The father of Charles Erukaa, a popular television presenter and on-air-personality with Channels TV has reportedly died in the den of kidnappers in Benue State, reports thegazellenews.com. He was aged 80. Charles’ father, Washima Erukaa was also the former Chairman of Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State. He was kidnapped on Saturday, 23 September, 2023 in Zaki Biam, headquarters of the local government but died after over one month with his abductors. What made the death so painful was that the Erukaa family had paid ransom for his release four times to the kidnappers. According to the Sun News,…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
The claim by the host of Brekete family radio programme, Ahmed Isah aka ‘Ordinary President’, that the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is harmful and targeted at depopulation lacks evidence and is misleading, a PRNigeria fact-check has discovered. The Ordinary President, in a video clip during a live broadcast of his popular Brekete family programme of Human Rights Radio Station in Abuja, claimed that the HPV vaccine is harmful to girls and targeted at reducing the population of Nigerians. https://prnigeria.com/2023/11/01/hpv-vaccine-brekete-family/ But in order to verify the authenticity of the claims by Ahmed, PRNigeria fact-check team ran a background check on the video,…
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has again assured supporters that the All Progressives Congress will win the November Governorship election with a wide margin on the back of the unprecedented achievements of the Party under his administration. He said this just as he reiterated the state government’s commitment to cooperating with the Armed Forces in ensuring a peaceful election and level playing field for all contenders. Governor Bello gave the assurances in Lokoja, on Thursday, when he received the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Mustapha, who was on a collaboration visit to the Kogi State Governor towards a…
Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, says the Commission is ready to partner with Port Harcourt Club, to boost social activities in the Rivers State capital. Speaking when members of the executive of the club paid him a courtesy visit in his office at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt, Ogbuku said the Commission was open to sustainable relationships that would bring back the past glory of Port Harcourt city, so that the present generation would be proud that in their time the social life in the Garden City was revived. The NDDC Chief…
Punish Perpetrators of Attacks Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on President Bola Tinubu to make a clear commitment to ensure the safety of journalists in Nigeria and bring an end to impunity for crimes against journalists by ensuring that Government officials and non-state actors who attack journalists are appropriately punished in accordance with the Law. MRA’s Executive Director, Mr. Edetaen Ojo, said: “On the occasion of this year’s International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, we remain extremely concerned that in spite of numerous and frequently recurring cases of attacks against journalists in Nigeria, with at least…
Yaba flyover – one of the four bridges being concurrently constructed by the Lagos State Government along the Red Line rail corridor – is now open to traffic, creating a new commuting and connectivity experience in Lagos Mainland. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, 2 November, 2023, commissioned the T-shape overpass that will serve as an alternative route to access Ebute Metta, Oyingbo, Yaba and Surulere. The project, undertaken by Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), has brought traffic relief to motorists and commuters plying Yaba, as it has solved congestion and delays associated with railway level crossing, which hitherto hindered…
While commending President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s focus on creating positive impacts in health and education as stated in his speech at the cabinet Retreat yesterday, former presidential aide, Laolu Akande has said that only the collaboration of both the Federal Government and the State Governments can deliver the results. The former presidential aide gave the submission on Thursday, 2 November, 2023, while appearing as a guest analyst on Channels TV’s news documentary programme, Sunrise Daily, where he spoke on the President’s latest demand for performance from his ministers and on core national issues. He said, “Now, the interesting thing to…
1. Today’s allegations by the candidate of the empty People’s Democratic Party in the forthcoming Governorship Election in Kogi State, Dino Melaye to the effect that the Governor and the All Progressives Congress are shopping for thugs to disrupt the Governorship Poll is an archaic warfare strategy of accusing the opponents of your plans. It doesn’t hold waters in modern day politicking that is built on mobilization, conviction, strategies and aligning with the power of the people. 2. As incongruent as the allegations are, it is important to state unequivocally here that as a party, we will deploy all legal,…
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has revealed that the phenomenal strides experienced in the state in the last four years under his watch are in fulfilment of his ‘Building Our Future Together Agenda’ and the ISEYA mantra of his government, saying that the pace of development can only increase. Abiodun made this known during the Egba Division Town Hall Meeting, in preparation for the 2024–2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and the 2024 Appropriation Bill, held at the Cultural Center, Kuto Abeokuta. The Governor, who was represented by his Deputy, Engr Noimot Salako-Oyedele, noted that the policies and programmes of…
Following public reactions over the provision for what is termed presidential yacht and other line items in the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation presented to the National Assembly, it is important to provide some clarifications. First, we need to make clear that President Bola Tinubu’s administration respects the views of Nigerians on all matters of public concern. We thus consider it very imperative to clear any misconception and misunderstanding of the issues. What was named as Presidential Yacht in the budget is an Operational Naval boat with specialized security gadgets suitable for high profile operational inspection and not for the use of…