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28May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Yoruba Nation Agitators ‘Hijack’ Ibadan Federal Government Radio Station

Some Yoruba Nation agitators at early hours of Sunday hijacked Radio Nigeria, Amuludun FM, Moniya, Ibadan, Oyo. The suspected Yoruba Nation agitators numbering about twenty in numbers were said to have stormed the station with loads of charms at about 5:30am and seized the live studio while a sponsored programme was ongoing. According to a, statement by the station, the agitators took over the live studio and entire premises of the station and started broadcasting. Among their claims was included "Oodua Nation has come to stay" "Yoruba no more under Federal Republic of Nigeria" "United Nation will soon declare Oodua Nation" among others things. The Yoruba Nation agitators took over the broadcast for about an hour before the arrival of combined teams of the police, Operation Bu...

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28May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Shettima: I Appointed Christian Aides-There’s No ‘Islamisation Agenda’

Nigeria's vice-president elect, Kashim Shettima has said that there is no plot by the incoming administration of Bola Tinubu to Islamise Nigeria. Speaking on Saturday at the inauguration lecture in Abuja, Shettima said Tinubu, the president-elect, who has not Islamised his family cannot do so to the country. In the build-up to the February elections, the issue of religion elicited varied reactions after Tinubu, a Muslim from the south-west, picked another Muslim – Shettima from the north-east – as his running mate. The Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket sparked controversy. Reacting to the Muslim-Muslim ticket argument, Shettima said he deliberately picked an Igbo man, who is a Catholic, as his chief security officer and a northern Christian as his aide de camp for the purpose ...

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27May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Buhari To Address Nigerians In Farewell Broadcast On Sunday

President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Sunday, address the country in a nationwide broadcast. According to the statement by Femi Adesina, presidential aide, the broadcast will be Buhari’s farewell speech to the country’s citizens. The address is billed for 7 am and will be aired on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Radio Nigeria. “President Muhammadu Buhari will make a farewell broadcast as President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces on Sunday, May 28, at 7 am,” the statement reads. Television, radio stations and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority and Radio Nigeria for the broadcast.” Buhari was elected Nigeria’s president in 2015, ending the 16-year rule of the People’s Democratic Par...

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27May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Police Arrest Two for allegedly attempting to sell two months old baby in Lagos

On May 26, 2023, the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) prevented an alleged attempt by two women to sell a two-month-old baby. According to Lagos state police command spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the deal was exposed in Oshodi, with 25-year-old Oge Okolie - the intermediary between the baby's mother and a prospective buyer - suspected of stealing the baby. Witnesses on a public bus noticed the baby's continuous crying, questioning why Okolie couldn't breastfeed the child if she was the biological mother. The situation became volatile, with Okolie almost being lynched, but RRS operatives intervened, rescuing the baby and arresting Okolie and the baby's mother, Maria Ahmadu (26). The suspects and baby have been transferred to the Gender Unit of the Command for further investigat...

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27May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Nigerian Varsity Begins Random Drug Testing Of Students

Arthur Jarvis University (AJU), a private university in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River, says it has initiated random testing to curb drug abuse among its students. Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Professor Ani Nkang, stated this during the institution’s seventh matriculation ceremony in Akpabuyo, near Calabar, on Friday. Mr Nkang, who expressed worries over the menace of drug abuse among the youth, said any prescribed drug in use should be properly registered at the university’s hospital. He warned all the 239 matriculating students that the institution had in place tough sanctions for other social vices. “Resist any undue influence by friends, as the effects may be devastating. “Please note that this university has zero tolerance for examination miscondu...

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26May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Inland waterways transportation crucial for economic development—Sambo

By Jacinta Nwachukwu The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, has stated the need for Nigeria to explore the potentials in inland waterways transportation as it is crucial for economic development of a nation. Sambo expressed this concern during his valedictory speech with the management and members of staff of his Ministry on Friday in Abuja. “I am so passionate about inland waterways; I spent 13 years of my life working for National Inland Waterways Authority, and I know what it means to have efficient inland waterways transportation. “God did not bless Nigeria with 850 kilometers of coastland and about 10,000 kilometers of navigable waterways for nothing. “God also bless us with fertile lands for agriculture, large deposit of minerals including crude oil, coal and g...

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26May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Transition: FG Declares Monday Public Holiday

The Federal Government has declared Monday, 29th May 2023 as work-free for all workers in the country. According to the federal government, the decision is to allow Nigerians to commemorate the inauguration of the nation’s 16th democratically elected President. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuiab Belgore in a statement on Friday noted that the declaration was made by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola on behalf of the Federal Government. The Minister felicitates with all Nigerians on the momentous occasion, commending them for their faith in democracy as expressed in the nationwide election that produced the President and his Deputy being inaugurated and indeed in all elections across the nation.

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26May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Supreme Court Dismisses PDP’s Suit Against Tinubu, Shettima

The Supreme Court has dismissed the suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC). A five-member panel of the supreme court held on Friday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the locus standi to institute the suit. The panel said the PDP is not a member of the APC. The PDP had claimed that Shettima’s nomination as Tinubu’s running mate was in breach of the provisions of sections 29(1), 33, 35, and 84(1)(2) of the Electoral Act. The party alleged that Shettima was still the APC’s candidate for Borno central senatorial district on July 14 when he accepted the nomination for vice-presidential candidate. However, the respondents said Shettima’s senatorial no...

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26May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Group set plans in motion to tackle high rate of divorce

Worried over the high rate of divorce in the country, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, have concluded plans to hold a conference on strengthening families. Mr Raymond Egbo, West Africa Director of Seminary and Institute, Area Seventy and one of the organisers, said this while briefing newsmen, in Abuja. He said that it was important to restore family values which had overtime been eroded and no longer exist in many families. According to him, the event which cuts across all divides, religions and races, is aimed at showcasing the strength, diversity of the families and the unity that can be harnessed from that strength. “Families bind us together, it is one of the converging points that Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Pagans have in common. “When it comes to th...

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26May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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29,000 persons benefit from German agency, EU project in Kano, Lagos, others

By Ruth Oketunde No fewer than 29,000 persons have benefitted from the Nigeria Competitiveness Project (NICOP) aimed at supporting Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. Ms Ann Vinambres, Head of Project, NICOP, said this while giving an overview and achievements of the project, at the NICOP Close-out event, in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NICOP, a four- year project was commissioned in 2018 by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and co-funded by the European Union (EU). NAN also reports that the project which was implemented by the GIZ Pro-Poor Growth and Promotion of Employment in Nigeria Programme- SEDIN, had beneficiaries drawn from eight focal states. Vinambres said that the beneficiari...

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26May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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FCT Natives distance themselves from suit against Malami, Ariwoola

A social cultural group, FCT Concerned Natives, has distanced itself from a legal suit filed at the Federal High Court by individuals purporting to be representing residents and registered voters of the FCT against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, and the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. According to a statement signed by Bitrus Lawrence Garki, on behalf of FCT Concerned Natives, the group said that the “mischievous” suit was filed against the swearing in of the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima. The group called on all well-meaning Nigerians to stay calm and allow the law to take its course, urging all peace loving Nigerians resident in the FCT to...

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26May By BolarinwaNo Comments

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29,000 Persons Benefit from German Agency, EU Project in Kano, Lagos, Others

By Ruth Oketunde No fewer than 29,000 persons have benefitted from the Nigeria Competitiveness Project (NICOP) aimed at supporting Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. Ms Ann Vinambres, Head of Project, NICOP, said this while giving an overview and achievements of the project, at the NICOP Close-out event, in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NICOP, a four- year project was commissioned in 2018 by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and co-funded by the European Union (EU). NAN also reports that the project which was implemented by the GIZ Pro-Poor Growth and Promotion of Employment in Nigeria Programme- SEDIN, had beneficiaries drawn from eight focal states. Vinambres said that the beneficiari...

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26May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Man in Court for Stealing company Money

A man named Damilola Isheniyi, aged 40, was brought before an Abeokuta Chief Magistrates' Court on Friday. He is accused of stealing his employer's goods and money, valued at N1.1 million. The charges against him include theft and unlawful conversion. The defendant denied all allegations. According to the prosecutor, Insp Olaide Rawlings, the defendant was working as a manager at Vanguard Pharmacy in Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta, where he stole goods amounting to N751,035 and did not transfer the money to the company's account. The prosecutor further claimed that the defendant used N303,750 belonging to the company for his personal needs, after falsely stating the money was meant for diesel purchase for the pharmacy. The defendant has been charged with violating Sections 390(6) and ...

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26May By BolarinwaNo Comments

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Group Set Plans in Motion to Tackle High Rate of Divorce

Worried over the high rate of divorce in the country, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, have concluded plans to hold a conference on strengthening families. Mr Raymond Egbo, West Africa Director of Seminary and Institute, Area Seventy and one of the organisers, said this while briefing newsmen, in Abuja. He said that it was important to restore family values which had overtime been eroded and no longer exist in many families. According to him, the event which cuts across all divides, religions and races, is aimed at showcasing the strength, diversity of the families and the unity that can be harnessed from that strength. “Families bind us together, it is one of the converging points that Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Pagans have in common. “When it comes to th...

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26May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Wike Lambasts Amaechi As He Dissolves State Executive Council

Governor Nyesom Wike has dissolved the Rivers executive council and expressed profound gratitude to the cabinet members for their services to the government and the state, taking a moment to lambast ex-Governor Rotimi Amaechi. Mr Wike described his predecessor’s (Mr Amaechi) administration as callous and vicious for looting Rivers’ assets and not formally handing over to him. He, however, thanked God for the privilege that he would be successfully handing over to Governor-elect Siminialayi Fubara. The governor urged the cabinet members to pray for the success of the incoming administration conscientiously. “All we need is to pray for the incoming government, support them where he (incoming governor) finds you necessary to be part of his cabinet, (and) do not disappoint us by sayi...

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26May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Tinubu Bags Highest National Honour

President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised not to disappoint Nigerians who put their trust in him by electing him their president. The President-elect said this on Thursday, during his investiture as Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) - the nation's highest honour-and Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima as Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), and handing over of transition documents. Before conferring the highest national honour on the President-elect and the Vice President-elect, President Muhammadu Buhari said he has finished his race well and he satisfied that he is handing over Nigeria to competent hands in the person of Asiwaju Tinubu. "I have run my course. I am happy that I am handing over to competent hands," President Buhari said. In his ...

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26May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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NERDC develops 9-year basic education curricula for blind persons

By Jacinta Nwachukwu The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) on Thursday, launched the Adapted Nine-year Basic Education Curricula (BEC) for the blind and visually impaired to aid their learning. Prof. Ismail Junaidu, Executive Secretary, NERDC, disclosed this in Abuja at the public presentation of the National Language Policy, National Reading Framework, Adapted Nine-year BEC and other documents. Junaidu said that the adaptation had restored hope to the multitude of visually impaired learners as they would now be taught with curriculum contents that met their needs. He said the virtually impaired teachers would easily deliver the curriculum contents as the examples, illustrations and teaching strategies recommended in the curriculum were unique to pe...

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26May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Man Sentenced for stealing Bibles , drinks and others in church

A painter named Zakaraya Usman was on Thursday sentenced to two months imprisonment by a Grade I Area Court in Kabusa, Abuja. He was charged for stealing four bibles, 124 church membership forms, and other items. The police charged Usman with theft, and after he pleaded guilty to the charge, the Judge, Malam Abubakar Sadiq, sentenced him. Sadiq gave him an option to pay a fine of N10,000 or serve the jail term. The prosecutor, Mr. O. S. Osho, told the court that the matter was reported at the Durumi Police Station by Mr. David Usman, the Chief Security Officer of Living Faith Church, Durumi I branch. Osho said that the convict trespassed into the church premises and stole three mini bibles, one big bible, 14 caprisonne drinks, two bottles of water, 18 testimonial certificates,...

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25May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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UNICEF calls for accelerated implementation of Child Right Law in Nigeria

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for the accelerated implementation of Child Right Law in states in Nigeria in order to guarantee proper children protection and care. UNICEF also called on states yet to pass and sign their Child Right Bill into an Act (Law), to expedite action on it and move on with the rest of the World to make the World a better place for children’s development and safety. The Chief of Field Office, UNICEF, Enugu, Mrs Juliet Chiluwe, made the call on Thursday in Enugu during a press briefing in preparation for the celebration of Nigerian Children’s Day 2023; which would be held on Saturday, May 27, nationwide. Chiluwe said that as “special gifts from God to the country and humanity”, children everywhere must be “treated with care and respe...

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25May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Contractor Remanded by Court For Swindling A colonel

A contractor, Fidelis Ohue, has been accused of swindling a Colonel of N450,000 and has been ordered to be remanded in a correctional centre by a Grade I Area Court in Karu, Abuja. Ohue is facing charges of criminal breach of trust and cheating. The case has been adjourned until June 6 for mention, and the Judge, Mr Umar Mayana, has deferred bail for the defendant and ordered him to be remanded in Keffi Correctional Centre pending investigation. The matter was reported by Col. Omale Ochagwuba of Army headquarters, garrison magadishu cantonment, Asokoro, Abuja. Ochayi told the court that sometime in July, 2020 the complainant entrusted and gave the defendant a job to purchase electric armoured cable, prepaid electric meter and PVC pipes for the armored cable that after he gave ...

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