The Niger State Police Command has confirmed the death of a yet-to-be-identified man who slumped and died after engaging in intimate relations with a woman at a guest house in Paiko Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Tuesday,15 October, 2024 at around 8:50 pm. The guest house, which belongs to the Paikoro LGA, is situated close the popular Paiko market along the Paiko -Lapai road. It is frequently used by traders from distant locations. The Niger State Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, who confirmed the incident in a statement, said it…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has alleged that the house of Senator Oyelola Ashiru (APC Kwara South) warehouse illicit drugs, insisting that his recent attack of the agency was borne out of vendetta rather than national interest. The agency also alleged that some of the aides of the lawmaker were arrested in the raid on his residence and are currently being persecuted with one of them already sentenced to jail. The agency made the revelation on Monday, 21 October, 2024, at its National Headquarters in Abuja during a press briefing called to respond to a statement made by…
The African music and entertainment industry has been put into a sad moment as the Executive Producer and President of All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), Mr Mike Dada, has lost his beloved wife, Mrs Modupe Temitope Dada, to the cold hands of death. Dupe Dada, Nee Baruwa, born on May 5, 1976, in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria, died peacefully on Saturday, 19 October, 2024, surrounded by family members, at Duchess Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria after a brief illness. In a statement on Monday, 21 October, 2024, by AFRIMA International Secretariat, Dada, who is also the Managing Director, PRM…
Three Senators: Senator Yunus Abiodun Akintunde, Oyo Central Senatorial District; Dr Idiat Oluranti Adebule, Lagos West Senatorial District; and Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, Lagos East Senatorial District top of the list of awardees as the Lagos State Branch of the Lagos State University (LASU) Alumni celebrates 40th Anniversary of the establishment of the university on Sunday, 18 October, 2024, reports thegazellenews.com This was disclosed on Tuesday, 15 October, 2024, by the Chairman of the Lagos Branch of LASU Alumni, Barrister Omolola Satar while speaking with the media. Other awardees include: the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Defence,…
By Wole Olujobi His image looms larger than the man because he likes to tread both the charted and uncharted political terrains. A broad-based entity that thrives in communal ethos and amity in a complex social environment, like the archer, he takes his aim, training his ideal at the primacy of people’s place in the dynamics of power relations to achieve his development goals. Not for him the grotesque essence of archetypal seasonal dice-throwers that fiddle with the intelligence of their people at the market squares at every election cycle. For him, vision, mission, brilliance, integrity, bluntness, courage, generosity of…
The Lagos State Government today announced reopening of the ever-busy pedestrian bridge at Alapere/Estate Bus Stop on the Third Axial Road after completion work on the damaged bridge by the contractor, just as the government said that access was created to pedestrians for safety reasons. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Infrastructure, Engineer Olufemi Daramola who made this known today, said the Sanwo-Olu administration places a high premium on safety of lives and, therefore, Mr. Governor directed immediate reopening of the bridge for Public Use. After an inspection of the completed bridge by a team comprising Lagos State Government…
The funeral rites of renowned community leader, late Ogbuefi Dominic Udegbunem Nweke, have been announced by the family in memory and celebration of his life after 91 years sojourn on earth. A public statement by the family endorsed by the son and Group Executive Editor, ITREALMS Media group, Sir Remmy Nweke, indicated that his late father’s final funeral rites would commence on Thursday, 24 October, 2024, with a wake at the family compound, Umuokpe village, Awba-Ofemili in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State. On Friday, 25 October, 2024, he said, the main funeral day would start with a…
Vice President Kashim Shettima accompanied by other dignitaries visited the Shell booth at the 30th Nigeria Economic Summit, where he listened to Chidi Nkazi, Shell’s Business Value Manager explain Shell companies in Nigeria’s contribution to the Nigerian economy, local content development and commitment to sustainable development. Chidi presented key achievements of Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN) to the Vice President, underlining Shell’s role in fostering economic growth through tax contributions, job creation and support for local businesses. Chidi noted that through collaboration Shell Companies in Nigeria are powering Nigeria’s progress with significant contributions to the economy. Chidi highlighted SCiN collaboration…
At exactly 5:20pm on Tuesday, 15 October, 2024, Lagos Red Line rail departed at Platform 2 in Oyingbo Station for Agbado — a suburb at Lagos boundary line. The inaugural ride kicked off the train’s commercial operations, seven months after the rail infrastructure was completed and commissioned. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu arrived at the Station at 5:00pm amid jubilation by members of the public, invited to take the ride. Also joining the Governor in the ride were members of the State cabinet, lawmakers, corporate executives, journalists and the public. The Governor personally made the boarding announcement, after which the train service…
ActionAid Nigeria has called for decisive and urgent reforms in the country’s agricultural sector, warning that post-harvest losses of N3.5 trillion annually threaten national food security and economic stability. The organisation called for urgent public investments in agriculture through budgetary allocation of at least 10% to agriculture sector to secure the future. The Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria Andrew Mamedu, in a statement on Tuesday said the global theme for this year, “Right to Food for a Better Life and a Better Future,” takes on deeper relevance for Nigeria, where nearly 106 million people in rural areas are trapped in poverty…