The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Oyo State Command has disclosed that six people died as a result of a road accident that occurred in Ibadan on Monday,14 October, 2024 FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Rosemary Alo, made this declaration while addressing news at a press conference held in Ibadan , Oyo State capital on Tuesday, 15 0ctober, 2024 Alo, who said six people died while another six sustained various degrees of injuries as a result of the incident, maintained that the bodies of the six dead victims have been deposited at the University College Hospital (UCH) mortuary. She…
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A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Bode George, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu sent his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila to beg him against leaving Nigeria due to his emergence as president. According to George, Tinubu sent Gbajabiamila to pacify him against leaving Nigeria because they had wronged him. George stated this on Wednesday, 16 October, 2024 while featuring on Arise TV’s Morning Show The forme Military Administrator of Ondo State spoke regarding his threat to vacate Nigeria if Tinubu won the 2023 presidential election. The PDP chieftain also described the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,…
The African football governing body, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as host of the 2024 edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League finals, thegazellenews.com reports The competition, according to information on CAF’s official website will run from November 9 to November 23. Recall that Morocco also hosted the last edition of the competition. Nigerian champions, Edo Queens are among the eight teams that will compete at the tournament- the premium women’s club football competition in Africa. Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa are the current holders of the competition. Winners will get $400 000 in prize money…
A Moscow court has fined Telegram Messenger four million rubles (41,400 U.S. dollars) for refusing to delete information banned in Russia. According to the court press service, Telegram was found guilty of committing an administrative offence for failing to “remove information when such removal is required by Russian law. The court did not specify the prohibited information that led to the fine. Recall that Telegram was in August 2024, fined four million rubles for a similar offence. With approximately 900 million subscribers, Telegram is now one of the world’s leading messaging platforms and influential in Russia.
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has intercepted four 40-foot containers filled with illicit drugs valued at N1.18 billion. The operation, conducted by customs officers at two terminals, prevented the smuggling of 236,783 bottles of cough syrup containing codeine, a substance banned by the Federal Government. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Usman Abubakar, made this disclosure in a statement issued on Wednesday, 15 October, 2024. Abubakar, who disclosed that the seizures included Barcadin cough syrup, all packed in 2,174 cartons, also added smuggled drugs were uncovered during routine inspections between October 11 and 15, 2024. The Customs Area…
An inquest jury has discovered that “multiple failings” at a UK immigration detention centre contributed to the tragic death of Colombian national, Frank Ospina, who took his own life in 2023. According to the jury’s findings, missed opportunities and inadequate care at the Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre worsened Ospina’s mental health crisis, ultimately leading to his death. The coroner, Lydia Brown, expressed her deep regret, stating that Ospina was “let down by the state in numerous ways” during his time in detention. Ospina, 39, had come to the UK in 2022 to visit his mother and explore postgraduate education opportunities.…
The World Bank disclosed has disclosed that the Nigerian Naira is among the worst-performing currencies in sub-Sahara Africa at the end of August 2024. The Bank stated this in its latest edition of Africa’s Pulse report. According to the report of the Bank, the Naira is at par with the Ethiopian Birr, and South Sudanese Pound in terms of decline in the region. The report blamed the continued increase in the demand for dollars and limited dollar inflow for Naira depreciation in the last months. According to the report, the Naira lost about 43 percent as of August. “By August 2024,…
Over 90 people were confirmed dead following a petrol tanker explosion which occurred at Majiya Town, Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State on late Tuesday, 15 October, 2024, reports thegazellenews.com The Jigawa State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Mr Shi’isu Adam, confirmed the sad development during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Wednesday, 16 October, 2024 Adam also said that 50 other persons had been hospitalised for various degrees of injuries due to the explosion. According to him, at about 11:30pm on Tuesday, 15 October, 2024 in Majia Town, Taura local government area of Jigawa, the tanker…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, and leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, says he has decided to remain silent on the ongoing internal crisis bedevilling the party in the state. Kwankwaso made this statement on Tuesday when fielding questions from newsmen in his Miller Road residence in Kano, noting that he had nothing to say about the issue. “I don’t want to talk, please. Don’t drag me into what I am not supposed to be dragged into. The chairman of the party has spoken and has been speaking, reach out to him,”…
Nollywood veteran, Bimbo Akintola, has disclosed the reason she remains unmarried at 54. Akintola, who made the disclosure in a recent interview with her colleague, Emmanuel Ehumadu, stated that she’s still single because her soul mate died. Host: “Are you married?” Akintola: “No.” Host: “Why?” Akintola: “He died…The person wey me fit do forever for don die.” Host: “So, you don’t think you can find another man?” Akintola: “Do you know how long it took me to find him?” She said she won’t allowed herself to be pressured into getting married just to please people. She, however, clarified that she believes…