By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Senate in Thailand on Tuesday, 18 June, 2024 passed the same-sex bill, thereby legalising gay marriage in the country. Earlier in March, the lower House approved the bill with only 10 of the 415 sitting lawmakers voting against it. With this new development and when the bill finally becomes law, it will make Thailand the third Asian country and about the 38th globally to approve same-sex marriage. Two Asian countries, Taiwan and Nepal, had earlier become countries in Asia where two people of the same gender can marry each other. The Thailand Senate gave its approval…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike As Nigerians continue to groan over rising food prices, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that the country must find a way to tackle banditry, terrorism and bad roads to address the problem. Ajuri Ngelale, the presidential spokesperson in a statement on Tuesday, 18 June, 2024, said President Tinubu made this known when he met with the delegation of the National Assembly in Lagos. According to the statement, Tinubu noted that 60-70 percent of food is damaged in Nigeria due to bad roads, banditry and terrorism. “We must find a way to eliminate banditry and terrorism so…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A private security guard, Yusuf Akadogo, has lost his life after he was stabbed while settling a quarrel in in the Idi-Araba area of the Lagos State. Lagos State Police Command through its Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirming the sad development during an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday,18 June, 2024. Hundeyin disclosed that the deceased security guard was attacked by an Okada rider, currently at large. “On that fateful day, around 9:20 p.m., the police received a distress call from a concerned community member regarding a disturbance at Igbira Road, Idi-Araba,”…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command in Lagos State have arrested a 21-year-old woman, simply identified as Blessing, for allegedly stealing a one-month-old baby boy. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during an interview on Wednesday, 29 May, 2024. Hundeyin said that the mother of the baby, whose name was not mentioned, reported the case at the Elere Police Division on Monday, 27 May, 2024 at about 2.30p.m. According to police image-maker, the mother of the baby reported that at about 7.00a.m. on…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Kano State Police Command has disclosed that it has deployed operatives at flashpoints in and around Kano metropolis in a bid to tackle potential security threats. The state Commissioner of Police, Usaini Gumel, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday, 29 May, 2024 in Kano. Equipped and armed personnel have been deployed to handle any unforeseen circumstances around the identified areas. ”The state government’s order banning all protests would be strictly enforced with vigor,” he said, adding that anyone found participating would be arrested and prosecuted. The CP…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Minister of Finance, Wale Edun has disclosed that Federal Government has restarted the provision of conditional direct N75,000 cash transfers to 75 million Nigerians to tackle the impact of inflation. Edun, who disclosed this on Tuesday, 28 May, 2024 at a ministerial briefing to mark the first year in office of the President Bola Tinubu administration in Abuja, added that the beneficiaries of the social investment scheme are 15 million households nationwide. He explained that the cash transfer will improve the living standard of Nigerians in the immediate term. Edun, who is the Chairman of the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters have killed at least 15 fishermen and left many others wounded in an attack on Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. It was learnt the attack occurred on late in the night of Sunday, 26 May, 2024, when the fishermen were preparing for night fishing at the Tumbun Rogo Kangarwa Ward in Kukawa LGA on the fringes of Lake Chad. According to a source, the ISWAP fighters stormed the area and rounded up the fishermen, arranging them before opening fire on them. “They came and opened fire on…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has disclosed that the components of Operations Hadarin Daji and Hadin Kai have eliminated 30 terrorists in air strikes in their hideouts in Katsina and Borno. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement issued on Wednesday, 29 May, 2024 in Abuja. Gabkwet said the air strikes undertaken by the air component of Operation Hadarin Daji in North West on May 27, eliminated several terrorists loyal to a notorious terrorist kingpin known as Babura. According to him, the strikes were conducted around Bakai, times…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A Lagos State pilgrim, Idris Oloshogbo, has died in Makkah, Saudi Arabia after eating his evening food. The Secretary, Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Saheed Onipede, made the announcement in a statement through the agency spokesperson, Taofeek Lawal, on Wednesday, 29 May, 2024. Onipede said the 68-year-old deceased from Somolu Local Government, died while eating his food in the evening (after Solat Maghrib). Oloshogbo was confirmed dead by medical experts in the country shortly after returning from Tawaf (circumambulation) of the Holy Kaaba in Makkah. Onipede stressed that, while the cause of his death was yet…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Federal Government has pledged to give more support to local airline operators to create an enabling environment and ease of operations. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace, Festus Keyamo, made this pledge while presenting his master card at the ministerial news briefing on the administration of President Bola Tinubu’s sectoral update. The Minister said the government would support and empower all local airline operators, as it did with Air Peace, to enable them to compete with other international airlines. According to him, the government would also facilitate the acquisition of aircraft under dry lease agreement, which…