ABUJA – The Embassy of the State of Israel and the Jewish Community in Nigeria have donated food items to some Muslim groups and vulnerable Nigerians as part of its support to Nigeria to cushion the effect of Covid-19 lockdown. In a statement signed by the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Shimon Ben- Shoshan while presenting the items says the gesture was part of the humanitarian activities of the Chabadaid which cuts across different sectors. The statement states that following the challenges confronting the globe and the vulnerable people are the most worst hit, hence the need to support the Islamic…
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By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau Even as the first leg match of the African qualifiers for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup between Nigeria and Burkina Faso has not been played, the Head Coach of the national U-20 women’s football team, the Falconets, Moses Aduku has expressed his desire to lift the trophy in Costa Rica.The world football governing body few days ago announced the postponement of the competition which was earlier slated for Costa Rica and Panama later this year to 2021.Nigeria’s Falconets were about to play Burkina Faso in the first leg of the first round…
By Udo Akam-Alo, ABAKALIKI There was pandemonium in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state on Thursday as a soldier and a traffic warden clashed over violation of traffic rule by a commercial tricyclist. The ugly incident which took place at the Udensi roundabout, attracted some passers-by who appeared disappointed by the public display of shame. Some eyewitnesses who narrated the incident told Newsmen at the scene that the clash was as a result of traffic rule violation, which prompted a traffic warden to impound a tricycle. A newspaper vendor (name withheld) who was at the scene narrated thus: “In the morning, one keke…
The primacy of the media in any society is indubitable. The media is the iron curtain between tyranny and democracy. It is the bastion of the ethos, truth and spirit of a people. And it serves no interest but the public’s. Cliched as the fourth estate of the realm, the essentiality of media is commonplace but prodigiously unemphasised. In fact, it is the institution that is accorded a ‘’special envoy status’’ in the Nigerian constitution, and even in those of some advanced democracies. Section 22 of the Nigerian constitution says: “The press, radio, television and other agencies of mass media…
The Cross River Government says it has suspended Dr Offiong Okoho, over an alleged unprofessional practices leading to the death of Prince Otu-Otu Duke, a patient under his care. Duke, who was the Special Adviser to Gov. Ben Ayade on Waste Management, died on April 3, 2020, after undergoing surgery for hernia at the Covenant Clinic and Maternity, owned by Okoho. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Betta Edu, told newsmen on Thursday in Calabar that Okoho has been suspended and his private clinic, Covenant Clinic and Maternity also closed down. Edu said that the state Ministry of Health took…
The Lagos State Government has sealed 20 houses at various completion stages in Isheri-North Government Reservation Area (GRA) of the state. Mr Mukaila Sanusi, Spokesman, Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, said in a statement that they were sealed for non-compliance with the state’s construction laws. The statement was made available to newsmen in Lagos on Thursday. Dr Idris Salako, the Commissioner in the ministry, is quoted in the statement as saying that the builders were not able to produce on demand Planning Permits authorising construction of the buildings. The commissioner said the government had warned during…
A tanker loaded with petrol on Thursday rammed into a bus and a car on the Otedola Bridge, Lagos State, resulting in loss of a life.The Director -General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu,told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that two people were severely injured in the accident which occurred at 8:30a.m.Oke-Osanyintolu said that the agency’s officials had, however, removed the vehicles from the road to ease traffic.According to him, a female adult lost her life to the accident, while a male adult and a child got injured.He said that the corpse of a…
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Plateau, said it has deployed 2,100 personnel to ensure a peaceful celebration of the 2020 Eid-el-Fitr celebration in the state.Mr Tanimola Obasa, the corps spokesman, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Jos, adding that the move was aimed at ensuring the safety of lives and property.Obasa urged members of the public to adhere strickly to the ban on the operation of commercial tricycles (Keke napep) during the celebration, and warned that anyone caught would not be spared.“The Commandant of NSCDC in Plateau, Dr. Solomon Olasupo, wish to assure the…
Prof. Razaq Abubakre, a former Vice-Chancellor, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for establishing a Federal College of Education at Iwo, Osun State. Abubakre, the immediate past Federal Commissioner of Public Complaints Commission for Osun State, expressed his gratitude in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. The statement was signed by Mr Sulayman El-Mavericky on behalf of Ileri-Oluwa Group in Iwoland, a group led by Abubakre. The don also thanked the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, and Gov. Isiaka Oyetola of Osun for considering Iwo as the host city of one of the new federal colleges. Besides,…
The Police Command in Rivers, on Thursday, began community policing in the state, following the launch of the Community Policing Advisory Committee (SCPAC) in the state. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in the state, Mr Joseph Mukan made the disclosure in a statement in Port Harcourt. According to him, the committee is the outcome of current policy in the recruitment of Special Constables, as recommended by the Police Force Order 291 on community policing. “The order empowers the police at all levels to engage in active partnership with law abiding citizens and government agencies, among others. “It allows the police…