ActionAid Nigeria has elected Rabi Isma as the new Chairperson of its board of Director succeeding Dr. Jummai Umar – Ajijola who held the position since 2018. Dr. Jummai Umar has contributed immensely in carry out the vision of the organisation leading the organisation to tremendous achievement during her tenure in office. Isma, emerged the new chairperson at the 16th Annual General Meeting held in Abuja at the weekend. Isma is a professional with a rich background in management, public administration, marketing, corporate governance, finance, and project management. She holds a bachelor degree in computer science and economics from Obafemi…
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Multi-billion-naira worth of cocaine concealed in heavy duty automobile pivot shafts, and Ghanaian fabric, Kente, among others have been recovered in a nationwide operation by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) The spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi in a statement on Sunday while revealing that the operation was intelligence-led, noted that 2.32 kilogrammes of cocaine concealed in Ghanaian traditional kente materials going to the United Kingdom were intercepted at a courier firm in Lagos last Monday, and 10.494 kilogrammes of same class A drug buried in heavy duty pivot shafts heading to the United States were recovered…
On Saturday, 10 August, 2024, the academic and alumni community gathered at the International Conference Centre, Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, to celebrate the appointment of Professor Siyan Oyeweso as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the university. The event, organised by the 1978 alumni set of the University of Ife (now OAU), was a grand affair that brought together notable figures from various walks of life, including academia, politics, and business. The ceremony began with an opening speech by Hon. Barrister Femi Kehinde, Chairman of the Planning Committee, who reminisced about the shared experiences of the alumni…
As the Edo State Governorship Election approaches, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has identified electoral offences as one of the major threats to free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria. The Commission noted that electoral offences also increase political tension and trigger violence. Head, Legal Department, Legal Services, INEC office, Edo State, Mrs Rita Amadi, stated this in a paper presented at a one-day engagement with youth groups in Edo State on the role of youths ahead of the 21 September, 2024 governorship election. Amadi, represented by Mrs Oba Agbonifo, a legal officer in the Benin office, in her…
Grammy-nominated Nigerian singer, Ololade Ahmed, popularly known as Asake, has disclosed why he sings predominantly in Yoruba. Speaking during a recent interactive session with fans on Instagram, the ‘Ome Ope’ exponent explained that he can sing in English but feels more comfortable singing in his native dialect, Yoruba. According to the singer, those who are not willing to accept him singing predominantly in Yoruba should stop listening to his music altogether. “I am more comfortable singing in Yoruba, it’s not that I can’t sing in English. If you fvck with me, fvck with me with my Yoruba. If not, then don’t,”…
Operatives of the the Edo State Police Command have arrested a 14-year-old boy who allegedly raped a six-year-old. The Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Moses Yamu, who confirmed the incident, said the matter was transferred to the state Criminal Investigation Department. It was gathered that the arrest of the suspect, himself a minor, was sequel to the complaints made to the police by the victim’s father. The incident happened in Sobe, a community in Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State. The suspect was alleged to have lured the victim into the house and had carnal knowledge…
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.…
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…