Operatives of the Ogun State Amotekun Corps has arrested a suspected native doctor identified as Babatunde Kolawole with a fresh dead body. The herbalist was arrested in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state. The State Police Spokesperson in the state, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Sunday, 27 August, 2023. According to Odutola, the man told the Amotekun Corps operatives who arrested him with the male corpse that he was trying to revive him. “Although the suspect did not deny the incident, he claimed to be a native doctor who was attempting to revive the deceased,”…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
The Adamawa State Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has disclosed that at least 31 lives were lost to road accidents from January to July this year. The command also confirmed that 274 persons sustained different degrees of injuries in the road crashes within the period under review. FRSC’s Sector Commander in the State, Yelwa Dio, made this disclosure during in an interview with NAN in Yola on Saturday, 26 August, 2023. According to Dio, during the period the command recorded 126 road crashes involving 548 people. He attributed major causes of the accidents to excessive speeding, overloading of…
Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has laid out his comprehensive vision for reforming key sectors under the nation’s Ministry of Interior. The Minister, in a video broadcast at the weekend, reaffirmed his commitment to executing the “Renewed Hope Agenda,” of the present administration. He said he would be embracing a transformative plan aimed at revamping immigration services, correctional service centres, and other crucial areas within the ministry. Tunji-Ojo while acknowledging the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to serve and vowed not to betray the responsibilities entrusted to him. He revealed that his…
A South African, Erasmus Jean – Pierre has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja over attempt to smuggling 2.6 kilogrammes of methamphetamine via the Nigerian airport to the Middle East A press statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi read that: “Attempt by a 29-year-old South African, Erasmus Jean – Pierre, to export 2.6 kilogrammes of methamphetamine concealed in his luggage to the Middle East through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA Abuja on Wednesday 23rd August, 2023, was thwarted by operatives…
By Abdulwarees Solanke One of my lieutenants in office shared a story on our whatsapp group platform that forced me to reflect on how any government, office or public and institutional service provider earns bad reputation from those it is supposed to serve. The story : A mad man handed his cheque to a bank teller and said, “I would like to withdraw N5000..” The Male teller told the mad man “For withdrawals less than N10,000, please use the ATM”. The mad man then asked, “Why?” The teller irritably told the mad man, “These are rules. Please leave if there…
The Deputy Leader of the Legislative Arm of Mushin Local Government, Hon. Muritala Kayode Oyeniyi is dead, reports thegazellenews.com Oyeniyi, a grassroot politician died on Saturday, 26 August, 2023, after a brief illness. The deceased was a prominent leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Mushin and was on his second term as the Deputy Leader of the Council’s Legislative Arm. He was buried on Sunday, 27 August, 2023 at his house, Ikorodu in accordance with Islamic rites.
A total of 370 farmers across the country are billed to benefit from the intervention of Renewed Hope Initiative, an Initiative of Nigeria’s First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu, in the agricultural sector. The intervention include distribution of seedlings, pesticides and fertilizers to between 15-20 farmers per state, making up a total of 370. This is one of the key resolutions at the meeting of Zonal Coordinators of the Initiative with the National President and Convener of the Initiative, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu. Other interventions in the sector include a proposal to encourage the establishment of farm markets in strategic locations and…
The Oyo State Government has said that the 12.5 km Challenge-Odo-Ona road currently under construction would likely be completed in the next three months. The state Commissioner for Works and Transport, Prof. Dahud Sangodoyin who stated this while inspecting some ongoing projects in Ibadan, described the road as not only critical to the economy of the locality, but that of the state as a whole. The Commissioner noted that he was impressed with the level of work done so far by the contractor, adding that the contractor is finalizing some of the pavements, laying of asphalt, and the drainage. According…
Forty six Nigerian students in tertiary institutions across the country have emerged the first set of beneficiaries as the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), an initiative of Nigeria’s First Lady, Sen.Oluremi Tinubu, flags off the National Scholarship Programme for Tertiary Education. The beneficiaries were drawn from the 36 states of the federation and the FCT, while others were nominated by various women societies, including National Council for Women Societies, and Defence Staff and Police Officers Wives Association DEPOWA. At the ceremony held in the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, the First Lady and National President of the Renewed Hope Initiative,…
A former military spokesperson, Major-General Bernard Onyeuko (rtd), has passed on. A credible source told PRNigeria that he died on Saturday morning after complaining of cold and was rushed to a private hospital where he died. General Onyeuko who retired from the Nigerian Army after the recent appointment of new service chiefs was a former Director, Defence Media Operations. Another close friend to the deceased told PRNigeria that the retired general was hale and hearty on Friday, 25 August, 2023, until he fell ill on Saturday morning, 26 August, 2023 and passed on. by PRNigeria