Author: Olamide Obayemi
Two online polls by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on LinkedIn and Twitter have revealed that most people want the NDDC to invest in training, empowerment, and jobs for the region. The results reflected the region’s needs and aspirations for more vocational training, employment, and empowerment opportunities. The polls, which ran for two weeks on the NDDC’s LinkedIn and Twitter platforms, stated that the NDDC wanted to hear from the public what areas or sectors it should prioritize for more investment and attention. Training/Empowerment/Jobs: The Topmost Priority According to the poll results, Training/Empowerment/Jobs is the area or sector that…
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Arabel Exclusive Islamic Materials Limited, Hajia Shareefah Abiola Andu has ventured into movie production with the launch of the new film titled: The Two Aishas’. Hajia Andu, an author and prolific writer is also the owner of the Arabel TV. Her new film was premiered in Lagos on Sunday, 23 April, 2023 and will on Monday, 24 April, 2023 be screened in Cinemas nationwide. Below is the link for the teaser for the film on You Tube. https://youtu.be/IfhIFGls4l4 Find below the cinemas you can watch from and the timing. LAGOS 1. FILMHOUSE…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 41-year-old man, Tolulope Olowu, for allegedly stabbing his 33-year-old neighbour simply identified as Pablo to death. Olowu and Pablo, both residents of First Unity Estate, the Badore area of Ajah, Lagos State reportedly had an altercation on a parking space on their street. The misunderstanding between the duo, despite efforts by co-residents to settle it amicably, degenerated into a fisticuff during which Olowu reportedly stabbed Pablo to death. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident on Sunday, 23 April, 2023. https://youtube.com/shorts/l9WeUBasRpE?feature=share Hundeyin, who…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has mourned the passing away of the state High Court Judge in the state judiciary, Justice Sikiru Oyinloye who died on Sunday, 23 April, 2023 after a brief illness. In his condolence message issued on Sunday, 23 April, 2023, Governor AbdulRazaq described his demise as painful and a great loss. “We join the Kwara State Judiciary and the Nigerian bar to mourn the unfortunate death of Hon. Justice Oyinloye, a very upright and brilliant judge. “We are consoled by the fact that he left a legacy of uprightness, hard work and brilliance…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Two persons including an undergraduate of the Lagos State University, Kamoru Lasisi, and a tiler, Lateef Atanda were killed in supremacy clashes involving members of the Aiye and the Eiye confraternities at Ijanikin, in the Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State, an Ogun based national newspaper reports The medium gathered that members of the cult groups had been engaging one another in a series of clashes for over two months, a situation that had been creating tension in the community. During the clashes, the newspaper gathered that the cultists usually engaged themselves with weapons including guns, cutlasses, and machetes, among…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun State Command has confirmed that at least seven persons, including two children were burnt to death, while 14 other passengers were injured when a bus crashed and went up in flames along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The spokesman for the Command in Ogun State, Florence Okpe, confirmed the accident in Abeokuta, the state capital on Sunday, 23 April, 2023, saying the crash occurred at the OPIC axis of the highway. According Okpe, the lone crash which involved a Mazda bus with number plate BDG993YG occurred around 10.45am on Sunday, 24 April, 2023.…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has disclosed that the Federal Government would begin the evacuation of stranded Nigerians in conflict-torn Sudan from Tuesday, 25 April, 2023. Recall that fighting between forces loyal to Sudan’s Army Chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has torn the country apart. Hundreds of people have been killed since the crisis broke out on Saturday last week in Sudan’s capital between the forces of the two rival generals. Thousands of Nigerians are in Sudan with 5,500 of them indicating interest…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike with agency report Police operatives in Kenya have exhumed 21 bodies from shallow graves in Malindi, a coastal town in the southeastern part of the country. This comes after Pastor Paul Mackenzie Nthenge of the Good News International Church told his members to starve themselves to death in order to meet ‘Jesus.’BBC reports that 15 members of the church were rescued from shallow graves in the Shakahola forest, including a 55-year-old man found on Friday in a hideout.Kenya Broadcasting Station (KBC) said that 58 graves have so far been identified, adding that dead children are among those…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A Nigerian student stranded in Sudan has said he and others trapped in the crisis-ridden country are surrounded by criminals. At least 4000 Nigerians are trapped as a result of fighting between forces loyal to Sudan’s Army Chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Hundreds have been killed since the fight broke out between the forces of the two rival generals in Khartoum, capital of Sudan. Nigerian student who managed to flee Khartoum to the border town of Gallabat on Sudan-Ethiopian shores, Fauziyya Idris Safiyo, said…