By Abimbola Ogunnaike Several houses in Okuoma community, in the Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, were on fire hours after 16 soldiers on a peacekeeping mission were killed. Thegazellenews.com reports that the Director of Information at the Defence Headquarters, Tukur Gusau, in a statement on Saturday, 16 March, 2024, said the military personnel comprising a lieutenant colonel, two majors, one captain, and 12 soldiers were killed by youths on Thursday. “The troops of 181 Amphibious Battalion, Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, while on a peace mission to Okuoma community in BOMADI LGA of Delta State were…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike Operatives of the Lagos Police Command have arrested a crane operator after a passerby was killed when an electric cable drum fell on him on Ojo-Igbede Road in the Ojo Local Government Area of the state on Thursday, 14 March, 2024 The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development in a post on his X handle on Sunday, 17 March, 2024 saying that the crane operator will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for “reckless and negligent act; and involuntary manslaughter.” “The operator of this crane will likely spend life in…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Olowu of Kuta in Ayedire Local Government of Osun, Oba Hameed Oyelude, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to reopen the nation’s border with Benin Republic, just as he also called on Nigerians to be patient with Tinubu’ government. Oba Oyelude, who made the appeal on Sunday, 17 March, 2024 while addressing newsmen in his palace in Kuta, said the reopening of the border would ease the burden of Nigerians economically. “At the time the Benin Republic border was closed, the Federal Government was protecting the economy of the country. “But I want to urge the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have rescued at least 50 foreigners, from neighbouring African countries, some of them children, from a duplex on Omola Road, in the Edemola area of Epe in the state. It was gathered that the rescued persons, all foreigners, were kept in the building by a gang of job scammers. Findings at the Okeoyibo Police Division where the rescued persons were taken, revealed that they were from Cameroon and Gabon. Investigations, according to the police, indicated that they were deceived by the ring leaders of a Cameroonian job scam gang that there…
Renowned poet, playwright, author and Professor of English and Dramatic Literature, Prof. Olu Obafemi has been chosen to be guest speaker at the public lecture/heroes’ day of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the University of Jos (UNIJOS). At the event scheduled for 10am this Friday March 22 2024 at Unity Hall, ASUU Secretariat in Naraguta Campus of UNIJOS, Obafemi would speak on the topic, “Government’s Commitment Towards The Funding Of Public Universities In Nigeria: The Past, The Present and The Future.” Obafemi, former President, Nigerian Academy of Letters (2016-2018), is believed to have pioneered an experimental tool…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, Otunba Gbenga Daniel and Lt.General Theophilus Danjuma (rtd) have been named among the 40 most influential people in Nigeria in a new book written by journalist and PR consultant, Bode Odeseye. The 40 Most Influential People in Nigeria listed other eminent Nigerians who have distinguished themselves in different areas of endeavors and have enormous influence in different spheres including politics/governance, democratic ideals/activism, economic, infrastructural and social development, banking and finance, commerce and industry, telecommunications/technology, education, philanthropy, legislative enactment and international relations. According to the author, a series of assiduous research…
The Network for Social Growth and Actualization of Viable Development (NEFGAD) has criticized the Students Loan Bill of President Bola Tinubu, describing it as unsustainable and injurious to the country’s development. The group in a statement signed by its Head of Office, Mr Akingunola Omoniyi and made available to newsmen in Abuja at the weekend maintained that the series of postponements and uncertainties around the launch of the scheme showed that the idea is weak and looking more like a mere campaign slogan that should have ended with the 2023 general elections. Akingunola said the bill is anti-development and psychologically…
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has supervised the distribution of food aid to over 52,500 families in seven local government areas in the Southern part of the state in order to alleviate the hardship caused by inflation and the current economic challenges bedeviling the country. The distribution took place on Sunday, 17 March, 2024, at the Biu township stadium. The benefiting local governments include Biu, Shani, Chibok, Askira-Uba, Kwaya Kusar, Bayo and Hawul. Zulum was quoted in a statement to have said: “This morning, we are in Biu to provide palliatives to 52,500 vulnerable families in southern Borno. This…
A student of SS2 in Nigerian Tulip International Colleges (NTIC), Muhabbat Yakubu has been selected to represent Nigeria at the International Festival of Language and Culture (IFLC) holding on 31st May 2024 in Germany. International Festival of Language and Culture (IFLC) is an annual celebration that showcases the diversity of linguistic talents from across the globe, with the sole vision of uniting nations of the world through universal human values and also promoting inclusiveness. It’s the living embodiment of respect, harmony and peace that can be achieved with the universal language of art, dance and music – colours of the…
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has laid the foundation for the construction of an eye and a dental hospital in Biu, According to a statement on Sunday, 17 March, 2024, the eye hospital has two operation theatres, consulting rooms, an administrative complex and male and female wards with a combined capacity of 56 beds, while the dental hospital has an edifice equipped with all the facilities needed to provide dental care to the people. Zulum, while warning contractors to ensure specified standards, gives six months to complete the project. The Governor stated that his administration has approved two eye…