Author: Olamide Obayemi
Transport union leaders in Ogun State have promised to collaborate with the state government in its efforts to minimize the rise in transportation fares as a result of the recent increase in pump prices of fuel. The promise was the outcome of a meeting between the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, and the union leaders on Monday regarding the need to be humane with transport fares in the state. The Chairman of the Ogun State Park Management Scheme (OGSPAM), Alhaji Akeem Bodunrin, while speaking to newsmen at the Panseke Motor Park in Abeokuta South Local Government, stated that they…
The Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed that at least three people have died following the collapse of a building in Kofar Bai Quarters, Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of the state. The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Adam, confirmed the incident in a statement issuesd on Tuesday, 10 September, 2024. “On Tuesday, September 10, 2024, at approximately 00:05hrs, Ahmad Isah of Kofar Bai Quarters, Birnin Kudu LGA reported to the Birnin Kudu Division that on September 9, 2024, at around 23:50hrs, a room in his residential house collapsed. “Upon receiving the tragic report, a team of police officers was…
Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed that floods that ravaged communities across the state, especially Fune local government area have killed at least four people and injuring forty-three others. SEMA, which revealed this in the latest flood update released on Tuesday, 10 September, 2024, added that 1, 978 households and an estimated 7,639 individuals from different communities and villages across the 13 wards of Fune LGA were severely affected by the disaster. “The incidents led to the destruction of about 1,215 houses and injury to about 43 persons with 4 deaths recorded. “Worse cases were from Jajere, Ngelzarma, Bindigi, Ngelshengele,…
Kaduna State Police Command on Tuesday, 10 September, 2024 arraigned a retired Upper Sharia Court judge, Mahmud Shehu, before a Magistrates’ Court, in Zaria, Kaduna, presided over by Magistrate, Lukman Sidi, for allegedly assaulting a visually impaired housewife. The prosecutor, Insp. Adamu Abubakar, told the court on Tuesday in Zaria that the defendant was charged with trespass and assault. Offence, he said, is contrary to sections 327, 237 and 239 of Penal Code Law of Kaduna State 2017. Abubakar told the court that on September 6, Garba Adda’u of Gonar Ganye, Tudun-Jukun Zaria made a criminal complain at the Tudun Wada Divisional Police…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that the Borno State government has opened various camps to accommodate thousands of people currently stranded on the streets of Maiduguri due to flooding. NEMA’s Zonal Acting Coordinator for the North East Zone, Surajo Garba, who made this disclosure during an interview with Daily Trust on Tuesday, 10 September, 2024, attributed the incident to torrential rainfall and collapse of Alao Dam. Garba warned residents of riverine areas to vacate their homes immediately, just as he also added that efforts were underway to support the affected communities. “Thousands of people are stranded and…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expresses deep concern about the flooding in parts of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. The worst flood in decades has displaced thousands of residents and affected facilities such as the Post office, museum and the Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. In a statement issued on Tuesday,10 September, 2024, Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, said President Tinubu has ordered the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to immediately deploy its resources to assist victims. The President also called for the immediate evacuation of those worst affected by the disaster. Part of the statement said:…
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has visited camps where victims of Monday’s devastating flood in Maiduguri were camped. According to statement by the Press Unit of Borno State Government House, in all the places he visited on Tuesday, 10 September, 2024, Zulum sympathised with the victims and assured them of proper care until the water receded and people returned to their houses. He said: “I am disturbed by the calamity that befell us on Monday, resulting from the increased volume. We are doing everything possible to provide relief to our people. “We will provide all the necessary relief support to…
The Director General National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Mrs Zubaida Umar has activated the deployment of additional search and rescue personnel and facilities to strengthen the on-going rescue of Maiduguri residents that are trapped in their homes by the devastating flood disaster in the city. A statement on Wednesday by Manzo Ezekiel of the Press Unit of the agency, said in addition to the search and rescue operation, the agency through a rapid assessment of the situation has warned against likelihood of water borne epidemic that may result from flood contamination of households water, and in view of this, the…
The Trade Union Congress in the United Kingdom opened its conference today in London, with its leader making false claims about human rights abuses and violations in Nigeria. The Nigerian government was wrongly and falsely accused of rights abuse because the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, was stopped from travelling abroad after he snubbed the invitation of a law enforcement agency conducting an ongoing investigation. Ajaero, who probably considers himself above the law, was slated to speak at the same conference where the UK TUC leader attacked Nigeria. His actions, however, have serious consequences, as no one is above the law…