The Oyo State Government has declared that it will continue to support residents of the state to rise above poverty and move into prosperity by catering to their welfare and empowering them to be self-sufficient. Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Mrs Toyin Balogun, gave this indication at the weekend, when her Ministry kick-started the distribution of N20 million livelihood support grants for victims of market fire outbreaks. According to the commissioner, the Governor Seyi Makinde-led administration has continued to match its words with action by giving priority attention to bettering the lives of residents and supporting them to…
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A 45-year-old man, Adeniran Gbadebo, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for alleged N8.5 million visa fraud. Gbadebo, who resides in Idimu area of Lagos, is facing a three-count charge of fraud, conspiracy and stealing. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecutor, Supol Josephine Ikayare, told the court that the defendant committed the offences with some others still at large in 2023 at No 3, Adekinbola St. Idimu. Ikayare said the defendant collected the N8.5 million from the complainant, Mr Joseph Agege, to procure an American visa for him, but failed to do so. She said the defendant…
Abubakar Dantsoho, the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has reaffirmed the authority’s commitment to strengthening its partnership with the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) to boost exports. A statement by the NPA said that Dantsoho made the pledge when he received the NLNG’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Philip Mshelbila, at its headquarters in Lagos on Tuesday. Speaking during the visit, Mshelbila expressed the Nigeria LNG’s appreciation for the NPA’s continued support, and solicited increased synergy. He said that the company was expanding its LNG production capacity to take advantage of increased global demand. In his response, Dantsoho assured NLNG…
The Police Command in Rivers have confirmed the deaths of two adults and a toddler following the capsizing of a passenger boat on Sunday evening. The command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Tuesday that 19 passengers were rescued from the tragic incident. According to her, the boat is en route from Port Harcourt to Bonny Island in Bonny Local Government Area (LGA), when a sudden ocean storm cause high waves, resulting in the mishap. “There were 22 passengers on board the ill-fated boat, but unfortunately, three individuals lost their lives.…
The most important global event yesterday, January 20, 2025, was the inauguration of Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States, now as the 47th President of the United States in what has been correctly described as his second coming. Trump’s second coming should be taken in this literal sense, the United States allowing for a possible two terms in office as the limit for any President, in line with the 22nd Amendment (1951) in the United States Constitution. With his landslide victory in the Nov. 5, 2024 election, in which he defeated Democratic late-comer to the race, Vice…
U.S. President Donald Trump says he has pardoned defendants involved in the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol building in Washington. Trump signed a corresponding order in the White House in Washington just hours after his inauguration on Monday. It was initially unclear how many people were affected and for which crimes those pardoned had been convicted. Confidants close to Trump, including his Vice President JD Vance, had previously said that no one who had become violent would be pardoned. Trump, on the other hand, had not wanted to commit to any details before his inauguration. According to US…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday took gigantic steps to revoke immediate past U.S. president Joe Biden’s policies by signing executive orders. Trump signed a few other executive orders in front of the crowd at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., just a few hours after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, including the revocation of nearly 80 executive orders from the Biden administration. “I’m revoking nearly 80 destructive radical executive actions of the previous administration,” Trump told the crowd at the signing ceremony. Trump signed an executive order to delay the TikTok ban imposed…
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order on Monday proclaiming there are only two biological sexes – male and female. Trump signed the order from the White House just hours after his inauguration. “My Administration will defend women’s rights and protect freedom of conscience by using clear and accurate language and policies that recognise women are biologically female, and men are biologically male,” the order states. “It is the policy of the United States to recognise two sexes – male and female. “These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality.” The order directs that official…
The Chairman of Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko, on Monday, January 20, 2025, failed to appear before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, for his scheduled arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Otudeko was slated for arraignment alongside a former Managing Director of First Bank Plc, Olabisi Onasanya; a former Board member of Honeywell, Soji Akintayo and a firm, Anchorage Leisure Limited. They were to be arraigned on a 13-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N12.3billion. At today’s sitting, counsel to Otudeko, Bode Olanipekun, SAN, informed the…
A British teenager on Monday pleaded guilty to charges of murdering three young girls in a knife attack in northern England in July, a crime that caused days of nationwide rioting. Axel Rudakubana, 18, changed his pleas from not guilty to guilty on what was due to be the first day of his trial at Liverpool Crown Court. He pleaded guilty to the murder of Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, who were at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event in the town of Southport in July. Rudakubana also pleaded guilty to 10 charges of…