted by Lagos State University Teaching Hospital. “The Lagos State Ministry of Justice is aware of the current…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike France mercurial player, Kylian Mbappe scored a club-record 201st goal for Paris St-Germain in a 4-2 win over Nantes. The winger had to wait until the 92nd minute but was clinical as he turned to finish left-footed and go clear of Edinson Cavani at the top of the PSG goal list. The France forward, who turned 24 in December, has established himself as a footballing superstar. He has played at two World Cup finals, winning the trophy in 2018 and earning the Golden Boot as top scorer in 2022. Mbappe, who also won the 2021 Nations League…
The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has said that an investigation into Friday, 3 March, 2023, explosion at the Rumuekpe section of the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) in Rivers is underway. The Police in Rivers State had confirmed that no fewer than 10 people died on Friday following an explosion near the TNP in Rumuekpe, Rivers. The Director-General of NOSDRA, told a news agency on Saturday, 4 March, 2023 that a Joint Investigative Visit (JIV) to the site had been scheduled for Saturday to ascertain the cause of the blast and volume of crude spilled. JIV is…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted two wives and a son of Chief of Sarkin kudu in Taraba State. It was gathered that the incident happened mid night Friday, 3 March, 2023, when the assailants forced their way into the palace of the monarch in Ibbi Local Government Area and abducted his family members. Aside this, it was also gathered that the monarch, Dansalama Adamu, a third class chief, had travelled out of his chiefdom when the gunmen stormed his palace. At the time of publishing this report, the whereabouts of the monarch’s wives and…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Unknown gunmen have shot to death the head of Maigari village in Rimin Gado Local Government Area of Kano State, Dahiru Abba. The deceased son, Barrister Munir Dahiru Maigari, who is the Chairman of Rimin Gado Local Government, confirmed the incident to a northern based national newspaper. “It happened around 2am. They came and did what they did. We are now preparing for his burial. We cannot say anything regarding the cause of what happened for now, but he is dead and we pray for God’s mercy on his soul,” Maigari said. According to him, the gunmen…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Manchester United of England Manager, Erik Ten Hag, has opened up that he has been sleeping very well since axing Cristiano Ronaldo from the team, and the club has been on the rise again. He said he found himself in a big ‘mess’ when he arrived at Man United and how huge the decision to axe the No 7 changed the course of their campaign. Indeed, when Ten Hag’s final Manchester United story is told, his first game against Liverpool last August will be regarded as career-defining. Embarrassed by defeats against Brighton and Brentford, the Dutchman made the bold and…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A woman who slit her five children’s throats has been given mercy killing at her own request. Genevieve Lhermitte, 56, received assisted suicide on the 16th anniversary of her children’s deaths on Tuesday, 28 February, 2023. She carried out the attack in 2007 in the city of Nivelles while her husband, Bouchaib Moqadem was visiting family in Morocco. Yasmine, 14; Nora, 12; Myriam, 10; Mina, seven; and Mehdi, three; were killed in the attack. Lhermitte then tried to commit suicide by stabbing herself, but she was unsuccessful and called emergency services. At her trial, her lawyer pleaded insanity,…
For those who are still undecided about who to vote as the Governor of Lagos State in the Saturday, 11 March, 2023 Governorship Election, it is important for them to know that making a wrong move will spell doom for the Centre of Excellence. We were informed that a candidate that should never be elected as the Governor of the highly metropolitan state is the Governorship Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour. Information from Apapo Oodua Koya, AOKOYA Intelligence Unit revealed that Gbadebo actually had good education having attended elite primary school beginning from Chrisland in Lagos, Nottingham…
The eldest son of Justice Mustapha Akanbi (rtd), the late pioneer Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC), Alhaji AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi, is dead. He was aged 57. He died barely few months after the demise of his younger brother and Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University, Malete, Professor Muhammed Akanbi SAN, ROYAL NEWS reports. Alhaji Akanbi slumped and died in the early hours of Saturday, 4 March, 2023 in his residence in Abuja. Late Abdulhakeem Akanbi until his death, was the Director Special Duties, Court of Appeal, Abuja.