The Nigerian Embassy in Niger had not be razed, the Nigeria’s Ambassador to Niger has said. In a statement on Saturday, 12 August, 2023, signed by Dr Litti Auwalu on behalf of the Ambassador, the purported video showing the Embassy was set ablaze by the Niger pro-coup protesters was said be fake even as the Nigeria’s Chancery in the troubled country was said to be well guarded by the Nigerien military and police. The statement read: “It has been brought to our notice that fake videos showing the torching of the Chancery Building in Niamey by protesters are circulating on…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
The first time l met you l did not know you were a Prince of the Source.It was when we were about to marry that l knew that you were not just a Prince but a Prince with great patience. Patience is a rare virtue.Virtue is grace. Oba Kayode Adelekan Afolabi, you are blessed with the grace of patience. In our 30 years of marriage, you have shown me a dimension of patience that l have never seen before. In the School of Patience you are my Lecturer. You have taught me that patience is not weakness but concentrated strength.You…
The Ogun State Government, on Friday, 11 August, 2023, said the Obong of Calabar, His Royal Majesty, Edidem Abasi, directed his attack on the deplorable state of the Abeokuta-Ibadan road at the wrong quarters. The Obong, who is the Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), had on Thursday, 10 August, 2023, lamented the poor state of some roads in the state. But the state government, in a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Works, Engr. Ade Akinsanya, said the road in question belongs to the Federal Government. He said that the Dapo Abiodun administration in Ogun…
Lizzy Anjorin, a popular Nollywood actress, has confessed that she slept with Kolawole Ajeyemi, husband of colleague Toyin Abraham and Tayo Amokade popularly called Ijebu same day, reports thegazellenews.com. Anjorin, who is now married, made the strange confession via a video she shared on social media. According to her, she had also slept with a lot of her male colleagues who are married but had no problem with their wives. She wondered why the case of Toyin Abraham’s husband should be generating interest. “I even slept with Kolawole Ajeyemi who’s known as Awillo in Abeokuta and its environs and Ijebu (Tayo…
Piqued by what has been described as the “mischievousness of some disgruntled persons,” another group of shareholders of Seplat Energy has warned such detractors to stop their senseless attack on the company and its management. A press statement issued on behalf of the group known as Concerned Shareholders of Seplat Energy by the trio of Messrs Adetunji B. Ajani, Adekanmbi David, and Ademola Timothy Adejuwon on Thursday, 10 August, 2023, said: “Our attention has been drawn to a news story published in ThisDay Newspaper edition of Monday 7th of July 2023 alleging among others, likely impropriety on the part of…
A group, Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) consisting of 52 groups, have told the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) not to deploy troops to Niger Republic over the recent coup that took place in the country, thegazellenews.com reports. CNG’s spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, stated this in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, 11 August, 2023. “We emphatically repudiate any form of preference for military action against Niger or any other West African or African nation by any regional or international community/institution”. The group urged both the military authorities in Niger and the ECOWAS to open and allow all doors for…
A yet-to-be-identified woman was crushed to death alongside her two-year-old daughter in the Ikotun area of Lagos on Thursday, 10 August, 2023. According to reports, another trader was hurt when a bus ploughed into some businesses on the side of the road next to Toluwalase Hall on Governor’s Road in Ikotun. A witness identified only as Tayo claimed that the bus driver fled after being nearly lynched by onlookers who gathered at the scene of the collision. “It is a Hummer Bus, it probably lost its brake. It rammed into the shops and cleared about five shops. A woman and…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike with agency report The death toll from the devastating wildfires on the island of Maui, Hawaii, has now jumped to 55 while 1,000 people are still missing, just as officials warned that the loss of life is expected to rise further. Another 17 fatalities were confirmed on Thursday, 10 August, 2023, taking the toll to 53 victims. By Thursday night, another two people had been found dead, Maui County confirmed. Hawaii Governor, Josh Green, said on evening of Thursday, 10 August, 2023 confirmed that that around 1,000 people are still unaccounted for, as he said that the Aloha State is headed for…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has fixed for hearing an application by the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, seeking to stop his trial by the Federal Government through the Department of State Services(DSS). The court will on Tuesday, 15 August, 2023 also hear an application by the DSS seeking to appeal the N20 million bail granted to Emefiele by the court. Justice Nicholas Oweibo fixed the date to enable the defence to reply to the prosecution’s further counter-affidavit, which was served on the defence in court just before the Thursday proceedings…
A reckless driver reportedly driving against traffic has killed a family of five and their house help in Owerri, Imo State. The incident occurred at Umudibia community, maternity junction, close to the Federal Polytechnic Nekede in Owerri on Sunday, August 5, 2023. The family head identified as Arthur, alias Agwu Oti Aka, was a disabled Para-Badminton Silver Medalist. He was scheduled to represent Nigeria in a Disabled Badminton competition in the United States on August 14, 2023. Arthur was riding a motorcycle with some of his children, while another two motorcycles carried his wife, house help, and other children when…