The Nigerian Nollywood Actress, Tonto Dikeh, has commended the Federal Government’s efforts in carrying along the nation`s youths by creating different platforms for their development. Dikeh gave the commendation when she featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) forum, to sensitise Nigerian youths to the need to stand firm by the leaders to build the country rather than destroying its image. Dikeh, who is also Director of Socials and Empowerment, Committee of Youth on Mobilisation and Sensitisation (CYMS), condemned fake news that was trending on social media to criticise the governments efforts on youths developmental projects. “I actually think…
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The Police Command in Oyo State has confirmed the escape from its custody of a 19-year-old alleged serial killer, Sunday Shodipe. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Shodipe is standing trial for several killings in Akinyele Local Govermment Area of Oyo State. The police confirmed Shodipe’s escape in a statement issued in Ibadan on Sunday by the command’s spokesman, Olugbenga Fadeyi. NAN reports that the 19-year-old was paraded along with two others at the Oyo State Police Command on July 17 and was subsequently charged to court. Shodipe, who was remanded in police custody, escaped on Aug. 11…
The outgoing Vice Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Prof. Yahuza Bello, says the three COVID-19 testing centres established by the institution since the outbreak of the pandemic had tested no fewer than 27,831 samples. Bello said this on Sunday during the inauguration of the International Conference Centre (ICC) at BUK’s College of Health Sciences, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital,Kano. He added that out of the 27,831 tests conducted, over 13,000 samples were from Kano while others were from Jigawa, Yobe, Kaduna and Katsina states. The don also said the university had expended over N80 million to equip the three centres,…
The Oyo State Government has trained some selected permanent secretaries in its workforce to achieve optimal results in planning against challenges facing women and children. The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun, said this in a statement he issued to newsmen in Ibadan on Sunday. The statement quoted the state Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Mr Adeniyi Farinto, as saying that the training focused on the major thrust of governance such as : security, health, education and economy; which would be anchored on Agribusiness. Farinto added that the state government was generating data that would help in…
The Police Command in Anambra, has identified the man who drowned in a hotel pool in Onitsha as 42-year old Izuchukwu Achusim, a businessman, who allegedly went to catch fun with a female companion. Spokesman of the command, SP Haruna Mohammed, said the victim, who was rushed to a nearby hospital, was later certified dead by a medical doctor on duty. Mohammed said on Aug. 15, at about 8:30 p.m., there was a report at the Central Police Station, Onitsha, that one Izuchukwu Achusim ‘m’ aged 42 years of No. 35 Guest House street, Fegge in Onitsha, went to Lotus…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday deployed additional 32 special forces to support Operation Safe Haven being executed by the military to restore normalcy to southern Kaduna. The Air Officer Commanding (AOC ) Air Training Command Kaduna, AVM Musa Mukhtar said in Kaduna that the deployment was in response to the directive of the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, for NAF to support the ongoing operation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report that the troops deployed two officers, 28 soldiers and two medical staff. “We are part of support element going to Southern Kaduna to…
Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) says it has appealed a Lagos High Court judgment which fined it N1 million for disconnecting a consumer over unpaid bill by former occupant of the building. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that an Igbosere High Court, had on Aug. 6, awarded N1 million damages against EKEDC for disconnecting a consumer over unpaid bill by former occupant of the building. Justice Ibidun Harrison described as “unlawful” EKEDC’s refusal to connect the customer to electricity for unpaid bill consumed by a former occupant of the building. The claimant, Sunday Babalola, had through an originating…
The Lagos State Chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations today announced that national peace and security will be the thematic focus of the web edition of the seventh Lagos Public Relations Stakeholders’ Conference, holding on Thursday, August 27, 2020. Distinguished speakers headlining the Conference, themed: Adopting Proper Communication Strategy, Channels and Technology for National Peace and Security, include the Minster of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Programme Specialist, Women, Peace and Security, United Nations Women, Peter Mancha. Other speakers expected include the Governor of Lagos State, His Excellency Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Speaker, Federal House of Representatives, RT.…
All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described the former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, who died last Wednesday as a citizen of one nation, son of two. In a special tribute to the late ambassador, Tinubu said Carrington came to Nigeria on a diplomatic assignment “but his true mission was even more sublime. Walter was both an African and an American. This identity he knew full well for it shaped who he was and guided what he did.” The former Lagos governor who collaborated with Carrington in the struggle for democracy in Nigeria commended the…
Commercial activities were halted temporarily in the early hours of Saturday in Benin City as supporters of Governor Godwin Obaseki and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 19 gubernatorial election, put up a carnival-like march, termed the Umbrella March, to reinforce their support for the governor. The march, which was organised by the Edo Voters Volunteers Assembly (EVVA), a grassroots voter mobilisation body, had over 2000 participants, made up of youths and women, mobilised from the 12 wards in Oredo Local Government Area of the state. Addressing the supporters, Obaseki urged the electorate in the state…