By Abimbola Oguunnaike The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has disclosed that at least 40,000 people die annually as a result of road traffic crashes across the country. Corps Marshal FRSC, Dauda Biu, made this disclosure in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital during activities marking the 7th United Nations Global Road Safety Week. Biu said that these facts were the unholy statistics of Road Traffic Crashes and injuries which were a leading cause of death and disability, just as he also added 1.3 million people were killed and as many as 50 million people get injured each year globally. According to him, there is no…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike An official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) attached to the Sokoto command of the commission, Inspector Abel Isah Dickson, has been confirmed dead. The deceased died from the injuries sustained during a scuffle that involved three personnel of the commission. Officials of the anti-graft agency, who were familiar with the matter, said the young officers were involved in the scuffle following the disagreement on the custody of items. The spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, who confirmed the incident at a press briefing, on the morning of Tuesday, 16 May, 2029, said the two suspects had…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, the state capital has sentenced three persons: Omotayo Deji, 23; Chidiebere Ifeanyin, 25; and Bolaji Usman, 28; to death by hanging for conspiracy and armed robbery. The defendants were arraigned before Justice Bamidele Omotoso on January 21, 2020, on four-count charge bordering on conspiracy and armed robbery. The charge reads that the defendants on “May 6, 2019, at Aba Erinfun, Federal Polytechnic Road, Ado Ekiti in Ado Ekiti Judicial Division did conspire to commit a felony, to wit; armed robbery and robbed Ademiloye Stephen, Olokuntoye Temitope and Ajayi…
His social life was blunted. Perhaps by his reticent disposition.His persona, two dimensional. To a distant public, he was upscale and cool . His manly bearing spoke loud. His onscreen image ironically amplified some idiosyncrasies: heroics, romantic adventures and traits that did not gel with the mortal privacy that eerily define his quiet and lonely life. Saint Obi, real name, Obinna Nwafor, was shy, almost bordering on timidity and insecurity. He cherished the pleasantly tranquil interractions among a few friends. He would vanish at any outburst that could upset the poise of such small meetings. As he repeatedly told me,…
Prince Ade Omole, Director of the dissolved APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) Diaspora Directorate has charged Nigerians not to be distracted by the fact that the opposition is challenging APC’s electoral victory in court. He gave the charge on Monday, 15 May, 2023, in Abuja while receiving on behalf of Sen. Bola Tinubu, the President-elect, a mansion in Guzape District. The property was donated to accommodate Nigerians in the Diaspora that would be traveling back to the country to witness the inauguration of Sen. Bola. Tinubu as the country’s 16 democratically elected president on May 29, 2023. Omole said though…
The United Nations has lamented the decline in number of women elected into political offices in Nigeria during the last general elections, insisting that the country which pride herself as a giant on the continent has not lived up to the appellation in terms of women involvement in politics. The body also condemned violence during the last elections, stating that it was one of the key obstacles to advancing women’s participation in public life. Speaking at the Post-election conference in Abuja organised by UNWOMEN, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Government of Canada and European Union (EU), the UN Women Country…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday,15 May, 2023 shares the joy of celebrations with 27-year-old gourmet chef, Hilda Bassey Effiong, aka Hilda Baci, who makes history by breaking the world record of longest hours of cooking and entering into the Guinness Book of Records, and placing Nigeria on the global world map. Buhari, through a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, showered praises on “the young culinary expert for turning her talent and passion into a career, with a rippling effect on the economy as she runs a restaurant in Lagos, trains other talents on entrepreneurship, and…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Ekiti State Police Command has invited 90-year-old man, Pa Joel Afolabi questioning for allegedly tying his seven-year-old grandson to a tree and torturing him over missing meat. It was gathered that the incident happened in Aye-Ekiti, in Ido/Osi local government area of the state. According to a source close to the community, the primary four pupil identified as Tunmise, was accused of eating a part of a meat which had been smoked on a fire in the kitchen by his grandfather, after arrived from school. The source further stated that the meat which belongs to his grandfather was kept…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Nollywood industry has recorded another tragedy as Chikezie Uwazie, an actor died in the United States after brain surgery. The actor who relocated to the United States seven years ago, was one of the top actors in the Nigerian movie industry in the 2000s. A colleague, Obey Etok Chima, who confirmed Uwazie’s death, said he died after a second brain surgery. “I can’t believe I’m posting this. I can’t imagine am posting this. Chikezie Uwazie goneeeee. After a 2nd brain surgery. Gini na emezi. Am so shocked to get this news this evening. “Just got this from our…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The unthinkable happened in Unguwar Gabarin village in Pokistum town, Yobe State on Friday, 12 May, 2023 as a young man identified as Auwal Mohammed Mustapha (Baushe) was allegedly stabbed to death by his friend over a phone. According to Facebook user, Khalid Yusuf Tebo, the suspect stabbed Baushe in his stomach with a knife during a fight over a phone. “Parents must stand up and control their children, this young man comes from my neighborhood, his friend stabbed him to death. That friend and him are hunting together, according to people it was a fight on phone…