Ghanafest-NY, in association with SummerStage, will host its 13th annual event on Saturday, 5 August, 2023, celebrating the rich heritage and culture of Ghana. The family-friendly public installation, taking place at Crotona Park located at 1700 Crotona Ave, The Bronx, promises to showcase the richness of Ghanaian traditions through music, dance, art, food, and regalia. Headlining this year’s event is acclaimed Ghanaian pop singer Stonebwoy. Recognized as the Artist of the Year at the 2015 Ghana Music Awards, Stonebwoy has earned international reputation through collaborations with renowned artists such as Sean Paul, Keri Hilson, Trey Songz, and Burna Boy. Notably,…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has disclosed that at least 80,000 children lack access to routine immunisation in six northern states. The states, according to NPHCDA, are: Kaduna, Niger, Zamfara, Kebbi, Katsina, and Sokoto, just as it also added that these states lack access to or were never reached for any routine immunisation due to banditry and other forms of insecurities. The Executive Director of NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shauib, made this known while speaking at a strategic meeting with traditional leaders of some inaccessible communities in six states on PHC Delivery held in Sokoto, …
By Abimbola Ogunnaike An e-hailing driver in Lagos State, Jeremiah Adeniran, arrested by the Lagos State Police Command, has disclosed that hardship caused by the removal of the fuel subsidy pushed him into robbing his passengers of their valuables in the state. Adeniran also revealed how he used to decline ride orders from men so he could rob his female passengers. The suspect, who claimed to be a graduate of Accounting from the North American University, said on Friday, 4 August, 2023 that he usually connived with two yet-to-be-identified friends to perpetrate the crime. Speaking during a parade of suspects…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A truck driver Samson Olusegun, and three other suspects, Jimoh Iyanu, Opeyemi Akinloye and Hazimi Abdulakeem, are currently cooling-off in Lagos Police detention for allegedly stealing goods worth N60 million. The quartets were paraded alongside others suspects who committed various offences at the police command headquarters in Ikeja on Friday, 4 August, 2023. Speaking at the parade of the suspects, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, explained that Olusegun was assigned to convey a 40ft container with number ACLU-9651677, loaded with 1,040 bags of blended ‘powder milk’ worth about N60m from Apapa Tin Can Island…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Two of the four rescued Nigerian stowaways have told a story of how they survived 14 days on a ship’s rudder by drinking their urine before being rescued off the coast of Brazil. According to Daily Mail, the two men told their remarkable, death-defying journey across 3,500 miles (5,600 kilometres) of open ocean from Lagos, Nigeria to Vitória, Brazil. The four stowaways were said to be fleeing the economic hardship and political instability in Nigeria and reportedly climbed into a space above the rudder of a cargo ship and hoped to reach Europe. However, after two weeks…
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today, 5 August, 2023 rescued four fatal accident victims at Adeniji Adele inward Oyebanji, Lagos Island. Lastma Oladunni Ademola ‘Zebra’ (Zone 1 Sura) who led the rescue team disclosed that the lone accident involved a Toyota Sienna (MUS 706 EQ). LASTMA Ademola disclosed further that preliminary investigation revealed that the driver was on a top speed and could no longer control the vehicle after noticing the brake failure. He confirmed that LASTMA officials rescued the four victims: two males and two females. According to Zebra Ademola, “Immediately after the accident happened,…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A new church called Ogbanje Church of All Nations has been opened in Nnewi, Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State. Members of the congregation had their first worship service at the church, where they sang and danced to a compilation of songs eulogising the names of some popular river goddesses in Nnewi. This was corroborated by a video currently trending in social media, showing members of the church as they rejoiced and danced to the tune of songs composed in praise of goddesses of some popular rivers in Nnewi. While addressing the congregation at the…
A leading security printing company, Superflux Nigeria Limited, has described as barbaric and spurious, allegations that the company was contracted to print ballots papers by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and in the process favoured certain candidates in the just concluded 2023 general elections. It also frowned at being tagged as conduit for money laundering, siphoning COVID19 funds, saying such allegations are clearly the handiworks of mischief makers and traducers who were hell bent to tarnish the reputation of the company before it’s numerous customers and that of its former Director, who is presently the Secretary to the Ogun…
President Bola Tinubu has said that a comprehensive forensic audit of the Central Bank is underway, while a thorough overhaul of the Civil Service payroll is imminent. The President disclosed this during an audience with the President of the World Bank, Mr. Ajay Banga on Friday, 4 August, 2023, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. ”A comprehensive forensic audit is on-going at the Central Bank. We are going to do very serious structural review of the Civil Service payroll. I can’t believe in the numbers I’m seeing and I’ve had that experience before at the state level. ”The reforms are in…
A staff of the Delta State House of Assembly, Mr. John Adjeke Akpoghene, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment over N14.5 million salary fraud. Akpoghene was charged by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) before the Delta State High Court, Asaba. ICPC had, in a one-count charge before Justice Onome Marshal-Umukoro of the Delta State High Court Asaba, accused the convict of receiving double salary from the Delta State House of Assembly and Ughelli South Local Government Area. Counsel to ICPC, Mrs. S. Chibuzor, had told the court that the convict fraudulently received the total…