President Bola Tinubu has condemned the reprehensible acts perpetrated by kidnappers across the country, declaring that individuals involved in such despicable crimes must be treated as terrorists. The President made the declaration on Tuesday, 26 March, 2024 at a Ramadan dinner with members of the Federal judiciary led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. Reiterating the government’s resolve to defeat banditry, the President said those who resort to kidnapping children are cowards, incapable of confronting the might of the Nigerian Armed Forces. ”We must treat kidnappers as terrorists. They are cowardly. They have been degraded.…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Senior Programme Officer of the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria, Ms Florinda Olawusi, disclosed that at least over 300 patients died of tuberculosis, out of over 6,000 cases recorded in Ogun State in 2023. This is just as the state is said to have recorded a 100% rise in tuberculosis cases in recent times Olawusi made this disclosure in Abeokuta, the state capital while speaking with journalists at the 2024 World Tuberculosis Day. Olawusi expressed concern over a 100% rise from 2019, adding that according to data from the IHVN and USAID TB-LON 3 project for Ogun…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Bertrand Onuoha, described the off-season governorship elections that took place in Nigeria, especially his state, as a war zone that bore no semblance to what a normal poll should look like. Onuoha made the statement on Tuesday, 26 March, 2024 at a public presentation on Nigeria’s Election Violence and Education Report of the 2023 governorship polls in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states held in Abuja. The Police Commissioner lamented that he has never seen the kind of bitterness that was brought into the November 11 poll that produced the All Progressives Congress candidate, Usman…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The younger brother of Dr Paul Akintelure, one of the governorship aspirants of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo state, who died in the early hours of Tuesday, 26 March, 2024, has said that his death was not natural. It was gathered that the APC governorship aspirant, a medical doctor, gave up the ghost in Lagos after he had initially raised the alarm over a “serious threat” to his life. On Thursday, 21 March, 2024, Akintelure alleged that there was a threat to his life ahead of the APC governorship primary fixed for April 25. Though…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has described as “shocking and devastating” the death of the APC governorship aspirant, Dr Paul Akintelure. Aiyedatiwa, in a statement issued by his spokesman, Ebenezer Adeniyan, commiserated with Dr Akintelure’s family, the people of Okitipupa LGA and the progressive fold in the state. “Akintelure was a wonderful human being and was a core progressive. He was very consistent and loyal to the tenets of progressive politics in Ondo State and Nigeria. “He was a friend and associate. He conducted his private business and public affairs with so much decorum and humility to the…
Pelumi Nubi, the content creator who embarked on a solo road trip from London to Lagos by road, has survived a car accident. In an Instagram post on Tuesday, 26 March, 2024, she shared a picture of her now-wrecked car, revealing severe damage to the front bumper and a shattered windscreen. An accompanying video shows her being carried in an ambulance, with the caption: “Say a prayer for me.” Details about the accident’s location, cause, and the extent of her injuries remain unclear. Pelumi began her journey on Wednesday, 31 January, 2024, facing various obstacles along the way. These challenges…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Association Of Table Water Producers (ATWAP) have appealed to the federal government to save the water industry from total collapse by supporting the association with financial aid to enhance the business of their members numbering over 30,000 across the country. Recall that 22nd March of every year has been set aside to celebrate ‘World Water Day’ and water producers in the country used the annual celebration to reflect on water and its usefulness to mankind and other creatures. The association expressed serious concern at the rate at which the cost of production is skyrocketing, making sachet…
By Abimnola Ogunnaike Controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has disclosed details of his meeting with security agents who invited him for questioning over activities of bandits in the North Gunmi added that he had a productive meeting with security agencies on how to curtain bandits and their activities in the North. Recall that the Minister of Information and Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said Gumi would be invited for questioning over the activities of bandits in the North. According to the ministerm had said Gumi was not above the law and that he would be reprimanded if security agencies deemed his comments reckless. However,…
Residents of Ibijoke and Olasimbo streets in Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos State have taken three Lagos State Commissioners to court over Illegal allocation of a canal setback in their area to mechanics, reports thegazellenews.com In the writ of summons sighted by this medium, the three Commissioners involved are: the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of the state; the Commissioner for the Environment; and the Commissioner for Transportation. The case was instituted by Felix Akinnisola, Esq and Remi Olowolabi of Covenant Villa on behalf of Alhaji Wasiu Lawal and Pastor Kola Olayemi who are standing in for Ibijoke and…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Olayemi Cardoso, has disclosed apex bank had settled all valid forex backlogs amid the continued appreciation of Naira against the US dollar at the forex market. Cardoso called on those claiming the foreign exchange backlog has not been cleared should approach the open market to verify the situation. The Apex Bank boss stated this on Tuesday, 26 March, 2024 while briefing journalists at the end of the 294th Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Abuja. “As long as the Central Bank of Nigeria is concerned, all valid foreign exchange…