Residents of Tulla village, Buji Local Government Area of Jigawa State are presently in a mourning mood after three teenage girls drowned in the village pond A statement issued by the spokesman of The Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa State Command, ASC Badruddeen Tijjani Mahmud, confirmed the sad development in a statement issued to newsmen. Mahmud gave the names of the victims as Fatima Sule (12), Nasiya Sale (12) and Huwaila Sa’adu (13). The girls, the statement explained, met their untimely death while trying to cut grasses to feed their livestock beside the pond.…
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Though her team D’Tigress didn’t go beyond quarterfinal stage in the women’s basketball event, head coach Rena Wakama has been named the best coach in the women’s basketball event at the 2024 Olympic Games. The African champions defeated world number three, Australia, in their first game. The West Africans also recorded an impressive win against world number five in their last group game. Wakama’s side, however, bowed out to USA in the quarterfinals. D’Tigress made history as the first African team, male or female, to reach the quarterfinals in the history of the Olympics.
Nigerian rapper Oladips has accused Grammy-winning singer Wizkid of intellectual property theft. The rapper alleged that Wizkid sampled part of the lyrics of his song ‘Ajala Travel remix’ in his recent collaboration with Asake, ‘MMS.’ Oladips shared screenshots of the lyrics from the two songs via his Instagram account. A fan told him that sampling was “normal” but he insisted that it’s only when authorised. “It’s normal if you acknowledge the source! No be say dem go dey pretend like say dem no know you but come dey bite your lyrics for corner,” the singer wrote. As at the time…
Gunmen in the early hours of Thursday, 8 August, 2024 kidnapped wife and two daughters of a Kogi-based journalist, Muhammed Bashir in Kaduna. They were kidnapped along with eight members of the same family on Thursday, 8 August, 2024. Bashir’s wife and the two daughters were said to have traveled to Kaduna early Thursday, 8 August, 2024 to spend the holiday with her family in a Kaduna suburb. Bashir, a correspondent of the Nigeria Telegraph newspaper, confirmed the abduction to newsmen in Lokoja, Kogi State capital, on the evening of Friday, 9 August, 2024 in a brief statement. “My dear…
At least six persons died instantly on the night of Friday, 9 August, 2024 as a trailer carrying sugar cane fell down on them at Amukpe roundabout in Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State The victims, who were waiting for transportation to Warri, died instantly. As of the time of filing this report, police operatives were seen trying to forestall any breakdown of law and order along the road. Delta State Police Command is yet to comment on the development as of the time of filing this report.
Popular British singer, Adele has confirmed her engagement to her American boyfriend, Rich Paul. The ‘Hello’ exponent revealed that she’s getting married during a performance in Munich, Germany on August 9. She appeared to spot someone carrying a sign saying, “Will you marry me?” She read out the message, but replied: “I can’t marry you because I’m already getting married, so I can’t, but I appreciate it, thank you.” Adele then displayed what appeared to be an engagement ring to the crowd, sparking cheers. She didn’t disclose the person she’s getting married to but fans are suspecting it’s her boyfriend,…
Tragedy occurred on Friday, 9 August, 2024 as a 17-year-old boy, who was electrocuted while working with his step-father at a building construction site situated at Church Street, Alagbado, Lagos State. The Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the sad development on Saturday, 10 August, 2024 According to Hundeyin, the mother of the boy, whose name was not given, reported the case to the Agbado Police Division on Friday, 9 August, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. The state police image-maker added that the woman reported that at about 12:30 p.m. on the same…
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force on Saturday,10 August, 2024 reportedly arrested the Governorship candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Ondo State, Kunle Wizeman Ajayi Ajayi, who is also a member of the Take It Back Movement, was arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force on Saturday, 10 August, 2024 in Akure, Ondo State capital during the ongoing one-milion-man protest against hunger and hardship. The AAC candidate was, according to the organization, arrested alongside another activist, Patrick Owolabi. The Governorship candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in the forthcoming gubernatorial election…
Detectives of the Ondo State Police Command have identified two persons behind the gruesome killing of a popular caterer in Akure, the state capital, Olakunbi Adene. The suspects were identified as the personal assistant and the driver of the deceased. Adene was murdered in her residence along Oda Road, Akure South Local Government Area of the state, four days after her 54th birthday party. According to the homicide detectives, the Personal Assistant who had been arrested confessed to the crime and had started assisting the police with useful information about the circumstances surrounding the killing. It was gathered that the late…
At least 100 people have been killed after an Israeli attack on a school in Gaza housing displaced persons. The school, which is located in Gaza City’s Daraj neighbourhood, was said to have been bombed during morning prayers on Saturday, 10 August, 2024 It was also gathered that women, children and the elderly were among those killed. A statement by the Israeli military, said the school was serving as “Hamas headquarters” and sheltered “terrorists”. The statement further reiterated that several steps were taken to reduce the possibility of civilian casualties. Reacting to the attack in a statement, Gaza government media…